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Some of the ingredients for political reform, but still missing the most vital one

Posted by David Farrell (December 28, 2010) To succeed, political reform needs three things to happen: a reason for the reform, leadership to drive it, and engagement by citizens. We have the first; there are early signs of the second; the third is still a long way away.

December 28, 2010 in Constitution, Dail Reform, Electoral Reform, Government reform, New Republic.

Can we do it ourselves or must we await visionary leadership?

The Irish Times has an interesting series this week on where we should go from here. Some of the ideas so far are insightful and thought provoking. Joseph O’Connor points to the huge programme of political reform which is needed and argues for a bottom up approach that envisages change coming from the people inlcuding…

December 28, 2010 in Dail Reform, Electoral Reform, Government reform, New Republic, women in politics.

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