Browsing Political Science by Date of Publication
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De Valera and the Ulster question 1917-1973
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Electing the President of the European Commission
(Trinity College Dublin, 1995)This paper is concerned with the legitimacy and accountability of decision-making in the European Union (EU). In the first half of the paper we argue that a straightforward and effective way to improve the legitimacy and ... -
Cosmopolitanism and Irish foreign policy : a case study analysis
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2000)This thesis sets out to explore cosmopolitanism as a position within International Relations theory in the context of the activism of Irish Non-governmental Organisations (NGO) in Irish foreign policy. NGOs are posited as ... -
Women's parliamentary representation in 27 western democracies : cultural, socio-economic and political obstacles to entry
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2000)This study examines obstacles to women's parliamentary representation in 27 western democracies. Women’s political underrepresentation internationally is a cause of concern to international organisations such as the UN, ... -
The Responsible Party Model and European integration in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2001)The history of European integration is undeniably elitist. This study nevertheless holds that the body of research that has documented the failure of political elites (e.g., parties) and citizens are out of tune with each ... -
The adaption of United Nations peacekeeping in the post-Cold War international system
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2001)This study examines United Nations peacekeeping as practised between 1956 and 1999. In particular, it considers how the ending of the Cold War affected the conduct and performance of operations. Having traced the development ... -
Inside single party government : the UK Conservative Party 1975-1990
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2001)This thesis tells the story of the UK change of prime minister in 1990 using a policy-based multi-dimensional model of intra-party competition. Specifically, it focuses on Margaret Thatcher's fall in 1990 from the position ... -
Making the World Safe for Methods
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Messengers of the people? : An analysis of representation and role orientations in the Irish Parliament
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2002)The objective behind this dissertation is to increase academic understanding of the operation of Irish representative democracy, since there has been no similar systematic and contemporary study of Dail Eireann or its ... -
Explaining the collapse of communism in Poland : how the strategic misperception of Round Table negotiators produced an unanticipated outcome
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2002)This dissertation set out to discover why the Polish communist party (PUWP) lost power in Poland over the summer of 1989. Given the fact that neither the PUWP nor Solidarity expected the fall of communism at the outset of ... -
Agenda building : a time-series analysis of the challenging issue priorities of parties and media during the 1997 General Election campaign in the UK
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2002)This is a study of agenda building during an election campaign, which is a dynamic process and hence calls for the application of time-series analysis. The data, from the 1997 General Election campaign in the UK., consist ... -
On Linking Cognitive Mechanisms to Game Play
(2003)Tomonori Morikawa, James E. Hanley, and John Orbell have argued that natural selection leads populations who play Hawk-Dove, a game-theoretic stylization of confrontation, to develop the capacity for various `orders of ... -
The European Union policy process : policy making in the Community pillar
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2003)This thesis examines the policy making process of the European Union (EU), an entity whose reach and depth is in constant evolution. More specifically, it evaluates the degree to which two competing theories - liberal ... -
The international dimension of democratisation : the case of Algeria
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2004)Between October 1988 and January 1992, one of the most interesting attempts to move away from authoritarian rule towards democratic governance occurred in Algeria. While the attention of the world was focused on events ... -
State Aids in the Airline Sector: A Comparative Analysis of Iberia and Aer Lingus
(The Policy Institute, 2004)The inevitable privatization of Aer Lingus poses many questions. Should state aids be given toward the company before its sale? To whom should the company be sold? How transparent, efficient and accountable should the ... -
Comparative military interventions : the question of legitimacy
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2004)This thesis examines theoretical explanations for why military interventions have taken place in the 'long-decade' following the end of the Cold War. International relations paradigms are evaluated in terms of whether their ... -
Do parties make a difference? The relationship between government intention and government output in the public policy sphere: the case of governments in Ireland 1977-1997
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2004)Students of representative democracy are not in agreement as to the degree of influence that parties exert over public policy. One possible route by which partisan influence may be investigated is through a case study of ... -
Give them awkward choices : a theoretical and empirical investigation into the operation of prime ministerial influence on policy in 22 countries
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2005)Prime ministers are among the most high profile, and we might assume, important actors in the policy-making systems of modern parliamentary democracies. While much has been written about the individuals who have held the ... -
Stability and change in the choice available to voters : the set of potential leaders of government: an aggregate level study of eleven European countries, 1950-1999
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2005)Choice is an integral aspect of the democratic system. This thesis is about stability and change in choices available to voters. In particular, it is about the choice of potential leaders of government available to voters. ... -
Europeanisation and Polish competition policy
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2005)In this thesis I analyse the impact of the European Union (EU) on domestic policies in Poland when it was a candidate country for EU membership. The impact of the European Union on domestic policies is called Europeanisation. ...
