Gail Mc Elroy
Professor
Political Science
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
I am a professor of Political Science at Trinity College, Dublin. My primary research interests are in the fields of legislative behaviour and party politics. Recent publications have dealt with the nature of party competition in the European Parliament, the role of committees in the policy process and the quality of citizen representation in the European Union. I am also actively involved in the Irish National Election Study and the Irish Candidates Study and recent published work in this area explores the continued under-representation of women in Irish politics. I am currently working on an Irish Research Council funded project which examines the differences in political ambition amongst Irish men and women.
Research Interest
European Union Politics, European Parliament, European Political Parties, Electoral Politics
Publications
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M.Lodge, K.Wegrich, G.McElroy, Dodgy kebabs everywhere? Variety of Worldviews and Regulatory Change, Public Administration, 88, (1), 2010, p247 - 266
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Gail McElroy and Michael Marsh, Candidate Gender and Voter Choice: Analysis from a Multi-Member Preferential Voting System, Political Research Quarterly, 63, (4), 2010, p822 - 833
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Michael Marsh & Gail McElroy, Irish National Election Study, 2011,
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Gail McElroy and Michael Marsh, Electing Women to the Dáil: Gender Cues and the Irish Voter., Irish Political Studies, 26, (4), 2011, p521 - 534
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Gail McElroy and Kenneth Benoit, Policy Positioning in the European Parliament, European Union Politics, 13, (1), 2012, p150 - 167
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Gail McElroy, Political Ambitions and Attitude Survey, 2014, -
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Gail McElroy and Shaun Bowler, Political group cohesion and hurrah voting in the European Parliament, Journal of European Public Policy, 22, (9), 2015
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Voting behaviour in 2016: continuing de-alignment in, editor(s)Michael Gallagher and Michael Marsh , How Ireland Voted 2016: The Election that Nobody Won, 2016, pp159 - 184, [Michael Marsh and Gail McElroy]
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Gail McElroy, Irish Candidate Survey, 3, Comparative Candidate Study, 2016
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Introduction: The 2011 election in context in, editor(s)Michael Marsh, David Farrell and Gail McElroy , A Conservative Revolution? Electoral Change in 21st Century Ireland, 2017, pp61 - 82, [Michael Marsh, David Farrell and Gail McElroy]
