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Online public sphere or communicative capital? : blogs and new sites in Ireland, 2010 - 13
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2016)This thesis examines online discourse on news and opinion websites based in the Irish Republic over the period 2010-2013. It arose from an absence of literature on both online communications practices here and the rapid ... -
Ontic Generation: Getting Everything from the Basics
(Ontos, 2009)Properly executed, metaphysics consists in part of painstaking ontological detail and in part of grand systematic speculation. The distinction between these two aspects is not new: it is inspired by Wolff?s distinction ... -
The Ontology and Logic of Higher-Order Multitudes
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Optimal Interconnection and Renewable Targets in North-West Europe
(ESRI, 22/12/2011)We present a mixed-integer, linear programming model for determining optimal interconnection locations using a cost minimisation approach. Optimal interconnection and capacity investment decisions are determined under ... -
Organising for a Changing Europe? Irish Central Government and the European Union
(Trinity College Dublin, 2001)Organising for a Changing Europe? Irish Central Government and the European Union examines the management of EU policy in Ireland from the perspective of central government. The research was undertaken in response to ... -
Pain in the Past and Pleasure in the Future: The Development of Past Future Preferences for Hedonic Goods
(2020)It seems self‐evident that people prefer painful experiences to be in the past and pleasurable experiences to lie in the future. Indeed, it has been claimed that, for hedonic goods, this preference is absolute (Sullivan, ... -
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon : from co-ethnics to a racialized minority
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2015)This study employs critical race theory to understand, explain, and theorize the exclusion and racialization of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. There exists vast and diverse literature on the exclusion of Palestinians in ... -
Palestinian women from Femina Sacra to agents of active resistance
(Elsevier, 2011)Jawaher Abu-Rahmah, who was killed by tear gas on New Year Day 2001, was among many Palestinian women, in the state of Israel and the occupied territory, who, despite being victims of what I theorise as the Israeli 'racial ... -
The paradox of compliance: infringements and delays in transposing EU directives
(2007)What impact does the negotiation stage prior to the adoption of international agreements have on the subsequent implementation stage? We address this question by examining the linkages between decision making on European ... -
Parents, Children and Sense of Control
(ESRI, 2011)To the extent that people believe that their own actions can bring about a valued outcome, they are said to have a ?sense of control?. This is a key factor in understanding why people act as they do. When individuals feel ... -
The parliamentary election in Ireland, February 2011
(Elsevier, 2012)The three-party coalition government formed in 2007 between Fianna Fail, the Green Party and the Progressive Democrats appeared to have a bulletproof majority, and there was every reason to expect that, like its two immediate ... -
Partial Credit Guarantees: Principles and Practice
(2009)Partial credit guarantee schemes have experienced renewed interest from governments keen to promote financial access for small enterprises, not least as a response to the credit crunch in advanced economies. While the ... -
Party groups and policy positions in the European Parliament
(Sage, 2007)As the legislative body of the European Union (EU), the European Parliament (EP) comprises 732 elected representatives from over 150 national political parties from 25 member states. At the EP level, these members ... -
Party nationalization and the provision of public goods in democracies : a theoretical and empirical investigation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2015)The project investigates the extent to which political parties' organizational coverage and electoral geography - the degree to which they are successful at gaining electoral support throughout all regions within a country ... -
Party Policy and Group Affiliation in the European Parliament
(2010)While much attention has been paid to party politics in the European Parliament (EP), systematic empirical research has yet explained the basis on which national parties affiliate with the EP political groups. Our paper ... -
Peaks and Troughs: Economics and Political Economy of Central Bank Independence Cycles
(Oxford University Press, 2019)This chapter investigates the endogenous evolution of central bank institutional design over the past four decades. From a theoretical perspective, it employs a stylized political economy model to highlight some key ... -
“People would have died.” How the involvement of community pharmacy in COVID-19 vaccination was delayed: A multi-method policy implementation case study of Ireland (Dec 2020 to June 2021)
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2022)Introduction: When the National COVID-19 Vaccination Programme began in Ireland, there was a delay in involving community pharmacy despite its role being outlined in the associated Strategy and Implementation Plan. ... -
Perceived Irishness : the (re)construction of 'Irish' identity within the continuum of liquid modernity
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2016)This research explores perceived Irishness and to what extent identity in Ireland is reconstructed within the continuum of an ever changing society. It examines how values associated with identity affect the ways in which ... -
Perceptions of the appropriate response to norm violation in 57 societies
(2021)Norm enforcement may be important for resolving conflicts and promoting cooperation. However, little is known about how preferred responses to norm violations vary across cultures and across domains. In a preregistered ...