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Habitual voting : origins and consequences
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2011)The thesis studies the phenomenon and the concept of habitual voting. It focuses on the phenomenon of habitual turnout, the tendency for a stable propensity to vote (or abstain) to form during the period of a few initial ... -
'How can they justify it to themselves?' Theories of justification and political violence
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2007)This research is a systematic and rigorous analysis of the types of normative justifications used by various groups that employ, threaten, or advocate the use of terrorism or political violence. It examines the internal ... -
How Political Careers affect Prime-Ministerial Performance: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe
(2021)Even though Prime Ministers (PMs) are the central actors in parliamentary democracies, little comparative research explores what makes them perform successfully in office. This article investigates how the political careers ... -
The Impact of Anocracy on Terrorism: A Mixed-Method Approach
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2020)In this dissertation, the impact of anocracy on terrorism is examined. Intuitively, anocratic states or states with mixed regime features have been associated with greater terrorism, indicating that regime type has an ... -
The Impact of Gender Quotas on Voting Behaviour in 2016
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Inside single party government : the UK Conservative Party 1975-1990
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2001)This thesis tells the story of the UK change of prime minister in 1990 using a policy-based multi-dimensional model of intra-party competition. Specifically, it focuses on Margaret Thatcher's fall in 1990 from the position ... -
Intellectual and 'real world' feminism : mainstreaming international gender norms in the Republic of Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2005)This thesis sets out to examine ‘gender mainstreaming’ as a scheme for the promotion of gender interests in mainstream policy-making. The thesis identifies gender mainstreaming as a development for feminist theory and ... -
Interest group access to key policymakers a comparative analysis
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2015)This thesis uses both quantitative and qualitative data to offer the most comprehensive and systematic investigation into Irish interest group behaviour heretofore conducted. At the same time it is also makes a significant ... -
Interest group access to policymaking in Ireland
(2023)There are more than 2,000 interest groups in Ireland that play a key role in policy development. This paper explores which of these groups have access to Irish policymaking across various political arenas. It does so by ... -
International political economy and future of multilateralism: a platform for cooperation for G20 sovereign wealth funds
(2020)This policy brief proposes the creation of a platform for cooperation among the Group of Twenty (G20) states' sovereign wealth funds (SWFs). The platform should allow for multiple practices that include long-term ... -
Introduction to A Citizen Legislature by Ernest Callenbach and Michael Philips
(Imprint Academic, 2008)In 1997, I was a graduate student in the Political Science Department at the University of Rochester. Like most graduate students, I was always on the lookout for ways to earn a little extra money. For this reason, I became ... -
Investigating the introduction and the robustness of lobbying laws
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2017)Lobbying regulations belong to the political realm of ethics, integrity and transparency. They aim at regulating the activity of private actors who are seeking to influence the state. Existent research revealed that ... -
Ireland - End of Term Report, Independent Reporting Mechanism, Open Government Partnership
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Ireland - Mid-Term Progress Report, 2014-15, Independent Research Mechanism, Open Government Partnership
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Ireland: Something for almost everyone
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The Irish Dail Election 2007
(Irish Political Studies, 2007)The Irish Republic Dail election held on 24 May 2007 was considered to be the most exciting in a generation or more. The early part of the campaign was dominated by questions relating to Taoiseach Bertie Ahern?s personal ... -
Just Peace and Presumptive Benefit: Using Fair Play Theory to Explain Political Obligation to Provisional Authority Arrangements
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2021)In March 2003, a coalition of western military powers invaded Iraq. By 9 April 2003, the government of Iraq, led by Saddam Hussein, had been deposed. As a result, from April 2003 through June 2004, Iraq was not a truly ... -
Lobbying Brussels : interest groups' demands and networks in EU Environmental policy
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2012)This thesis examines interest groups' partieipation in environmental policymaking in the European Union. It investigates two fundamental questions that are essential to understanding the EU's policymaking system: first, ... -
Lobbying the European Commission: Open or secret?
(2011)Little transparency in the EU black?box of policy making means that there is limited citizen knowledge of which interest groups are operating in Brussels, what they seek to influence, how much resources they put into ... -
Lotteries and Probability Theory
(Imprint Academic, 2010)A variety of decisions seem to require resort to a coin toss, die roll, or the drawing of straws?in other words, a fair lottery. This raises the question of what features distinguish fair lotteries from alternative procedures. ...