Electoral management : institutions and practices in an established democracy: the case of Ireland / edited by Fiona Buckley and Theresa Reidy.
Contributor(s): Buckley, Fiona [editor.]
| Reidy, Theresa [editor.]Publisher: London : Routledge, 2017Description: x, 210 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138680944Subject(s): Representative government and representation -- Ireland | Elections -- IrelandDDC classification: 324.609415 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 324.609415 ELE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 012689 |
The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Irish political studies, volume 30, issue 4 (December 2015).
1. Managing the Electoral Process: Insights from, and for, Ireland. Fiona Buckley & Theresa Reidy. 2. When Guardians Matter Most: Exploring the Conditions Under Which Electoral Management Body Institutional Design Affects Election Integrity. Carolien Van Ham & Staffan Lindberg. 3. Facilitating the Electorate: A Multilevel Analysis of Election Timing, Registration Procedures, and Turnout. Stephen Quinlan. 4. Electoral Law in Ireland: Sustaining Electoral Integrity from Process, Procedures, and Precedent? Jennifer Kavanagh. 5. Fixed-Boundary Constituencies and the Principle of Equal Representation in Ireland. John Coakley. 6. ‘Residents are Fearful that Their Community will Die Around Them’: Some Thoughts from Inside the 2013 Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee. Gary Murphy. 7. Regulating the Airwaves: How Political Balance is Achieved in Practice in Election News Coverage. Kevin Rafter. 8. The Effect of Voting Advice Applications on Political Knowledge and Vote Choice. Naomi Kamoen, Bregje Holleman, André Krouwel, Jasper Van De Pol & Claes De Vreese. 9. Ballot Paper Design: Evidence from an Experimental Study at the 2009 Local Elections. Theresa Reidy & Fiona Buckley. 10. Conclusion and Reflection: Time for an Electoral Commission for Ireland. David M. Farrell
This book brings together specialists to consider the election management process using diverse theoretical approaches and, addressing both emerging and perennial election debates such as the role of voter advice applications, election management bodies, districting, ballot design and media practices in the coverage of elections. The volume includes a number of comparative chapters which utilise data from large international datasets (VDem and CSES), several Irish case studies and an important Dutch study of voter advice applications with pioneering data. Collectively, the chapters provide insights into election administration in Ireland and many other established democracies.