Devolution in Northern Ireland: A lost opportunity?
Devolution in Northern Ireland: A lost opportunity?
复制标题
北爱尔兰的权力下放：失去的机会？
DOI：
--
复制
发表时间：
2012
期刊：
影响因子：
--
通讯作者：
A. Gray
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
G. Horgan;A. Gray
本文探讨了自 2011 年 5 月大选以来北爱尔兰社会政策的发展。在社会政策的许多领域，北爱尔兰落后于英国其他地区，这是几十年来忽视经济和社会政策以及多年冲突的结果。权力下放下建立的强制性联盟给政策制定带来了特殊的挑战，但人们乐观地认为，权力下放的结构将更能适应北爱尔兰的特殊情况。然而，本文认为，上一届政府明显缺乏进展或愿景，在当前任期内没有任何改善的迹象。它提供了一些例子来说明由于未能将经济和社会政策联系起来、筒仓心态和新自由主义议程的主导地位而造成的问题。
This paper examines social policy developments in Northern Ireland since the May 2011 election. In many areas of social policy Northern Ireland lags behind other regions of the UK, the results of decades of neglect of economic and social policy, and years of conflict. The mandatory coalition established under devolution presents particular challenges for policy making but there had been optimism that devolved structures would be more responsive to Northern Ireland’s particular circumstances. However, this paper argues that the lack of progress or vision evident in the previous period of government shows no sign of improving during the current mandate. It provides examples to illustrate problems caused by the failure to link economic and social policy, a silo mentality and the dominance of a neo-liberal agenda.