Browsing by Subject "Elections"

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    • The effect of observable party cohesion on voter choice in liberal democracies 

      BARRETT, DAVID JACK (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 ...

    • Elections and macroeconomic outcomes in Ireland, 1948-91 

      Annett, Anthony M. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1993)
      This paper tests the main politico-economic theories of the relationships between elections and macroeconomic outcomes using Irish data over the period 1948-91. The results suggest that Fianna Fail governments have been ...

    • Essays in Political Economics 

      Frattini, Federico Fabio (Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2023)
      This dissertation consists of three essays on political economics. First, it studies how changes in the electoral design affect politicians and voters alike. Second, it studies the impact of criminal organisations on both ...

    • Gender and voter appeal in Irish elections, 1948-1997 

      O'Kelly, Michael (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2000)
      In general elections in the Republic of Ireland 1948-1997, female candidates have received on average a lower proportion of first-preference votes than males. This disparity between male and female candidates is worsening ...

    • Ireland: Something for almost everyone 

      Marsh, Michael (Luiss University Press, 2019)

    • The Irish Dail Election 2007 

      SUITER, JANE (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 ...

    • Irish voter rationality: the 1987 Irish General Election revisited 

      Bowler, Shaun; Farrell, David M. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1990)
      In their study of Irish voters in 1987 Laver, Marsh and Sinnott concluded that there was little evidence of rational voting. This paper re-examines the question, using the same data, and finds evidence of rationality among ...

    • Mapping the Irish policy space: voter and party spaces in preferential elections 

      Benoit, Kenneth; Laver, Michael (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2005)
      In this note we map the Irish policy space, locating both voters and parties on the most salient policy dimensions in Ireland. Estimates of the voter locations are based on the Irish National Election Survey (INES), ...

    • Parler pour gouverner: Trois études sur le discours présidentiel français 

      ARNOLD, EDWARD; Labbé, Cyril; Labbé, Dominique; Moniere, Denis (Laboratoire d'Informatique de Grenoble, 2016)
      Three statistical studies applied to presidential discourse (vocabulary, themes and style).The campaigns for the presidential elections of 2002, 2007 and 2012 reveal personalisation, tension and a growing level of ...

    • The parliamentary election in Ireland, February 2011 

      GALLAGHER, MICHAEL; COURTNEY, MICHAEL (Elsevier, 2012)
      The three-party coalition government formed in 2007 between Fianna Fail, the Green Party and the Progressive Democrats appeared to have a bulletproof majority, and there was every reason to expect that, like its two immediate ...

    • Party support in the Dail elections 1981-1992: an ecological analysis 

      Sinnott, Richard; Whelan, Brendan J.; McBride, James (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1996)
      This paper is a contribution to the aggregate-level or ecological analysis of voting behaviour in Ireland. It updates and re-evaluates previous research by considering the six elections of 1981,1982 (February), 1982 ...

    • Turnout in second order elections: the case of EP elections in Dublin 1984 and 1989 

      Sinnott, Richard; Whelan, Brendan J. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1992)
      This paper argues that the distinction between first order and second order elections should be used as an analytical tool rather than as a source of different standards to be applied in assessing turnout. The Maastricht ...

    • The unfaithful Irish voter 

      Marsh, Michael (2019)
      Local and European elections have been held simultaneously since 1999. These offer an interesting context to look at the importance of party, both across each pair of elections and across these elections and future voting ...