Garvin, Tom
Democracy in Ireland: collective somnambulance and public policy
The author argues that the populist syndrome of mutual availability of elites and masses to each other has gradually eroded the autonomy of many Irish social institutions and prevented the application of rational criteria in policy making. He suggests the restoration of institutional antonomy and the application of the principle of relationship between effort and reward to public affairs
Public Policy
Democracy - Ireland
Democracy in Ireland: collective somnambulance and public policy
The author argues that the populist syndrome of mutual availability of elites and masses to each other has gradually eroded the autonomy of many Irish social institutions and prevented the application of rational criteria in policy making. He suggests the restoration of institutional antonomy and the application of the principle of relationship between effort and reward to public affairs
Public Policy
Democracy - Ireland