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

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.The Background to the Election, G. Murphy The Parties' Manifestos, D. Farrell and J. Suiter Candidate Selection, T. Reidy Campaign Strategies and Political Marketing, P. Leahy Internet Explorers: the Online Campaign , M. Wall and M. L. Sudulich On the Campaign Trail, Se?n Kyne, Ciara Conway, Conor Lenihan, Mary Lou McDonald, Richard Boyd Barrett, Paul Gogarty and Averil Power Ireland's Earthquake Election: Analysis of the Results, M.Gallagher A Positive Choice, or Anyone but Fianna F?il, M. Marsh & K. Cunningham Preference Voting under PR-STV 19482011, R. Sinnott and J. McBride Women and the Election, F. Buckley and C. McGing The Final Seanad Election?, J. Coakley Government Formation in 2011, E. O'Malley The Election in Context, P. Mair Appendices  M. Courtney Index

'How Ireland Voted 2011 tells the inside story of an historic General Election which radically redrew the country's political map, almost wiping out the dominant political party and delivering an historic victory to a once demoralised opposition. Gallagher and Marsh have assembled a masterful survey of Ireland 'ballot box revolution'. - Brian Dobson, RTE

'This is undoubtedly the most comprehensive Irish election analysis ever put between one set of covers. Marsh, Gallagher and colleagues have captured all the shifts, shocks and after shocks of Ireland's most seismic election. Practitioners, students and junkies of politics will devour it.' - Noel Whelan, Political Analyst and Irish Times Columnist

'The must-read and timely account by Irish political scientists of the Irish general election, this book builds on l“}