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Europeanisation and new patterns of governance in Ireland

This study builds on previous work undertaken by the three authors, under the leadership of Professor Rees. The earlier volume, which I co-edited, focused on Adapting to EU multi-level governance: regional and environmental policies in Cohesion and CEE Countries (Ashgate) 2006. The current study focuses on Europeanisation and the emergence of new patterns of governance in Ireland. The book examines how Europeanisation affected Irish policy-making and implementation, providing both a theoretical discussion of Europeanisation, as well as looking at a number of case studies (economy, agriculture, regional, environment and foreign policy). It concludes that while Europeanisation led to significant institutional learning and policy adaptation by Ireland to Europe, domestic forces filtered those consequences, while global forces induced further adaptation.