Browsing Economic and Social Review by Author "Garvin, Tom"

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    • Book review: Preventing the future: why was Ireland so poor for so long? / by Tom Garvin. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 2004. 

      Honohan, Patrick; Garvin, Tom (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2004)
      In the last year of peace before the First World War, Ireland had (though this book does not make any such comparison) reached a level of per capita income roughly comparable with that of Swaziland today, while the remainder ...

    • Continuity and change in Irish electoral politics, 1923-1969 

      Garvin, Tom (Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1972)
      The purpose of this study is to examine certain long-term trends in Irish parliamentary representation since the founding of the State to indicate certain interrelationships between the trends suggestsome explanations for ...

    • Nationalist elites, Irish voters and Irish political-development - comparative perspective 

      Garvin, Tom (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1977)
      In this essay it is argued that the Irish political system, although it is usually seen as a deviant case among Western polities, is best viewed in a broader comparative perspective - that of decolonialising political ...

    • Party loyalty and Irish voters - EEC referendum as a case study 

      Garvin, Tom; Parker, Anthony (Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1972)
      Voter loyalties to the established parties in the Irish political system are quite strong, but by no means unconditional. Shifts in voter support do occur over time. The most vivid instance of the Irish voter's ability to ...

    • Party loyalty and Irish voters - reply 

      Garvin, Tom; Parker, Anthony (Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1973)
      Informed and constructive criticism is always to be welcomed. However, we feel obliged to comment on a number of points raised by Mr Gillman in his extended examination of our paper. Our inclusion of spoilt votes does ...

    • Tom Garvin ? Curriculum Vitae 

      Garvin, Tom (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2010)
      Tom Garvin ? Curriculum Vitae as of September, 2010, including a bibliography of his writings.