How Ireland Voted 1997

by Marsh, Michael; Mitchell, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780813332178
• ISBN10: 0813332176
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-15
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

Since the elections of 1987, the Political Studies Association of Ireland has published books on each Irish general election. This latest volume covers the 1997 elections and is the first study to provide an in-depth analysis of both the campaign and the election results.Written in an accessible and nontechnical style, the contributors are internationally acknowledged experts in party politics and elections. The book follows the tradition set in previous volumes in two respects: many of the contributors have written on the same topics in earlier volumes and, where appropriate, this book continues similar themes. However,How Ireland Voted 1997places greater attention on the election campaign itself and the characteristics of the new Dail.

Author Biography

Michael Marsh is Head of the Department of Political Science and a Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. He is the author of a wide variety of articles on parties and electoral behaviour which have appeared in books and journals published in Europe and the United States. His co-edited books include Candidate Selection in Comparative Perspective: The Secret Garden of Politics (London, 1988) and Modern Irish Democracy (Dublin, 1993). Paul Mitchell is a lecturer in politics at the Queen’s University, Belfast. He has published a range of articles and chapters on coalition politics and party competition as well as conflict regulation in ethnically divided societies. A book he co-edited (with Rick Wilford), Politics in Northern Ireland, was recently published by Westview Press. Michael Marsh is Head of the Department of Political Science and a Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. He is the author of a wide variety of articles on parties and electoral behaviour which have appeared in books and journals published in Europe and the United States. His co-edited books include Candidate Selection in Comparative Perspective: The Secret Garden of Politics (London, 1988) and Modern Irish Democracy (Dublin, 1993). Paul Mitchell is a lecturer in politics at the Queen’s University, Belfast. He has published a range of articles and chapters on coalition politics and party competition as well as conflict regulation in ethnically divided societies. A book he co-edited (with Rick Wilford), Politics in Northern Ireland, was recently published by Westview Press.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
The Campaign	p. 1
Political Competition, 1992-1997	p. 3
Notes	p. 26
References	p. 27
Organisational Preparation and Political Marketing	p. 29
Conclusion	p. 52
Notes	p. 56
Candidate Selection	p. 57
Conclusion	p. 79
References	p. 80
Notes	p. 80
Party Manifestos	p. 82
Conclusion	p. 103
Notes	p. 104
References	p. 105
On the Campaign Trail	p. 107
Results, Analysis, Aftermath	p. 119
The Results Analysed	p. 121
Conclusion	p. 147
Notes	p. 149
References	p. 149
The Behaviour of the Irish Voter	p. 151
Conclusion	p. 176
Notes	p. 178
References	p. 180
The Social and Political Characteristics of the Twenty-Eighth D?il	p. 181
Notes	p. 193
References	p. 193
The Senate Elections	p. 195
Conclusion	p. 211
Notes	p. 213
References	p. 213
The Making of the Eighth President	p. 215
Conclusions	p. 238
Notes	p. 240
References	p. 241
Government Formation: A Tale of Two Coalitions	p. 243
Conclusion	p. 259
Notes	p. 260
References	p. 262
the Irish Party System Approaching the Millennium	p. 264
Conclusion	p. 274
References	p. 275
Fianna F?il and Progressive Democrat Agreement for Government: an Action Programme for the New Millenium	p. 277
Fianna F?il and Progressive Democrat Agreement for Government: an Action Programme for the New Millenium	p. 277
Introduction	p. 277
Election Results	p. 298
Exit Polls	p. 311
Note on the Electoral System	p. 313
References	p. 314
the Government and Ministers of State	p. 315
Members of the Twenty-Eighth D?il	p. 317
Notes	p. 324
Index	p. 325
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