Michael Gallagher (academic) explained

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.

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]

Works

• How Ireland Voted 2020: The End of an Era (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021)^[2]
• How Ireland Voted 2016: the election that nobody won (Basingstoke, 2016)
• How Ireland Voted 2011: the full story of Ireland's earthquake election (Basingstoke, 2011)
• Representative Government in Modern Europe, 5th ed (Maidenhead, 2011)
• Politics in the Republic of Ireland, 5th ed (London, 2010)
• Irish Elections 1948–77: results and analysis (Routledge and PSAI Press, 2009)
• The Politics of Electoral Systems, paperback edition (Oxford, 2008)^[3]
• How Ireland Voted 2007 (Palgrave, 2008)^[4]
• How Ireland Voted 2007 (Basingstoke, 2008); including chapter on betting and the election
• Book: Representative Government in Modern Europe . 2005 . McGraw Hill . 0-07-297706-X . Gallagher . Michael . 2007-01-26 . Mair . Peter . Laver . Michael . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233410/http://www.mhprofessional.com/product.php?isbn=007297706X&cat=&promocode= . 2016-03-03 . dead.
• Book: The Politics of Electoral Systems . 2005 . OUP . 9780191603280 . Gallagher . Michael . 10.1093/0199257566.001.0001 . Mitchell . Paul.
• Book: Politics in the Republic of Ireland . 2004 . Routledge . 0-415-28066-4 . Gallagher . Michael . Coakley . John.
• How Ireland Voted 2002 (Palgrave, 2003)^[5]
• Book: How Ireland Voted 2002 . Michael Gallagher, Michael Marsh and Paul Mitchell . 2003 . Routledge . 0-333-96835-2.
• Book: Days of Blue Loyalty: the politics of membership of the Fine Gael party . Michael Gallagher and Michael Marsh . 2002 . Routledge . 0-9519748-6-6 . registration .
• Book: The Referendum Experience in Europe . 1996 . Palgrave Macmillan . 0-333-67018-3 . Gallagher . Michael . Uleri . Pier Vincenzo.
• Book: Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis . Michael Gallagher . 1993 . PSAI Press . 0-9519748-1-5.
• Book: Candidate selection in comparative perspective:The secret garden of politics . Gallagher M. and M. Marsh . 1988 . Sage,London.

External links

• Professor Michael Gallagher, Fellow Emeritus, Political Science, Trinity College Dublin Website.
• Michael Gallagher at Political Science Staff at Trinity College Dublin.
• Michael Gallagher's Electoral Systems web site with a variety of datasets and some tools for calculating disproportionality.
• Cover art, for a selection of Michael Gallagher's books.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor Michael Gallagher . Trinity College Dublin . Department of Political Science . March 29, 2018 . April 7, 2018.
2. Book: HOW IRELAND VOTED 2020.. 2021. SPRINGER NATURE. 978-3-030-66404-6. [S.l.]. 1223071206.
3. Book: Gallagher . Michael . Mitchell . Paul . The Politics of Electoral Systems . 10 January 2008 . Oxford University Press . 9780199238675 . 21 September 2023 . politics-el.
4. Book: How Ireland voted 2007 : the full story of Ireland's general election. 2008. Michael Gallagher, Michael, Ph. D. Marsh. 978-0-230-50038-9. Basingstoke. 166314865.
5. Book: How Ireland voted 2002. 2003. Palgrave Macmillan. Michael Gallagher, Michael, Ph. D. Marsh, Paul Mitchell. 0-333-96834-4. Basingstoke. 50747065.