M Sc Graduates From the Department of Political Science
The Department of Political Science has graduated two cohorts from its M Sc programmes. Below you can find the student names of the titles of the research dissertation. In addition, reflections from M.Sc. alumni can be found on the graduate profile webpage.
2011 Graduates from the M Sc in Comparative European Politics
| Name | Title of Dissertation |
| Thomas Doyle | Does Local Authority Have an Approval Affect: An Examination of Europeans’ trust in their Governments. |
| Emma Catherine Harte | Pledge fulfilment in the 2007-2011 Fianna Fáil-Green Party-Progressive Democrats coalition government in Ireland: left-right differences, coalition performance and mandate theory. |
| Arayik Haryriyan | Rethinking the Formation of Party Identification |
| Jordan Hollander | Non, Merci! Nein, Danke! No, Grazie! Na, Engraziel! – Lessons from the 2009 Swiss Referendum to Ban the Construction of Minarets. |
| Eanna Kelly | Combating the Radica Right: Explaining Variation in RR Electoral Performance with Party Strategy. |
| Courtney Mallon | Explaining State Commitment to the UN Trafficking Protocol. |
| Robert O'Donoghue | Creeping Secularisation: Evaluating Variance in the extent to which Irish Citizens Value Religious Beliefs in their Politicians. |
| Linda Oldenburg | Have anti-European and far right party groups in the European Parliament become more institutionalized over time? |
| Nicole Pomeroy | An Exploration of the Determinants of Tax Morale in the EU-15. |
| Clarissa Unger | Examining Turnout through a Compound Lens: The Effects of Social Capital in First and Second-Order Elections. |
| Markus Joakim Wartiovaara | State Infringement of EU Environmental Law: Can National Constituencies ‘Buy’ Compliance/Violation? |
2011 Graduates from the M Sc in International Politics
| Marzia Baldasssari | The relationship between democracy and human rights revisited. |
| Christopher Boylan | Blood Politics: The Importance of Family Ties in Dail Elections Evidence from the 2002 Election |
| Ciara Finlay | Can the UN approval provide the legitimacy to the U.S. military intervention and make it succeed? |
| Emily Glen | Liberal Autocracies and the Supply of Free Trade: The Ratification of Preferential Trade Agreements in Non-Democratic Regimes |
| Trygve Gronbekk | "Domestic constraints: the European non-aligned states’ military contributions to ISAF". |
| James Michael Frank Hagen | Explaning the Parliamentary success of Far-Right Parties in Scandinavia: A Look at Sweden in relation to Denmark and Norway. |
| Kathleen Clare Harris | In the Spotlight: The Impact of Media Human Rights Coverage on US Development & Military Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990- 2008 |
| Vanessa Hiry | Capacity Constraints as Bargaining Advantage for Developing Countries in the WTO Dispute Settlement Process |
| James Michael Kilcourse | Foreign Policy Directions in the Post-Soviet Space: Explaning the foreign policy behaviour of the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union |
| John Kreienkamp | Political Freedomn and the Roots of Terrorism in Latin America |
| Jorg Lehmann | Presidential Popularity and the Use of Force |
| Melanie McDonald | Aid for Change: An Investigation of the Effects of Democratic Aid on Regime Transition in Africa |
| Eimear Murphy | The Criminalisation of Marital Rape: Explaning Variation in Timing across High Income OECD Countries |
| Alannah Nic Phaidin | Action- Reaction: China and Indian's Military Capabilities in the Indian Ocean Region, 1980 -2007 |
| David Perry | Terrorism and Repression in Democratic States: The Explanatory Role of the Characteristics of Terrorist Attacks |
| Joana Racine | The Effect of Youth Cohort Size on Transitions to Democrary |
| Miguel Rodriguez Marquez | Political Instability and Progress of Structural Economic Reform in Latin America from 1985 to 1999 |
| Scott Schittl | Tourism Dependence and the Incidence of Democracy in Low-to-Middle Income States: The Blessing and Curse of Resource Dependence |
| Victoria Walshe | International Compliance and the Child Soldier: The efficacy of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the child on the involvement of children in armed conflict & the Option of Issue Linkage |
2010 Graduates from the M Sc in Comparative European Politics
| Name | Title of Dissertation |
| Mark Canavan | Geographically Targeted Allocation in Capital Health Expenditure in Ireland 1998-2004: Evidence of an Incumbent Electoral Strategy |
| Mark Carpenter | A Comparative Study of the Effect of Teacher Union Strength on Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Across the OECD |
| Alisha Clancy | The European Commission’s Influence on European Court of Justice Decision-making: Evidence from Article 267 TFEU Preliminary Reference Procedure |
| David Dancey | What are the determining factors behind EU military involvement in non-European intrastate wars from 1993 to 2009? |
| Gillian Mary Dunne | Why does a more viable language policy exist in Catalonia and the Basque Country than in Valencia? |
| Oliver Paul Griffiths | Explaining the Variation in Voter Support for The British National Party and British ‘Mainstream Parties’: The case of the 2010 British General Election |
| Emily Jean Ledford | Agricultural Biotechnology: Explaining the Differences between US and EU Policies |
| Martin James Mc Kane | The Expansion of the U.S. Federation: Theories of State Admission |
| Ita Sarah O Sullivan | Why Does Turnout At Irish Referendums Regarding The European Union Vary?’ |
| Edwina Love | Pledge Fulfilment in Ireland from 2007 to 2010 with emphasis on an Environmental Party and the effects of Economic Crisis. |
| Kash Alexander Pontarolo | Economic Determinants of Net Migration in Ireland: 1968-2008 |
| William Quill | The effect of transfers in elections and on the political culture in Ireland |
| Diego Scarabelli | Does economic integration lead to political integration? A comparative study of the Zollverein and the EEC |
| Laura Maria Schwirz | Reassessing the impact of information on voting behaviour – Counter-hypothesising Lupia's argument on voter competence:How more information led to a vote change at the second Irish referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon |
| Niall Patrick Sherry | Green Party Support and Success Across Europe: An Analysis of National- and Policy-Level Factors |
| Josephine Amelia Shister | When David Picks a Fight with Goliath: Why Developing and Least Developed Countries Initiate Disputes with the United States and the European Union Within the WTO |
| Ruairi Brian Vallely | Retrospective application of the d'Hondt divisor method of sequential portfolio allocation to the coalition executives of the Republic of Ireland, 1948-2007 |
2009 Graduates from the M Sc in Comparative European Politics
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Last updated: Feb 06 2012