Jacqueline Hayden
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
Dr Jacqueline Hayden was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland in 2013 for her research and contribution to the transition to democracy in Poland. She was a journalist and current affairs radio producer with RTE before returning to university (TCD) to study for a PhD. She currently teaches Politics and Irish Society (1st year) and Issues in Contemporary Politics (4th year). She has previously taught at UCD and DCU.
Research Interest
Democratic theory, regime change, authoritarian persistence with a focus on former communist countries in East Central Europe.
Publications
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Jacqueline Hayden, Poles Apart: Solidarity and the New Poland, Dublin, Irish Academic Press, 1994
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Jacqueline Hayden, Explaining the Collapse of Communism in Poland: Strategic Misperceptions and Unanticipated Outcomes , The Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, 17, (4), 2001, p108 - 129
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The Media and the Campaign in, editor(s)Michael Gallagher, Michael Marsh and Paul Mitchell , , How Ireland Voted 2002, Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, [Jacqueline Hayden with Heinz Brandenburg]
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Jacqueline Hayden (with Kenneth Benoit), Institutional Change and Persistence: The Evolution of Polands Electoral System, 1989-2001, The Journal of Politics, 66, (2), 2004, p396 - 427
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Jacqueline Hayden, The Collapse of Communist Power in Poland: Strategic misperceptions and unanticipated outcomes , London, Routledge Curzon, 2006
