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The Irish Political Studies Data Yearbook is an annual register of
core political data covering the Republic of Ireland and Northern
Ireland. It constitutes an important time series of data on Irish
politics. This includes members of governments, state of the
parties in parliament, parliamentary committees, register of
legislative acts with summaries of their content, all election
results, extensive opinion poll data, party membership and a
detailed chronology of the main political events of the year.
This pioneering analysis uses the results from the first ever Irish
election study to provide a comprehensive survey of the motives,
outlook and behaviour of voters in the Republic of Ireland.
Building on the foundations laid down by previous work on
comparative electoral behaviour, it explores long-term influences
on vote choice, such as party loyalties and enduring values, as
well as short-term ones, such as the economy, the party leaders and
the candidates themselves. It also examines how people use their
vote and why so many people do not vote at all. Many features of
Irish elections make such a detailed study particularly important.
The single transferable vote system allows voters an unusual degree
of freedom to pick the candidates they prefer, while electoral
trends observed elsewhere can be found in a more extreme form in
Ireland. For example, attachment to parties is very low,
differences between them are often obscure, candidate profiles are
very high and turnout is falling rapidly. However, Irish elections
defy international trends in other respects, most notably in the
degree of personal contact parties and candidates make with their
voters. Findings are presented in a manner that is highly
accessible to anyone with an interest in elections, electoral
systems and electoral behaviour. The book is essential reading for
anyone interested in Irish politics and is an important text for
students of European Politics, Parties and Elections, Comparative
Politics and Political Sociology. -- .
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