Sean Mcgraw
Biographic Data
| ID | 4097793 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sean Mcgraw |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sean |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcgraw |
| SIGNATURE | MCGRAW S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Notre Dame |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6179-4436 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
How catchall parties compete ideologically: Beyond party typologies
The catchall party remains a useful concept despite the lack of a widely agreed definition or list of parties. This article suggests defining catchall parties based on how they act strategically. Although catchall parties act strategically on both the organisational and ideological dimensions, this article concentrates on three key ideological features: catchall parties are ideologically centrist, dispersed and flexible over time. Relying on orig…
Rethinking the Franchise Party: Adding the Ideological Dimension—The Irish Case
Attributing the label ‘franchise’ to parties that possess certain organisational characteristics, such as centralized authority at the national level combined with substantial autonomy at the local level, has become increasingly common. These franchise characteristics have been identified in parties in a wide variety of country cases, in party systems as diverse as those of Canada, Australia, Israel and Ireland. Drawing upon evidence from three o…
Multi-dimensional Party Competition: Abortion Politics in Ireland
While the questions of how parties seek to address (or not) pressing issues are critically important, scholars have generally paid little attention to where issues are addressed within the political system, and the consequences for party competition of that choice. The fact that issues can be addressed within several institutional (i.e. functional) domains and levels – general elections, parliament, referenda, courts, local government, etc. – imp…
Independents in Irish democracy
Schattschneider famously articulated that ‘Political parties created modern democracy and modern democracy is unthinkable save in terms of parties.’ Despite the challenges political parties face in
Fianna Fáil: The Glue of Ambiguity
Remember also that it is nearly impossible to translate the words “Fianna Fail”,’ Mr De Valera said with a smile. ‘There is some advantage in that also.’ (McInerney, 1976)Fianna Fail, for many, is
Fianna Fáil: The Art of Adaptive Survival
For over eight decades, Fianna Fáil demonstrated a remarkable capacity for successful adaptation to cope with a turbulent and increasingly uncertain electoral environment. Unlike many dominant parties that rely principally on state resources to bolster their organizational reach, Fianna Fáil has demonstrated a knack for adapting to challenges in more nuanced and variegated ways to reinforce its long-term advantages within the Irish party system. …
Ideological Flexibility and Electoral Success: An Analysis of Irish Party Competition
This article argues that Ireland's major party elites enjoy an unusual degree of ideological flexibility, which in turn provides the parties with an uncommon capacity to adjust programmatically when changing electoral opportunities, or challenges, present themselves. Evidence from two originally designed parliamentary surveys, conducted in sharply different contexts in the 2007 and 2011 elections, supports this finding. A closer examination of in…
How Parties Win: Shaping the Irish Political Arena
In recent decades, Ireland's three major political parties have maintained over 80 percent of the vote in the face of rapidly shifting social divisions, political values, and controversial issues, though not by giving voice to particular interest groups or reacting to issues of the day. Rather, Sean D. McGraw reveals how party leaders select, or purposely sideline, pressing political and social issues in order to preserve their competitive advant…
Managing Change: Party Competition in the New Ireland
Ireland represents a useful case for studying political parties and their strategies as independent variables. In a context of unprecedented social and economic change, party leaders have demonstrated unusual organisational creativity in adopting strategies to manage the political consequences of these changes. While the potential for new issues, cleavages and parties surely exists in this changing environment, and while elections have been hotly…
How catchall parties compete ideologically: Beyond party typologies
The catchall party remains a useful concept despite the lack of a widely agreed definition or list of parties. This article suggests defining catchall parties based on how they act strategically. Although catchall parties act strategically on both the organisational and ideological dimensions, this article concentrates on three key ideological features: catchall parties are ideologically centrist, dispersed and flexible over time. Relying on orig…
Managing Change: Party Competition in the New Ireland
Ireland represents a useful case for studying political parties and their strategies as independent variables. In a context of unprecedented social and economic change, party leaders have demonstrated unusual organisational creativity in adopting strategies to manage the political consequences of these changes. While the potential for new issues, cleavages and parties surely exists in this changing environment, and while elections have been hotly…
Multi-dimensional Party Competition: Abortion Politics in Ireland
While the questions of how parties seek to address (or not) pressing issues are critically important, scholars have generally paid little attention to where issues are addressed within the political system, and the consequences for party competition of that choice. The fact that issues can be addressed within several institutional (i.e. functional) domains and levels – general elections, parliament, referenda, courts, local government, etc. – imp…
Ideological Flexibility and Electoral Success: An Analysis of Irish Party Competition
This article argues that Ireland's major party elites enjoy an unusual degree of ideological flexibility, which in turn provides the parties with an uncommon capacity to adjust programmatically when changing electoral opportunities, or challenges, present themselves. Evidence from two originally designed parliamentary surveys, conducted in sharply different contexts in the 2007 and 2011 elections, supports this finding. A closer examination of in…
Fianna Fáil: The Glue of Ambiguity
Remember also that it is nearly impossible to translate the words “Fianna Fail”,’ Mr De Valera said with a smile. ‘There is some advantage in that also.’ (McInerney, 1976)Fianna Fail, for many, is
Rethinking the Franchise Party: Adding the Ideological Dimension—The Irish Case
Attributing the label ‘franchise’ to parties that possess certain organisational characteristics, such as centralized authority at the national level combined with substantial autonomy at the local level, has become increasingly common. These franchise characteristics have been identified in parties in a wide variety of country cases, in party systems as diverse as those of Canada, Australia, Israel and Ireland. Drawing upon evidence from three o…
Fianna Fáil: The Art of Adaptive Survival
For over eight decades, Fianna Fáil demonstrated a remarkable capacity for successful adaptation to cope with a turbulent and increasingly uncertain electoral environment. Unlike many dominant parties that rely principally on state resources to bolster their organizational reach, Fianna Fáil has demonstrated a knack for adapting to challenges in more nuanced and variegated ways to reinforce its long-term advantages within the Irish party system. …
Managing Change: Party Competition in the New Ireland
Ireland represents a useful case for studying political parties and their strategies as independent variables. In a context of unprecedented social and economic change, party leaders have demonstrated unusual organisational creativity in adopting strategies to manage the political consequences of these changes. While the potential for new issues, cleavages and parties surely exists in this changing environment, and while elections have been hotly…
How Parties Win: Shaping the Irish Political Arena
In recent decades, Ireland's three major political parties have maintained over 80 percent of the vote in the face of rapidly shifting social divisions, political values, and controversial issues, though not by giving voice to particular interest groups or reacting to issues of the day. Rather, Sean D. McGraw reveals how party leaders select, or purposely sideline, pressing political and social issues in order to preserve their competitive advant…
Ideological Flexibility and Electoral Success: An Analysis of Irish Party Competition
This article argues that Ireland's major party elites enjoy an unusual degree of ideological flexibility, which in turn provides the parties with an uncommon capacity to adjust programmatically when changing electoral opportunities, or challenges, present themselves. Evidence from two originally designed parliamentary surveys, conducted in sharply different contexts in the 2007 and 2011 elections, supports this finding. A closer examination of in…
Independents in Irish democracy
Schattschneider famously articulated that ‘Political parties created modern democracy and modern democracy is unthinkable save in terms of parties.’ Despite the challenges political parties face in
Fianna Fáil: The Glue of Ambiguity
Remember also that it is nearly impossible to translate the words “Fianna Fail”,’ Mr De Valera said with a smile. ‘There is some advantage in that also.’ (McInerney, 1976)Fianna Fail, for many, is
Fianna Fáil: The Art of Adaptive Survival
For over eight decades, Fianna Fáil demonstrated a remarkable capacity for successful adaptation to cope with a turbulent and increasingly uncertain electoral environment. Unlike many dominant parties that rely principally on state resources to bolster their organizational reach, Fianna Fáil has demonstrated a knack for adapting to challenges in more nuanced and variegated ways to reinforce its long-term advantages within the Irish party system. …
Rethinking the Franchise Party: Adding the Ideological Dimension—The Irish Case
Attributing the label ‘franchise’ to parties that possess certain organisational characteristics, such as centralized authority at the national level combined with substantial autonomy at the local level, has become increasingly common. These franchise characteristics have been identified in parties in a wide variety of country cases, in party systems as diverse as those of Canada, Australia, Israel and Ireland. Drawing upon evidence from three o…
Multi-dimensional Party Competition: Abortion Politics in Ireland
While the questions of how parties seek to address (or not) pressing issues are critically important, scholars have generally paid little attention to where issues are addressed within the political system, and the consequences for party competition of that choice. The fact that issues can be addressed within several institutional (i.e. functional) domains and levels – general elections, parliament, referenda, courts, local government, etc. – imp…
How catchall parties compete ideologically: Beyond party typologies
The catchall party remains a useful concept despite the lack of a widely agreed definition or list of parties. This article suggests defining catchall parties based on how they act strategically. Although catchall parties act strategically on both the organisational and ideological dimensions, this article concentrates on three key ideological features: catchall parties are ideologically centrist, dispersed and flexible over time. Relying on orig…
Irish and British Studies (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Irish (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Political economy (7 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Economics (5 works)