Browsing Political Science by Title
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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 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Explaining party splits and mergers in Europe
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2012)This thesis investigates the following research question: what explains party splits and mergers? The thesis argues that splits and mergers necessitate a trade-off between political elites' office and policy or ideological ... -
Explaining the collapse of communism in Poland : how the strategic misperception of Round Table negotiators produced an unanticipated outcome
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2002)This dissertation set out to discover why the Polish communist party (PUWP) lost power in Poland over the summer of 1989. Given the fact that neither the PUWP nor Solidarity expected the fall of communism at the outset of ... -
Food Security and Elite-Ruler Relations in Sub-Saharan Africa: Exploring the impact of democracy on public goods provision
(2012)How does democracy impact on public goods provision? This question has provoked a wealth of empirical and theoretical investigation, but few answers that satisfactorily explain emerging patterns in Sub-Saharan Africa. Most ... -
From idea to institution: the European Commission at fifty
(European University Institute, 2008)This article examines the highs and lows of the European Commission from 1958-2008 -
Give them awkward choices : a theoretical and empirical investigation into the operation of prime ministerial influence on policy in 22 countries
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2005)Prime ministers are among the most high profile, and we might assume, important actors in the policy-making systems of modern parliamentary democracies. While much has been written about the individuals who have held the ... -
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 ... -
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
(Open Government Partnership, 2016)
