Browsing by Author "Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences"
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Aggregating partitions
Duddy, Conal; Piggins, Ashley (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-02)Consider the following social choice problem. A group of individuals seek to partition a finite set X into two subsets. The individuals may disagree over the partition and an aggregation rule is applied to determine a ... -
A Balancing Act: Managing the global-local dimensions of industrial clusters through the mechanism of 'lead' organisations
Giblin, Majella (CISC, 2008-12)The purpose of this paper is to investigate 'leading' organisations in a region to understand how the balance between the global and local dimensions can be managed by clusters. Two cases of industrial clusters are employed ... -
Counterfactual taxonomies: Evolution and empire in the work of Edward Lear
Tock, Emily (NUI Galway, 2022-04-25)This dissertation interrogates the structures and patterns of Edward Lear’s (1812-1888) works as reflective of the evolution of nineteenth-century networks of empire and philosophies of the self and humanity’s place in ... -
Deciding on open innovation: an exploration of how firms create and capture value with open source software
Morgan, Lorraine (Springer Verlag, 2008-10)Open innovation is a paradigm that proposes that firms can and should use external as well as internal innovations/ideas. A popular example of open innovation has been open source software (OSS). The key issues facing ... -
The development and validation of a measure assessing gender role conflict in male adolescents
O'Beaglaoich, Cormac (2014-01-08)The purpose of these studies was to develop a psychometrically sound questionnaire that addresses outstanding empirical issues in adolescent gender role conflict and, in so doing, enhance understanding of the negative ... -
The Exhumation of Mass Graves by International Criminal Tribunals: Nuremberg, the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda
O'Brien, Eadaoin (2011-10-28)This thesis is a study on the practice of mass grave exhumation in the context of international criminal law, and more specifically as employed by international criminal tribunals. The primary institutions of focus are the ... -
Implementation of a school-based mental health promotion programme in Ireland
Byrne, Mary; Barry, Margaret M.; Sheridan, Anne (Ingenta, 2004-05)This paper reflects on the challenges associated with developing, implementing and evaluating a universal curriculum-based module promoting positive mental health for 15-18 year olds in Irish schools. The module consists ... -
Inward foreign investment and the clustering process: the case of the medical technology sector in Ireland
Giblin, Majella (CISC, 2008-12)This paper investigates how, if at all, inward foreign investment can instigate a clustering process when such investment is initially attracted to a region as a result of targeted public policy rather than the existence ... -
Irish Medical Women c.1880s-1920s: the origins, education and careers of early women medical graduates from Irish institutions
Kelly, Laura (2010)This thesis examines the history of women in medicine in Ireland from the 1880s to the 1920s. It argues that Irish institutions in the period demonstrated more favourable attitudes than their British counterparts towards ... -
Irish Migration to Cuba, 1835-1845: Empire, Ethnicity, Slavery and 'Free' Labour
Brehony, Margaret (2012-03-16)This interdisciplinary thesis examines and critically analyses previously unexplored materials relating to Irish transient labour in Cuba from 1835-1845. Sociological theory and historical analysis are applied to archival ... -
Marine Spatial Planning from an Irish perspective: Towards Best Practice in Integrated Maritime Governance
Flannery, Wesley (2011-07-29)Ireland with its extensive seas, belatedly being recognised as a significant development resource. There is evidence that a diverse range of stakeholders at national and local levels in Ireland are positively disposed ... -
A model of deliberative and aggregative democracy
Perote Pena, Juan; Piggins, Ashley (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-02)We present a model of collective decision making in which voting and deliberation are treated simultaneously. Political theorists argue that public discussion can lead individuals to change their preferences. This aspect ... -
The role of the judge in the progressive development of international criminal law
Powderly, Joseph (2017-01-19)International criminal law offers fertile ground for considering the role of the bench in the development of law through creative or progressive interpretative methodologies. Since its genesis at Nuremberg more than 70 ... -
Ruling the Borders: Wiliam Lord Dacre and the genesis of the Dacre Rising
Sargent, Andrew (2011-09-29)This study examines the northern branch of the Dacre family - the Dacres of Gilsland. The west march of England towards Scotland, on the Anglo-Scottish borders, is the focal point of this thesis, as this contained the ... -
Theatre and Space: Druid's Productions of Tom Murphy's Plays, 1984-1987
Troupe, Shelley (2011-09-30)This study analyses the relationship between the theatre company Druid and Irish playwright Tom Murphy to discern how Druid successfully toured Murphy's plays abroad despite the perception that his work is viewed as popular ... -
Tight Clusters or Loose Networks? The Critical Role of Inward FDI in Cluster Creation
Giblin, Majella; Ryan, Paul (CISC, 2010-03)The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in instigating a clustering process. In particular, the study examines the situation in which FDI is initially attracted to a ... -
U.S. Presidential Elections and the referendum paradox
Piggins, Ashley (National University of Ireland, Galway, 2011-02)In the United States, the president is elected by the Electoral College (EC) and not directly by individual voters. This can give rise to a so-called 'referendum paradox' in which one candidate receives more popular votes ...