Iain McMenamin
Prof
Iain McMenamin is Professor of Comparative Politics in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University. He is interested in most areas of comparative politics and has published on many topics including political economy, business and politics, political communication, and East-Central Europe. He is happy to supervise PhDs in all these areas.
Iain's research has been published in leading journals such as World Politics, the European Journal of Political Research, International Studies Quarterly, and European Union Politics. His book If Money Talks, What Does It Say? Corruption and Business Financing of Political Parties (Oxford University Press 2013) won the Brian Farrell Prize of the Political Studies Association of Ireland for best book in political science published in that year. He is also the co-author of Resilient Reporting: Media Coverage of Irish Elections Since 1969 (Manchester University Press 2019), along with Michael Breen, Michael Courtney, Eoin O'Malley, and Kevin Rafter. Iain is has been a recipient of the Dublin City University President's Award for Outstanding Research. In addition to his work at DCU, Iain has held Visiting Fellowships at European University Institute and the Australian National University. He was Head of the School of Law and Government from 2018 to 2021.
He has taught a wide range of courses on comparative politics, European studies and research methods at BA, MA and PhD levels. Iain studied at University College Dublin, Nuffield College, Oxford and the London School of Economics.
Iain's research has been published in leading journals such as World Politics, the European Journal of Political Research, International Studies Quarterly, and European Union Politics. His book If Money Talks, What Does It Say? Corruption and Business Financing of Political Parties (Oxford University Press 2013) won the Brian Farrell Prize of the Political Studies Association of Ireland for best book in political science published in that year. He is also the co-author of Resilient Reporting: Media Coverage of Irish Elections Since 1969 (Manchester University Press 2019), along with Michael Breen, Michael Courtney, Eoin O'Malley, and Kevin Rafter. Iain is has been a recipient of the Dublin City University President's Award for Outstanding Research. In addition to his work at DCU, Iain has held Visiting Fellowships at European University Institute and the Australian National University. He was Head of the School of Law and Government from 2018 to 2021.
He has taught a wide range of courses on comparative politics, European studies and research methods at BA, MA and PhD levels. Iain studied at University College Dublin, Nuffield College, Oxford and the London School of Economics.
Book
Book Chapter
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | McMenamin, I. (2021) 'Three circles: Firms and parties from the twentieth to the twenty-first century' In: Handbook of Business and Public Policy. [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2015 | McMenamin, I. (2015) 'Partisan interest and political finance reform in Australia' In: The Deregulatory Moment?: A Comparative Perspective on Changing Campaign Finance Laws. [Link] | |
| 2015 | Bucur, C.; McMenamin, I. (2015) 'Poland: The presidentialization of parties in a young democracy' In: The Presidentialization of Political Parties: Organizations, Institutions and Leaders. [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2014 | Eoin O'Malley, Roderick Flynn, Iain McMenamin, and Kevin Rafter (2014) 'Newspapers and Broadcast Media Coverage of the 2011 General Election' In: Donnacha Ó’Beacháin and Mark O’ Brien(Eds.). Political Communication in Ireland: Journalism, Politics, and the Public. : Liverpool University Press. | |
| 2011 | Iain McMenamin (2011) 'Big Business and Political Finance in Australia: Ideological Bias and Profit-Seeking Pragmatism' In: Robert G. Boatright(Eds.). Campaign Finance: The Problems and Consequences of Reform. New York : International Debate Education Association. | |
| 2009 | Iain McMenamin (2009) 'The Four Logics of Money, Business, and Political Parties' In: Conor McGrath(Eds.). Interest Groups and Lobbying: Volume One - The United States and Comparative Perspectives. Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press. | |
| 2008 | Iain McMenamin (2008) 'Semi-presidentialism and democratisation in Poland' In: Semi-presidentialism in Central and Eastern Europe. : Manchester University Press. | |
| 2008 | Iain McMenamin (2008) 'Commentary on Brian Girvin's Political Culture, Political Independence and Economic Success in Ireland' In: Eoin O'Malley and Conor McGrath(Eds.). Irish Political Studies Reader: Key Contributions. London : Routledge. | |
| 2008 | Jeffrey Knopf and Iain McMenamin (2008) 'How to Write a Literature Review' In: Stephen Yoder(Eds.). Publishing Political Science: The APSA Guide to Writing and Publishing. Washington, DC : American Political Science Association. | |
| 2008 | Iain McMenamin (2008) 'Party regulation and democratisation: challenges for further research' In: Political Parties in Conflict-Prone Societies: Regulation, Engineering and Democratic Development. Tokyo : United Nations University Press. |
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Lipcean, S.; McMenamin, I. (2023) 'Rethinking public funding of parties and corruption: Confronting theoretical complexity and challenging measurement'. Governance, . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2023 | McMenamin, I.; Power, S. (2023) 'What motivates business to donate to politics? A framework and an empirical application'. Interest Groups and Advocacy, 12 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2023 | McMenamin, Iain; Courtney, Michael; Breen, Michael; McNulty, Gemma (2023) 'The dependence of election coverage on political institutions: Political competition and policy framing in Germany and the United Kingdom'. Journalism, 24 (6). [DOI] | |
| 2022 | McMenamin, Iain (2022) 'Robert Elgie and the nature of political science'. French Politics, 20 (2). [DOI] | |
| 2021 | Breen, Michael; McMenamin, Iain; Courtney, Michael; McNulty, Gemma (2021) 'Daily Judgement: Political News and Financial Markets'. New Political Economy, 26 (4). [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Courtney, M.; Breen, M.; McGing, C.; McMenamin, I.; O'Malley, E.; Rafter, K. (2020) 'Underrepresenting Reality? Media Coverage of Women in Politics and Sport'. Social Science Quarterly, 101 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2020 | McMenamin, Iain (2020) 'Party Identification, the Policy Space and Business Donations to Political Parties'. Political Studies, 68 (2). [DOI] | |
| 2016 | McMenamin, I.; Breen, M.; Muñoz-Portillo, J. (2016) 'Comparative politics and quasi-rational markets'. New Political Economy, 21 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2015 | McMenamin, Iain; Breen, Michael; Munoz-Portillo, Juan (2015) 'Austerity and credibility in the Eurozone'. European Union Politics, 16 (1). [DOI] | |
| 2009 | Elgie, Robert; Mcmenamin, Iain (2009) 'journal publications from politics departments in ireland 2003-2007: an update using the hix method'. European Political Science, 8 (1). [DOI] | |
| 2008 | Elgie, R.; McMenamin, I. (2008) 'Semi-presidentialism and democratic performance'. Japanese Journal of Political Science, 9 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2008 | Elgie, Robert; McMenamin, Iain (2008) 'Political fragmentation, fiscal deficits and political institutionalisation'. Public Choice, 136 (3-4). [DOI] | |
| 2008 | McMenamin, Iain (2008) 'Business, politics and money in Australia: Testing economic, political and ideological explanations'. Australian Journal of Political Science, 43 (3). [DOI] | |
| 2006 | McMenamin, I (2006) 'Process and text: Teaching students to review the literature'. PS-POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICS, 39 (1). | |
| 2005 | Elgie, R; McMenamin, I (2005) 'Credible commitment, political uncertainty or policy complexity? Explaining variations in the independence of non-majoritarian institutions in France'. British Journal of Political Science, 35 . [DOI] | |
| 2004 | McMenamin, I (2004) 'Parties, promiscuity and politicisation: Business-political networks in Poland'. European Journal of Political Research, 43 (4). | |
| 2004 | McMenamin, I. (2004) 'Varieties of capitalist democracy: What difference does East-Central Europe make?'. Journal of Public Policy, 24 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2002 | Iain McMenamin and Virpi Timonen (2002) 'Poland's Health Reform: Politics, Markets and Informal Payments'. Journal of Social Policy, 31 :103-118. | |
| 2002 | Iain McMenamin (2002) 'Polish business associations: flattened civil society or super lobbies?'. Business and Politics, 4 :301-317. | |
| 1997 | Iain McMenamin (1997) 'Self-Choosing and Right-Acting in the Nationalism of Giuseppe Mazzini'. 23 :221-234. | |
| 2014 | Rafter, Kevin; Flynn, Roddy; McMenamin, Iain; O'Malley, Eoin (2014) 'Does commercial orientation matter for policy-game framing? A content analysis of television and radio news programmes on public and private stations'. European Journal of Communication, 29 (4). [DOI] | |
| 2014 | O'Malley, Eoin; Brandenburg, Heinz; Flynn, Roddy; McMenamin, Iain; Rafter, Kevin (2014) 'The impact of the economic crisis on media framing: evidence from three elections in Ireland'. European Political Science Review, 6 (3). [DOI] | |
| 2013 | Breen, M.; Mcmenamin, I. (2013) 'Political Institutions, Credible Commitment, and Sovereign Debt in Advanced Economies'. International Studies Quarterly, 57 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2013 | McMenamin, Iain (2013) 'Business Financing of Politics in Ireland: Theory, Evidence and Reform'. Irish Political Studies, 28 (1). [DOI] | |
| 2013 | McMenamin, Iain; Flynn, Roderick; O'Malley, Eoin; Rafter, Kevin (2013) 'Commercialism and Election Framing: A Content Analysis of Twelve Newspapers in the 2011 Irish General Election'. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRESS-POLITICS, 18 (2). [DOI] | |
| 2012 | McMenamin, Iain (2012) 'IF MONEY TALKS, WHAT DOES IT SAY? Varieties of Capitalism and Business Financing of Parties'. World Politics, 64 (1). [DOI] | |
| 2011 | Elgie, Robert; McMenamin, Iain (2011) 'Explaining the Onset of Cohabitation under Semi-presidentialism'. Political Studies, 59 (3). [DOI] | |
| 2011 | McMenamin, Iain (2011) 'Liberal Market Economies, Business, and Political Finance: Britain under New Labour'. WEST EUROPEAN POLITICS, 34 (5). [DOI] | |
| 2011 | McMenamin, Iain; Gwiazda, Anna (2011) 'Three roads to institutionalisation: Vote-, office- and policy-seeking explanations of party switching in Poland'. European Journal of Political Research, 50 (6). [DOI] | |
| 2008 | Robert Elgie , Iain McMenamin (2008) 'Political fragmentation, fiscal deficits and political institutionalisation'. 136 :255-267. | |
| 2008 | Iain McMenamin (2008) 'Business, Politics, and Money in Australia: Testing Economic, Political, and Ideological Explanations'. Australian Journal of Political Science, 44 :377-393. | |
| 2008 | Robert Elgie and Iain McMenamin (2008) 'Semi-presidentialism and democratic performance'. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE (PRINT), 9 :323-340. | |
| 2008 | Robert Elgie and Iain McMenamin (2008) 'Political Fragmentation, fiscal deficits and political institutionalisation'. PUBLIC CHOICE (PRINT), 136 :255-267. | |
| 2008 | Robert Elgie and Iain McMenamin (2008) 'Journal publications from politics departments in the Republic of Ireland: an update using the Hix method'. European Political Science, . | |
| 2007 | McMenamin, Iain; Schoenman, Roger (2007) 'Together forever? Explaining exclusivity in party-firm relations'. Political Studies, 55 (1). [DOI] | |
| 2007 | Iain McMenamin , Roger Schoenman (2007) 'Together forever? Explaining exclusivity in party-firm relations'. 55 :153-173. | |
| 2005 | Robert Elgie , Iain McMenamin (2005) 'Credible commitment, political uncertainty, or policy complexity? Explaining variations in the independence of non-majoritarian institutions in France '. 35 :531-548. | |
| 2002 | Timonen, V.; McMenamin, I. (2002) 'Future of care services in Ireland: Old answers to new challenges?'. Social Policy and Administration, 36 . [Link] [DOI] |
Other Publication
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Fahey, Kevin; McMenamin, Iain (2023) Money in Politics: Self-Enrichment, Campaign Spending, and Golden Parachutes. [DOI] | |
| 2022 | McMenamin, Iain (2022) Political Party Funding and Private Donations in Italy. [DOI] | |
| 2012 | McMenamin, Iain (2012) The Politics of Party Funding: State Funding to Political Parties and Party Competition in Western Europe. [DOI] | |
| 2006 | Iain McMenamin (2006) Ireland by Gustave de Beaumont. | |
| 2002 | Iain McMenamin (2002) Post-Communism: The Emerging Engima by Jadwiga Staniszkis. | |
| 1998 | Iain McMenamin (1998) Private Desires, Political Action: An Invitation to the Politics of Rational Choice by Michael Laver. |
Certain data included herein are derived from the © Web of Science (2024) of Clarivate. All rights reserved.