Abstract
Chapter Twelve assess the relationship between civil society organisations (CSOs) and policy analysis in contemporary Ireland. Since the 1980s CSOs have assumed an increasingly important role in social, economic and environmental policy and have been resilient and versatile in their approach to engaging with policy formation. There are two themes examined here. Firstly, the variety of CSOs is reflected in their diverse range of models of change. The engagement of CSOs with public policy has not evolve linearly. CSOs adapt their models of change to meet their immediate political environment, in some cases requiring changes in their form of policy analysis capacity. Secondly, while during social partnership (1987-2008) the CSOs’ space for policy analysis was expansive, it has subsequently downsized. Simultaneously, a ‘new politics’ has emerged that is characterized by new parliamentary and public forms of policy making that require new forms of policy analytical capacity with different implications for CSOs, and bringing them closer to the political system.
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