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31 Cards in this Set
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Electoral System
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STV
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Psephology
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Study of Elections
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Duverger's Law
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plurality rule for selecting the winner of an election favors the 2 party system
2nd thesis: party system is result of electoral system |
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Stein Rokkan
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Parties represent cleavage in society
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Sartori
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PR formulas facilitate multipartyism
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Make-up of the Dail
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166 Members from 42 constituencies
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Voter turnout rate between 1950-2000
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66%
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Where is STV used
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Malta, Ireland, Estonia (all small breakaways from larger empires)
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STV in constitution
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Article 16.2
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1959 Dev proposes FPTP system
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rejected by small margin, rejected again in 1968
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Lijphart
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STV limits vote-steat deviation
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Party affiliation first added to ballot
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1965
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STV system and candidates
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More individual emphasis, localizes politics
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SF transfer repellant
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No FF/SF coalition w/o IRA dissolution
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Importance of Referenda
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all key decisions made by people, Maastricht treaty 1991: Ireland has right to referenda on key issues
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Contraception acts/cases
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1861 offenses against the person act
1974 contraception liberalization McGee |
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SPUC
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Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child
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PLAC
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Pro Life Amendment Campaign
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1983 Amendment
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pro-life amendment. "equal right to life of the unborn and mother"
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SPUC v Well Woman
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court case over distribution of abortion info to Irish women. Well women win. 1992
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Maastricht Protocol 17
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EU can't interfere w/ abortion in Ireland
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X Case 1992
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Bans travel to Britain to get abortion. Overturned by Supreme Court
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1992 Referenda
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Failed to remove suicide loophole created by 1983 pro-life amendment
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3 feature amendments of 1992 referenda
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1. exclusion of risk of suicide (no)
2. Guarantee of right to travel (yes) 3. Right to information (yes) |
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1997 C case
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14 year old raped girl obtains right to travel. Her parents challenge orders allowing her to
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2002 Referenda
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removed suicide loophole (not passed)
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1995 referenda
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Divorce passed
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1986 referenda
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Divorce failed
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1996 Referenda Advertising
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government illegally sponsored pro divorce advertisement
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Nice I 2001
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Expansion of EU (No)
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Nice II 2002
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Expansion of EU (Yes)
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