Between 2008 and 2015, Ireland undertook unprecedented and systemic public sector reforms in a polity not traditionally considered a prominent reformer. While some of these reforms comprised part of the loan programme agreement with EU and international actors, many others did not. This article argues that the crisis in Ireland provided a window of opportunity to introduce reforms that political and administrative elites had previously found difficult to implement. The authority of the Troika was invoked to provide legitimacy for controversial initiatives, yet some of the reforms went further than the loan programme strictly required. A number of these concerning organisational rationalisation, the public service ‘bargain’ and transversal policy coordination are considered here. Agreements were negotiated with public sector unions that facilitated sharp cuts in pay and conditions, reducing the potential for opposition to change. The reform effort was further legitimated by the reformers’ post-New Public Management, whole-of-government discourse, which situated considerations of effectiveness and efficiency in a broader framework of public service quality and delivery.

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利用条件：欧盟和国际参与者以及爱尔兰的 NPM 后改革

2008 年至 2015 年间，爱尔兰在传统上不被视为杰出改革者的政体中进行了前所未有的系统性公共部门改革。虽然其中一些改革是与欧盟和国际参与者达成的贷款计划协议的一部分，但许多其他改革则没有。本文认为，爱尔兰的危机为引入政治和行政精英此前难以实施的改革提供了机会之窗。三驾马车的权威被用来为有争议的举措提供合法性，但一些改革比贷款计划的严格要求更进一步。这里考虑了许多与组织合理化、公共服务“讨价还价”和横向政策协调有关的问题。与公共部门工会谈判达成的协议有助于大幅削减薪酬和工作条件，减少反对变革的可能性。改革者的后新公共管理、全政府话语进一步使改革努力合法化，将有效性和效率的考虑置于更广泛的公共服务质量和交付框架中。