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National Integrity System Country Study Ireland
(Transparency International, 2009)The purpose of the National Integrity Study on Ireland is to assess the National Integrity System, in theory (laws and institutions) and practice (how well they work). It provides a benchmark for measuring further developments ... -
New model army. The end of militarism in the Federal Republic of Germany
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2008)The thorough transformation of post-war Germany has led to a dramatic reassessment of its foreign and security policy, characterised by a strong emphasis on international cooperation and an extremely limited role of military ... -
On Linking Cognitive Mechanisms to Game Play
(2003)Tomonori Morikawa, James E. Hanley, and John Orbell have argued that natural selection leads populations who play Hawk-Dove, a game-theoretic stylization of confrontation, to develop the capacity for various `orders of ... -
Party groups and policy positions in the European Parliament
(Sage, 2007)As the legislative body of the European Union (EU), the European Parliament (EP) comprises 732 elected representatives from over 150 national political parties from 25 member states. At the EP level, these members ... -
Party Policy and Group Affiliation in the European Parliament
(2010)While much attention has been paid to party politics in the European Parliament (EP), systematic empirical research has yet explained the basis on which national parties affiliate with the EP political groups. Our paper ... -
Perceptions of the appropriate response to norm violation in 57 societies
(2021)Norm enforcement may be important for resolving conflicts and promoting cooperation. However, little is known about how preferred responses to norm violations vary across cultures and across domains. In a preregistered ... -
Public and Private Information in International Crises: Diplomatic Correspondence and Conflict Anticipation
(2022)Scholars of international conflicts have long emphasized the role of private information in the onset of interstate wars. Yet, the literature lacks direct and systematic evidence of its effect. This is largely due to ... -
Representing Europe's citizens : an analysis of political representation in the European Union
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2013)This project investigates how well the EU functions as an instrument of political representation. It addresses five separate but intrinsically linked research questions: are citizens' perceptions of representation important ... -
Social background and intra-party attitudes in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2014)This thesis examines the extent to which the distribution of politicians’ social background characteristics is associated with attitude variation within political parties. It addresses the research question with quantitative ... -
Split-ticket voting in mixed-member electoral systems : a theoretical and methodological investigation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2013)Mixed-member electoral systems give people the opportunity of voting for the same representative body by casting two votes: one for a national party under proportional rules and one for a local candidate under majoritarian ... -
Stability and change in the choice available to voters : the set of potential leaders of government: an aggregate level study of eleven European countries, 1950-1999
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2005)Choice is an integral aspect of the democratic system. This thesis is about stability and change in choices available to voters. In particular, it is about the choice of potential leaders of government available to voters. ... -
Stakeholder influence in the European Commission's stakeholder consultations
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2013)This thesis investigates lobbying by stakeholders, i.e. firms, NGOs and industry organisations as well as other private and public bodies from the international to local level, in the context of the European Commission's ... -
State Aids in the Airline Sector: A Comparative Analysis of Iberia and Aer Lingus
(The Policy Institute, 2004)The inevitable privatization of Aer Lingus poses many questions. Should state aids be given toward the company before its sale? To whom should the company be sold? How transparent, efficient and accountable should the ... -
Strategic incentives of political parties : policy-making, ideological positioning, & election campaigning
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2014)This three-paper thesis explores three instruments of party strategy: the party’s policy implementations, the party’s ideological positioning, and the targeting of their political campaigns. In each case we explore how ... -
Taxation, Democracy and State-Building: how does sequencing matter?
(Quality of Government Institute, 2012)What is the relationship between democracy and taxation, under conditions of `reverse? sequencing? Existing theories about taxation and democracy have presumed this relationship to be positive, but they have largely been ... -
The effectiveness of foreign aid : the role of political institutions
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2012)This thesis investigates the effect of political institutions on the effectiveness of aid. More specifically, the thesis examines the use of aid under different political institutional frameworks. This thesis aims to fill ... -
The mirror and the lamp : public opinion in the Republic of Ireland since 1970
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2006)This Ph.D. thesis examines what public opinion polls undertaken in the Republic of Ireland tell us about public opinion. The main source of data used in this research is media commissioned opinion polls that have been ... -
The Responsible Party Model and European integration in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2001)The history of European integration is undeniably elitist. This study nevertheless holds that the body of research that has documented the failure of political elites (e.g., parties) and citizens are out of tune with each ...