Michael Gallagher (academic)

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Michael Gallagher (born 1951) is a political scientist. He is Professor of Comparative Politics and head of the Department of Political Science at the Trinity College Dublin.

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Education

Trained as a computer scientist, Gallagher combines his understanding of statistical analysis with his interests in politics. He holds a B.A. from Lancaster, two M.Sc. degrees, one from Essex and one from Strathclyde. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Strathclyde.

Career

Gallagher created the Gallagher index, a least squares index of proportional representation that measures an electoral system’s disproportionality between votes received and seats allotted in a legislature. His research interests include Irish politics, comparative political institutions, and political parties.

Gallagher is the author, co-author or editor of eighteen books, including The Politics of Electoral Systems (2005, co-edited with Paul Mitchell), Politics in the Republic of Ireland (4th ed., 2005, co-edited with John Coakley), and Representative Government in Modern Europe (4th ed., 2006, co-edited with Michael Laver and Peter Mair), which are standard textbooks in their fields. He has also written around 70 journal articles and book chapters (his most cited independent work is "Proportionality, Disproportionality and Electoral Systems" in Electoral Studies [1991]), and serves on the editorial boards of various journals in the discipline, including Electoral Studies , European Journal of Political Research , Representation , Party Politics and Irish Political Studies . Gallagher was president of the Political Studies Association of Ireland, from 1994 to 1996. [1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Professor Michael Gallagher". Department of Political Science. Trinity College Dublin. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  2. ↑ HOW IRELAND VOTED 2020. [S.l.]: SPRINGER NATURE. 2021. ISBN   978-3-030-66404-6. OCLC   1223071206.
  3. ↑ Gallagher, Michael; Mitchell, Paul (10 January 2008). The Politics of Electoral Systems. Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780199238675 . Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  4. ↑ How Ireland voted 2007 : the full story of Ireland's general election. Michael Gallagher, Michael, Ph. D. Marsh. Basingstoke. 2008. ISBN   978-0-230-50038-9. OCLC   166314865.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ↑ How Ireland voted 2002. Michael Gallagher, Michael, Ph. D. Marsh, Paul Mitchell. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 2003. ISBN   0-333-96834-4. OCLC   50747065.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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