Politics in the Republic of Ireland
By: edited by John Coakley and Michael Gallagher.
Contributors: Coakley, John.; Gallagher, Michael, 1951-
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
Subjects: Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1949-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The foundations of statehood / John Coakley; title: Society and political culture / John Coakley; title: The constitution and the judiciary / Michael Gallagher; title: The rules of the electoral game / Richard Sinnott; title: The party system / Peter Mair and Liam Weeks; title: Parties and society / Michael Marsh; title: Voting behaviour / Michael Laver; title: Parliament / Michael Gallagher; title: The constituency role of Dáil deputies / Michael Gallagher and Lee Komito; title: Women in politics / Yvonne Galligan; title: The president and the taoiseach / Robert Elgie and Peter Fitzgerald; title: The government and the governmental system / Eileen Connolly; title: Interest groups in the policy making process / Gary Murphy; title: Multi-level governance / Neil Collins and Aodh Quinlivan; title: Northern Ireland and the British dimension / John Coakley; title: Europe and the international dimension / Brigid Laffan and Ben Tonra.