Social Work and Social Policy (Theses and Dissertations)
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Your Battles Inspire Me: Inclusion Experiences of Children with Intellectual Disability in Chinese Primary Classrooms
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2024)Children with intellectual disabilities have been accessing general educational settings at primary education stage in international and Southwest Chinese contexts. Despite the lengthy existence of the phenomenon, the ... -
From Direct Provision to Housing: A Qualitative Study of the Housing Journeys of Refugees in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2024)This thesis examines the housing journeys of refugees in Ireland, with a particular focus on the transition from Direct Provision to housing. In Ireland and elsewhere, a significant body of literature has examined refugees? ... -
Redemption theory : Redeeming the sins of the father : grandfathers' experiences and practices in a border community in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2017)Exploring the extant literature on grandparents reveals that, in many cases ‘grandparent’ is de facto synonymous with ‘grandmother’. The world of the grandfather remains elusive, although evidence is emerging that recognise ... -
Constructions of older people and their care during the coronavirus pandemic in Ireland: A Grounded Theory analysis of official discourses
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2023)Beginning in March 2020, the Irish government implemented among Europe's most stringent and sustained lockdown measures to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. Identified early on as a group at particularly high risk, older ... -
Navigating multi-locality in rural-urban and return migration: a study of young migrant mothers' experience in Beijing
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Work & Social Policy. Discipline of Social Studies, 2023)During the past decades, China has witnessed one of the biggest waves of rural-urban migration in human history. Despite the ever-rising prevalence, theorisation of rural-urban migration still largely lacks specification ...