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Daily Archives: November 20, 2013

Was Michael D. Higgins elected for his policy views?

President Michael D. Higgins has caused some controversy (though this might be too strong a word) for his more outspoken comments on some issues. In a speech he gave in DCU in September he was highly critical of neo-liberalism as an ideology and economics as a discipline. We should hardly be surprised. Most know where…

November 20, 2013 in Election, Politics, The Presidency.

NEW BOOK: The Irish Presidency: Power, Ceremony and Politics

Although the office of President of Ireland has attracted a great deal of public attention, especially since the election of Mary Robinson in 1990, the presidency has been the subject of little analysis. This gap in our knowledge of Irish politics is filled by this timely collection, which brings together a set of studies that explore the political role…

November 20, 2013 in Election, The Presidency.

Reflections on Forty Years of Irish Membership of the EU

The Department of Government, UCC, in partnership with the Centre for Study of Wider Europe in NUI Maynooth is delighted to announce an upcoming conference ‘Reflections on Forty Years of Irish Membership of the EU’ in University College Cork, 28-29 November 2013.

November 20, 2013 in European Union, Events.

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  • Bad questions or sour grapes?
  • Do Women Represent Women? The case for descriptive representation in politics
  • Incrementalism or radical reform
  • Where are the Irish-Black and Irish-Polish TDs? Ethnic minorities in the Dáil
  • Skipping ‘Left’ and ‘Right’
  • Political Legitimacy in Ireland During Economic Crisis: Insights from the European Social Survey
  • The Constitution Review Group report - a great (free) resource for Irish citizens
  • Early 2020 election predictions
  • Participatory budgeting - one way of Putting People First
  • New Report on Lotteries Published

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