Browsing Sociology by Title
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A comparative study of the juvenile justice systems of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 1984)This thesis consists of a comparative analysis of the trends in social policy in relation to the juvenile justice systems in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The work has addressed several key issues relating ... -
A social history of the Irish music industry, 1910 - 1985
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2015)This thesis re-inserts a number of key behind-the-scenes individuals and factors into the history of the Irish music industry, placing the commercial and artistic achievements of Ireland's popular music artists in their ... -
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 ... -
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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Accomplishing consumer selves and relations : analysing the talk-in-interaction of preschoolers' focus groups
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2011)This study furthers sociological understanding of children as consumers by adopting a CA-infomied discourse analytical approach to examining preschoolers' talk-ininteraction around commercial material artefacts in a focus ... -
Achievement Gaps by Migration Background and the Role of Early Childhood Education and Care: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Irish Cohort Study
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2023)Drawing on the longitudinal data from the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) '08 Cohort, this thesis sets out to contribute to the literature on the academic achievement of children with a migration background and Early Childhood ... -
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 ... -
'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 ... -
All Welcome Here? Studies on Anti-Immigration Attitudes and Discriminatory Behaviour towards Ethnic Minorities in Irish and European Contexts
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2020)The main aim of this thesis is to examine prejudice, via anti-immigration sentiment, and discriminatory behaviour in Ireland and other European countries. The thesis consists of four separate papers which constitute four ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ... -
Analysing the Experience of Discrimination in Ireland: Evidence from the QNHS Equality Module 2010
(The Equality Authority and the ESRI, 14/12/2012)In 2010, 12% of adults in Ireland said that they were discriminated against in the preceding two years, according to a new report published today (Friday 14 December) by the ESRI and the Equality Authority. The highest ... -
Annual Monitoring Report on Integration 2010
(ESRI/The Integration Centre, 04/05/2011)This Integration Monitor, the ?rst of its kind in Ireland, seeks to measure migrant integration in four life domains ? employment, education, social inclusion and active citizenship. The indicators follow those ... -
Annual Monitoring Report on Integration 2012
(ESRI/The Integration Centre, 26/06/2013)This year?s Annual Monitoring Report on Integration 2012, launched today, uses a range of indicators to measure different aspects of immigrant inclusion in Irish society. Key Findings: The consistent poverty rate ... -
Bosnian post-refugee transnationalism : a case study
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2012)This thesis presents a sociological case study of Bosnian migrants in Ireland who are involved in post-refugee transnationalism. The focus of the thesis is on a group of programme refugees who arrived in Ireland two decades ... -
British Jewish opposition to Israel : the relationship between local and distant fields of contention in a social movement
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Building counter culture : the radical praxis of social movement milieux
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2000)This thesis falls into two parts. The first (chapters one to three) states the problematic of the research, develops a critique of the dominant "social movements" literature as unhelpful for understanding the counter culture ...
