Independents in Irish Party Democracy

Liam Weeks (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

328 Seiten

2017
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7190-9960-1 (ISBN)

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The aim of this book is to explain this anomaly, how and why independents can endure in a democracy that is one of the oldest surviving in Europe and has historically had one of the most stable party systems. -- .

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. -- .

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

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 -- .

Erscheinungsdatum	14.05.2017
Zusatzinfo	19 black & white illustrations, 24 tables
Verlagsort	Manchester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	640 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7190-9960-9 / 0719099609
ISBN-13	978-0-7190-9960-1 / 9780719099601
Zustand	Neuware