RSS 1.0Sociology (Theses and Dissertations)
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Institutionalised, Parentless, and Racialised as Other: Understanding the Formation of a Racialised Self for Women of African-Irish Descent who grew up in the Irish Industrial School System
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2021)This research investigated the identity(ies) construction of 15 women of mixed African-Irish descent, with white Irish mothers and African fathers, who as children grew up in the Irish institutional care system in the ... -
Migration, mothering and schooling: a case study of Baltic mothers in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2020)This thesis explores the parental involvement of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian mothers within and outside of formal schooling in Ireland. The number of Baltic families has significantly increased in Ireland in the last ... -
All Welcome Here? Studies on Anti-Immigration Attitudes and Discriminatory Behaviour towards Ethnic Minorities in Irish and European Contexts
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2020)The main aim of this thesis is to examine prejudice, via anti-immigration sentiment, and discriminatory behaviour in Ireland and other European countries. The thesis consists of four separate papers which constitute four ... -
Performing Distance : the response of Irish professionals to immigrants and immigration
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2014)Literature on immigration in Ireland has focused on analyses of rates and flows, the impact of labour migration, immigrants’ experiences of racism and integration, and asylum/refugee studies. Empirical work on the response ... -
Identity, categorisation, citizenship and the 'Peace Process' in Côte d'Ivoire
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2015)This thesis explores the practice of categorization of identities and determination of citizenship within the context of the peace process in Côte d’Ivoire. It is based on interviews with government officials, actors from ...
