This article presents quantitative and qualitative accounts of relational discourses in a random sample of approximately 4100 texts written by Irish young people (aged 10-12 and 14-17 years). The existence of such discourses ...

Much of the Irish semi-state sector is still characterized by permanent employment within male-dominated hierarchical structures. This case study focuses on a rural semi-state organization with a statutory obligation as ...

This article looks at the ways in which young people reflexively construct their self within a rapidly changing society. Drawing on texts written by young people aged 14–17 years, it explores the existence of patterns ...