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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' ... -
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 ... -
Bridging the gap: Using Veerman and Van Yperen s (2007) framework to conceptualise and develop evidence informed practice in an Irish youth work organisation
(Elsevier, 2016-04)While there is considerable support among the policy, practice and academic communities for the idea that practice in youth work should be based on evidence, Veerman and Van Yperen (2007) highlight the fact that little ... -
Bridging the gap: Using Veerman and Van Yperen's (2007) framework to conceptualise and develop evidence informed practice in an Irish youth work organisation
(2016-04)While there is considerable support among the policy, practice and academic communities for the idea that practice in youth work should be based on evidence, Veerman and Van Yperen (2007) highlight the fact that little ... -
The British Army in Northern Ireland. Encyclopedia of Ireland
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“Bury don’t discuss”: The help-seeking behaviour of family members affected by substance-use disorders
(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2018-04-10)The impact of substance-use disorders on families is well documented in the literature, with families experiencing physical, emotional and psychological stress. Also documented is the perceived stigma experienced by those ... -
Carmen Maria Machado's memoir ‘In The Dream House’: Exploring same-sex female intimate partner abuse through literary tropes
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2022)This research will examine the theme of female intimate partner abuse in the memoir, ‘In The Dream House’ by Carmen Maria Machado. The present research aims to generate further understandings of what queer abuse for ... -
Caught in the Cultural Lag: The Stigma of Singlehood
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Challenging behaviour, Non Violent Resistance (NVR) and parents/carers in a time of COVID 19
(UK Editorial Collective, 2020-06-03)Thirteen year old Marie s parents (not her real name), rang their social worker as their daughter s behaviour had worsened since the COVID 19 pandemic closed schools and their workplaces. Marie was fighting with them much ... -
Characteristics, quality features and dynamics in formal youth mentoring relationships: The Rhodes model revisited
(Institute of Psychology in Academia, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2020-05-01)Youth mentoring interventions are based on one-to-one long-term mentoring relationships formed between a volunteer and socially disadvantaged children and young people, and operate also in the Czech Republic. The paper ... -
Child protection and family support practice in Ireland: a contribution to present debates from a historical perspective
(Wiley, 2017-07-11)This paper takes the opportunity of the current child welfare system change in Ireland to promote the value of learning from history to better understand the interface between family support and child protection. The paper ... -
Childhood, biosocial power, and the anthropological machine : life as a governable process?
(Maney Online, 2014-11)This article examines how childhood has become a strategy that answers to questions concerning the (un)governability of life. The analysis is organized around the concept of biosocial power, which is shown to be a ... -
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 ... -
The confidence cult(ure): from postfeminism to neoliberal feminism
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2023)In this article, I explore how the conflation of neoliberalism, postfeminism and selected elements of a broader feminist discourse brought forth a new type of feminism that is amenable to patriarchal neoliberalism: ... -
Conflict, territory and new technologies: Online interaction at a Belfast interface
(Elsevier, 2007)This article examines the relationship between new information and communication technologies and territorial boundaries through an analysis of online interaction oriented around a sectarian interface in north Belfast. It ... -
Confronting time out of joint. . . – On economic rationality and imagination
(SAGE Publications, 2023-02-01)It is often suggested that today we are living in the 'end times'. Confronted by a perpetual incursion of major global crises, we increasingly find ourselves incapable of meaningfully relating to the present, let alone to ... -
Connecting research and practice: Perspectives on the role of manualised programmes in youth work
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-05-12)While there is a strong movement in favour of the use of manual based programmes in the arena of social care, there is a view that such programmes are not applicable in the more fluid setting of youth work, which operates ... -
ConsEnSus: consumption, environment and sustainability
(EPA Ireland, 2015)Sustainable consumption is generally conceived as the use of goods and services that respond to basic needs and bring a better quality of life, while minimising the use of natural resources, toxic materials, and emissions ... -
Consuming distance or (all) consuming work? The case of telework
(Routledge, 2014)The reality of anthropogenic climate change and the consequences for society and environment is of growing concern to many worldwide. Sustainable Development - development which addresses existing human needs while ...