Cera Murtagh

Publications:

• 'Beyond the Core: Do ethnic Parties ‘Reach Out’ in Power-Sharing Systems?' The British Journal of Politics and International (2021), with Allison McCulloch. https://doi.org/10.1177/1369148120973139
• 'The Plight of Civic Parties in Divided Societies', International Political Science Review, 41(1) (2020) 73-88
• 'New Institutions, New Gender Rules? A Feminist Institutionalist Lens on Women and Power-Sharing' feminists@law, 9(1) (2019) with Fiona Mackay
• 'Others in Deeply Divided Societies: A Research Agenda,' Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 24(3): 299-310 (2018), with Timofey Agarin & Allison McCulloch.
• ‘Civic Mobilization in Divided Societies and the Perils of Political Engagement: Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Protest and Plenum Movement,’ Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 22(2) (2016), 149-171.
• ‘Reaching Across: Institutional Barriers to Cross-Ethnic Parties in Post-Conflict Societies and the Case of Northern Ireland,’ Nations and Nationalism, 21(3) (2015), 544–565.
• ‘Consociational Theory: McGarry and O'Leary and the Northern Ireland conflict,’ Book Review, Regional and Federal Studies, 21(4-5) (2011), 567-569.
• ‘A Transient Transition: The Cultural and Institutional Obstacles Impeding the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition in its Progression from Informal to Formal Politics,’ Irish Political Studies, 23(1) (2008), 21-40.

Course List:

• Fall22-PSC-1300-001 Comparative Politics
• Fall22-PSC-1300-002 Comparative Politics
• Fall22-PSC-4375-002 TOP:Gender, War & Peace

In the News Media:

• 'Parties in Northern Ireland reach out beyond their core base under stable conditions but retreat to their ethnic constituencies in times of uncertainty' LSE British Politics and Policy, February 17 2021, with Allison McCulloch https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/ni-parties-reaching-out/
• "Historians pay tribute: ‘Today we live in John Hume’s Ireland, and thank God for that’" The Irish Times, August 4 2020 https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/historians-pay-tribute-today-we-live-in-john-hume-s-ireland-and-thank-god-for-that-1.4321671
• '3 things to know about Ireland’s elections' Vox https://www.vox.com/2020/2/7/21125321/irish-elections-saturday-varadkar-sinn-fein
• ‘Northern Ireland is in Crisis because of a Dispute over Language,’ Monkey Cage; The Washington Post, 2 March 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/03/02/northern-ireland-is-in-crisis-because-of-a- squabble-over-language/

Area of Expertise:

• Politics of Divided Societies
• Gender Politics
• Irish Politics
• Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
• Comparative Politics