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How parties win : shaping the Irish political arena / Sean D. McGraw.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGraw, Sean D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political parties--Ireland.
- Political parties.
- Ireland.
- Ireland--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2015]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In recent decades, Ireland's three major political parties have maintained over SO percent of the vote in the face of rapidly shifting social divisions, political values, and controversial issues, though not by giving voice to particular interest groups or reacting to issues of the day. Rather, Sean D. McGraw reveals how party leaders select, or purposely sideline, pressing political and social issues in order to preserve, their competitive advantage. By relegating divisive issues to extraparliamentary institutions, such as referenda or national wage bargaining systems, major parties mitigate the effects of changing environments and undermine the appeal of minor parties. This richly textured case study of the major parties in the Republic of Ireland engages the broader comparative argument that political parties actively shape which choices are available to the electorate and-just as importantly - which are not. Additionally, McGraw sets a new standard for mixed-method research by employing public opinion surveys, party manifestos; content analysis of media coverage, the author's own survey of nearly two-thirds of Irish parliamentarians in both 2010 and 2012, and personal interviews conducted over the course of six years. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 How Parties Win: A Telling Case Study 1
- 2 Ireland's Political Arena: A Puzzling Mismatch, of Supply and Demand 23
- 3 Shaping the Ideological Domain 69
- 4 Shaping the Institutional Domain 113
- 5 Shaping the Organizational Domain 169
- 6 Shaping Democracy's Choices 219.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472120819
- 0472120816
- 9780472119509
- 9780472036127
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.7390188
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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