Browsing School of Political Science & Sociology (Scholarly Articles) by Title
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Diet culture and Instagram: A feminist exploration of perceptions and experiences among young women in the midwest of Ireland
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2020)This article provides a feminist exploration of the perceptions and experiences of diet culture on Instagram among young women in the Midwest of Ireland. It discusses why young women continue to engage with diet culture ... -
The disfigured ontology of figurational sociology: Norbert Elias and the question of violence
(Sage, 2012)This article scrutinises Norbert Elias s figurational sociology byfocusing on its ontological foundations. The analytical spotlight is onthe inherent tension between Elias s stance of normative neutralityand detachment, ... -
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 ... -
Doing transnational feminism, transforming human rights: the emancipatory possibilities revisited
(SAGE Publications, 2012-10-24)This article contributes to cross-disciplinary engagement with the idea of transnationality through a discussion of transnational feminisms. In particular, it reviews and responds to some of the more critical readings of ... -
Doping and anti-doping: the excesses of enterprise and the tyranny of transparency
(http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19406940.2015.1063529, 2015-07-06)Building on Foucault s theory of the enterprise society , this article situates the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport in the wider socio-economic context, where generalised competition has become a strategic ... -
Echanges épistolaires Echanges épistolaires en anthropologie : l'enquête Harvard-Irlande/ Letters in anthropological research: the Harvard-Irish Survey (1930-1936)
(2011)This article examines a selection of the professional and private letters associated with the social anthropology strand of the Harvard-Irish Survey (1930-1936). These research letters contribute to the historiography of ... -
Editorial: The Spectre of Violence in Graduate Feminist Research
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Emerging feminist research: courage and determination
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2022)This volume is the third edition of Dearcadh journal. When we issued our first call for papers in November 2019, we did not know that the journal’s first three editions would all be carried out in the context of a global ... -
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 ... -
Environmental gains and social losses? Critical reflections on the sustainability potential of telework
(2014)Anthropogenic climate change and its environmenmtal and social consequences are of increasing concern worldwide. Approaches that advocate a 'greening' of current economic and social systems through technological ... -
Ethical dilemmas in the development-security nexus: A human development and capabilities approach
(Centre for Global Education, 2019)The development-security nexus marks a paradigm shift for development, security and humanitarian practice, with implications for education and development education. This article explores zigzag changes, initially towards ... -
An evaluation of the practicability of the right to development
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2022)Human rights broadly speaking refer to norms, and codes that seek to protect humans from political, legal, and social abuses (Stanford, 2003). In more recent times, concerns for issues involving global and social justice ... -
Evidence-based training of health professionals to inform families about disability
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2013-05-09)Objective The development, delivery and evaluation of a training programme for medical and nursing professionals on best practice for informing families of their child’s disability. Design A 2 h training course on ‘Best ... -
Exploring Good Practice in Child and Family Services: Reflections and Considerations
(Taylor and Francis, 2007)The prospect of furthering good practice in child and family services is something that is in everybody¿s interest, service users, practitioners, policy makers, and academics alike. However, it is a task fraught with ... -
Exploring the intersection of motherhood and work for women working in the NGO sector in Harare, Zimbabwe
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2020)Gender equality, built on the principle of equal opportunities, maintains that women and men’s equality is based on the availability of equal access to resources, funding and opportunities. Through this principle women ... -
Exploring young women’s attitudes towards the feminist movement and popular music artists’ claims to feminism
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2021)The last decade has seen a marked increase in public visibility of feminism. Numerous factors have contributed to this; not least the growing number of celebrities aligning themselves with the feminist movement. This ... -
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 ... -
Family-friendly policies and remote work: Revisiting the work-care conflict in a post Covid labour market
(School of Political Science and Sociology, University of Galway, 2022)The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the structure of the labour market, a shift which has had gendered consequences. In particular, women have been disadvantaged by the increased burden of care. The aim ... -
The farm as an educative tool in the development of place attachments among Irish farm youth
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-04-05)This paper focuses on the educative role of the farm in the development of relationships between young people and the homeplace they grew up on. The paper is based on qualitative interviews with a cohort of 30 Irish ... -
Forgetting and Remembering: Place and Space in the work of Yvonne Cullivan
(Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, IRELAND, 2011)