UCC's Department of Government hosts the annual conference of the
Political Studies Association of Ireland in UCC on 20-22 October next.
This international conference will bring together 150-200 delegates
from the discipline of political science to the University.
The Conference commences with a roundtable session exploring 80 Years
of Fianna Fail. This is followed by a second session which will address
the commemoration of the Hunger Strikes this year. The roundtables will
feature academics, journalists and representatives of political parties.
The keynote address on Saturday will be given by Professor David
Farrell. David Farrell is an international expert on electoral systems
and he will present his recent work on the operation of the Single
Transferable Vote (STV) system in Australia, giving insights into how
Ireland might reconsider our own system of PR - STV.
The conference will feature parallel panels across the three days
examining all aspects of the discipline of political science. Politics
in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland receive extensive
treatment but there are many panels exploring European and
international politics.
Full details of the conference are available from http://www.ucc.ie/en/government/Research/PoliticalStudiesAssociationofIreland-AnnualConference2006/
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