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The responses of hospital nurses in Ireland and Southern Italy to the rationalisation of public health care, 1985-2000
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2004)This thesis seeks to address three interrelated research questions regarding changes in the funding, organisation and management of the health service in the Republic of Ireland and Southern Italy over the past two decades. ... -
The small island scarcely heard : Ireland's multiple integrations and identities
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2001)This dissertation develops a theory of loose multiple integrations that is applied to the Republic of Ireland. The theory focuses on the importance of analysing simultaneous loose integration processes on national and ... -
The spiralling swallow : a sociological auto-ethnography of "eating disorders(s)" and "recovery"
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2008)This thesis is a sociological auto-ethnography of "eating disorder(s)" and "recovery".Using creative methodologies, I have created an intersubjective, poly-vocal account of bodies in encounter with medicine. I position ... -
The Universal Surname : a theoretical-empirical enquiry into the relationship between globalization and sameness
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2007)The dissertation The Universal Surname - A Theoretical-Empirical Enquiry Into The Relationship Between Globalization and Sameness has developed a theoretical-empirical model of globalization and cultural sameness. The ... -
Theorising "Community"
(Blackhall, 2009)The story of community which is most familiar to sociologists, and probably also to most members of Irish society today, is that `community? and `modernity? are antithetical ideas. As modernisation progresses, community ... -
'There Was Never Really Any Question of Anything Else': Young People's Agency, Institutional Habitus and the Transition to Higher Education
(2012)International research into educational decision-making has been extensive, focusing on the way in which young people and their families assess the different options open to them. However, to what extent can we assume that ... -
Too much of a good thing? Gender, 'Concerted cultivation' and unequal achievement in primary education
(2010)It is well established that cultural and economic resources imparted to children vary significantly by social class. Literature on concerted cultivation has highlighted the extent to which out-of-school activities can ... -
Towards a sociology of art collections : the making of an art collection for the Irish Museum of Modern Art
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2003)This thesis offers an exploration into the making of an art collection for the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin. Its aim is to set out a distinct methodology for a sociological approach to the study of art collecting. ... -
Towards multicultural, multi-religious European societies? Schooling Turkish students in Britain and Germany
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Transformative Training in Soft Skills for Peacekeepers
(2019)Personnel in peacekeeping missions come from diverse organizations and nations, yet must coordinate together in each peacekeeping mission. Diversity in organizations (militaries, police forces, civil ... -
Transforming the fisheries : the politics of environmental sustainability
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2012)This thesis looks at the current transformations in the Irish and European fisheries as a way of critically examining the politics of environmental sustainability. It begins by analysing how the crisis of the fisheries is ... -
Transition, reconstruction, and decline : a portrait of NGO development in post-apartheid South Africa
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2008)This dissertation is a contribution to the sociology of NGOs operating in post-conflict societies. The research is based on an ethnographic study of an NGO undergoing change and transition in a rapidly changing South Africa. ... -
Translocality and the Class Conditions of Filipino Nurse Migrants in the Republic of Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2024)The rise in the number of international labour migrants and their situatedness in and attachments to multiple locations are creating complex class conditions for migrant labour, which are only beginning to be understood ... -
Transportation Scenarios: Looking forward and looking back in four European cities
(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 ... -
Trends in Educational Homogamy and Heterogamy - Analyzing the Roles of Assortative Mating and Structural Opportunities using a Novel Decomposition Method
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2024)Higher education expansion has reshaped the educational composition of partner markets. Despite this notable shift in structural opportunities for mating, our understanding of how these changes have influenced marital ... -
Trust and Cooperation in International Peacekeeping: Approaches to Assessing Trust in a High-Risk Networked Environment
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2021)Trust has been described as an essential social lubricant (Luhmann, 1979) and one of the most important synthetic forces within society (Simmel, 1950). Trust acts as a reducer of social complexity and is often viewed ... -
Turkish Youth in the European Knowledge Economy: Exploring their responses to Europe and the role of social class and school dynamics for their identities
(2007)Globalisation and Europeanisation are complementary and partly overlapping processes that identify the increasingly supranational context in which political and educational systems are operating. This article explores how ... -
Understanding Childhood Deprivation in Ireland
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'Vengeance is sweet': a herdswoman's recompense in the music of the Mantaro Valley
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Vigilantes, anti-drug movements, and community empowerment : a Dublin case study
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2006)The Dublin anti-drug movement was a response to the escalation of the overt heroin problem in inner-city areas. In the early 1980’s, Concerned Parents Against Drugs (CPAD) became a citywide network whose intention was to ...