17 de fevereiro de 2010

"Benchmarking"

Ora bem: se lerem isto, não perdem o seu tempo: é uma análise do sistema político irlandês à luz dos desafios colocados pela crise: veja as diferenças e as semelhanças. Recomendo vivamente.

Começo por uma citação, e depois pelo abstract da análise.

Citação:

"We need a political system that encourages strategic thinking"
 Michael O'Sullivan, Irish Times, 14 April 2009. Pois!

Abstract: 

The Impact of the Crisis on the Irish Political System Niamh Hardiman

"The international financial crisis manifests itself in Ireland not only as a crisis of the banking system, but also as a major fiscal crisis, aggravated by years of soft revenue policy and a housing bubble that has burst spectacularly. The severe drop in economic output results in a crisis of employment and a definitive end to the ‘Celtic Tiger’ era of rapid growth and nearfull employment. Although the political system has proven resilient thus far, with membership of the Euro preventing the catastrophic political crises that affected Latvia and Iceland, for example, the crisis has revealed significant weaknesses in political system. This paper considers institutional shortcomings in three arenas through which policies to deal with the crisis must be managed: the parliamentary system, the public administration, and social partnership structures."

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