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News
As it becomes available, you can find here brief news items from the PSAI such as details of upcoming PSAI events, information on how PSAI can support its members, prizes and new publications by PSAI members.
The PSAI is delighted to announce a Teaching and Learning Award in Politics for 2010. The award will be presented at the annual conference in 2010. Full details are available here.
Electoral Change and Prospects for Northern IrelandThis one day conference will take place at Queen's University Belfast on Thursday 7 October 2010. Further details and a call for papers are available here.
PSAI Basil Chubb Prize
The 2009 Basil Chubb prize for best PhD thesis at an Irish university in 2009 has been awarded to Dr. Oliver Feeney of the School of Political Science and Sociology at NUI, Galway for his thesis 'Equality of whom? A Genetic perspective on equality of Opportunity', supervised by Dr. Pete Morriss.
More details can be found here
The Political Studies Association of Ireland has submitted the response paper below to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment on the current proposal to establish a new Leaving Certificate course in social and political education:
The PSAI offers several schemes designed to support members of the Association:
Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern with the authors of All Politics is Local Dr Liam Weeks and Dr Aodh Quinlivan.
The Brian Farrell book prize 2010
For Best Book Published in Political Science in 2009
The PSAI awards an annual prize for the best book published in political science by a member of the Political Studies Association of Ireland. The prize is awarded each year at the annual conference.
The 2010 competition is open to single-authored and jointly-authored books written by PSAI members and published in 2009. Nominations for the book prize are sough each year in May.
A wide range of back issues of PSAI publications are now available for purchase by members. Subject to availability, the following publications can be obtained:
- Days of Blue Loyalty
- How Ireland Voted 1987
- How Ireland Voted 1989
- How Ireland Voted 1992
- Irish Elections 1922-1944: Results and Analysis
- Irish Elections 1948-1977: Results and Analysis - Flyer
- Irish Political Studies Reader
- Politics in the Republic of Ireland, 5th Ed.
- Irish Political Studies (from Volume 2 1987 to Volume 12 1997, plus Volume 14 1999.
Copies of the journal cost €10 each, or 3 issues for €25.
Anyone wishing to order publications can email Theresa at t.reidy@ucc.ie.