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• Lessons for higher education : the university as a site of activism 

  Lynch, Kathleen (Taylor & Francis, 2010-09)

  Len Barton is acutely aware of the power of the academy to either enhance critical thinking or to depress it. He is a true academic, never accepting the received wisdom or perspective of any given sociological standpoint, ...
• Valuing urban green space : hypothetical alternatives and the status-quo 

  Bullock, Craig (JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), 2006)
• "Which kind of Paddy?" : a survey of the literature on the history, sociology and anthropology of alcohol and the Irish 

  McMahon, Dorren (University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2008-01-14)
• Valuing urban green space : hypothetical alternatives and the status quo 

  Bullock, Craig (Taylor & Francis, 2008-01)

  Although many cities have guidelines on the quantity of green open space that should accompany residential development, there is less guidance on the type or facilities of these spaces. The study uses an approach to determine ...
• Gender differences in the responses of parents to their daughter's non-marital pregnancy 

  Hyde, Abbey (Beyond the Pale Publications, 1997-02)
• An econometric analysis of burglary in Ireland 

  Denny, Kevin ; Lydon, Reamonn ; Harmon, Colm (University College Dublin; Institute for the Study of Social Change (Geary Institute), 2004)

  This paper outlines an econometric model of the level of burglary in Ireland between 1952 and 1998. We explain the evolution of the trend in Burglary in terms of demographic factors: in this case the share of young males ...
• The development of British military masculinities through symbolic resources 

  Lambert, Hannah C. (University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2007-05-08)

  Within military culture there is a protected version of masculinity. The theory of symbolic resources (Zittoun, Duveen, Gillespie, Ivinson & Psaltis, 2003) recognises that people are positioned within different symbolic ...
• Equality and social justice : the university as a site of struggle 

  Lynch, Kathleen ; Crean, Margaret ; Moran, Marie (Routledge, 2009-12)

  Despite the proclaimed allegiance of most countries to the principles of equality enshrined in the UN Declaration on Human Rights, inequality is a pervasive feature of the global order. Yet, it is important not to be ...