Raj Chari
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
Prof. Raj Chari was born in Swift Current Saskatchewan Canada. After completing a B.A and M.A at the University of Saskatchewan, he did his PhD in Queen's University (Canada). Most of his Doctoral Thesis research and writing was performed out of the Juan March Institute in Madrid (Spain). Previous appointments include working for Vincent Wright at Nuffield College (Oxford) before joining Trinity in 1999.
Research Interest
Public Policy Analysis; Economic Policy-Making; Social Policy-Making; Deregulation; Privatisation; Party Politics in Spain and Italy.
Publications
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R Chari, Irish Referendum on the Lisbon Treaty - Will Irish Eyes be Smiling?, Memorando Opex N. 88/2008, Fundación Alternativas (Madrid), 2008
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Raj Chari, Why Did the Irish Reject Lisbon? An Analysis of the Referendum Results, Analysis of the Real Instituto Elcano (ARI) 69/2008 , 2008
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J. Hogan, G. Murphy and R. Chari, Next door they have regulation, but not here: Assessing the opinions of actors in the opaque world of unregulated lobbying, Canadian Political Science Review, 2, (3), 2008, p125 - 151
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The Politics of Regulating Lobbyists: Assessing the Attitudes of Actors in the World of Regulated Lobbying in, editor(s)Conor McGrath , Interest Groups and Lobbying in the US and Comparative Perspectives, Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales, The Edwin Mellon Press, 2009, pp297 - 328, [Gary Murphy, Raj Chari and John Hogan]
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Raj Chari and Paul Heywood, Analyzing the Policy Process in Democratic Spain, West European Politics, 32, (1), 2009, p26 - 54
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Raj Chari, John Hogan and Gary Murphy, Regulating Lobbying: A Global Comparison, Manchester, University of Manchester Press, 2010, 1 - 192pp
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Irish Political Studies, Special Issue: Hard Questions for Democracy - Ireland and Beyond, 26, 4, (2011), 425 - 606p, Raj Chari, [ed.]
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Raj Chari and Daniel O Donovan, Lobbying the European Commission: Open or Secret?, Socialism and Democracy, 25, (2), 2011, p104 - 124
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Raj Chari, Crisis and Change in Ireland, Analysis of the Real Instituto Elcano (ARI), 79/2011 (Madrid), April, 2011
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Gary Murphy, John Hogan, Raj Chari, Lobbying Regulation in Ireland, Journal of Public Affairs, 11, (2), 2011, p111 - 119
