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In recent months I’ve found myself craving some solid political reading of some description. In the last few years, the only overtly political books I’ve ventured into have been the type of pop-politics favoured by Michael Moore and others but now I want something broader, deeper and different. I figure with all of the politically-minded [...]

In the Guardian blog Comment is Free, Professor Anthony Giddens bemoans the lack of esteem with which intellectuals are held in the UK. He compared the bestseller non-fiction lists in the UK and USA and finds that the latter’s list is dominated by works “of a quite intellectual nature,” which compared unfavourably with the British [...]

The Internet and it’s social networking tools such as Flickr and YouTube have drastically changed the form and structure of electioneering within the US. In this article, I’ll outline some of the recent changes and give some examples of technology being applied to aid in campaigning. (PDF Full Text version.)

Yesterday the state called Professor Patricia Casey to give evidence on their behalf in the case being taken against them by Dr. Katherine Zappone and Dr. Ann Louise Gilligan. Professor Casey is a psychiatrist at the Mater Hospital and also based at UCD. Professor Casey is a member of the Irish Bishops Commission on Social [...]

Followers of the Irish National Election Surveys and those who are interested in the political science of Irish Elections will be as pleased as myself to see that the 2007 study has set up a blog through which we can follow developments. The Irish National Election Study Blog is a great addition to blogging and [...]