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Gender equality policy and gender mainstreaming in Irish Aid: From diffusion to dilution to disappearance
No full textThis article offers a critical analysis of Irish Aid s treatment of gender equality and gender mainstreaming. Informed by key concepts in policy process and feminist scholarship, it examines the evidence of Irish Aid s progress in this area. The author finds that gender equality has low salience in Irish Aid and a record of weak implementation. It is argued that while the adoption of a Gender Equality Policy in Irish Aid reflects global policy diffusion, Ireland s rhetorical endorsement of gender equality in international affairs stems chiefly from an instrumental interest in the reputational gains it can offer and represents a form of soft coercion rather than a principled interest in achieving gender equality. The weakness of state feminism in Ireland and the weak links between officials and women s movement actors are also factors. Further, while the disadvantage of low salience can be offset by the presence of effective policy entrepreneurs using discretionary power to augment resources, this is not evident in Irish Aid in the case of the Gender Equality Policy. Furthermore, the rising paradigm of managing for development results poses new challenges to rights-based approaches to development, including gender mainstreaming. For these reasons, the Gender Equality Policy in Irish Aid is at risk of continued dilution and perhaps disappearance.peer-reviewe
Social values and civic behaviour among youth in Ireland: The influence of social contexts
No full textAs youth civic engagement is widely considered important for social cohesion and democracy, concerns have been expressed regarding a perceived decline in civic and political engagement among young people throughout the western world. While research has shown that the social environment is influential in terms of the development of civic values, knowledge and behaviours among youth, limited research has been conducted on these issues in an Irish context. Drawing on survey research conducted with 167 young people aged 12–15 years in Irish secondary schools, this paper examines young people\u27s civic attitudes and behaviours and how they are linked to their social contexts. Findings indicate that youth report high levels of social responsibility values but low engagement in both online and offline civic engagement. Furthermore, while parent, peer, school and/or community contexts were found to have a significant influence on youths\u27 social responsibility values and offline civic behaviours, youth\u27s online civic behaviours were not connected to these social environments. This study provides insights into the socialisation of civic values and behaviours among young people in Ireland and highlights the importance of investigating the link between the social context and different forms of youth civic involvement.The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by the Irish Research Council (IRC) under their Research for Policy & Society scheme, grant number RfPS/2016/28
A review of the Irish road networks infrastructure barriers to older peoples mobility: current policy and literature
No full textIrish Transport Research Network Annual Conference (ITRN2012), University of Ulster, Belfast, UK, 29th – 30th August, 2012Over the next thirty years in Ireland, the population aged over 65 is estimated to grow considerably. The maturation of the ‘baby boom’ generation will transform the demographics of the country. In our current and future aging society, transport and mobility are key factors in facilitating active aging. In general, older people now travel more than before, have higher levels of car ownership and are more likely to continue to drive for longer. Modal shift to more sustainable modes of transport is simply not practical for older people living in areas with limited public transport. Older people, who are suffering from ailments, will tend to cease walking long before they cease driving. Maintaining mobility is crucial in later life. The lack of transport alternatives, in the short term, can be bridged by enabling older people to continue to drive safely for longer. A need exists for alternative travel modes and will become more pertinent given the increase in the number of older people who can no longer drive but will still require mobility. While older drivers have fewer reported crashes per capita in developed countries, extreme driving conditions place excessive demand on their abilities compared to younger drivers. A reason for older drivers over representation in certain types of crashes can be contributed to road design which follows standards based primarily on measures of performance of young males. By improving the road network for older people it will encourage and assist them to stay mobile for longer and improve safety for all other users. This paper identifies the deficit in the Irish road networks design and research in catering for the older driver through a review of the research literature and highway design policy and through an interrogation of collisions involving older drivers identifies the key highway design and behaviour indicators that contribute to older driver collisions in an Irish context. The issue for road safety will be whether the increase in older driver exposure is offset by the improvement in design, training and alternative travel mechanisms. Monitoring and future research of these components will be crucial to determine the success of these measures in assisting older driver’s safety and longevity on the network.2019-09-09 JG: Author Brian Caulfield not to be confused with UCD homony
Beyond the Catholic-Protestant divide : religious and ethnic diversity in the North and South of Ireland
No full textPaper presented to the IBIS conference Old structures, new beliefs: religion, community and politics in contemporary Ireland, University College Dublin, 15 May 2003.This paper explores the challenges posed by the ethnic diversification of contemporary Irish society for conventional understandings of and responses to issues of religion, community and politics. It argues that the particularities of social and institutional histories and structures in the North and South have eclipsed wider considerations of both race and ethnicity and religious identity beyond the Catholic-Protestant divide. This has, in turn, served to obscure the many dynamic changes that such diversity has catalysed both within Irish civil society generally, and within the island’s traditional religious institutions themselves. The paper discusses the promises and potentials of conceptualising religion or religious identity and the relationships between religion and ethnicity within broader cultural and political fields, and their implications for the “new” (multicultural) Ireland.Not applicableti -TS 07.07.10
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Anopheles species present in countries in sub-Saharan Africa and associated islands
No full textUnderstanding which Anopheles species are present in a country is important for
National Malaria Control Programs. The aim of this work was to update the work conducted by Kyalo et al. (2017) using existing databases (primarily Snow, Robert W., 2017, "A geo-coded inventory of anophelines in the Afrotropical Region south of the Sahara: 1898-2016", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NQ6CUN, Harvard Dataverse, V1 )
The table provides a list of the species of Anopheles mosquitoes present in sub-Saharan Africa and associated islands. A single reference is provided for each species present in each country, even if more references were available. </p
Anopheles species present in countries in sub-Saharan Africa and associated islands
No full textUnderstanding which Anopheles species are present in a country is important for
National Malaria Control Programs. The aim of this work was to update the work conducted by Kyalo et al. (2017) using existing databases (primarily Snow, Robert W., 2017, "A geo-coded inventory of anophelines in the Afrotropical Region south of the Sahara: 1898-2016", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/NQ6CUN, Harvard Dataverse, V1 )
The table provides a list of the species of Anopheles mosquitoes present in sub-Saharan Africa and associated islands. A single reference is provided for each species present in each country, even if more references were available. </p
Irish Economic Development over Three Decades of EU Membership
No full textThis paper draws out lessons from Ireland´s economic experience over the course of EU membership. The author starts with a description of the effects of opening up to free trade, and highlights the problems of the 1970s and 1980s that arose as a consequence of misguided fiscal policy. He then turns to the beneficial developments that paved the way to the emergence of the Celtic Tiger economy. EU aid alone, he argues, cannot guarantee convergence. It is likely to be of greatest benefit when the other conditions for real convergence including a well-functioning labour market, reform-oriented microeconomic policy and macroeconomic stability ? are also in place. For countries attempting to follow the Irish strategy of attracting inward FDI in high-tech manufacturing sectors, the author emphasises that low corporation-tax rates are only one part of the story. A supportive public administration system and an abundance of human capital of the appropriate type are also key requirements.Ireland; economic development; European Union
Social capital and self-rated health in the Republic of Ireland: evidence from the European Social survey
No full textThis paper analyses the determinants of self-reported health in Ireland, conditioning self-reported health on a set of socio-economic, labour market and social capital variables. Ireland has the highest self-reported health rate in Europe, a finding backed-up by other studies. Data were derived from the 2002 and 2005 European Social survey. The full 87,915 observations from both rounds were pooled and used to estimate mean self-rated health across Europe. The Irish data were isolated, totalling 2,049 individuals for 2002 and 2,286 individuals for 2005. The 2002 data were used to analyse the determinants of subjective health state, as it had a richer array of social capital variables. The results demonstrate statistically significant effects of income on self-reported health that are robust to different statistical specifications and statistically significant though modest effects of social capital variables such as associational membership and frequency of social meeting and labour market variables such as being on a limited as opposed to permanent contract
Irish Studies News and Events Spring 2024
No full textSpring 2024 was a busy semester for Irish Studies at SHU! During a brilliant Saint Patick’s week celebration, “Tradition and Complexity: A Week of Art, Music, Literature, and Scholarship,” SHU faculty members Richard Falco, June-Ann Greeley, Marie Hulme, Nathan Lewis, Luciana McClure, Hilary Sweeney, and Chesley Zimmerman all presented work related to Irish Studies courses, research, and creative/fine arts. Our Irish language and traditional Irish music students also shared public readings and a performance. Visiting speakers included scholars Malcolm Sen (University of Massachusetts), Claire Bracken (Union College), Seth Mulliken (Northeastern University), and award-winning Irish novelist Caoilinn Hughes. The Chapel graciously hosted a powerful event reflecting on the legacy of the late musician and activist Sinéad O’Connor. You can find our events page here. Meanwhile, our Dingle campus has been buzzing with summer courses and research— including the newsworthy discovery of the remains of a bronze age tomb by faculty member Billy Mag Fhloinn—as well as the renovations to our beautiful new building. In nearby Limerick in June, two SHU faculty members, John Roney (History) and Kevin Power (Philosophy, Dingle campus), presented papers on John Moriarty—part of a SHU research initiative—at the American Conference for Irish Studies. Finally, we are grateful for our work study students Emma Jerue and Ciara Smith for their work this year (including on this newsletter!), and we look forward to showcasing our Dingle staff and faculty in our upcoming Fall 2024 issue of the newsletter
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