Sociology (Theses and Dissertations)
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Translocality and the Class Conditions of Filipino Nurse Migrants in the Republic of Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2024)The rise in the number of international labour migrants and their situatedness in and attachments to multiple locations are creating complex class conditions for migrant labour, which are only beginning to be understood ... -
Trends in Educational Homogamy and Heterogamy - Analyzing the Roles of Assortative Mating and Structural Opportunities using a Novel Decomposition Method
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2024)Higher education expansion has reshaped the educational composition of partner markets. Despite this notable shift in structural opportunities for mating, our understanding of how these changes have influenced marital ... -
Child and adolescent digital use and well-being outcomes: evidence from an Irish birth-cohort study
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2024)The rapid digitalization of society over the past decades has fundamentally changed how people socialize, work, and play. Subsequently, children and adolescents’ use of digital technologies has increased rapidly, facilitated ... -
Nigerian Taxi Drivers in Dublin: The Preferred Narrative Versus the Lived Experience
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2023)The liberalisation of the Irish taxi industry in 2000 coincided with the Irish State becoming a place of net immigration for the first time in its history (Ruhs, 2005). Over the following decade, Dublin's taxi fleet increased ... -
Achievement Gaps by Migration Background and the Role of Early Childhood Education and Care: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Irish Cohort Study
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2023)Drawing on the longitudinal data from the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) '08 Cohort, this thesis sets out to contribute to the literature on the academic achievement of children with a migration background and Early Childhood ... -
Longitudinal studies on variation by socio-economic position in child conduct, academic outcomes and curricular choice in the Irish context
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2023)Using unique, nationally representative longitudinal data from Cohort98 of Growing Up in Ireland (N=6,039; 51.2% female; ages 9-17), this thesis evaluates socio-economic inequalities in educational development, decision-making ... -
“People would have died.” How the involvement of community pharmacy in COVID-19 vaccination was delayed: A multi-method policy implementation case study of Ireland (Dec 2020 to June 2021)
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2022)Introduction: When the National COVID-19 Vaccination Programme began in Ireland, there was a delay in involving community pharmacy despite its role being outlined in the associated Strategy and Implementation Plan. ... -
Culture Goes To War: A Critical Analysisof the Human Terrain System in Iraq and Afghanistan
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2022)From 2003 onwards, faced with burgeoning insurgencies and widespread violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, US military policy underwent a cultural turn . This shift in policy emphasised the need for the collection of knowledge ... -
Mobilising social network support: the case of Polish migrant mothers in Dublin
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2021)As international mobility has increased over the last decades, so has research on transnational families and transnational care, gaining a more prominent place in family and migration research. Following the expansion of ... -
Trust and Cooperation in International Peacekeeping: Approaches to Assessing Trust in a High-Risk Networked Environment
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2021)Trust has been described as an essential social lubricant (Luhmann, 1979) and one of the most important synthetic forces within society (Simmel, 1950). Trust acts as a reducer of social complexity and is often viewed ... -
A Tale of Two Heteronormative sites: Considering Militaries and (Video)Gaming
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2021)This thesis explores two sites that have traditionally been associated with heteronormative masculinity (militaries and videogames). Through the use of qualitative methodologies, it seeks to unearth and examine the ways ... -
Institutionalised, Parentless, and Racialised as Other: Understanding the Formation of a Racialised Self for Women of African-Irish Descent who grew up in the Irish Industrial School System
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2021)This research investigated the identity(ies) construction of 15 women of mixed African-Irish descent, with white Irish mothers and African fathers, who as children grew up in the Irish institutional care system in the ... -
Migration, mothering and schooling: a case study of Baltic mothers in Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2020)This thesis explores the parental involvement of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian mothers within and outside of formal schooling in Ireland. The number of Baltic families has significantly increased in Ireland in the last ... -
All Welcome Here? Studies on Anti-Immigration Attitudes and Discriminatory Behaviour towards Ethnic Minorities in Irish and European Contexts
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2020)The main aim of this thesis is to examine prejudice, via anti-immigration sentiment, and discriminatory behaviour in Ireland and other European countries. The thesis consists of four separate papers which constitute four ... -
Performing Distance : the response of Irish professionals to immigrants and immigration
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2014)Literature on immigration in Ireland has focused on analyses of rates and flows, the impact of labour migration, immigrants’ experiences of racism and integration, and asylum/refugee studies. Empirical work on the response ... -
Identity, categorisation, citizenship and the 'Peace Process' in Côte d'Ivoire
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2015)This thesis explores the practice of categorization of identities and determination of citizenship within the context of the peace process in Côte d’Ivoire. It is based on interviews with government officials, actors from ... -
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon : from co-ethnics to a racialized minority
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2015)This study employs critical race theory to understand, explain, and theorize the exclusion and racialization of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. There exists vast and diverse literature on the exclusion of Palestinians in ... -
The economic, family and identity experiences of first- and second-generation Hong Kong Chinese in Ireland : a case study
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2013)This case study explores the economic, family and identity experiences of first- and second generation Hong Kong Chinese in Ireland. Though they are the earliest Chinese group in Ireland, their lived experiences have been ... -
Developing science, technology and innovation (STI) capacity through networks : the case of a development network organisation in Mozambique
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2013)Science, technology and innovation (STI) is once again high on the international development agenda (Chataway et al, 2005; Leach and Scoones, 2006). Some authors have highlighted the role of new networked forms of organisation ... -
A social history of the Irish music industry, 1910 - 1985
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2015)This thesis re-inserts a number of key behind-the-scenes individuals and factors into the history of the Irish music industry, placing the commercial and artistic achievements of Ireland's popular music artists in their ...