Browsing Political Science by Title
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"Democracy from the Outside in"? : the effectiveness of normative pressure and conditionality
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2010)This thesis presents an analysis of the effectiveness of democracy promotion strategies on post-communist democratising states of Eastern Europe. Specifically, it examines the impact on development of civil and political ... -
Dignity and Duty: A Dignity Based Account of Human Rights and their Associated Duties
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The Dimensionality Of Political Space: Epistemological And Methodological Considerations
(2012)Spatial characterizations of agents’ preferences lie at the heart of many theories of political competition. These give rise to explicitly dimensional interpretations. Parties define and differentiate themselves in terms ... -
The divorce referendum 2019
(2020)When Ireland removed the prohibition on divorce from its constitution in 1995 by way of a referendum, the result was achieved with a razor thin margin after a difficult campaign. The circumstances in which the 2019 referendum ... -
Do parties make a difference? The relationship between government intention and government output in the public policy sphere: the case of governments in Ireland 1977-1997
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2004)Students of representative democracy are not in agreement as to the degree of influence that parties exert over public policy. One possible route by which partisan influence may be investigated is through a case study of ... -
Donors, dollars, and diseases : state-institution interactions in global public health
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2012)This study explores the dynamics of state interactions with institutions for global public health. It investigates three separate, but intrinsically linked questions: why donor states contribute resources to certain ... -
Economic voting in a crisis: the Irish election of 2011
(2012)The paper explores a question raised by the 2011 Irish election, which saw an almost unprecedented decline in support for a major governing party after an economic collapse that necessitated an ECB/IMF ?bailout?. This seems ... -
The Effect of Group Identity on Support for Political Violence: Evidence from Northern Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2023)Why do people support political violence in peaceful contemporary democracies? In recent years scholars have increasingly sought to understand what drives individuals to adopt radical attitudes in societies where there is ... -
The effect of observable party cohesion on voter choice in liberal democracies
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2018)The goal of this thesis is to assess the electoral impact of party infighting. It addresses the key research question of what is the impact of party infighting on the electoral fortunes of that party. In answering this ... -
The effect of terrorist attacks on attitudes and its duration
(2022)Is terrorism effective as a tool of political influence? In particular, do terrorists succeed in affecting their targets’ attitudes, and how long does the effect last? Existing research unfortunately is either limited to ... -
Electing the President of the European Commission
(Trinity College Dublin, 1995)This paper is concerned with the legitimacy and accountability of decision-making in the European Union (EU). In the first half of the paper we argue that a straightforward and effective way to improve the legitimacy and ... -
Electing Women to the Dáil: Gender Cues and the Irish Voter.
(2011)At no time in history has the number of women elected to Dail ireann surpassed 14 per cent of the total membership. In spite of significant social changes, the use of a proportional electoral system and no obvious bias ... -
Electoral Incentives to Cultivate a Personal Vote and Political Particularism: a Text Analysis Approach
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2020)In this dissertation, I examine the impact of electoral rules on political particularism. I study the legislative behaviour of Italian members of parliament (MPs) as a case study of how this causal mechanism works. To ... -
Essays on Forced Migration and Civil Conflict
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2021)This thesis examines the effect of conflict dynamics and rebel groups on forced migration. More specifically, it analyzes how insurgent groups impact displacement flows, decisions to flee, and attitudes toward refugees. ... -
Estimating Intra-Party Preferences: Comparing Speeches to Votes
(2017)Well-established methods exist for measuring party positions, but reliable means for es- timating intra-party preferences remain underdeveloped. While most efforts focus on es- timating the ideal points of individual ... -
European merger control policy : private interests, policy communities and entrepreneurship
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2005)The intent of this thesis was to reconcile the divergent strands in the existing literature on European competition and merger policy by providing a systematic analysis of the development and implementation of the European ... -
Europeanisation and Polish competition policy
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2005)In this thesis I analyse the impact of the European Union (EU) on domestic policies in Poland when it was a candidate country for EU membership. The impact of the European Union on domestic policies is called Europeanisation. ... -
Europeanising Healthcare: The Effects of European Integration on Domestic Systems
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2022)Over recent decades, the structure and role of the European Union has developed and evolved. Scholars claim that EU jurisdiction and policy have expanded in many areas, such as agriculture, monetary, and competition policy, ...