Browsing Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) by Subject "Ireland"

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Browsing Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS) by Subject "Ireland"

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    Title: Lost in transmission : evaluating internet effects on citizens’attitudes towards the European Union in times of crisis  Author(s): BACCINI, Leonardo; SUDULICH, Maria Laura; WALL, Matthew T. Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Previous studies suggest that citizens' attitudes towards the European Union (EU) are influenced by media coverage of EU institutions and policies. To date, empirical studies have investigated the effects of TV and newspaper ...
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    Title: Bini Smaghi vs. the Parties: Representative government and institutional constraints  Author(s): MAIR, Peter Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI RSCAS Abstract: Although it is generally seen as desirable that parties in government are both responsive and responsible, these two characteristics are now in increasing tension with one another. Prudence and consistency in government, ...
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    Title: The Migrant Worker Factor in Labour Market Policy Reform  Author(s): DEVITT, Camilla Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Research on labour market policy reform in Western Europe has given insufficient attention to the 'migrant worker factor'. Concerns about reduced availability of migrant workers, as well as more traditional concerns regarding ...
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    Title: The Puzzle of Non-Party Actors in Party Democracy: Independents in Ireland  Author(s): BOLLEYER, Nicole; WEEKS, Liam Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI SPS Abstract: It is an accepted truth that parties are the central political actors in liberal democracy. This dominance of parties is often considered the logical outcome of rational politicians’ attempts to maximize their utility in ...
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    Title: Irish explanations  Author(s): KEATING, Michael Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Article Abstract: Books reviewed: Preventing the Future: Why was Ireland so Poor for so Long? Tom Garvin (Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 2004), xiv+278pp., ISBN: 0717137716 The Economy of Ireland: National and Sectoral Policy Issues J. ...