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Rural tourism and cultural identity in the west of Ireland
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Women in Irish society: Introduction
(Beyond the Pale Publications, 1997)This text contains 28 chapters on gender-based social science research in Ireland from a feminist perspective. Accompanied by introductions by the authors, sections include Women, Power and Politics; Hidden Lives; Rural ... -
Single women in Ireland: a re-examination of the sociological evidence
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Gender and sustainability in rural Ireland
(Routledge, 2016-11-15)This chapter considers if and how gender is relevant for the sustainability of rural Ireland. When we refer to rural sustainability we mean the continuation of the economic, social, institutional and environmental ... -
The health and economic costs of violence against women and girls on survivors, their families and communities in Ghana
(IntechOpen, 2019-10-08)Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a worldwide phenomenon. Globally, 35% of women have experienced physical or sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) or non-partner sexual violence in their lives. VAWG is estimated ... -
Development and validation of lost days of labor productivity scale to evaluate the business cost of intimate partner violence
(SAGE Publications, 2020-08-01)Developing scientific evidence showing the impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) on companies' productivity is an effective way to involve them in IPV prevention. However, there are no suitable and brief self-report ... -
Finding ‘Room to Manoeuvre’: Gender, agency and the family farm
(Rowman and Littlefield, 2014)Women on Irish farms have been a subject of feminist analysis over the past two decades. Salient themes in the literature on farm women have been the constraints of patriarchal agriculture (O'Hara 1997; Shortall, 2004), ... -
Ireland's abortion regime on the world stage: Performative acts and the claim to state sovereignty in foreign policy discourse
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De Valera, censorship and Family and community in Ireland
(Wordwell Group, 2020-01)Family and community in Ireland, first published in 1940 by Conrad Maynadier Arensberg and Solon Toothaker Kimball, is one of the most influential texts in Irish rural sociology and anthropology. The Harvard Irish ... -
The 'missing' letters of Leonard Woolf to Nancy Nolan 1943-1969
(Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain, 2020-01)While fan-mail to Leonard Woolf may be regarded as a measure of readers interests in Virginia Woolf s fiction and essays, or indeed of Leonard s own political and autobiographical writings, they are also indicative of ... -
The utility of public transport in Ireland: Post COVID-19 lockdown and beyond
(UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy, 2020-07-01)Moves towards decarbonising the Irish economy must focus strongly on reducing car dependence, particularly in our cities and towns. Car dependence is also costly in terms of social and economic externalities. Public transport ... -
Influencing policy and practice for young people in foster care: Learning from a model of collective participation
(Elsevier, 2020-03-05)A strong rationale for the collective participation of young people in care regarding decisions related to their care experience is evident in literature and statutory reports. However international research demonstrates ... -
Ireland, The Nation and the Woolfs, Part 2
(Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain, 2019-09)In The Nation editorials reproduced here from 9 October 1920, Leonard Woolf s succinct, clear writing style, consummate storytelling ability, and forceful declarative statements come to the fore. The opening paragraph of ... -
Mental health as a weapon: Whistleblower retaliation and normative violence
(Springer Verlag, 2018-04-17)What form does power take in situations of retaliation against whistleblowers? In this article, we move away from dominant perspectives that see power as a resource. In place, we propose a theory of normative power and ... -
Ireland, The Nation and the Woolfs, Part 1
(Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain, 2019-05)Readers may be familiar with Virginia Woolf s diary entries concerning the shriek of agony that marked the death by hunger strike in October 1920 of the Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney, as well as the violence in ... -
Academic Women's Studies in the Republic of Ireland
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The Galway Art Gallery Collection and Roger Fry's The Pond (1921)
(Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, 2016)Following fragments of evidence that are suggestive of Bloomsbury-Irish connections, this article concerns Roger Fry, his passion for painting, for people, for places and for new ideas. Charleston, the home of Bell and ... -
Review: Bloomsbury Spirit, Artepelag
(International Virginia Woolf Society, 2018)Review essay of Art Exhibition: Bloomsbury Spirit, Artipelag, March 23-September 30 2018. Curated by Ingela Lind, Bo Nilsson and Frida Andersson (main exhibition). Fashion curator, Cay Bond. Garden curator, Ia Schildt. ...