The Oxford Handbook of Irish Politics

David M. Farrell, Head of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin,Niamh Hardiman, Director of University College Dublin Policy Programme, and Research Fellow UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy

David M. Farrell is Head of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin. He specialises in the studies of representation, elections, and parties, and recent publications include Reimagining Democracy: Lessons in Deliberative Democracy from the Irish Front Line (co-authored with Jane Suiter, Cornell University Press, 2019), and A Conservative Revolution? (co-edited with Michael Marsh, and Gail McElroy, OUP, 2017). His current work is focused on constitutional deliberation. To date he has advised and/or researched five government-led deliberative mini-public processes (citizens' assemblies) in Ireland and the UK.


Niamh Hardiman teaches at UCD School of Politics and International Relations. She is the Director of the UCD Public Policy programme, and a Research Fellow at UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy. Her research interests focus on the implications of developmental pathways for state capacity, policy choices, and economic performance. She has published extensively on the evolution of the Irish state, on the comparative politics of the financial crisis and its aftermath, and on the political economy of the European periphery.

1. What kind of Ireland?, Niamh Hardiman, David M. Farrell, Eoin Carolan, John Coakley, Aidan Regan, Colin Scott, Ben Tonra and Alexa Zellentin
Section 1: Rights, citizenship and democratic politics Section Editor: Alexa Zellentin
2. Republicanism and Public Affairs, Iseult Honohan
3. Economic and Social Rights in Ireland, Thomas Murray
4. Gender Equality Politics, Yvonne Galligan
5. Education for Citizenship in a Changing Country, Alexa Zellentin
6. Democracy in Ireland: Theory and Practice, Peter Stone
Section 2: International Context Section Editor: Ben Tonra
7. The Irish-British Dimension, Paul Gillespie
8. Ireland in a European Context, Brigid Laffan
9. Ireland and European Governance, John O'Brennan
10. Foreign, Security, and Defence Policy, Ben Tonra
11. The Changing Nature of Irish International Development Policy, Patrick Paul Walsh and Ciara Whelan
12. Human Rights and Gender, Melanie Hoewer
Section 3: The Constitution and Justice System Section Editor: Eoin Carolan
13. Judges and the Political Organs of State, Tom Hickey
14. The Constitution, Politics, and Public Policy, Eoin Carolan
15. Penal Culture in Ireland, Ian O'Donnell
16. The Irish Courts and the Administrative State, Paul Daly
17. Ambivalent Self-Determination: Freedom From and Deference to Foreign Laws, Maria Cahill
Section 4: The Institutional Framework Section Editor: John Coakley
18. The Electoral Framework and the Politics of Representation, R. Kenneth Carty
19. Parliamentary Accountability and Reform, Muiris MacCarthaigh
20. Bicameralism in a Unitary State, Mary C. Murphy
21. The Political Executive, Shane Martin
22. The Politics of the Presidency, John Coakley
23. Form Over Function: The Strange Paradox of Local Government, Theresa Reidy
Section 5: The Political Economy of Growth Section Editor: Aidan Regan
24. Small States in Global Markets: The Political Economy of FDI-led Growth in Ireland, Sam Brazys and Aidan Regan
25. The Political Economy of Work and Welfare, Miche?l L. Collins and Mary P. Murphy
26. The Political Economy of Fiscal Policy in Ireland, Stephen Kinsella and Aidan Regan
27. The Distribution of Income and Wealth in Ireland, Miche?l L. Collins and Aidan Regan
28. The Politics of Banking in Ireland, Patrick Gallagher, Se?n ? Riain, Fergal Rhatigan, Michael Byrne
29. The Political Economy of Housing in Ireland, Michelle Norris and Michael Byrne
Section 6: Political Behaviour Section Editor: David M. Farrell
30. The Party System: At a Critical Juncture, Conor Little and David M. Farrell
31. Independents and the Party System, Liam Weeks
32. The (Un)Changing Irish Voter, Michael Marsh
33. Gender Quotas in Ireland: A First for Proportional Representation by the Single Transferable Vote, Fiona Buckley and Mary Brennan
34. Irish Media and the Shaping of Political Discourse, Jane Suiter and Roderick Flynn
35. The Politics of Referendums, Michael Gallagher
36. Ireland's Deliberative Mini-Publics, David M. Farrell, Jane Suiter, Clodagh Harris, and Kevin Cunningham
Section 7: The Politics of Regulation and Accountability Section Editor: Colin Scott
37. The Politics of Regulation in Ireland, Colin Scott
38. Open Government, Gary Murphy
39. The Role of the Central Bank of Ireland as an Independent Financial Regulator, Blanaid Clarke
40. Regulating the Information Society: Data Protection and Ireland's Internet Industry, . J. McIntyre
41. The Politics of Police Accountability, Vicky Conway