Browsing School of Social Sciences and Philosophy by Subject "Gender"
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Ambivalence and Acquiescence: Gender and the Cosmopolitan Class in Cairo
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2019)Socioeconomic and demographic transformations have led to the decreased occurrence of marriage, chipped at the link between sexuality and marriage, and increased the liminal period of ‘waithood’ in Egypt. However, there ... -
Are Irish voters biased against female candidates? Evidence from the 2020 general election
(2021)Ireland is the first country in the world to apply a legislative gender quota under an STV electoral system. Since 2016, the quota has required parties to ensure that at least thirty percent of their candidates running in ... -
Child Care Time, Parents' Well-Being, and Gender: Evidence from the American Time Use Survey
(2016)This study used data from the ‘Well Being Module’ of the 2010 American Time Use Survey (N = 1699) to analyze how parents experience child care time in terms of meaning and stress levels. Multivariate multilevel regressions ... -
Essays in developmental economics: The role of information and access to financial services in changing financial and employment behaviour and the resulting impact on household welfare
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2018)This thesis contains three essays that analyse the financial access and information awareness constraints faced by individuals and household in developing countries for managing income uncertainty and income shocks. The ... -
Gender Differences in Bullying Reflect Societal Gender Inequality: A Multilevel Study With Adolescents in 46 Countries
(2022)Purpose Social patterns in bullying show consistent gender differences in adolescent perpetration and victimization with large cross-national variations. Previous research shows associations between societal gender ... -
Gender Inequality and Job Quality in Europe
(2011)In this paper, I examine whether and to which degree the quality of work and employment differs between men and women and how these gender differences are shaped by societal beliefs about `gender equality.? Using data ... -
A Tale of Two Heteronormative sites: Considering Militaries and (Video)Gaming
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2021)This thesis explores two sites that have traditionally been associated with heteronormative masculinity (militaries and videogames). Through the use of qualitative methodologies, it seeks to unearth and examine the ways ... -
'An unfinished democracy': gender and political representation in the Republic of Ireland
(2022)Ireland’s Decade of Centenaries, beginning in 2012, has seen the commemoration of a period of significant social and political transformation. For scholars of gender and politics, it also provides the opportunity to take ... -
We are more than statistics and scattered body parts : Telling stories and coalescing Palestinian history
(2013-03)The fragmentation of Palestinian lives into exile, under occupation and within Israel has led to a complex interweaving of collective memory and individual memories in the attempt to come to terms with and represent this ... -
Who wants women to run? an investigation of gender differences in patterns of support among Irish local election candidates
(2022)Interventions aimed at increasing women’s numeric representation in politics tend to solve the problem by tackling a lack of demand among gatekeepers. However, even where there is an increase in demand, it is still important ...