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The slings, arrows and survival of Irish sociology 爱尔兰社会学的弹弓、箭和生存

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2021-06-18 DOI: 10.1177/07916035211026467

T. Inglis

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引用次数: 1

Narrativized discursive legitimation: Comment on the Mother and Baby Homes report 叙事化的话语合法化:对母婴之家报告的评论

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2021-06-18 DOI: 10.1177/07916035211026833

Roderick Condon

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引用次数: 0

Biographical research through the looking glass of social distancing: Reflections on biographical interviewing and online technologies in pandemic times 透过社交距离的镜子进行传记研究：对疫情时期传记采访和在线技术的思考

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2021-06-18 DOI: 10.1177/07916035211022182

Lisa Moran, A. Caetano

引用次数: 9

What’s in a name? Applying the syndemic perspective to COVID-19 in Ireland 名字里有什么？将综合征视角应用于爱尔兰新冠肺炎

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2021-04-22 DOI: 10.1177/07916035211009147

Chris Ó Rálaigh

引用次数: 3

Infrapolitics and role abeyance: How Irish military officers experience university 基础政治与角色搁置：爱尔兰军官如何体验大学

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2021-04-04 DOI: 10.1177/07916035211005437

Andrew Gibson

引用次数: 1

Education, Digital Natives, and Inequality 教育、数字原住民和不平等

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/07916035211004815

S. Flynn

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引用次数: 7

Beehives on the border: Liminal humans and other animals at Skellig Michael 边界上的蜂巢:斯凯利格·迈克尔监狱里的人类和其他动物

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2021-03-08 DOI: 10.1177/0791603521999957

C. Wrenn

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引用次数: 0

Developing a theoretical framework for exploring the institutional responses to the Athena SWAN Charter in higher education institutions—A feminist institutionalist perspective 为探索高等教育机构对雅典娜天鹅宪章的制度反应建立一个理论框架——一个女权主义制度主义的视角

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2021-03-02 DOI: 10.1177/0791603521995372

M. O’Mullane

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引用次数: 6

‘Reconceptualising internationalisation through students’ eyes’: Findings from a biographical study of female, international doctoral students in an Irish University “通过学生的眼睛重新定义国际化”:来自爱尔兰一所大学的女性国际博士生的传记研究结果

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2021-02-25 DOI: 10.1177/0791603521997249

Lisa Moran, L. Green, S. Warren

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引用次数: 1

Alicia Turner, Laurence Cox, and Brian Bocking, The Irish Buddhist: The Forgotten Monk who Faced Down the British Empire 艾丽西亚·特纳，劳伦斯·考克斯和布莱恩·博金，《爱尔兰佛教徒:被遗忘的和尚，他打败了大英帝国》

Irish Journal of Sociology Pub Date : 2021-02-23 DOI: 10.1177/0791603521995077

Rubén Flores

引用次数: 0