How Ireland voted 2007 : the full story of Ireland's general election / edited by Michael Gallagher, Michael Marsh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gallagher, Michael, 1951-

Marsh, Michael, Ph. D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland. Oireachtas. Dáil--Elections, 2007.

Ireland.

Ireland. Oireachtas. Dáil.

Elections--Ireland.

Elections.

Ireland--Politics and government--1949-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xlviii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

This is the sixth book in the well established How Ireland Voted series. Chapters written by leading political scientists, as well as by some of the candidates themselves, take the reader from the background during the 2002-07 period to the implications of this election for Irish political life, while winners and losers provide views from the campaign trail. Contributors analyse pledges made by the previous government, examine the campaign strategies of the parties and the media's response, and dissect the election results to see how voters made sense of it all. Comprehensive appendices contain all the statistics on the results, the new Dail, and the new government. A series of carefully selected photographs captures the spirit of this intense and exciting election.

Contents:

1 The background to the election / Gary Murphy 1

2 The fulfilment of election pledges / Rory Costello, Robert Thomson 19

3 Campaign strategies and political marketing / Neil Collins, Patrick Butler 33

4 Candidate selection: democratic centralism or managed democracy? / Liam Weeks 48

5 The view from the campaign trail / Niall Collins, Terence Flanagan, Kathleen O'Meara, Niall O Brolchain 65

6 The earthquake that never happened: analysis of the results / Michael Gallagher 78

7 Explanations for party choice / Michael Marsh 105

8 The polls: a clear improvement / Gail McElroy, Michael Marsh 132

9 The election as horse race: betting and the election / Michael Gallagher 148

10 The media and the campaign / Heinz Brandenburg, Zbyszek Zalinski 167

11 The Seanad election / Theresa Reidy 187

12 Government formation in 2007 / Eoin O'Malley 205

13 Fianna Fail and Irish party competition / R. Kenneth Carty 218

Appendix 1 Results of the 2007 general election 232

Appendix 2 Members of the 30th Dail 238

Appendix 3 The government and ministers of state 244

Appendix 4 The Irish electoral system 246

Appendix 5 Regulation of campaign spending 248.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230500389

0230500382

9780230201989

0230201989

OCLC:

166314865