Browsing Political Science by Subject "Political parties"
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Are Irish voters biased against female candidates? Evidence from the 2020 general election
(2021)Ireland is the first country in the world to apply a legislative gender quota under an STV electoral system. Since 2016, the quota has required parties to ensure that at least thirty percent of their candidates running in ... -
Choose Your Target Wisely: How the EU Shapes Nationalism in Contemporary Europe
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2022)Nationalism has experienced a resurgence across Europe since 1980, and one common explanation for this resurgence is that the backlash to European integration aids radical right parties, which prioritise nativism in the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
'An unfinished democracy': gender and political representation in the Republic of Ireland
(2022)Ireland’s Decade of Centenaries, beginning in 2012, has seen the commemoration of a period of significant social and political transformation. For scholars of gender and politics, it also provides the opportunity to take ... -
Who wants women to run? an investigation of gender differences in patterns of support among Irish local election candidates
(2022)Interventions aimed at increasing women’s numeric representation in politics tend to solve the problem by tackling a lack of demand among gatekeepers. However, even where there is an increase in demand, it is still important ...