Browsing School of Political Science and Sociology by Subject "Community"
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Engaging urban youth: community, citizenship and democracy
(UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, 2018)It is well known that disadvantaged youth in urban environments often experience marginalisation and disenfranchisement that can lead to serious consequences for them, their families, and the wider society. Such ... -
Family and Community: (Re)Telling Our Own Story
(2011)The contribution of family, kin and community relations to sustaining a rural way of life was the primary focus of Arensberg and Kimball's anthropological study of Irish families in the 1930s, published as Family and ... -
Revisiting and Reframing the Anthropological Archive: the Harvard-Irish Survey (1930-1936)
(2013)We consider a methodological opportunity when revisiting classical anthropological studies, namely the social anthropological archive of the Harvard-Irish Survey (1930-1936). A gift of the Irish field diaries of Conrad ... -
Understanding youth civic engagement: debates, discourses and lessons from practice
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-07-24)While civic engagement provides a rich rationale for intervention, the array of discourses urging a focus on youth engagement or action means that the concept can be confusing, cluttered, and lacking consistent operationalization. ...