Who runs Northern Ireland? Taking stock of gender and power in Northern Ireland
The late feminist writer Kate Millet observed society in the late 1960s and concluded that almost all positions of power
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Democracy and Government
EU exit regulations and Northern Ireland
A high profile consequence of the continuing failure to establish an Executive and fully functioning Assembly was the legislative passage
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A brief overview of the Northern Ireland Assembly Library
This week is Libraries Week so we thought we would provide an insight into the Northern Ireland Assembly Library, its
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European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: Back in the Commons
The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill returns to the House of Commons this week. MPs will consider the Bill in a Committee
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General election 2017: A detailed look at the result in Northern Ireland
The Westminster general election of 8 June 2017 resulted in a ‘hung parliament’, with the Conservatives as the largest party
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Transferred votes in the March 2017 Assembly Election
Transferred votes are an extremely important part of the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system. In the 2017 Assembly Election, only
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The representation of women in public life: where does Northern Ireland stand (now)?
In the context of International Women’s Day and following the election to the Northern Ireland Assembly on 2 March, we
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The Northern Ireland Assembly and the School Curriculum
The Assembly Education Service engaged with more than 80,000 young people during the last mandate. The aim of this work
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Election 2016: An analysis of results and transfers
Yesterday, we published a post which examined the 2016 Assembly election results in terms of candidates and voter turnout. This
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Election 2016: Candidates and voter turnout
The fifth Assembly election since the return of devolution in 1998 took place on 5 May 2016. The DUP consolidated
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