Power, Martin J.; Dillane, Aileen; Devereux, Eoin(Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, 2014)
Can popular music or an individual song text inform us about society and make us
question dominant discourses in the political and public sphere? This article will
argue that this is indeed the case, so while the mass ...
Power, Martin J.; Dillane, Aileen(John Benjamins Publishing, 2019)
Our paper argues that British singer Billy Bragg performs protest songs that cleverly draw upon musical forms underpinning his positioning as a voice of, and for, the ordinary person, ultimately disenfranchised by governmental ...
Power, Martin J.; Haynes, Amanda; Devereux, Eoin(School of Media, Dublin Institute of Technology, 2012)
International research indicates that recessionary periods may be accompanied
by a decline in the quality of relations between the majority population and
migrant groups as the latter are at risk of being scapegoated for ...
Haynes, Amanda; Power, Martin J.; Devereux, Eoin(Doras Luimní, 2010)
This research study examines the manner in which politicians construct non-Irish EU immigrants to Ireland by analysing the content of statements attributed to this group in the print media. The decision to examine politicians’ ...
