The Irish General Election of February 2016: Towards a New Politics or an Early Election?
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The Irish General Election of February 2016 : Towards a New Politics or an Early Election? / Little, Conor.
I: West European Politics, Bind 40, Nr. 2, 12, 2017, s. 479-488.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - The Irish General Election of February 2016
T2 - Towards a New Politics or an Early Election?
AU - Little, Conor
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The general election that followed the ‘earthquake’ of 25 February 2011 (Gallagher and Marsh 2011; Hutcheson 2011; Little 2011) was always going to be an important staging post on the journey from the Fianna Fáil party’s predominance towards some new dispensation. That election took place five years and one day later. It delivered the most fragmented Dáil (lower house of parliament) ever and was followed by Ireland’s longest government formation process. Fine Gael’s Enda Kenny succeeded in becoming the first leader of his party since the 1920s to retain the office of Taoiseach (Prime Minister) after a general election. He achieved this by negotiating a minority coalition with several non-party (‘Independent’) TDs (MPs) and a ‘confidence and supply’ agreement with Fianna Fáil. However, the durability of these arrangements is in doubt.
AB - The general election that followed the ‘earthquake’ of 25 February 2011 (Gallagher and Marsh 2011; Hutcheson 2011; Little 2011) was always going to be an important staging post on the journey from the Fianna Fáil party’s predominance towards some new dispensation. That election took place five years and one day later. It delivered the most fragmented Dáil (lower house of parliament) ever and was followed by Ireland’s longest government formation process. Fine Gael’s Enda Kenny succeeded in becoming the first leader of his party since the 1920s to retain the office of Taoiseach (Prime Minister) after a general election. He achieved this by negotiating a minority coalition with several non-party (‘Independent’) TDs (MPs) and a ‘confidence and supply’ agreement with Fianna Fáil. However, the durability of these arrangements is in doubt.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Ireland
KW - Political Parties
KW - Elections
KW - #ge16
U2 - 10.1080/01402382.2016.1216507
DO - 10.1080/01402382.2016.1216507
M3 - Journal article
VL - 40
SP - 479
EP - 488
JO - West European Politics
JF - West European Politics
SN - 0140-2382
IS - 2
M1 - 12
ER -
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