Table of Contents

Michael Laver: Foreword
Editors' Preface
1: Michael Marsh, David M. Farrell, and Gail McElroy: Introduction: The 2011 Election in Context
2: James Tilley and John Garry: Class Politics in Ireland: How Economic Catastrophe Realigned Irish Politics Along Economic Divisions
3: Kevin M. Leyden and Michael S. Lewis-Beck: The Economy and the Vote in Irish National Elections
4: Patrick Bernhagen and Heinz Brandenburg: Voting Through Boom and Bust: Information and Choice at Irish General Elections, 2002-2011
5: Gail McElroy: Party Competition in Ireland: the Emergence of a Left-Right Dimension?
6: Shaun Bowler and David M. Farrell: The Lack of Party System Change in Ireland in 2011
7: Cees van Der Eijk and Johan A. Elkink: How Generational Replacement Undermined the Electoral Resilience of Fianna Fáil and Facilitated its 2011 Electoral Meltdown
8: Robert Thomson: The Malleable Nature of Party Identification
9: Michael Gallagher and Jane Suiter: Pathological Parochialism or a Valuable Service? Attitudes to the Constituency Role of Irish Parliamentarians
10: André Blais, Carol Galais, and Theresa Reidy: In the Line of Duty: The Moral Basis of Turnout in the 2011 Irish Election
11: Michael Marsh: After 2011: Continuing the Revolution
12: Eoin O'Malley and R. Kenneth Carty: A Conservative Revolution? The Disequilibrium of Irish Politics
Appendix: The INES 2011 Questionnaire

About the Author

Michael Marsh is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy and Emeritus Professor of Political Science in Trinity College University of Dublin. He has published over 100 professional articles and book chapters on parties, elections and public opinion, and was principal investigator for the 2002, 2007 and 2011 Irish National Election Studies, co-author of The Irish Voter (2008), as well as the last five books in the How Ireland Voted series, including How
Ireland Voted 2016. David Farrell is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy and holds the Chair of Politics at University College Dublin. He was the co-investigator of the 2011 Irish National Election Study. His
primary research interests are in the fields of party politics and electoral systems, with a recent interest in the politics of deliberation. His most recent books include: the award winning Political Parties and Democratic Linkage (2011) and The Act of Voting (2016). He is currently working on the third edition of Electoral Systems. Gail McElroy is Professor of Political Science and Head of the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin.
Primary research interests are in the fields of legislative behaviour and party politics. She is also actively involved in the Irish National Election Study and the Irish Candidates Study and recent published work in this area
explores the continued under-representation of women in Irish politics. Her current work examines the differences in political ambition amongst Irish men and women and also the policy emphasis of men and women in the Dáil, as revealed in speeches.