This paper is concerned with exploring issues related to local embeddedness. It is based on material provided by a national sample of young people aged 10-12 years and 14-17 years who were invited to write a single page ...
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 ...
Halpin, Brendan; Hill, John(Combat Poverty Agency, 2008)
Active Labour Market Policies (ALMPs), which provide training and subsidised employment to the unemployed, are an important part of Ireland’s welfare state.
While a good deal of existing research is concerned with the ...
O'Connor, Pat(Surrey : Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, 2000)
This paper explores the reality of patriarchal privileging and resistance within a society which has undergone dramatic change over the past twenty-five years. Using Foucault's ideas of power and resistance (1980; 1988; ...
Walkenhorst, Heiko(University of Limerick, Department of Politics and Public Administration, 2009)
European identity is a politically relevant concept. The study of European identity, however, suffers from its conceptual overstretch. Aiming to facilitate the use and operationalisation of European identity this article ...
Irish society has been undergoing very rapid change involving increasing globalisation, potentially declining localisation and changing gender roles (Tovey and Share, 2003; O’Connor, 1998 and 2,000; O’Toole, 2003). There ...
Felle, Tom; Adshead, Maura(University of Limerick, Department of Politics and Public Administration, 2009)
Freedom of information (FOI) is important because it aims to makes government open, transparent and accountable. The legislation is based on the premise that people have the right of access to public documents, save for ...