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OverviewThere are more independents in the Irish parliament than the combined total in all other industrial democracies. This book analyses and explains the reasons for the significance of a breed of politician long believed extinct in many national political systems. -- . Full Product DetailsAuthor: Liam WeeksPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.640kg ISBN: 9780719099601ISBN 10: 0719099609 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 02 May 2017 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. A typology of independents 3. Independents' electoral history 4. Independent parliamentarians 5. The independent voter 6. Independents and the electoral system 7. Independents and government 8. Why are there independents in Ireland? 9. Conclusion Appendix References Index -- .Reviews'With this book, Liam Weeks, a lecturer in politics in UCC, has rectified a long-standing neglect and he has done it painstakingly, busying himself over the past 15 years to establish why Ireland has a political culture so permissive of independents . The result is an impressively thorough overview of the many facets associated with the existence of Independents in Irish politics.' Diarmaid Ferriter, professor of modern Irish history at University College Dublin, The Irish Times -- . Author InformationLiam Weeks is a Lecturer in the Department of Government and Politics, University College Cork, and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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