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The Multilevel Implications of a Sinn Féin Government in Ireland
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 173-179, January/March 2025.Abstract The electoral growth of Sinn Féin on both sides of the Irish border has generated much political and academic attention in recent years. The party could form part of the government in Dublin for the first time at the next Irish general election, though that outcome is far from certain.
Conor J. Kelly
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The constitutional case for independence
, 2016 The independence referendum arose out of an unanticipated set of political circumstances, rather than from a widely-felt and clearly-articulated sense of constitutional grievance.
Marmodoro, Anna, McHarg, Aileen
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The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 180-188, January/March 2025.Abstract The forthcoming general election will be the most consequential electoral contest for the Republic of Ireland in a century. The polity is situated in truly novel territory with the potential for an historic first: the incoming of a Sinn Féin‐led, left‐wing government.
Chris Ó Rálaigh
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Constitutional Judges and Secession. Lessons from Canada … twenty years later
Perspectives on Federalism, 2017 In constitutional theory, the referendum is an instrument that allows for the expression of the popular will in government decisions and through which people are asked to vote directly on an issue or policy. Over the last decades, the referendum has been
Spigno Irene
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Senedd Reform: From Aspiration to Cold‐Headed Reality?
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 164-172, January/March 2025.Abstract In May 2024, the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill completed its legislative journey through the Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament. The bill marks the latest chapter in the Senedd's evolution from an assembly established with no formally separated executive branch and no primary legislative powers into a lawmaking and tax‐raising ...
Adam Evans
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Scotland’s twin referendums: revealing regional divides behind national votes
Regional Studies, Regional ScienceScotland’s 2014 independence referendum and the 2016 EU referendum are often interpreted as politically aligned at the national scale, reinforcing a simplified narrative of a strongly pro-independence, pro-EU portion of the Scottish electorate.
Craig Stewart, Xinyi Yuan, Mingshu Wang
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Playing the System: Electoral Bias in the 2024 UK General Election
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 65-73, January/March 2025.Abstract The UK's 2024 general election was the least proportional of modern times. Labour's substantial parliamentary majority rested on the smallest ever winning party vote share. The Conservatives, meanwhile, suffered one of their worst ever results.
Charles Pattie, David Cutts
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Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2015 To date there have been fifty independence referendums. Some have been official, others unofficial. Some have been successful, and others have ended in failure.
Matt Qvortrup
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A People’s Choice: Persuasive Strategies in the Scottish Independence Referendum [PDF]
Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, 2015 On 18 September 2014 Scottish citizens had to decide whether they would like to continue being part of the United Kingdom or not by answering the question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?".
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Democratic Deficit or the Europeanisation of Secession? Explaining the Devolution Referendums in Scotland [PDF]
, 2005 This article deals with the variation in the demand for self-government in Scotland – as measured by the vote in the two referendums – between 1979, when devolution was rejected, and 1997, when devolution was endorsed.
Dardanelli, Paolo
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