Browsing School of Political Science & Sociology (Scholarly Articles) by Issue Date
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Aesthetics and emotion in an organisational ethnography
(Inderscience, 2008-11)In this paper, I argue that an aesthetic approach can help us to better understand workplace ethnography. Ethnography is sensory by nature; it can incorporate a feeling of rightness and beauty in the experience of 'being-with' ... -
Perfidious and Pernicious Singlism
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Reframing Online: Ulster Loyalists Imagine an American Audience
(Taylor & Francis, 2009)This article examines one initiative aimed at taking advantage of new technologies to build new transnational connections between a political movement in the ¿homeland¿ and a diaspora population in the United States. It ... -
The performative surprise: parody, documentary and critique
(Taylor & Francis, 2009)Can parody help us to "re-imagine" the organizations and institutions we live with (Du Gay 2007, 13)? Or, like many forms of critique, does parody risk being incorporated: becoming part of the power it aims to make fun of? ... -
Heeding the stains: Lacan and organizational change
(Emerald, 2009-03)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to add to current discussions on the use of Lacanian psychoanalysis in organizational change. Specifically, It argues that critiques of Lacan's work must be acknowledged and incorporated ... -
The road to sustainable transport? Rural transport programmes and policies in Ireland
(Ashgate, 2009-07)Today many rural dwellers in the Republic of Ireland depend on the private car to access services, employment, education, healthcare and recreation and thus shoulder a disproportionate share of the burden of insufficient ... -
Movements, mobilities and the politics of hazardous waste
(Taylor and Francis, 2009-11-11)Global flows of hazardous waste and waste management technologies are major sources of environmental contestation. They reflect political structures and struggles within, and between, developed and less developed countries. ... -
Leveraging new opportunities from the use of web widgets in online Web 2.0 environments
(University of Western Australia, 2010)Over the past two decades the world has experienced a phenomenal rise in popularity of new Internet technologies in the shape of innovative software, applications and services. Online social networking websites, blogging, ... -
Northern Ireland. In The Encyclopedia of Political Science
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The "green wave" that never happened: the general election in 2007
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Bloody Sunday: Error or Design?
(2010)When British Paratroopers shot dead 13 people at a civil rights march in Derry on January 30, 1972 it dealt a hammer blow to British government claims of neutrality and moral authority in dealing with the escalating violence ... -
Frames of war: when is life grievable? (invited review essay)
(Taylor & Francis, 2010)Sometimes when faced with photographs and videos of terrible war scenes, we are left feeling nothing. Though increasingly exposed to images of the horrors of conflict, we often remain immune, unable to really engage with ... -
Mentoring: výchova k profesionálně vedenému dobrovolnictví
(Portál, 2010)The book, written in Czech language, provides a through rough literature review on the knowledge and viable theoretical approaches to the mentoring interventions and assessment of the quality of mentoring programmes through ... -
Beyond ourselves: Passion and the dark side of identification in an ethical organization
(2010-03-19)How are organizational discourses enacted by people at work? In this article, instead of treating subjects as somewhat distinct from such discourses, I argue that the two are inescapably intertwined. The concept of 'ek-stasis' ... -
Understanding and facilitating farmers adoption of technologies
(Teagasc, 2010-08-26)This article describes an initiative designed to improve the effectiveness of the Teagasc technology transfer process. This is an important component of improving innovation on farms. -
A comparative examination of schools' responses to bereavement and the associated needs of the school community in Galway, West of Ireland and Derry, Northern Ireland
(Taylor & Francis, 2010-09-02)The aim and objective of this study is to examine and compare how schools in Galway, Republic of Ireland and Derry in the North of Ireland (cities located within two independent jurisdictions in Ireland) manage and respond ... -
Governing the future: citizenship as technology, empowerment as technique
(Sage Journals, 2011)This article examines how citizenship can be deployed as a technology of conduct, and how it combines with the technique of empowerment in instituting the behavioural norms that constitute a neo-liberal social order. It ...