Political Culture

March 25, 2015

The New Forum Is Not Social Partnership. It Is Worse.

Introduction As things get better, ghosts from the past appear and disturb the party. House prices increase, new houses are...

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Political Culture, The Public Sector

August 13, 2014

A Question of Culture – Report of the Independent Review...

Introduction Frances Fitzgerald, on taking up office as minister, on June 3 2014, commissioned an ‘Independent Review Group’...

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The Public Sector

February 12, 2014

Strengthening Civil Service Accountability and Performance: A Poor Performance

Introduction On the 14 January last, the Government Reform Unit of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform published a...

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Political Culture, Review

December 1, 2013

About What Politics is About: Bruno Latour

Introduction We talk a lot about politics. We demand more accountability and transparency. We abuse the ‘eunuch’ Dail. We...

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Political Culture

October 6, 2013

Neo-Liberalism and Failed Political Solutions

Neo-liberalism has been in the news. Colin Crouch’s The strange non-death of neo-liberalism Cambridge: The Polity Press 2011...

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