Independents in Irish party democracy
There are more independents in the Irish parliament than the combined total in all other industrial democracies. This book analyses and explains the reasons for the significance of a breed of politician long believed extinct in many national political systems.
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Independents in Irish party democracy
There are more independents in the Irish parliament than the combined total in all other industrial democracies. This book analyses and explains the reasons for the significance of a breed of politician long believed extinct in many national political systems.
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Independents in Irish party democracy

Independents in Irish party democracy

by Liam Weeks
Independents in Irish party democracy

Independents in Irish party democracy

by Liam Weeks

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Overview

There are more independents in the Irish parliament than the combined total in all other industrial democracies. This book analyses and explains the reasons for the significance of a breed of politician long believed extinct in many national political systems.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780719099601
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication date: 05/02/2017
Pages: 328
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Liam Weeks is a Lecturer in the Department of Government and Politics, UniversityCollege Cork, and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. A typology of independents
3. Independents' electoral history
4. Independent parliamentarians
5. The independent voter
6. Independents and the electoral system
7. Independents and government
8. Why are there independents in Ireland?
9. Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index

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