Politics in Ireland

MAURA ADSHEAD is Senior Lecturer and Public Administration in Politics in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, Unviersity of Limerick, Ireland. She is author of Developing European Regions? (2002) and co-editor of Public Administration and Public Policy in Ireland: Theory and Methods (2003) and Contesting the State: Lessons from the Irish Case (2008).JONATHAN TONGE is Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool, UK. He is author of over 50 books, chapters and articles on British and Northern Irish politics. Recent books include Irish Protestant Identities (2008 co-edited), Northern Ireland (2006) and Sinn Fein and the SDLP (2005 with Gerry Murray).

• Introduction: Political Foundations of Irish PoliticsPART I: POLITICAL INSTITUTIONSThe ExecutiveThe LegislatureThe BureaucracyThe JudiciaryPART II: POLITICAL BEHAVIOURPolitical Parties and the Party SystemElectoral System and Voting BehaviourCivil Society, Interest Groups and Pressure PoliticsPolitical CulturePARTIII: PUBLIC POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIONTerritorial Administration and Sub-National GovernmentEconomic ManagementSocial Policy and the Welfare StateIreland in the EUConclusions: Towards a New Ireland?

'A wide-ranging survey whose distinctive value lies in an innovative, systematic and timely comparison of the political institutions and cultures of Northern Ireland and the Republic.' - J. Joseph Lee, Glucksman Professor of Irish Studies, New York University 'Lucid, well-organized and packed with information, this book offers an impressively thorough analysis of Irish politics, North and South. An extremely valuable resource.' - Richard English, Professor of Politics, Queen's University, Belfast