• Socheolas Limerick Student Journal of Sociology (Vol.1, Iss.1) 

  Barnes Cliona; Fitzpatrick Patrick; Haynes, Amanda; Neville Patricia; Power Martin (Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, 2009-04)
• Social exclusion and the plight of asylum seekers living in Ireland 

  McDonnell, Ruth (Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, 2009-04)

  This paper examines the term social exclusion and how it has been conceptualised and operationalised within society. The expression has become a key issue for contemporary governance in understanding disadvantage, and in ...
• The Irish welfare state:closer to Boston than Berlin? 

  Schafer, Mathilde (Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, 2009-04)

  In many western countries the concept of the welfare state is not, in itself, in crisis. This is because the idea of supporting their own society-members is not up for debate, however, the way of providing that support is. ...
• The rising tide that failed to lift all boats: poverty inequality and the celtic tiger 

  Johnston, Louise (Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, 2009-04)

  This paper highlights the derisory situation in respect of tackling poverty which continues to affect and exclude significant numbers of persons and the increasing inequalities prevalent within Irish society. The government’s ...
• Changing Irish norms: the smoking ban 

  Carr, James (Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, 2009-04)

  In 2000 the Irish government received a report on the dangers of Environmental Tobacco Smoke to non-smokers. Acting on this advice the Irish government set about implementing policies that would see the elimination of ...
• Eating, food and the female body in the media and medicine: A feminist analysis of eating disorders 

  Carey, Eleanor (Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, 2009-04)

  “Food is the medium through which women are addressed; in turn food has become the language of their response” (Orbach cited in Benson 1997, p.137) The above quote sums up the way in which dominant conceptions of femininity ...
• An Irish audience negotiates lesbian visibility in the L word: “but it’s not a perfect world and not everyone looks like that” 

  Moore, Deirdre (Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, 2009-04)

  The L Word is a drama series revolving around the lives and loves of a group of lesbian and bisexual women in LA, executively produced by Irene Chaiken with filming locations in West Hollywood, California, and Vancouver2. ...
• The sociology of chronic illness: an experiential account of the benefits of a sociological perspective to students of medicine 

  Kehoe, Claire (Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, 2009-04)

  This paper presents an experiential account of the benefits of a sociological perspective to students of medicine. The University of Limerick Graduate Medical curriculum requires its students to follow a chronically ill ...
• Does file sharing really offend our collective conscience? exploring the relationship between societal versus corporate interests in the criminalisation of file sharing 

  Cronin, Ann (Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, 2009-04)

  This paper discusses the motivations behind the criminalisation of file sharing, drawing on sociological theory to uncover its relationship to societal versus corporate interests. Although we may perceive that the law ...
• Introduction (Vol.1, Iss.1) 

  Devereux, Eoin (Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, 2009-04)

  This paper discusses the motivations behind the criminalisation of file sharing, drawing on sociological theory to uncover its relationship to societal versus corporate interests. Although we may perceive that the law ...

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