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The body, masculinities and racisim : social relations between migrant and dominant group boys in three inner city primary schools in Dublin
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2012)This thesis explores the interactions and relationships between twenty migrant group boys and thirty-nine dominant group boys in three inner city multi-ethnic primary schools in North Inner City Dublin. Social relations ... -
The contact connundrum : exploring children's experiences of post-separation contact with domestically abusive fathers
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2009)This thesis presents an in-depth understanding of the phenomenon of post-separation child contact between a defined sample of children and their fathers living in Ireland, where there has been a pre-separation history of ... -
The evolving father : conduct and culture in contemporary fatherhood
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2011)This study builds on previous academic interest into fathers, fatherhood and fathering and aims to describe and understand the nature of contemporary fatherhood for a group of first-time fathers. The research set out to ... -
The housing paths and residential experiences of Polish newcomers to Dublin, Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2012)Dublin city’s economic expansion and retraction have a cyclical effect with the housing market which is also impacted by the migration patterns of citizens from new member states of the European Union. Little is known about ... -
The politics of old age : older people's interest organisations in the Irish context
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2011)The participation of older people's interest organisations in the policy process has been promoted in international fora and at national level in the majority of established democracies throughout the world. Despite this, ... -
The position of social work within the child protection and welfare system in Ireland : a history of present 1991-1862
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2001)The objective of this thesis is to examine the present position of social work within the statutory - child protection and welfare system in Ireland. Its aim is to demonstrate the way in which social work has come to occupy ... -
Theorising welfare state development : a case study of social insurance in the Republic of Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Social Work and Social Policy, 2003)This thesis has attempted to account for the development of social insurance in post-war Ireland by providing a theoretically informed analysis of the genesis of, and outcomes in, the 1952 Social Welfare Act. It begins ... -
Theorizing Disability in Child Protection: Applying Critical Disability Studies to the Elevated Risk of Abuse for Disabled Children
(2020)The assumption that addressing disability-related child protection risks is the preserve of child protection academics, is perhaps the basis of the dearth of theoretical papers emerging from disability studies, on what is ... -
?They?re Always Complicated but That?s the Meaning of Family in My Eyes?: Homeless Youth Making Sense of ?Family? and Family Relationships
(2018)Analyses of the relevance of family for young people are more visible than previously within youth research. Nonetheless, understanding of the nature and meaning of family relationships for those who experience separation ... -
Touch in Irish performance art: Haptic encounters in Becoming Beloved (1995) and The Touching Contract (2016)
(2020)Over the last 50 years, Irish feminists have campaigned for women’s sexual health and reproductive rights including access to contraception, legal abortion and choice in maternity care and childbirth. Recent cases like Ms. ... -
Towards Parity in Protection: Barriers to Effective Child Protection and Welfare Assessment with Disabled Children in the Republic of Ireland
(2021)Disabled children experience increased risk of abuse and neglect. Concurrently, serious concerns and practical impediments persist regarding the capacity of statutory child protection and welfare services to respond ... -
Trajectories of social justice within social stratification: towards a Bourdieusian reading of social class for social workers
(2022)Social class refers to hierarchal social stratification of society, which, from a Bourdieusian theoretical lens, can be enacted across social, cultural, economic and symbolic lines (Bourdieu, 1977; Waquant, 2006). For ... -
Understanding practice placements where students falter and fail: A theoretical exposition of critical realism for social work practice education
(2023)This paper offers a theoretical exposition of critical realism for social work practice education. The specific focus is on faltering students at the cusp of placement failure, and the urgent supportive role of practice ... -
Understanding psycho-social processes underpinning engagement with services in motor neurone disease: A qualitative study
(2014)Background: People with motor neurone disease access health care services from disease onset to end-of-life care but there has been paucity of research on how people with motor neurone disease understand and use health ... -
Unplanned Pregnancy and Abortion Care (UnPAC) Study
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Untroubling childrens identity in child protection and welfare assessment through a postconventional analytic
(2021)Summary: The sustaining argument advanced in this paper is that postconventional analysis offers a constructive theoretical lens to contemplate identity in child protection and welfare assessment. Critical application ... -
Using children's drawings as data in child-centred research
(Psychological Society of Ireland, 2006)Child-centred research shows a respect for children and promotes their entitlement to be considered as persons of value and persons with rights. With the growing interest in this approach to psychological research, researchers ...