Electoral competition in Ireland since 1987 : the politics of triumph and despair / Gary Murphy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murphy, Gary, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--Ireland.

Elections.

Ireland.

Ireland--Politics and government--21st century.

Ireland--Politics and government--20th century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 185 pages) : digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2016.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This account of the politics of modern Ireland offers a rigorous analysis of the forces which shaped both how the Irish state governed itself from the period since 1987 and how it lost its economic sovereignty in 2010. It comprehensively assess the last quarter century in Irish electoral politics from the time of the end of a deep recession in 1987 to the general election of 2011 where Ireland was ruled by the Troika and austerity was a by-word for both policy-making and how many Irish people lived their lives.

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The conservative revolutionaries; 1: Of constitutional and economic crusades: Ireland in the 1980s; 2: Charles J. Haughey and the politics of coalition; 3: The politics of changing coalitions; 4: Tribunals of inquiry and the politics of corrupt influence; 5: Fianna Fáil and the politics of hubris; 6: Fianna Fáil and the politics of nemesis; Conclusion: The politics of Troika Ireland; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163 - 178) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781784997830

1784997838

9781526109712

1526109719

9781784997397

1784997390

OCLC:

1085647269