Browsing by Author "Curtin, Chris"
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Advocating and Setting Agendas: An Exploratory Study of NGO Advocacy surrounding the Reception Conditions of Asylum Seeking Children and Families in Ireland and its Influence on Agenda Setting
Kinlen, Louise (2013-03-20)Asylum seekers arriving in Ireland are accommodated under a system known as Direct Provision and Dispersal. Concerns have been raised since its inception in 2000 by NGOs, academics, health professionals and the international ... -
Aid policy, aid projects and aid practitioners. The role of agency, actors and interfaces in 'pro-poor development' projects in post-apartheid South Africa and post-communist Baltic States
McAlinden, Peter Gerard (2018-02-23)The dissertation is about understanding the role of agency in the production of the unintended outcomes of international development interventions ‘designed’ to eliminate rural poverty and underdevelopment. It takes as its ... -
All of the People all of the Time? Configurations of actors, knowledge and space in the making of local development
O'Reilly, Patrick (2012-10-26)Local development approaches purport to offer a more effective means of addressing development issues in areas experiencing specific socio-economic challenges. By facilitating local involvement in the identification of the ... -
Leading community change: delivering better outcomes in an Irish community. Childhood Development Initiative final process evaluation report
Canavan, John; Coen, Liam; Ozan, Jessica; Curtin, Chris (Childhood Development Initiative, 2014)In 2003, individuals from a number of organisations in Tallaght West came together with local residents with the shared desire of improving outcomes for children and young people in the area. This group’s consultation, ... -
The Rise and Fall of Cooperative Resource Management: A Case Study of Mussel Farming in Killary Harbour
Cush, Peter (2012-08-23)Natural resources have become a critical focus for rural development programmes. In the past many families in rural areas relied upon small scale agriculture as the primary source of income for the household. These households ... -
The ruling trinity transformed: negotiating power and local leadership in Ireland
Pritchard, Ruth (2015-09-21)This thesis examines power relations in the political, economic and religious spheres in local society in Ireland, so as to assess the contribution being made by a local leadership to a contemporary Irish social power ... -
Second Level Teachers and Educational Change: An Investigation into Teachers' Responses to the Introduction and Implementation of Cooperative Learning
Chambers, Francis (2013-09-27)Successful educational change at school level is difficult to achieve; however it is imperative that schools engage in change practices if they are to enhance the learning experiences and academic achievements of their ... -
Street-level bureaucratic behaviour when supporting parents
Coen, Liam (William) (2015-12-18)Although popular in the 1970s and 1980s, policy implementation as a focus of analysis fell out of fashion in the 1990s. However, the concept of the street-level bureaucrat has remained resilient. In furthering the analysis ... -
The Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative (CDI) process evaluation Thematic Report No. 1: the origins and development of CDI and its strategy 'A place for children: Tallaght West'
Canavan, John; Coen, Liam; Ozan, Jessica; Curtin, Chris (Childhood Development Initiative, 2014)Children are now firmly at the centre of a variety of legislative initiatives and statutory and voluntary services working for families. Legislation in recent years has spoken about the paramountcy of the child, emphasising ... -
The Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative (CDI) process evaluation Thematic Report No. 2: interagency working and service integration in Tallaght West
Canavan, John; Coen, Liam; Ozan, Jessica; Curtin, Chris (Childhood Development Initiative, 2014)Children are now firmly at the centre of a variety of legislative initiatives, and statutory and voluntary services working for families. Legislation in recent years has spoken about the ‘paramountcy’ of the child, ... -
The Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative (CDI) process evaluation Thematic Report No. 3: CDI experience impacting on training and support of managers and practitioners
Canavan, John; Coen, Liam; Ozan, Jessica; Curtin, Chris (Childhood Development Initiative, 2014)BACKGROUND The Tallaght West Child Development Initiative (CDI) aims to improve outcomes for children and young people through the implementation of a ten year strategy A Place for Children: Tallaght West. In Winter 2008 ... -
The Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative (CDI) process evaluation Thematic Report No. 4: CDI as organisation: examining the processes and relationships to support implementation
Canavan, John; Coen, Liam; Ozan, Jessica; Curtin, Chris (Childhood Development Initiative, 2014)BACKGROUND In 2008 the Child and Family Research Centre (CFRC) was contracted for a three year period by the Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative (CDI) to undertake a process evaluation of its work. The evaluation ... -
The Tallaght West Childhood Development Initiative (CDI) process evaluation Thematic Report No. 6: mainstreaming, dissemination and sustainability
Canavan, John; Coen, Liam; Ozan, Jessica; Curtin, Chris (Childhood Development Initiative, 2014)BACKGROUND In 2008 the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre (CFRC) was contracted by the Childhood Development Initiative (CDI) to undertake a process evaluation of its work. The evaluation consists of a series of six ...