Browsing School of Political Science & Sociology (Book Chapters) by Title
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The methodological issues in the assessment of the quality and benefits of formal youth mentoring interventions - the case of the Czech Big Brothers Big Sisters/Pět P
(Routledge, 2020-09-07)Mentoring is a social phenomenon naturally occurring in the networks of human relationships. The systematic implementation of mentoring principles into the mentoring directed programmes creates a powerful tool for social ... -
(Post) human rights, poverty and inequality: problems of algocracy, pharmocracy and chemocracy
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021-09)This chapter explores new questions for human rights in a context of extreme poverty and inequalities of income, wealth, political power and biological life. Minimalist and contradictory narratives of poverty and inequality ... -
Rural tourism and cultural identity in the west of Ireland
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Secularism, feminism and the public sphere
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Single women in Ireland: a re-examination of the sociological evidence
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Solidarity, equity and rights-based to health provision
(Commonwealth Secretariat, 2015)This brief contribution addresses the central, but neglected principle of solidarity in universal health coverage reforms. Solidarity is the key to understanding rights-based approaches to health, while ensuring a good fit ... -
Surviving necropolitical developments amid democratic disinformation: A pandemic perspective from Brazil
(Bristol University Press, 2022-10-03)The global COVID-19 pandemic poses evolving dilemmas of disease, death, disability, and economic and socio-political inequalities and injustices, as the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to spread and evolve variants. This ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
Women, gender and international human rights: An overview
(Springer, 2019-06-26)This chapter reviews the many achievements of the last 25 years − expressed in the proliferation of laws, norms, and mechanisms − to advance the human rights of women and LGBTQI people and considers in five subsections ... -
Women’s rights as human rights: 25 years on
(Springer, 2019-05-22)“Women’s Rights as Human Rights: Toward a Re-Vision of Human Rights,” by Charlotte Bunch (published in Human Rights Quarterly in 1990), is considered a classic text in the field of women’s human rights. In it, Bunch set ... -
Youth-adult relationships as assets for youth: promoting positive development in stressful Ttmes
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-12-13)[No abstract available]