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Crois gaelach agus Dun Aonghasa, Cill Ronáin, Oiléan Árann, Inis Mór, Co. na Gaillimh, Éire
Irish cross and Dun Aengus cliffs, Killronin, Inishmore, Aran Islands, Galway County, Ireland

 Richard S. Conley, Ph.D.

 

 Associate Professor

 Department of Political Science

 University of Florida 

 309 Anderson Hall

 Gainesville, FL  32611

 (352) 273-2385

 email: rconley@polisci.ufl.edu

 

 

 Fall 2008 Office Hours: Tuesdays, 10:30-12:00; 15:00-16:00. Thursdays, 10:30-13:30, & by appointment

 

 

 

Fall 2008
Course Syllabi & Information 

Listing of Required Books for Fall courses

(as required by new Florida Statute eff. 7/1/08)

 

POS 4931

Irish Politics and Government

 

Syllabus

 

Irish Language Political Terms/Maps for Quizzes

 

Instructions for Film Analysis

 

Final Paper Instructions

 

Irish History Sites

 

Irish History – 8000 BC - present

The 1916 Easter Rising

The Famine – Sir Charles Gavan Duffy

 

Links to Irish Newspapers/Media

 

RTÉ-Radio Telefis Éireann

Irish Times

Irish Examiner

The Irish News

Belfast Telegraph (Northern Ireland)

 

Links to the Irish State (Republic): Government Offices, Etc.

 

Eolas ar Stát na hÉireann - Information on the Irish State 

 

Links to the Peace Process in Northern Ireland (Ulster)

 

CAIN – Irish Peace Process

New York Times – Northern Ireland Peace Process

British Broadcasting Service (BBC) In-Depth Website

Independent Commission on Policing for N. Ireland – Official Report

Political Murals in Ulster – CAIN Info Page

 

The Troubles/The Irish Republican Army

 

IRA Info – Federation of American Scientists Info Page

Background on the Troubles: CAIN

PBS Frontline: Behind the Mask

An Phoblacht – Republican News

 

Elections/Results

 

Elections in the Republic

Northern Ireland

 

Political Parties

 

Parties in the Republic

Parties in Northern Ireland

 

 

POS 4413

The Presidency

 

Syllabus

 

Presidential Election 2008

 

State by State Primary Dates from Project VoteSmart

Frontloading: The Century Forum Report

Frontloading HQ

More Primaries and Caucuses: Democracy in Action 2008

Polidata

 

Presidential Candidates/Information Sites

 

Washington Post Profile, Finances, Campaign Tracking

Profiles from Politics1.com

New York Times 2008 Election Guide

CNN Elections Site: Polls, Results

Campaign Finance from OpenSecrets.org

 

Other Sites on the U.S. Presidency:

Data, Popularity, Public Papers, Research Resources

 

The American Presidency Project: UC Santa Barbara

Miller Center (UVA): American President Project

LivingRoomCandidate.com: Presidential Election Ads

Presidential Election Maps

Presidential Speeches Archive (Texas A&M U)

White House Statements of Administration Policy (OMB, 2001-)

National Security Directives (Truman-GW Bush)

Executive Orders

Presidential Vetoes, 1789-1988 (US Senate)

THOMAS: Legislation/Bill Search & Summary Status

Presidential Pardons

USDOJ, Office of the Pardon Attorney

Polling Data: RealClearPolitics

 

 

 

Richard S. Conley
CV, Books, Journal Articles, Data, & Links of Personal Interest

 

Curriculum vita 

Books & Edited Volumes 


May 2007 (Scarecrow Press/Rowman & Littlefield)


Prentice-Hall "Real Politics in America" Series, 2004


College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2002


Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2003


Boston: Pearson, 2002

 

Articles - Published, in-press, under review

With Maria Bekafigo, "The Determinants of Legislative Productivity: Parties, Coalitions, and Divided Government in the US, France, and Ireland."  Paper prepared for the annual conference of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, 31 August-2 September, 2006Manuscript; tables

With Richard M. Yon, "Legislative Liaison, White House Roll-Call Predictions and Divided Government: The Eisenhower Experience, 83rd-84th Congresses," (forthcoming in Presidential Studies Quarterly, June 2007).  Manuscript; tables

"Reform, Reorganization, and the Renaissance of the Managerial Presidency?  The Impact of 9/11 on the Executive Establishment,"  Politics and Policy, Issue on ‘America and the War on Terror and Contemporary Foreign Policy,’ June 2006 (invited manuscript), pp. 304-43.

"Presidential Republics and Divided Government: Comparing Lawmaking and Executive Politics in the US and France" forthcoming in Political Science Quarterly, 2006

"President Clinton and the Republican Congress, 1995-2000: Political and Policy Dimensions of Veto Politics in Divided Government," Congress and the Presidency Volume 33, No. 2 (Autumn 2004): 133-60.

"The Legislative Presidency in Political Time: Party Control and Presidential-Congressional Relations," Rivals for Power, 3rd. edition, ed. James Thurber (Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 2005). 

"From Elysian Fields to the Guillotine? The Dynamics of Presidential and Prime Ministerial Approval in Fifth Republic France" Comparative Political Studies Volume 39, No. 5 (2006): 570-98.

"Presidential Campaigns and Elections: An Overview", in Congressional Quarterly's "Guide to Elections," eds. Paul Herrnson and Colton Campbell (Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 2005), pp. 315-34. 

"From the White House to the Palais Élysée: Divided Government, the Legislative Presidency, and Prospects for Comparing Presidential Politics in the U.S. and France" Presidency Research Group Report of the APSA, Spring 2003. 

"The War on Terrorism and Homeland Security: Presidential and Congressional Challenges," In George W. Bush: Evaluating the President at Midterm, Bryan Hilliard, Tom Lansford, and Robert P. Watson (eds.). State University of New York Press, 2004, pp. 173-87.

With Richard K. Scher, "'I Did It My Way': Governor Jeb Bush and the Line-Item Veto in Florida"  Florida Political Chronicle 15 (No. 1), Spring 2004: 1-18.

"A Revisionist View of George Bush and Congress, 1989: Presidential Support, 'Veto Strength', and the Democrats' Agenda."  White House Studies Vol. 4, No. 2, 2002.

Data for download 

Monthly public opinion data on French Presidents and Prime Ministers, 1960-August 2003.  Includes inflation, 6 month moving average of the percent unemployed, rally events, strikes, and domestic terrorism. 

Data set (.xls)
Codebook definitions
Chronological listing of rally events, strikes, terrorism

Links of Personal Interest 

Centrists.org
Moderate Republican.net
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library 
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

 


St. Augustine Catholic Church 
(Catholic Student Center of Gainesville)
Daily Mass readings
Catholic.org
Catholicweb.com
Official Catholic sites (Georgetown U.)

        Catholic Calendar Rosary Page


  

The Presidency of George W. Bush
Click for News, Statements, and Press Releases

Click for News from the White HouseMeet President Bush

Bushisms!

"You're working hard to put food on your family." (Nashua, NH, 27 Jan 2000)

"Families are where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." (LaCrosse, WI 18 Oct 2000)

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." (Washington, DC 29 March 2001)

“Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?”

 

“You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.” (21 February 2001)