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18 produkter
Management and Gender in Higher Education
Av Pat O'Connor
Inbunden, 2014
1091 kr
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This book is a definitive examination of higher education: locating it in a wider neo-liberal context involving the state and the market, with a specific focus on recent higher policy and on the elite group of senior managers in universities. Written in a clear accessible style, it provides an …
Domestic, Moral and Political Economies of Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland
What Rough Beast?
Av Kieran Keohane, Carmen Kuhling
Inbunden, 2014
1263 kr
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This book provides an analysis of neo-liberal political economics implemented in Ireland and the deleterious consequences of that model in terms of polarised social inequalities, impoverished public services and fiscal vulnerability as they appear in central social policy domains – health, housing …
Public Private Partnerships in Ireland
Failed Experiment or the Way Forward?
Av Rory Hearne
Inbunden, 2011
1227 kr
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Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) have come to public attention in recent years in Ireland with the impact of toll roads, the collapse of social-housing projects and their use in the provision of courts buildings, schools, water/waste water treatment plants, hospitals, light rail and other public …
Migrations
Ireland in a Global World
Av Mary Gilmartin, Allen White
Inbunden, 2013
1227 kr
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This edited collection explores Ireland’s complex relationship with migration in novel and innovative ways. The contributors – leading scholars of migration from the disciplines of anthropology, geography, history, media studies, sociology, sociolinguistics and women’s studies – draw on new …
Asymmetric Engagement
The Community and Voluntary Pillar in Irish Social Partnership
Av Joe Larragy
Inbunden, 2014
1188 kr
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This book focuses on one of the most innovative aspects of Irish social partnership, the Community and Voluntary Pillar. It is the most thorough account of the dynamics of the Pillar to date and tackles the weaknesses in existing perspectives. Through the lens of asymmetric engagement, Larragy …
Economics of Disability
Insights from Irish Research
Av John Cullinan, Seán Lyons m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1298 kr
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This book brings together research relating to the economics of disability in Ireland. It addresses a range of issues of relevance to the economic circumstances of people with disabilities, considering topics such as social inclusion, poverty, the labour market, living standards and public policy. …
Defining Events
Power, Resistance and Identity in Twenty-First-Century Ireland
Inbunden, 2015
1263 kr
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This book re-visits and re-thinks some recent defining events in Irish society. Each chapter focuses on an event that has occurred since the start of the twenty first century. Some were high profile, some were ‘fringe’ events, others were widely discussed in popular culture at the time. A number of …
Defining Events
Power, Resistance and Identity in Twenty-First-Century Ireland
Häftad, 2015
284 kr
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This book re-visits and re-thinks some recent defining events in Irish society. Each chapter focuses on an event that has occurred since the start of the twenty first century. Some were high profile, some were ‘fringe’ events, others were widely discussed in popular culture at the time. A number of …
Corporate and White-Collar Crime in Ireland
A New Architecture of Regulatory Enforcement
Av Joe McGrath
Inbunden, 2015
1105 kr
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This book explores the emergence of a new architecture of corporate enforcement in Ireland. It is demonstrated that the State has transitioned from one contradictory model of corporate enforcement to another. Traditionally, the State invoked its most powerful weapon of state censure, the criminal …
Youth Policy, Civil Society and the Modern Irish State
Av Fred Powell, Martin Geoghegan m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
371 kr
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This book, now available in paperback, explores the development of youth policy and youth work in Ireland from the mid-nineeenth century to the present day. Based on original research, funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS), it looks at the social …
Changing Gender Roles and Attitudes to Family Formation in Ireland
Inbunden, 2016
1099 kr
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Recent decades have witnessed major changes in gender roles and family patterns, as well as a falling birth rate in Ireland and the rest of Europe. While the traditional family is now being replaced in many cases by new family forms, we do not know the reasons why people are making the choices they …
Ireland and the Freedom of Information Act
Foi@15
Inbunden, 2015
1188 kr
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The introduction of FOI in Ireland was a watershed moment in Irish democracy. It gave citizens a right to know, and abolished eighty years of official secrecy that had existed since the foundation of the State. As the new 2014 FOI Act is extended to the gardaí and the Central Bank for the first …
Ethical and Legal Debates in Irish Healthcare
Confronting Complexities
Av Mary Donnelly, Claire Murray
Inbunden, 2016
1093 kr
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The Irish health system is confronted by a range of challenges, both emerging and recurring. This collection provides a foundation for ongoing engagement with selected issues in contemporary Irish health contexts. It includes contributions from scholars and practitioners across a range of …
Economics of Disability
Insights from Irish Research
Av John Cullinan, Seán Lyons m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
514 kr
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This book brings together research relating to the economics of disability in Ireland. It addresses a range of issues of relevance to the economic circumstances of people with disabilities, considering topics such as social inclusion, poverty, the labour market, living standards and public policy. …
Urban heritage and contested planning
Making use of Ireland's built past
Av Arthur Parkinson, Mark Scott
Inbunden, 2026
1255 kr
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Urban heritage and contested planning: Making use of Ireland’s built past delves into the evolving role of heritage preservation within urban planning, focusing on Ireland's complex urban landscape since independence. Once marginal, heritage conservation is now seen as essential to urban identity, …
Youth Policy, Civil Society and the Modern Irish State
Av Fred Powell, Martin Geoghegan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1123 kr
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This book explores the development of youth policy and youth work in Ireland from the mid-19th century to the present day. Based on original research, funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS), it looks at the social construction of youth, the emergence of …
Challenging Times, Challenging Administration
The Role of Public Administration in Producing Social Justice in Ireland
Inbunden, 2014
1123 kr
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The role of public administration and social justice is an area long overlooked in Ireland and more broadly in Europe, though it is somewhat more developed in the USA. This book addresses that gap and presents an original work, drawing on a broad range of conceptual material as well as empirical …
Immigration and Housing in the Republic of Ireland
Inbunden, 2015
1099 kr
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This book is the first comprehensive analysis of migrants’ housing experiences in Ireland. It introduces, in an accessible manner, the key factors that determine how well migrants can engage with Ireland’s housing system. It outlines the opportunities and challenges migrants encounter accessing …
