Browsing Sociology (Scholarly Publications) by Author "WICKHAM, JAMES JOHN RUFUS"

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    • After the party's over: The Irish employment model and the paradoxes of non-learning. 

      WICKHAM, JAMES JOHN RUFUS (European Trade Union Institute, 2012)
      The chapter describes the 'bubble labour market' of the final years of the Celtic Tiger. It argues that the road to the Irish crisis was prepared by four core features of the Irish model: the veto-power of Foreign Direct ...

    • European Urban Public Transport: Towards a single European employment model? 

      WICKHAM, JAMES JOHN RUFUS (Analytica Publications., 2010-05)
      Publicly owned public transport contributed to the distinctive character of 20th century European cities. Today however the sector is being opened to various forms of competition. Using a comparative study of urban public ...

    • Irish mobilities 

      WICKHAM, JAMES JOHN RUFUS (UCD Press, 2007)
      The `mobility turn? in sociology challenges any easy equation of `society? with a given territorial area. This approach allows us to link the study of migration with the study of other forms of mobility, to examine the ...

    • Irish mobilities 

      WICKHAM, JAMES JOHN RUFUS (UCD Press, 2007)
      The `mobility turn? in sociology challenges our easy equation of `society? with a given territorial area. The chapter begins by examining the arguments involved, pointing out how much sociological theorising about `fluidity? ...

    • Transportation Scenarios: Looking forward and looking back in four European cities 

      WICKHAM, JAMES JOHN RUFUS (Irish Transport Researchers Network, 2010-09-01)
      The post World War II history of European urban transport in cities involves trajectories, switching points and socio-political choices. The paper contributes to our understanding of such choices by confronting the results ...