Browsing School of Political Science & Sociology (Scholarly Articles) by Type "Book chapter"
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Arrive bearing gifts: Postcolonial Insights for development management
(Zed Books, 2008)Organizations working in the development sector play an important role in contemporary processes of globalization. The term globalization has many interpretations, but it tends to refer to a certain set of observed societal ... -
Das neue Mobilitätsparadigma als Regulierungsansatz für die Wechselbeziehungen von Umwelt, Politik und Gesellschaft
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Environmental arguing at a crossroads? Cultural diversity in Irish transport planning
(Peter Lang, 2008-03-28)Environmental argument is 'about' far more than meets the eye. How people (mis)understand each other during environmental debates is affected by conflicts between values and ways of life which may not be directly connected ... -
Going Local? Public Participation and Future Mobility in Ireland
(Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2007)Recent changes in Ireland's economic and socio-political fabric have coincided with an increase in physical mobility, car dependency and long-distance commuting. National transport policies, prevailing land use patterns ... -
The "green wave" that never happened: the general election in 2007
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Introduction: Arguing about the Environment. What Difference Does Culture Make?
(Peter Lang, 2008)In recent years environmental debate has moved from the margins of public and political life to occupy a key position in discussions on the political, social and economic prospects of the human world. Unprecedented media ... -
Introduction: Sustainability Research in the Social Sciences Concepts, Methodologies and the Challenge of Interdisciplinarity
(Sage, 2013)The necessity to reconcile the needs and wants of human society with the limits of the global ecological system has resulted in proposals for alternative forms of development that prioritise human flourishing and well-being ... -
Putting the 'public' back into public health
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Reimagining Research and Education in Higher Education - integrating scholarships for sustainable human development
(Commonwealth Secretariat / Nexus Strategic Partnerships, 2014-11-27)This contribution examines key intersections between development, higher education and research. It suggests that the interactions between these domains are neglected and argues that higher education s contribution needs ... -
Researching complex sustainability issues: Reflections on current challenges and future developments
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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 ... -
The Role of Government
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The role of the citizen consumer: alternative consumer actvisim and the rights to health and development
(Commonwealth Secretariat/ Nexus Strategic Partnerships, 2012)This chapter draws on case-study research to show how networked consumer campaigns have shaped global health governance. It highlights the important, yet under-researched role of Southern health activism in mobilising ... -
Strengthening Development Education Practice in the Higher Education Sector: Reimagining research
(Palgrave, 2014-04)This chapter examines the case for development education research, explores the relationship between research and development education in the higher education sector and considers the implications for development education ... -
Women Unbound: Single Women in Ireland
(Rutgers University Press, 2007)