Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Author "Byrne, Anne"
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Altering legacies as ‘A Farmer in My Own Right’: married women's experiences of farm property ownership in Ireland
Watson, Tanya (NUI Galway, 2018-01-31)A number of women living on family farms own farm property in their own right. This is an unexplored research area in Ireland. Gender inequalities in the ownership and control of farm property have consequences for women’s ... -
Generational understanding of social support, youth civic engagement and coping as aspects of resilience in socialist and post-socialist Slovenia (1980-2011)
Kovačič, Tanja (2015-09-30)This thesis explores the link between protective factors and youth coping as aspects of resilience within the context of social change. The most recent evidence from resilience research shows there is a significant link ... -
Narratives of slimming: women and weight management in Irish society
O'Toole, Jacqueline Anne Marie (2016-11-18)This PhD study presents a feminist sociological analysis of the construction of narratives of slimming in Irish society. Theoretically, the study is informed by three main arguments: firstly, that the pursuit/attainment ... -
Representing experience - diversifying representation: blind and visually impaired men’s voice-centered narratives of self and identity in everyday life
Fannon, Tara (NUI Galway, 2019-04-11)This research examines disabled men's identities and lived experiences from the perspective of blindness and visual impairment. The first objective is to represent disability, make it visible, with lived accounts that ...