The Parliamentary Behaviour of Minor Parties and Independents in Dáil Éireann

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ID6074866
AutoresMartin Ejnar Hansen (0000-0002-3621-1809), Steven David Pickering (0000-0002-3637-208X, University of Vienna, autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume25
Fascículo4
Páginas643-660
Data de publicação2010-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIrish Political Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0790-7184 • E-ISSN: 1743-9078
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07907184.2010.518709
OpenAlexW1998012937
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas17

This paper deals with how minor parties and independents act once they have won election to the parliament. Using a dataset of all votes in Dáil Éireann from 1937 to 2007 the rate of agreement with Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Labour for each independent and minor party candidate is calculated. Based on theories of the behaviour of parties and independents a number of hypotheses are formulated and tested. The conclusions of the paper are that minor parties are very likely to vote against the government when they are not a part of it and that for independents the particular typology matters. When independents are needed by the government, not only those independents needed but the entire body of independents are significantly more in agreement with the government than when they are not needed

Economics · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Typology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Irish and British Studies · Law · Philosophy · Populism, Right-Wing Movements