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PO3630 Irish Politics (Dr Elaine Byrne)

Duration:                                   Academic year

Contact hours p/w:                    2 lectures per week; 8 tutorials per year

Assessment:                             2 essays (25%); 1 x 3 hour exam (75%)

Weighting:                                10 ECTS

Description:                              The course covers: the political culture of the Irish Republic; the Constitution; Irish political parties; elections and the electoral system; the Government and the Oireachtas; policy making; the position of the Taoiseach; Ireland and the EU; corruption and accountability in Ireland; the local government system and Northern Ireland.

Key Readings:                        

 John Coakley & Michael Gallagher (eds.), Politics in the Republic of Ireland, 5th ed. (Abingdon: Routledge, 2009)
Arnold J. Heidenheimer, Michael Johnston & Victor de LeVine, (eds), Political Corruption: A Handbook (New Brunswick: Transaction, 2002)
Jonathan Tonge, The New Northern Irish Politics? (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)