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Dangerously Empty? Hegemony and the construction of the Irish Entrepreneur
(SAGE Journals Online, 2012-03)
In this paper we build on Jones and Spicer's (2009) conceptualisation of the entrepreneur as an empty signifier. We explore the function of the signifier 'entrepreneurship' within a social context marked by crisis: Ireland ...
Does the work role of Catholic clergy contribute to the disenfranchisement of their grief?
(Sage, 2015-09-01)
While bereavement-related compassion fatigue and burnout have been studied in many helping professions, this researcher
has found no peer-reviewed articles based specifically on bereavement experiences of Roman Catholic ...
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 ...
Developing (Tele)work? A multi-level sociotechnical perspective of telework in Ireland
(Elsevier, 2016-09-21)
The ubiquitous nature and use of technology in contemporary societies continues to transform lives and work environments. At the same time, transport continues to be a major source of harmful emissions. Telework has been ...
Telework isn't working: a policy review
(The Economic and Social Review, 2014)
Towards the latter end of the last decade there was growing recognition that Ireland's transport and mobility patterns were unsustainable in the context of their economic, social and environmental impacts and consequences. ...
Transport policy and governance in turbulent times: Evidence from Ireland
(Elsevier, 2015-12-08)
This paper investigates transport policy in the Republic of Ireland before, during and after the ‘Celtic Tiger’ era (1995-2007), to capture how the prevailing governance system responded to rapid economic, political, and ...
What's smart about working from home? Telework and the sustainable consumption of distance in Ireland
(Research-Publishing, 2013)
The use of technology is pervasive in
contemporary society transforming lives and work environments. The internet and the availability of portable
personal communication devices have resulted in immense societal change. ...
Outcomes for permanence and stability for children in long-term care in Ireland
(Irish Foster Care Association, 2018)
This article is based on research about children in long-term care. It focuses on the
factors that help and hinder a child being and feeling stable in their foster home and
having a sense of permanence. The research was ...
Governing the future: children's health and biosocial power
(Manchester University Press, 2017-05-31)
Hannah Arendt’s concept of natality spans birth and action, which combine to inaugurate the new. Natality is
used here to examine childhood as a prefigurative form of biopolitics. This concerns practices that seek ...
Lone parents and activation, what works and why: a review of the international evidence in the Irish context
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway, 2016-09)
This research sought to discover those policies, programmes and practices which enable lone parents to engage in employment which will lead to adequate living standards and improved well-being for them and their children. ...