TY - BOOK ID - 78488898 TI - Electoral competition in Ireland since 1987 PY - 2016 SN - 1526109719 1784997390 9781784997397 9781526109712 0719097665 9780719097669 0719097657 9780719097652 9781784997830 1784997838 PB - Manchester DB - UniCat KW - Politics and government. KW - Elections. KW - Elections KW - Electoral politics KW - Franchise KW - Polls KW - Political science KW - Politics, Practical KW - Plebiscite KW - Political campaigns KW - Representative government and representation KW - History KW - 1900-2099 KW - Ireland. KW - Ireland KW - Irish Free State KW - Politics and government KW - Airlann KW - Airurando KW - Éire KW - Irish Republic KW - Irland KW - Irlanda KW - Irlande KW - Irlanti KW - Írország KW - Poblacht na hÉireann KW - Republic of Ireland KW - Abortion/Divorce. KW - Austerity. KW - Celtic Tiger. KW - Change. KW - Coalition Government. KW - Continuity. KW - Corruption. KW - Crisis. KW - Political Competition. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78488898 AB - This account of the politics of modern Ireland offers a rigorous analysis of the forces which shaped both how the Irish state governed itself from the period since 1987 and how it lost its economic sovereignty in 2010. It comprehensively assess the last quarter century in Irish electoral politics from the time of the end of a deep recession in 1987 to the general election of 2011 where Ireland was ruled by the Troika and austerity was a by-word for both policy-making and how many Irish people lived their lives. ER -