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PSAI 2017: ‘Reliability in political science data: a cautionary tale’

This post is based on the author’s paper to PSAI Annual Conference 2017, titled ‘Reliable text-analysis coding of emotive campaign rhetoric in referendums’, due to be presented Sunday 15 October.

October 12, 2017 in dataset, PSAI 2017.

PSAI 2017: ‘PM Theresa May––appealing to the few and not the many?’

Guest post by Joe MacDonagh, lecturer at the School of Business and Humanities, IT Tallaght. This post is based on his paper to PSAI Annual Conference 2017, titled ‘PM Theresa May––appealing to the few and not the many?’, due to be presented Saturday 14 October.

October 11, 2017 in New party politics, Politics, PSAI 2017.

PSAI 2017: ‘The DUP-Conservative deal as a path to a Soft Brexit: A Two-Level Game Analysis’

Guest post by Anthony Costello, lecturer in EU Politics and Comparative Government at University College Cork. This post is based on his paper to PSAI Annual Conference 2017, titled ‘The DUP-Conservative deal as a path to a Soft Brexit: A Two-Level Game Analysis’, due to be presented Saturday 14 October.

October 10, 2017 in European Union, Northern Ireland, PSAI 2017.

PSAI 2017: ‘Using accounting numbers in political debate: The Irish Water case’

Guest post by Desmond Gibney, lecturer in accounting at National College of Ireland. This post is based on his paper to PSAI Annual Conference 2017, titled ‘Using account numbers in political debate: the Irish Water case’, due to be presented Friday 13 October.

October 9, 2017 in Corruption and Accountability, PSAI 2017.

PSAI Conference 2017: Paper Previews

With PSAI Conference 2017 due to take place this coming weekend at Dublin City University, the Irish Politics Forum will be hosting a series of posts this week from participants at the conference.

October 9, 2017 in PSAI 2017, Site News.

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