RSS 1.0Sociology (Theses and Dissertations)
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Trust and Cooperation in International Peacekeeping: Approaches to Assessing Trust in a High-Risk Networked Environment
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2021)Trust has been described as an essential social lubricant (Luhmann, 1979) and one of the most important synthetic forces within society (Simmel, 1950). Trust acts as a reducer of social complexity and is often viewed ... -
A Tale of Two Heteronormative sites: Considering Militaries and (Video)Gaming
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2021)This thesis explores two sites that have traditionally been associated with heteronormative masculinity (militaries and videogames). Through the use of qualitative methodologies, it seeks to unearth and examine the ways ... -
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 ...
