National Identities and Imperfections in Contemporary Irish Literature

National Identities and Imperfections in Contemporary Irish Literature

Author: Luz Mar González-Arias

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-01-20

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1137476303

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This book is about the role that the imperfect, the disquieting and the dystopian are currently playing in the construction of Irish identities. All the essays assess identity issues that require urgent examination, problematize canonical definitions of Irishness and, above all, look at the ways in which the artistic output of the country has been altered by the Celtic Tiger phenomenon and its subsequent demise. Recent narrative from Ireland, principally published in the twenty-first century and/or at the end of the 1990s, is dealt with extensively. The authors examined include Eavan Boland, Mary Rose Callaghan, Peter Cunningham, Emma Donoghue, Anne Enright, Emer Martin, Lia Mills, Paul Muldoon, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Bernard O’Donoghue, Peter Sirr and David Wheatley.


Racism In The Irish Experience

Racism In The Irish Experience

Author: Steve Garner

Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13:

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Academically rigourous study which situates the Irish experience within both the historical development of an Irish 'racial' consciousness and contemporary patterns of migration.


Race And Ethnicity In A Welfare Society

Race And Ethnicity In A Welfare Society

Author: Williams, Charlotte

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published: 2010-10-01

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 0335225314

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This book considered major transformations in the delivery and practices of welfare their implications for the engagement, access and participation of ethnic minorities, as well as covering issues of race and ethnicity within the context of a variety of welfare policy arenas. The book suggests ways that welfare practices could be transformed to incorporate the ideas such as 'cosmopolitan citizenship' within a welfare society.


Asian Cities in an Era of Decentralisation

Asian Cities in an Era of Decentralisation

Author: Fiona Buckley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-02-08

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 1134908830

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This book explores the relationship between women, the state and democratic politics in Ireland today. It highlights the conservatism of the political culture shared by all traditions on the island, and how this culture circumscribes women’s political agency in Northern Ireland and Ireland. The book explores the opportunities and obstacles to women’s participation and representation on each side of the border. The chapters take the view that public decision-making institutions and processes are subject to rules and practices that reinforce the gendered foundations of democratic politics. They document women’s continuing quest for full participation and equal representation in these male-gendered arenas. The contributors focus on the marginalised experiences of women in modern politics in Ireland and detail their efforts to challenge the masculinized status quo. The book addresses the classical issues of citizenship, participation, representation and equal rights in a sustained analysis of the political systems on the island. It also deals with modern issues – multiculturalism, peace-building, the male-gendered legislature and the unequal nature of women’s citizenship in constitutional, institutional and policy contexts. The book is completed by a comprehensive appendix of all women elected to political office on the island from 1918-2013. This book was published as a special issue of Irish Political Studies.


Social Housing in Ireland

Social Housing in Ireland

Author: Tony Fahey

Publisher: Combat Poverty Agency

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 159

ISBN-13: 1860761402

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This study explores the living conditions and quality of life in seven urban local authority housing estates in Ireland. The research team involved paid particular attention to the perspective of the residents in each estate - their views about what made their neighbourhoods good or bad places to live, and what they had to say about their relationships with local service agencies and local authorities in particular.


Higher Education and Community-Based Research

Higher Education and Community-Based Research

Author: R. Munck

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-10-23

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1137385286

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A unique, comparative survey of community-based research within a higher education context, featuring some of the top scholars in the field, this book brings together a global range of experiences with community-based research and engages the leaders in the field worldwide to set out visions for future directions, practices, and developments.


Promoting Health in Children and Young People

Promoting Health in Children and Young People

Author: Karen Moyse

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-11-16

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9781444322651

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Promoting the health and wellbeing of children and young people isa vital part of every child nurse’s role. Promoting Healthin Children and Young People provides practical guidance oneveryday health issues such as preventing obesity, dental health,skin care and prevention of diseases and infections. It exploresbest practice for nursing children with chronic illnesses such asasthma, cancer, diabetes and disabilities, and gives guidance onpromoting the health of adolescents looking at issues of sexualhealth, smoking, drugs and alcohol. Each chapter discusses keyhealth promotion messages, relevant government policy and healthpromotion activities. This accessible text provides nurses with theskills and knowledge to transform the NSF into everyday healthpromotion practice. • Provides a clear skills-based approach to undertakinghealth promotion practice • Emphasises the role of the nurse in promoting goodhealth in children and young people • Discusses guidance from recent policy developmentsincluding the National Service Framework for Children • Illustrated with diagrams and boxes highlighting keypoints