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

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Murphy, Gary [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781784997397
1784997390
9781526109712
1526109719
9781784997830
1784997838

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Electoral competition in ireland since 1987DDC classification:

320.9415 23

LOC classification:

JN1415 .M87 2016eb

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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 F�ail and the politics of hubris; 6: Fianna F�ail and the politics of nemesis; Conclusion: The politics of Troika Ireland; Bibliography; Index.

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.

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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.

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