Browsing Sociology (Theses and Dissertations) by Title
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Depoliticisation and the post-conflict state in Northern Ireland : sovereignty, citizenship and universality
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2012)This thesis focuses on the transformation of the state in Northern Ireland (NI) and what is at stake politically in that transformation. More specifically, it is an empirically grounded social-theoretical investigation ... -
Developing science, technology and innovation (STI) capacity through networks : the case of a development network organisation in Mozambique
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2013)Science, technology and innovation (STI) is once again high on the international development agenda (Chataway et al, 2005; Leach and Scoones, 2006). Some authors have highlighted the role of new networked forms of organisation ... -
Diaspora, gender and narrative journeys : Italian migrant women in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2008)Diaspora, Gender And Narrative Journeys: Italian Migrant Women In Ireland. This study concerns Italian migrant women in Ireland, who are the most invisible subjects of a forgotten yet ‘exceptional’ history of migration. ... -
Discourses about 'foreigners' in contemporary Austria
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2005)A number of events, such as the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, the opening up of Eastern Europe, the Yugoslavian crisis in the 1990s and the Austrian membership of the European Union since 1995 have contributed to an ... -
European Union supra state feminism : redistributional gender equality policy and training in Europe and Ireland, 1971-1997
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2001)This study is located within debates about the impact of second wave feminism on European gender contracts. Its particular focus is the development of EU supra state feminism in the form of gender equality policy since the ... -
Family, religion, and identity in the Pakistani diaspora : a case study of young Pakistani men in Dublin and Boston
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2014)In recent years, Western countries have received Pakistanis as religious fanatics and detrimental to national as well as international safety and politics. Pakistani communities in diaspora have, in turn, received negative ... -
Fluid constellation : hybrid dynamics of the Irish bottled water industry
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2008)This dissertation provides an analysis of the Irish bottled water industry by constructing a revised version of Adorno's method of immanent critique. It incorporates the negative dialectical approach advanced by Adorno and ... -
Food, biotechnology, science and politics : policymakers engaged in Codex Alimentarius
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2008)The international organisation Codex Alimentarius was established by the WHO and the FAO in 1963, with the intention of creating scientifically-based international food safety standards in order to protect consumer health ... -
Food, obesity and families : practices in Irish households with young children
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2010)The aim of this thesis is to investigate the socially constructed meaning of food, ‘healthy eating’, and obesity within the context of family food practices in a sample of middle-class Irish families with young children. ... -
Globalisation, Christian churches and ecumenism
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2007)This dissertation offers an exploration into the multidimensional processes of globalisation in conjunction with the ecumenical movement. It investigates how combinations of ecumenical events and practices reveal various ... -
I know what it is but how bad does it get? Insights into the lived experience and service needs of people with early-stage dementia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2009)In Ireland, age-related illnesses such as dementia are becoming a greater policy concern in line with population ageing. Despite this, dementia-specific policies and practices are still largely under-developed and the ... -
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 ... -
Illusion and disillusion in a development organisation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2015)This thesis focuses on a development donor organisation in the Republic of Ireland which embarked upon a project to become a learning organisation with a team from Trinity College Dublin. This thesis explores an area that ... -
In search of legitimacy : an exploration of the Gülen Movement's strategic engagements in the Western context
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2012)This thesis analyses the strategic engagements of the Gülen Movement (GM) in the Western context. The GM is a Turkish-originated Islamic movement named after the controversial and charismatic Turkish Islamic scholar, ... -
In the shadow of the clock : working time in the Irish software sector
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2004)This thesis is concerned with working time in the software sector in Ireland. It examines its nature and the way in which it is organised. Twenty-two people were interviewed over the course of a year about various aspects ... -
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 ... -
Ireland and race : ideas, intellectuals and identities
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2007)This dissertation offers an exploration of the processes involved in the construction of discourses of Irishness and otherness as it relates to migration and anti racism in Ireland between 1990 and 2005. In doing so, I ... -
Knowing what it means to be Irish : cultural identity and the production of Irish advertising
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2008)While advertising has long fascinated researchers in the social sciences, the majority of studies undertaken in this field have focused on consumer receptivity and interpretation, while generally ignoring the production ... -
Liquid citizens? Towards a sociology of lesbian and gay intimate citizenship in the Republic of Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2008)In this thesis, I argue that we can usefully explore Irish sexuality within the emergent frame of analysis that is known as sexual or intimate citizenship. While 'citizenship' has tended to be theorised as pertaining to ... -
Longitudinal studies on variation by socio-economic position in child conduct, academic outcomes and curricular choice in the Irish context
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2023)Using unique, nationally representative longitudinal data from Cohort98 of Growing Up in Ireland (N=6,039; 51.2% female; ages 9-17), this thesis evaluates socio-economic inequalities in educational development, decision-making ...