Browsing The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 28, No. 2, April, 1997 by Date of Publication
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The war on drugs: reports from the Irish front
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1997)The phrase "war on drugs", as a metaphor or shorthand for national and international policies aimed at the prohibition of a range of psychoactive drugs, has been used so widely and for so long that its provenance is no ... -
Challenging collectivist traditions: individualism and the management of industrial relations in greenfield sites
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1997)This paper explores developments in industrial relations and Human Resource Management (HRM) in newly established ("greenfield") companies in the Republic of Ireland as a means of informing the debate on changing patterns ... -
Interfering women: farm mothers and the reproduction of family farming
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1997)The continuance of family farming in Ireland is dependent on family formation and reproduction which are processes in which women are central actors. Family farming as a social form is organised around gender-based work ... -
Evaluation of the ratio of unemployment rates as an indicator of fair employment: a critique
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1997)A recent study by Gudgin and Breen (1996) criticised the use of the high and stable ratios of Catholic to Protestant unemployment rates in Northern Ireland as a measure of the existence and extent of job discrimination. ...