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The Irish Policy Agendas Project has collected data on political parties (1981-2020), legislative bills (1922-2021), and from 1998, the North-South Ministerial Council and the British-Irish Council.
It has also developed a policy agendas project for Northern Ireland, collecting data on political parties (2016-2022) and legislative bills (1999-2022).
The project was initiated by Conor Little and Christoffer Green-Pedersen.
Principal Investigator: Conor Little (University of Limerick) and Christoffer Green-Pedersen (Aarhus University)
Location: Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Limerick
Email: [email protected]
Downloadable Data Series:
2
Time Span:
1922-2021
Total Observations:
71,818
Sponsoring Institutions
Irish Research Council New Foundations 2022: Shared Island strand
Irish Research Council New Foundations 2019: Knowledge Exchange for Policy Impact
Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Funding, University of Limerick
Irish Policy Agendas Project
Featured Research:Is Left-Right Conflict a Necessary Condition for the Development of New Politics
Green-Pedersen, C., & Little, C. (2023). Understanding the Conflict of Conflicts: Is Left-Right Conflict a Necessary Condition for the Development of New Politics? Political Studies. Abstract: One of the most significant changes in West European politics in the past 40 years is the emergence of the new cultural divide. However, there is substantial variation in how the issues comprising this new divide have manifested themselves in party systems. This...
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The legislative agenda in Ireland, 1922-2021
Little, C. 2023. The legislative agenda in Ireland, 1922-2021. Irish Political Studies 38 (1): 7-34. Abstract: This article analyses the legislative agenda in Ireland since 1922 using new data coded within the Comparative Agendas Project framework. The data, generated using the codebook of the Irish Policy Agendas Project (http://irishpolicyagendas.eu/), show clear evidence of long-term changes in the complexity, issue focus, and Europeanisation of the legislative agenda...
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The issue content of party politics in Ireland
Green-Pedersen, C. and Little, C. 2023. The Issue Content of Party Politics in Ireland. A New Perspective on the Irish Party System and its Development. Irish Political Studies 38 (1): 35-59. Abstract: The Irish party system has been exceptional both for the weakness of its left-right conflict and for its long-run stability. How then can party competition on policy, and particularly competition between the main parties, be characterised? This study examines the...
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