How Ireland Voted 2011 The Full Story of Ireland's Earthquake Election

The collapse of the Irish "Celtic Tiger" economy, in the wake of a banking disaster, provoked a joint EU/IMF rescue plan in late 2010. The election that followed saw Europe's most successful ever party lose more than half of its vote and almost three quarters of its seats. This book provides the definitive analysis of an electoral earthquake.

Michael Gallagher is Head of the Department of Political Science in Trinity College Dublin. Recent books include co-author of Representative Government in Modern Europe, 5th ed (2011). He has been a visiting professor at City University of Hong Kong, Universit de Lille and New York University. Michael Marsh is Professor of Comparative Political Behaviour and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He has been principal investigator for the Irish election studies of 2002, 2007 and 2011 and is a co-author of The Irish Voter (2008).

1. The background to the election, G. Murphy
2. The preparation of the manifestos, D. Farrell and J.Suiter
3. Candidate selection, T. Reidy
4. Campaign strategies and political marketing, P. Leahy
5. The internet and the election, M. Wall andM.L. Sudulich
6. The view from the campaign trail, Successful and Unsuccessful Election Candidates
7. The election results and the new Dáil, M.Gallagher
8. How the voters decided, M. Marsh
9. Transfers and Voter Preferences, R. Sinnott and J. McBride
10. Women and the Election, F. Buckley and C. McGing
11. The Seanad Election, J. Coakley
12. The formation of the government, E. O'Malley
13. The 2010 Election in Context, P. Mair
 
Appendice
Tables of General Election results
Members of the Government (Ministers and Ministers of state)
Explanation of the Electoral System