School of Social Sciences and Philosophy: Recent submissions
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Essays on the macroeconomic impact of financial openness
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2003)This thesis uses new data to examine the impact of a quantitative measure of international financial integration on various indicators of macroeconomic performance. Proponents of greater openness to financial flows maintain ... -
Transformative Training in Soft Skills for Peacekeepers
(2019)Personnel in peacekeeping missions come from diverse organizations and nations, yet must coordinate together in each peacekeeping mission. Diversity in organizations (militaries, police forces, civil ... -
The Case for 'Trust' as a Key Soft Skill for Peacekeepers
(2019)This article uses the case study of the unifil mission in South Lebanon to explore the role of trust in facilitating or obstructing inter-organizational cooperation and local ownership in a traditional UN peacekeeping ... -
Gaming for Peace: Gender Awareness Training and the Polish Military
(2018)Despite regulatory and legal changes, women are persistently underrepresented in military organisations on peacekeeping missions. This article argues that part of the reason for this can be found in persistent stereotypical ... -
Estimating the income and socio-economic determinants of the demand for transport using household micro-data
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2003)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the income and socio-economic determinants of transport demand, using Dublin as a case study. Chapter 1 sets the context by discussing the problem of excessive car use in urban ... -
The determinants of repertoire diversity in non-profit theatre: an application to England and Germany
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2004)This thesis studies repertoire diversity and its possible determinants in non-profit theatre for two European countries, namely England and Germany. For this, extensive econometric analysis is carried out using specifically ... -
The environment in the public sphere : democracy and discourse in the genetically modified organism debate in Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2002)This thesis is an exploration of the possibilities of democratising environmental decision-making in Ireland. A specific attempt at enhancing dem ocratic involvement in policy decision-making is analysed. The case study ... -
Language, displacement and censorship : a philosophical analysis of Sigmund Freud's common-sense method of dream-interpretation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Philosophy Department, 2002)This thesis is a contribution to the tradition in philosophy of psychoanalysis in analytic philosophy of viewing Sigmund Freud's method of interpretation as an extension of common-sense psychology. The thesis addresses the ... -
Weakness of will and practical reason
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Philosophy Department, 2004)This thesis argues that a correct understanding of weakness of will (that is, freely failing to act as one thinks one has most reason to act) is crucial to a correct understanding of practical reason. Central to a theory ... -
Essays on international capital flows
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2003)This thesis is a collection of essays on international capital flows. The main motivation for this work was to address a number of relatively unexplored issues within this subject. Four topics were empirically analyzed ... -
European Union supra state feminism : redistributional gender equality policy and training in Europe and Ireland, 1971-1997
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2001)This study is located within debates about the impact of second wave feminism on European gender contracts. Its particular focus is the development of EU supra state feminism in the form of gender equality policy since the ... -
Freud's psychoanalysis of religion
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Philosophy Department, 2000)Freud was part of a long tradition of non-believers who offered a story about how religions originated. Notable works in this tradition include Hume's The Natural History of Religion and Feuerbach's The Essence of Christianity. ... -
Essays on regional restructuring and the Polish labour market
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2002)The fall of the iron curtain and the transition shock that Poland faced in the early 1990s necessitated substantial adjustments throughout the economy. Planners no longer dictated prices, trade, financial allocations or ... -
Comparative military interventions : the question of legitimacy
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Political Science, 2004)This thesis examines theoretical explanations for why military interventions have taken place in the 'long-decade' following the end of the Cold War. International relations paradigms are evaluated in terms of whether their ... -
Essays on financial development and economic growth
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2003)This thesis is a collection of essays on the relationship between financial development and economic growth. The thesis is introduced in Chapter One, which talks about the motivation for the thesis and outlines the structure ... -
Essays on international capital markets
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Economics, 2003)This thesis concentrates on the macroeconomic effects of increased capital mobility in international capital markets. The focal points of attention encompass the relationship between capital flows and infrastructure, ... -
Towards a sociology of art collections : the making of an art collection for the Irish Museum of Modern Art
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2003)This thesis offers an exploration into the making of an art collection for the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin. Its aim is to set out a distinct methodology for a sociological approach to the study of art collecting. ... -
Essays in Development and Behavioural Economics
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2019)The core of this thesis consists of three chapters. Although on distinct topics, these chapters relate to vulnerability and financial decision making of households in Rwanda, Viet Nam and Ireland. Chapter 2 investigates ... -
Essays in Development and Behavioural Economics
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2019)The core of this thesis consists of three chapters. Although on distinct topics, these chapters relate to vulnerability and financial decision making of households in Rwanda, Viet Nam and Ireland. Chapter 2 investigates ... -
Ambivalence and Acquiescence: Gender and the Cosmopolitan Class in Cairo
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2019)Socioeconomic and demographic transformations have led to the decreased occurrence of marriage, chipped at the link between sexuality and marriage, and increased the liminal period of ‘waithood’ in Egypt. However, there ...
