Into the void
The collapse of Irish party democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6074416 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Kenneth Carty (Department of Political Science, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 303-325 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0790-7184 • E-ISSN: 1743-9078 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07907184.2022.2043082 |
| OpenAlex | W4214616658 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 25 |
For most of the twentieth century the Irish party system was stable and unchanging, centred on Fianna Fáil, Europe’s most electorally successful political party. That system suddenly collapsed in 2011 when Irish electoral politics became unusually volatile, ending decades of one-party dominance and leaving democratic elections unable to provide for government choice and accountability. This paper traces this transformation of the party system, unmasking the altered dynamics of the country’s electoral competition, through a focus on its long-dominant natural party of government. It concludes by considering the challenges and prospects for Ireland’s party democracy
Accountability · Communism · Democracy · Dominance (genetics · Government (linguistics · Irish · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Realigning election · Socialism · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Irish and British Studies · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Law · Public Administration
The problem of party system change revisited
Fianna Fáil’s cross-class ideological strategy since 2011
Political realignment in Western Europe in the twenty-first century
Sharing Prime Ministerial Power in Hung Parliamentary Systems
How Ireland votes
The South of Ireland during the interregnum
The end of Fianna Fáil's Ireland
The Party System
The Electoral Framework and the Politics of Representation
The Politics of Referendums
Politics at the Centre
Fianna Fáil and Irish party competition
The Election in Context
The Election and the Party System
How Ireland voted 2011
How Parties Win
The Making of Fianna Fáil Power in Ireland 1923–1948
Reimagining Democracy
Electoral competition in Ireland since 1987
Assessing the Proportionality of the Single Transferable Vote
Politicians and Electoral Laws
Going about Persecuting Civil Servants
Political Corruption in Ireland 1922–2010
Chronicle of a death foretold? understanding the decline of fine gael
Party identification in Ireland
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |