Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Subject "Business, Public Policy and Law"
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Irish exchange rates 1698–1826: credit, market integration, and international trade
(NUI Galway, 2021-11-10)This thesis is a study of the operation, evolution, and consequences of Irish pound exchange rates in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. I present a novel database of Irish pound exchange rates with sterling, for ... -
It’s My Life! Decision-making for children and young people with disabilities in Ireland and Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(NUI Galway, 2023-05-18)Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) affirms that persons with disabilities have the right to make decisions on an equal basis with others. To achieve this, States Parties ... -
Migrant domestic workers, labour exploitation and anti-trafficking laws in Uganda and Saudi Arabia: Moving beyond exceptionalism
(NUI Galway, 2024-04-11)This thesis focuses on the trafficking of Ugandan migrant domestic workers for labour exploitation to Saudi Arabia. Trafficking for labour exploitation is a widespread challenging phenomenon in the migration discourse ... -
Natural capital accounting: Using economic theory to “Green” the national accounts and measure sustainable development
(NUI Galway, 2022-02-22)For prudent economic, social and environmental policy, it is vital to have appropriate measures to inform us about the sustainability of our economic development. A key aim of the thesis is the advancement towards better ... -
No compulsion in religion: Perceptions of freedom and legal rights amongst Saudi Arabian citizens
(NUI Galway, 2022-04-07)This thesis was written to enable academics and policy makers to better understand the nuances of Saudi State religio-political rhetoric by introducing a focus on the voice and perspectives of Saudi Arabian society that ... -
The paradox of product portfolio ambidexterity: Determinants and consequences
(NUI Galway, 2021-04-18)Competence ambidexterity and innovation ambidexterity play crucial roles in organisations’ strategic new product innovation activities and their long-term success. Ambidexterity is especially relevant in high technology ... -
(Re)Conceptualising vulnerability in international refugee law and practice: An exploration of the value of a more dynamic approach to vulnerability in refugee status determination
(NUI Galway, 2020-05-07)This thesis investigates whether a reconceptualisation of the concept of vulnerability is required in order to ensure that the needs of ‘vulnerable’ asylum seekers are accommodated in national refugee status determination ... -
Rethinking ‘Honour’: Human rights, Namûs and the self
(NUI Galway, 2021-07-06)This thesis asks: what does ‘honour’ (namûs) achieve in the making of the subject? The concept of ‘honour’ has come to be known in human rights discourse through scenes of violence and death. As a result, human rights ... -
Revolution and international criminal law: The extraordinary chambers in the courts of Cambodia
(NUI Galway, 2020-05-08)This doctoral thesis examines whether and how a context of revolution impacts the application of international criminal law through a case study of the revolutionary context during the Democratic Kampuchea era in Cambodia, ... -
The role of extension services and technology adoption in farm sustainability
(NUI Galway, 2021-06-17)The objective of this PhD thesis is to assess the role of extension services and technology adoption in enhancing farm sustainability with the goal of informing the debate on how to achieve sustainable intensification. ... -
The role of gender-responsive participation in water and sanitation rights adjudication
(NUI Galway, 2022-06-10)This thesis critically examines the justifications, implications and possibilities for strengthening gender participatory considerations in the adjudication of the separate but critically interlinked rights to basic water ... -
The saints are coming: The evolution of humanitarian-intervention in international law and state practice
(NUI Galway, 2022-06-10)Abstract In recent times, humanitarian-intervention has been prominent in the minds not just of academics, but also policy makers and the public. 1 It is a truism that people should be protected from abuse but exactly ... -
Social marketing: The role of Facebook as a digital technology for social mechanisms and behaviour change in the context of obesity and healthy lifestyles
(NUI Galway, 2022-08-15)Tomorrow’s world is radically different to the one that social marketing was born into over 50 years ago (Taubenheim et al., 2008; Galiano-Coronil and MierTeran-Franco, 2019). Social marketing is propelling forward ... -
A study of performance management and management control systems in non-profit organisations engaged in the provision of public health and welfare services – A stakeholder salience perspective
(NUI Galway, 2019-05-16)Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs), characterised by a complex stakeholder profile, are increasingly important to the provision of public services, in particular health and welfare services. This study examines how management’s ... -
Trafficked adult men, gendered constructions of vulnerability, and access to protection
(NUI Galway, 2021-06-07)Trafficking in persons has attracted considerable attention after the adoption of the 2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, and the 2005 Council of Europe ... -
Valuing natural amenities and flood risk: a hedonic house price approach
(NUI Galway, 2021-04-12)Environmental amenities play a key role in determining where people choose to live. Understanding the dynamics of preferences for environmental amenities is crucial for managing how a population co-exists with the landscape ... -
Vindicating substantive equality in the right to work of persons with disabilities in Indonesia
(NUI Galway, 2020-10-22)This thesis uses a substantive equality framework to analyse disability law and policy on the right to work of persons with disabilities in Indonesia, employing qualitative methods. Substantive equality is essential for ... -
When ‘There’s Nowhere Else to Go’: Exploring rights to self-determination and community inclusion within day services for adults with intellectual disabilities in the Republic of Ireland
(NUI Galway, 2022-06-24)This dissertation is framed by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its commitment to transformation of the lives of people with disabilities. Using Institutional Ethnography as a method ... -
Yes, and: Implementation of access to cultural materials for persons with disabilities
(NUI Galway, 2023-01-19)This thesis examines the right to access culture for persons with disabilities and proposes a new approach to implementing that right. Part I lays out where this right can be found and why it is so important. It ...