{"title":"Sounding dissent: rebel songs, resistance and Irish republicanism","authors":"Kieran McConaghy","doi":"10.1080/07907184.2021.1953870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07907184.2021.1953870","url":null,"abstract":"sections is on sabotage, extraordinarily neglected by most historians of violence. Given the ever-growing complexity of modern economies – pointed out acutely by the suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst before the Great War – systematic sabotage would appear to offer immense opportunities for those engaging in violent action against the state. Indeed the IRA embarked on such a campaign in the late 1930s (a campaign which generated Britain’s first anti-terrorist law). It proved too ambitious for the organisation’s meagre resources, but also fell victim to simple lack of competence. After that, sabotage went out of fashion amongst terrorists; Wilson notes that the Provisional IRA only began to come up with anything like a systematic sabotage strategy after two decades. This blind spot, shared by other terrorist groups, is hard to explain; Dr Wilson admits that the neglect of energy targets in particular remains puzzling. After all, it is surely a dramatic shift in targeting which marks terrorism as becoming ‘modern’. As we see here, what Wilson calls the ‘frictions of local intimacy’ which produced most premodern violence was superseded by what WB Yeats called ‘abstract hatred’. This shift towards depersonalised killing ‘remains’, as Wilson says, ‘one of the least explained features of the broader transformation of western societies into late modernity’. Alongside the anonymity marking these ‘societies of strangers’ came the capacity to label whole categories of people – from the ‘aristocrats’ of the French Revolution (few of them actual aristocrats) to the ‘bourgeoisie’ of the anarchists as legitimate targets. But modernity itself has turned out to be more complicated than early modernisation theorists assumed; sharp-eyed studies like this book will be needed to understand its nuances.","PeriodicalId":45746,"journal":{"name":"Irish Political Studies","volume":"37 1","pages":"622 - 624"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07907184.2021.1953870","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49344020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Republic of Ireland 2020","authors":"Alan R. Duggan","doi":"10.1080/07907184.2021.1938360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07907184.2021.1938360","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45746,"journal":{"name":"Irish Political Studies","volume":"36 1","pages":"327 - 443"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07907184.2021.1938360","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43952129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘A veto for the government’: the Money Message as a foil to new legislation","authors":"L. Fitzgerald, Paul Tobin","doi":"10.1080/07907184.2021.1928083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07907184.2021.1928083","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Veto players hold the capacity to decline a choice being made, making them powerful actors within legislative systems. During 2016–2020, Ireland was governed by a minority government, reliant on confidence and supply votes from other parliamentarians, thus it did not hold a veto during parliamentary votes. However, if the independent Bills Office and Ceann Comhairle deemed a ‘Money Message’ would be necessary for a Private Members’ Bill (PMB), even if it had achieved majority support in the Dáil, then the government could refuse to grant one, returning veto status to the minority government. To date, research has not provided a comprehensive overview of the PMBs blocked, nor examined in detail the cases that were high-profile. Via a nested analysis, we code 79 PMBs and complement our analysis through interviews with parliamentarians whose bills were blocked. We identify eleven policy themes in the PMBs that were blocked, demonstrating that vetoing via the Money Message was a widespread phenomenon. Next, we conduct a small-n analysis of the application of Money Messages across a variety of bills. Our analysis provides the first comprehensive examination of a procedure that holds lasting implications for the legislative process, perceptions of democracy, and executive dominance over minor parties in Ireland.","PeriodicalId":45746,"journal":{"name":"Irish Political Studies","volume":"37 1","pages":"103 - 124"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07907184.2021.1928083","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42526146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The intelligence war against the IRA","authors":"Stephen Hopkins","doi":"10.1080/07907184.2021.1918366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07907184.2021.1918366","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45746,"journal":{"name":"Irish Political Studies","volume":"38 1","pages":"145 - 147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07907184.2021.1918366","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44021466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"One step forward, two steps back in political integration: why are Polish candidates not making progress in Irish local elections?","authors":"D. Pszczółkowska, M. Lesińska","doi":"10.1080/07907184.2021.1929186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07907184.2021.1929186","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Republic of Ireland has had a significant Polish minority since the European Union enlargement of 2004. Despite their positive reception and successful economic integration, Poles rarely stand as candidates in local elections (in which all foreigners are entitled to run and vote); in fact, their involvement has even diminished – from nine Polish candidates in 2009 and 2014, to three in 2019. This article, based on interviews with 13 of the 19 Poles who have run thus far, 15 other politically or socially active Polish migrants and a survey (N = 503, CAPI, conducted in 2018) of Poles in the Republic of Ireland (henceforth Ireland) investigates this conundrum of a lack of progress in political integration. The political opportunity structure can be analysed from the perspective of the receiving political system – for example the attitude of political parties – or the perspective of the immigrant community. This article focuses on the latter and demonstrates that changes in the Polish community in Ireland over the last decade have made political integration more difficult. Our findings suggest that the politics and policies of the country of origin should also be considered as an important element influencing the political integration of migrants in the destination country.","PeriodicalId":45746,"journal":{"name":"Irish Political Studies","volume":"37 1","pages":"125 - 146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07907184.2021.1929186","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49388607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A review of political advertising online during the 2019 European Elections and establishing future regulatory requirements in Ireland","authors":"N. Kirk, L. Teeling","doi":"10.1080/07907184.2021.1907888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07907184.2021.1907888","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Ahead of the 2019 European Parliament elections, the lack of regulation addressing online political advertising with the potential to undermine the integrity of the electoral process was a significant concern. Within Ireland, the Standards in Public Office Commission regulates ‘ethics, electoral, state finance and lobbying legislation’, however, there are few requirements made of political parties to disclose their funding of online political advertising. As a wider EU issue, the European Commission sought to address this lack of oversight by engaging with social media platforms to agree a voluntary Code of Practice on Disinformation. Signatories to this, including Facebook, Google and Twitter, committed to ‘ensuring transparent, fair and trustworthy online campaign activities ahead of the European elections in spring 2019’ (Kirk, N., Culloty, E., Casey, E., Teeling, L., Park, K., Kearns, C. Suiter, J. (2019). ElectCheck2019: A report on political advertising online during the 2019 European elections. Institute for Future Media and Journalism. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18135.01449). The report here summarises the data and key findings from monitoring the levels of transparency in the political advert libraries relating to Ireland over the European Election campaign from April 18th to May 24th, 2019. The report finds that, although platforms proactively engaged with their commitments under the EU Code, inconsistencies in the companies’ approach to this result in a lack of transparency and comprehensive understanding of political and issue-based advertising online in such election campaigns.","PeriodicalId":45746,"journal":{"name":"Irish Political Studies","volume":"37 1","pages":"85 - 102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07907184.2021.1907888","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48159311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Democratic decision-making: consensus voting for civic society and parliaments","authors":"Luke Field","doi":"10.1080/07907184.2021.1908779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/07907184.2021.1908779","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45746,"journal":{"name":"Irish Political Studies","volume":"37 1","pages":"619 - 620"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2021-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/07907184.2021.1908779","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47191809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}