Multi-Level Governance and Northern Ireland

271 Pages·2015·2.393 MB·English

by  Derek Birrell, Cathy Gormley-Heenan (auth.)

Multi-Level Governance and Northern Ireland
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Multi-Level Governance
and Northern Ireland
Derek Birrell
ProfessorofSocialAdministrationandSocialPolicy,SchoolofCriminology,
PoliticsandSocialPolicy,UlsterUniversity,UK
Cathy Gormley-Heenan
Director,InstituteforResearchinSocialSciences,andProfessorofPolitics,
SchoolofCriminology,PoliticsandSocialPolicy,UlsterUniversity,UK
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Contents
ListofFigures,TablesandBoxes viii
Acknowledgements x
ListofAbbreviations xi
Introduction 1
1 TheLensofMulti-LevelGovernance 7
2 UKGovernmentandNorthernIreland 24
3 DevolvedGovernment–TheExecutive 52
4 DevolvedGovernment–TheNorthernIrelandAssembly 71
5 EUandInternationalGovernance 87
6 Cross-BorderGovernanceinIreland 108
7 LocalGovernmentinNorthernIreland 127
8 DelegatedGovernance 156
9 PartnershipandCollaborativeGovernance 180
10 TheImpactofMulti-LevelGovernance 191
11 Conclusions 219
References 224
Index 237
vii
Figures, Tables and Boxes
Figures
4.1 ActsoftheNorthernIrelandAssembly 76
Tables
1.1 Typesofmulti-levelgovernance–Characteristics 8
1.2 Multi-levelgovernanceType1intheUK 15
2.1 Exceptedandreservedmatters 27
2.2 FunctionsoftheNorthernIrelandOfficegroups 34
3.1 Devolvedsubjectareas,1998(‘transferredmatters’) 55
4.1 LawmakingintheNorthernIrelandAssembly 75
4.2 TypesofAssemblyprimarylegislation 76
4.3 CommitteeReports,2013–2014 78
5.1 British–IrishParliamentaryAssemblyReportsonEurope 102
6.1 Worksectorsandleadgovernments 118
7.1 Localgovernmentfunctions 133
7.2 Councillorsbypoliticalparty 139
7.3 Newcouncilpowers 147
8.1 Numberofquangosin1980and1999 158
8.2 RecommendationsoftheReviewofPublic
Administration,2005,forquangos 161
8.3 Reviewofquangosotherthanhealthandeducation,2006 162
8.4 Officiallistofpublicbodiesbydepartment 165
8.5 Majorquangosdeliveringsocialservices(staffingand
expenditure) 165
8.6 Quangosandjustice 166
8.7 Quangosandcommercialactivity 167
8.8 ExecutivequangosakintoUKbodies 167
9.1 Sub-sectorsofvoluntaryorganisations 181
Boxes
1.1 Multi-levelgovernanceType1–Levelsingeneral 9
1.2 Characteristicsofdevolvedgovernment 12
1.3 ValueofthelensofMLG1 20
viii
ListofFigures,TablesandBoxes ix
1.4 ValueofthelensofMLG2 21
1.5 Multi-levelgovernanceinNorthernIreland 21
1.6 Valueoftheapplicationofthemulti-levelgovernance
lenstoNorthernIreland 22
2.1 ResponsibilitiesoftheSecretaryofState 31
2.2 RolesoftheSecretaryofState 32
2.3 StructureoftheNorthernIrelandOffice 33
2.4 UKGovernmentandgovernanceinNorthernIreland 50
3.1 CorefunctionsoftheNorthernIrelandExecutive 55
3.2 Proposalsforthereformofdepartments 61
3.3 Nameandfunctionofthenewgovernmentdepartments 68
5.1 TheJointMinisterialCommitteeandpolicyinterests 93
5.2 SuggestedchangesinrepresentationoftheUKtotheEU 94
5.3 Economythematicgroupmembership 96
5.4 Environmentandclimatechangethematicgroup
membership 96
5.5 Socialthematicgroupmembership 97
5.6 NorthernIrelandAssembly,ReportoftheEuropean
ProjectManager:keyfindings(2013) 98
6.1 Secretariatresponsibilities 118
7.1 Attributesoflocalgovernment 128
8.1 Characteristicsofquangos 160
8.2 Quangosandpartnerships 176
9.1 Voluntaryandcommunitysectororganisations:general
characteristics 182
9.2 Partnershipsinvolvingthevoluntarysector 182