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Shifting to the Left: The Rise of Sinn Féin in the 2020 Irish General Election by Kennedy Fiorella

2022-06-13

This paper seeks to determine, how do the results of the 2020 General Election indicate Ireland’s shift towards an increasingly progressive voter base? 

In the last election, Sinn Féin, the democratic socialist and Irish republican left-leaning party, won a majority of the vote at 24.5% the highest since the election of 1923, a significant 10.17% increase from the 13.8% achieved in the 2018 election. 

The objective of this research is to analyze the electoral results, secondary sources, and news sources to assess what led to Sinn Féin’s historic results in the 2020 Irish election, and what has led to the increase in progressive politics in Ireland.

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 The Undergraduate Journal of Politics, Policy and Society (UJPPS) is an emerging interdisciplinary academic journal that publishes peer-reviewed work of undergraduate students in social sciences and humanities. The journal provides a platform for aspiring academics to gain experience in publishing, research, and critical thinking while contributing to current debates and discussions in their disciplines. The UJPPS is currently soliciting submissions in the form of academic essays and literary reviews for its upcoming issue.

The theme of the 2024 issue is Polarization, Cohesion, Trust, and institutions in an era of polycrises. As the world grows more intertwined and connected, the global population enters an epoch of continuous polycrises. Formulated by Morin and Kern, polycrisis refers to the interconnectedness between multiple crises occurring in the same timeline, leading to a period of great global risk (Morin & Kern, 1999, p. 74). The COVID-19 pandemic, the Russo-Ukrainian War, and climate change are all instances that contribute to polycrisis and its effects, particularly the relationships amongst citizens and institutions. We welcome submissions addressing one or several of the issues of polarization, cohesion, trust, and institutions within the context of the modern era. Approaches such as global governance, elections and power, misinformation and disinformation, social movements, the rise of social media, populism and extremism, identity, neo-colonialism, conflict and international relations, government and NGOs, and relationships between society and political institutions may be considered. These themes can engage questions such as:

  • How does trust in institutions interact with polarization and cohesion?
    • What relationships exist between social and political polarization and erosion of trust in institutions?
  • How do AI, the internet, and social media relate to issues of polarization, cohesion, and trust in institutions?
  • How does a polarized political climate affect international relations and global conflict?
  • How can we mitigate fake news?
    • How is the dispersion of fake news affecting trust between nations?
    • How is the dispersion of fake news and propaganda impacting political institutions?
  • Which institutions have the most influence?
    • How might various institutions be considered by decolonial and postcolonial theoretical frameworks?
  • What shifts have occurred to illicit rises in polarization and the erosion of trust in institutions?

The submission deadline is October 20th, 2024. Interested authors should submit their manuscripts via the journal's homepage: https://www.ujpps.com/index.php/ujpps.

All submissions must conform to the journal’s submission guidelines. Submissions will undergo a double-blind peer-review process, and those selected by the UJPPS editorial team will be revised, finalized, and published in the 2024 issue of the journal. Questions pertaining to this call for papers should be directed to the UJPPS editorial team at editor@ujpps.com.

 We look forward to your submission.

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