Civil society in multi-level public policy: the case of Ireland's two jurisdictions
研究了爱尔兰两个管辖区中，公共行政模式和政府资助政策如何塑造志愿和社区部门，以及地方政府改革对地方治理和公民社会关系的影响。
This article explores the way in which voluntary and community sector bodies are shaped by patterns of public administration and by the funding policies of governments. Its focus is on the influence of local government (and current reforms of local government), in reshaping both the voluntary and community sector and patterns of local governance. In Ireland's two jurisdictions the relationships between the local state and civil society are structured in ways that reflect local partnership arrangements. These are also shaped by national legislation and by the European Union. Our comparative findings illuminate an issue that is of international interest.