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Independents in Irish party democracy

Independents in Irish party democracy
Author: Liam Weeks
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1526116383

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This book examines the phenomenon of the independent politician, believed to be extinct in most political systems. It is very much alive and well in Ireland, and has experienced a considerable resurgence in recent years. Independents won a record number of seats in 2016 and had three ministers appointed to cabinet. This presence is very unusual from a comparative perspective, and there are more independents in the Irish parliament than the combined total in all other industrial democracies. The aim of this book is to explain this anomaly, how and why independents can endure in a democracy that is one of the oldest surviving in Europe and has historically had one of the most stable party systems.


Electoral Politics in Ireland

Electoral Politics in Ireland
Author: R. Kenneth Carty
Publisher:
Total Pages: 186
Release: 1983
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

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Making up the Numbers

Making up the Numbers
Author: Dan Boyle
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2017-11-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0750985348

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At a time when global politics is being reshaped, the accountability of those we put in power has never been more vital. In Making Up the Numbers, Dan Boyle, former chairman of the Green Party, applies his first-hand experience of non-traditional politics in Ireland to assess the role of minor parties in government and in coalition. This book is an essential contribution to our understanding of the 'others' vote in Irish politics.


Party and Parish Pump

Party and Parish Pump
Author: R. Carty
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0889208646

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“My attention was drawn to Ireland by footnotes,” writes the author. “Over and over again the literature of comparative politics noted simply ‘except in Ireland’.... The question that puzzled me was, Why should this be so?” Professor Carty’s answers to the question appear in this detailed study that sheds new light on the question of establishing democratic politics after a war of independence, on the impact of electoral laws on party competition, on the social bases of political competition, and on the way political machines work in modern democracies. As a case study the book also analyzes the peculiarly conservative syndrome into which Irish politics has fallen. Carty concludes that political institutions and the activities of politicians make a considerable difference to the organization and conduct of public life. The book will interest students of comparative politics, history, and political sociology, as well as those concerned with the shape and direction of society and politics in contemporary Ireland.


The Changing Irish Party System

The Changing Irish Party System
Author: Peter Mair
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1987
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

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Radical or Redundant?

Radical or Redundant?
Author: Liam Weeks
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2011-11-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0752480839

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While the type of small political party In Ireland has varied, their fate, it seems, has not. Although some enjoy a brief time in the sun, termination is the long-term prospects for all minor parties. The usual pattern is a speedy ascent, an impact on the political system including a time in government, followed by a prolonged termination. This book examines this pattern of evolution for minor, or small, parties in Irish politics.As the Irish state has changed, so too have the types of parties that have emerged. With the first-time entry of the Greens into government in 2007, their wipeout in 2011, the termination of the Progressive Democrats in 2009, and the failure of a new party to emerge despite the on-going financial crisis, the time is ripe for this analysis.


Building Democracy in Ireland

Building Democracy in Ireland
Author: Jeffrey Prager
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1986-01-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0521268133

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Jeffrey Prager examines the Republic of Ireland and how it achieved democracy.


Party Politics in a New Democracy

Party Politics in a New Democracy
Author: Mel Farrell
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2017-11-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 3319635859

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This book offers a timely, and fresh historical perspective on the politics of independent Ireland. Interwar Ireland’s politics have been caricatured as an anomaly, with the distinction between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael bewildering political commentators and scholars alike. It is common for Ireland’s politics to be presented as an anomaly that compare unfavourably to the neat left/right cleavages evident in Britain and much of Europe. By offering an historical re-appraisal of the Irish Free State’s politics, anchored in the wider context of inter-war Europe, Mel Farrell argues that the Irish party system is not unique in having two dominant parties capable of adapting to changing circumstances, and suggests that this has been a key strength of Irish democracy. Moreover, the book challenges the tired cliché of ‘Civil War Politics’ by demonstrating that events subsequent to Civil War led the Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil cleavage dominant in the twentieth-century.


Democracy and dissent in the Irish Free State

Democracy and dissent in the Irish Free State
Author: Jason Knirck
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2023-02-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 1526166267

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A new analysis of the difficulties in normalising opposition in the Irish Free State, this book analyses the collision between nineteenth-century monolithic nationalist movements with the norms and expectations of multiparty parliamentary democracy. The Irish revolutionaries’ attempts to create a Gaelic, postcolonial state involved resolving tension between these two ideas. Smaller economically-driven parties such as the Labour and Farmers’ parties attempted to move on from the revolution’s unnatural focus on nationalist political issues while the larger revolutionary parties descended from Sinn Féin attempt to recreate or restore notions of revolutionary unity. This conflict made democracy and opposition hard to establish in the Irish Free State.


Politics in the Republic of Ireland

Politics in the Republic of Ireland
Author: John Coakley
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 643
Release: 2023-08-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000903842

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Building on the success of previous editions, Politics in the Republic of Ireland continues to provide an authoritative introduction to all aspects of government and politics in this seventh edition. Written by some of the foremost experts on Irish politics, it explains, analyses and interprets the background to Irish government and contemporary political processes. It devotes chapters to every aspect of contemporary Irish government and politics, including the political parties and elections, the constitution, deliberative democracy, referendums, the Taoiseach and the governmental system, women and politics, the position of the Dáil, and Ireland’s place within the European Union. Bringing readers up to date with the very latest developments, especially with the upheaval in the Irish party system and the implications of recent liberalising referendums, the seventh edition combines substance with a highly readable style, providing an accessible book that meets the needs of all those who are interested in knowing how politics and government operate in Ireland.