dc.contributor.author	Weeks, Liam
dc.contributor.editor	Farrell, David M.
dc.contributor.editor	Hardiman, Niamh
dc.date.accessioned	2022-06-24T09:49:44Z
dc.date.available	2022-06-24T09:49:44Z
dc.date.issued	2021-08-01
dc.date.updated	2022-06-24T08:59:35Z
dc.description.abstract	The presence of independents in the Irish political system is unusual from a comparative perspective. Sometimes seen as an idiosyncratic phenomenon, they are analysed in terms of their relation to the party system, and categorized in a manner similar to that applied to party families. Why independents do not form parties is analysed from an institutional and behavioural perspective, showing that there are a number of incentives for political entrepreneurs to remain as independents rather than transition to a new party. The nature of support for independents is assessed through a populist lens, considering if independents take the place of populist parties in the electoral marketplace. It is found that independents have more in common with left-wing progressives than right-wing nativists. The final section examines the role of independents in the government formation process, showing that the levels of stability and output are not as low as might be expected.	en
dc.description.status	Peer reviewed	en
dc.description.version	Accepted Version	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.citation	Weeks, L. (2021) 'Independents and the party system', in Farrell, D. M. and Hardiman, N. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Irish Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 539-557. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198823834.013.31	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198823834.013.31	en
dc.identifier.endpage	557	en
dc.identifier.isbn	9780198823834
dc.identifier.startpage	539	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10468/13315
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Oxford University Press	en
dc.relation.ispartof	The Oxford Handbook of Irish Politics
dc.rights	© 2021, Oxford University Press. This is a draft of a chapter published in 2021 by Oxford University Press in the book The Oxford Handbook of Irish Politics edited by David M. Farrell and Niamh Hardiman.	en
dc.subject	Independents	en
dc.subject	Non-partisan	en
dc.subject	Party system	en
dc.subject	Single transferable vote	en
dc.subject	Populism	en
dc.subject	Minority government	en
dc.title	Independents and the party system	en
dc.type	Book chapter	en

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