{"product_id":"the-irish-voter-9780719077326","title":"The Irish voter","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis pioneering analysis uses the results from the first ever Irish election study to provide a comprehensive survey of the motives, outlook and behaviour of voters in the Republic of Ireland. Building on the foundations laid down by previous work on comparative electoral behaviour, it explores long-term influences on vote choice, such as party loyalties and enduring values, as well as short-term ones, such as the economy, the party leaders and the candidates themselves. It also examines how people use their vote and why so many people do not vote at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany features of Irish elections make such a detailed study particularly important. The single transferable vote system allows voters an unusual degree of freedom to pick the candidates they prefer, while electoral trends observed elsewhere can be found in a more extreme form in Ireland. For example, attachment to parties is very low, differences between them are often obscure, candidate profiles are very high and turnout is\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of tables\u003cbr\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e2. How people voted\u003cbr\u003e3. The evidence for cleavage politics\u003cbr\u003e4. The extent and meaning of party attachment\u003cbr\u003e5. Credit and blame for the ‘Celtic Tiger’\u003cbr\u003e6. Leaders and their parties\u003cbr\u003e7. Grassroots campaigning\u003cbr\u003e8. Parties or candidates?\u003cbr\u003e9. Adding it all up\u003cbr\u003e10. Voter turnout: the need for facilitation and mobilisation\u003cbr\u003e11. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eAppendix I: Details of the survey\u003cbr\u003eAppendix II: The Electoral System\u003cbr\u003eAppendix III: Table for Chapter 9\u003cbr\u003eAppendix III: Questionnaire with frequency distributions\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037320446295,"sku":"9780719077326","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719077326.jpg?v=1750935277","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-irish-voter-9780719077326","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}