Browsing School of Social Sciences and Philosophy by Title
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A sociology of institutionalisation of the 'mentally ill' in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2007)A Sociology of Institutionalisation of the ‘Mentally ill’ in Ireland. This dissertation proposes that the trajectory of the institutionalisation of ‘mentally ill’ persons in Ireland can be understood as a multi-layered ... -
A theoretical and empirical analysis of bequest motives
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2007) -
A world of modal states of affairs: an account of the metaphysics of De Re modality
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Philosophy Department, 2009) -
Abuse and poor care practices in Irish nursing homes : An exploratory study of staff perceptions of abuse and their experiences of reporting
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After Optimism? Ireland, Racism and Globalisation
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After the party's over: The Irish employment model and the paradoxes of non-learning.
(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 ... -
Ageing and the balance of care: an investigation into the relationship between and determinants of acute hospital bed and long -term care utilisation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2011)The central theme of this thesis is the effect of ageing on the balance between acute and long-term care (LTC). The thesis comprises two separate but related enquiries. The first enquiry is an econometric analysis of the ... -
Agenda building : a time-series analysis of the challenging issue priorities of parties and media during the 1997 General Election campaign in the UK
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2002)This is a study of agenda building during an election campaign, which is a dynamic process and hence calls for the application of time-series analysis. The data, from the 1997 General Election campaign in the UK., consist ... -
An Agenda for a New Ireland
(Social Justice Ireland, 2010)This Review presents a narrative outlining what happened over recent decades to bring Ireland to where it is today, where exactly Ireland finds itself now, where Ireland should go into the future and what it needs to do ... -
Akrasia: Plato and the limits of Education?
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Philosophy, 2018)In this dissertation I shall argue for the following main claim: (1a) the motivational neutrality of reason. I will show that this concept reveals that, for Plato, (1b) reason is itself a necessary condition of the possibility ... -
'All I have to do is dream?' Re-greening Irish integrationism
(2010)Contemporary Ireland had moved from the discovery ? during the 1997 European Year against Racism ? that racism is indeed an Irish problem, to euphemisms such as interculturalism, transculturalism, integration and cultural ... -
Alternative Scenarios for New Household Formation in Ireland
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An analysis of the labour market integration of immigrants : examining the role of gender, ethnicity, discrimination and recession
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2017)This thesis focuses on the labour market integration of migrants between 2004 and 2011, a period of unprecedented change in Irish society. The work analyses some of the factors that may influence migrants’ labour market ... -
An attitude diffusion model of the international clustering of political regimes
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2009)On the basis of the relatively new and growing literature on the presence of spatial clustering and temporal waves of the spread of democracy in the world, this thesis sets out to make an inventory of the various theoretical ... -
An econometric analysis of Irish households' Food Away From Home (FAFH) expenditure patterns 1994-2000
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2008)In this thesis, the factors shaping Irish households’ Food-Away-From-Home (FAFH) expenditure decisions are analysed using the 1994/5 and 1999/2000 Irish Household Budget Survey datasets. Chapter 1 outlines why FAFH is ... -
An econometric analysis of Irish households' food expenditure patterns : Tobit, double-hurdle and infrequency of purchase approaches
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2002)In this thesis, the factors shaping Irish households’ meat and prepared meals expenditure decisions are analysed using the 1987/8 and 1994/5 Irish Household Budget Survey datasets. In Chapter 1 of this thesis, the changing ... -
An examination of regional disparity in the Republic of Ireland 1926-1996
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2000)Regional disparity has long been a feature of the Irish economy and the thesis accordingly attempts to provide a comprehensive understanding of its nature and causes. First of all, the nature of regional disparity is ... -
An exploration of the relationship between consociationalism and stability in plural societies throughout the world
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2007)This project includes the most carefully constructed, large scale statistical analysis of the influence of the components of consociational government on stability. The variables and cases used in this analysis conform as ... -
An exploratory longitudinal acculturation study with Polish immigrant teenagers in Ireland : parental and children's perspectives
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2014)The objective of this research project was to understand how young immigrants adjust to their new socio-cultural context, and to contribute to the existing understanding of the social phenomena of acculturation, on the ...
