Browsing University of Galway Theses by Author "Curtin, Chris"
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Advocating and Setting Agendas: An Exploratory Study of NGO Advocacy surrounding the Reception Conditions of Asylum Seeking Children and Families in Ireland and its Influence on Agenda Setting
Kinlen, Louise (2013-03-20)Asylum seekers arriving in Ireland are accommodated under a system known as Direct Provision and Dispersal. Concerns have been raised since its inception in 2000 by NGOs, academics, health professionals and the international ... -
Aid policy, aid projects and aid practitioners. The role of agency, actors and interfaces in 'pro-poor development' projects in post-apartheid South Africa and post-communist Baltic States
McAlinden, Peter Gerard (2018-02-23)The dissertation is about understanding the role of agency in the production of the unintended outcomes of international development interventions ‘designed’ to eliminate rural poverty and underdevelopment. It takes as its ... -
All of the People all of the Time? Configurations of actors, knowledge and space in the making of local development
O'Reilly, Patrick (2012-10-26)Local development approaches purport to offer a more effective means of addressing development issues in areas experiencing specific socio-economic challenges. By facilitating local involvement in the identification of the ... -
The Rise and Fall of Cooperative Resource Management: A Case Study of Mussel Farming in Killary Harbour
Cush, Peter (2012-08-23)Natural resources have become a critical focus for rural development programmes. In the past many families in rural areas relied upon small scale agriculture as the primary source of income for the household. These households ... -
The ruling trinity transformed: negotiating power and local leadership in Ireland
Pritchard, Ruth (2015-09-21)This thesis examines power relations in the political, economic and religious spheres in local society in Ireland, so as to assess the contribution being made by a local leadership to a contemporary Irish social power ... -
Second Level Teachers and Educational Change: An Investigation into Teachers' Responses to the Introduction and Implementation of Cooperative Learning
Chambers, Francis (2013-09-27)Successful educational change at school level is difficult to achieve; however it is imperative that schools engage in change practices if they are to enhance the learning experiences and academic achievements of their ... -
Street-level bureaucratic behaviour when supporting parents
Coen, Liam (William) (2015-12-18)Although popular in the 1970s and 1980s, policy implementation as a focus of analysis fell out of fashion in the 1990s. However, the concept of the street-level bureaucrat has remained resilient. In furthering the analysis ...