Mary P Corcoran
Biographic Data
| ID | 230160 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary P Corcoran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary P |
| FAMILY NAME | Corcoran |
| SIGNATURE | CORCORAN M P |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Ireland, Maynooth |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0811-5326 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Micheál Mac Gréil
Blurring the distinction between the researcher and the researched
Collective-Memory Work (CMW) is a method of research and learning that relies on a group working together on a topic of shared interest. It aligns with other qualitative approaches such as participatory and feminist research methods, collaborative auto-ethnography, narrative inquiry, and emancipatory adult learning. In CMW participants write short stories from their own memory on a theme agreed in advance. The stories are subsequently scrutinized…
Finding the Eye of the Octopus
This article discusses the constraints on, and conflicts over, the oversight and regulation of mixed public-private entities, using the part-privatisation of the probation service in England and Wales – a policy called Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) – as its case study. The article shows how TR embodied a policy and set of practices that effectively undermined both institutional and political forms of scrutiny. Actions informed by neoliberal po…
Sociology in Ireland
2021 has been a year for looking back as well as forwards. In this article, I reflect on the state of languishing induced by lockdown, and the intensification of uncertainty in our everyday lives. I offer some biographical details of the early years of my career, which has largely been within a single institution, Maynooth University. The late Professor Liam Ryan was my boss and later my friend from 1990 until his death in 2015. His (typically) a…
Reporting on domestic violence in the Irish media
Media representations of domestic violence continue to be problematic. Few studies engage with journalists to understand how and why problematic representations are produced and endure. This research addresses that gap by exploring the challenges to journalists of reporting domestic violence. The key findings are that sources, conventions, and institutional constraints all constitute challenges to accurate reporting. Journalists note that police …
Bowden M (2014) Crime, Disorder and Symbolic Violence
Jacobs, Jane (1916–2006)
The Cross Border Connection
It is a truism that cross-border connections are the stuff of modern life. In the nineteenth century, Durkheim recognised that mobility was central to the social division of labour. The intensifica
Society, Space and the Public Realm
A feature of late modern society is the economisation and privatisation of social life resulting in a decline in the public realm. Judt has observed that we are drifting toward a society of ‘gated individuals who do not know how to share public space to common advantage’ (2010: 216). Similarly Oldenburg (1989) has expressed concerns about the sustainability of third places – places that occupy the space between the marketplace, workplace and home…
Contemporary Ireland
The End Of Irish America? Globalisation and the Irish Diaspora
"The End Of Irish America? Globalisation and the Irish Diaspora." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 38(10), pp. 1699–1700
The ‘miracle’ of Fatima
This article examines media coverage of one local authority housing estate in Dublin with a difficult past. Fatima Mansions was built between 1949 and 1951 as part of a government policy to re-house the city’s poor. The estate enjoyed a relatively unremarkable history up until the 1970s. A heroin problem developed in the estate in the 1980s and contributed to its negative media construction, such that by the end of the 1990s the estate was widely…
God’s Golden Acre for Children’
This paper is based on an empirical case study of four suburbs in the Dublin city hinterland. It is argued that pastoral ideology plays an active role in constituting these new suburbs and helps to inculcate a sense of place. This sense of place in turn helps to cement social embeddedness which acts as a bulwark against isolation and alienation. Pastoral ideology is invoked by suburbanites even when the pastoral dimension of the suburb is under t…
Making Space for Sociability
This article aims to demonstrate the significant role children play in new suburban communities, and in particular, the extent to which their circuits of sociability contribute to social cohesion in the suburbs. The discussion is located within the field of sociology of childhood, which argues that children are active agents who help to create and sustain social bonds within their neighborhoods. Drawing on focus group discussions and short essays…
Sustaining communities
Le spectacle de la Flèche
Comme bien des villes britanniques et nord-américaines, Dublin a souffert d'une piètre planification urbanistique dans les années 1960 et 1970. La majeure partie de la structure du centre-ville passa au bulldozer afin de créer un semblant de ville entrepreneuriale. La réimagination de la ville proposée par le conseil de ville de Dublin est étudiée ici à travers la reconstitution et la représentation récente de la rue O'Connell, et plus particuliè…
Portrait of the ‘Absent’ Father
This paper reports on an exploratory study conducted with non-resident fathers, to elucidate the key issues affecting the development and maintenance of a fathering role after a relationship has ended. In particular, the paper focuses on the contingent nature of fatherhood for young marginalised men in Dublin. The extent to which fathers identify with a fathering role is explored and comparisons are drawn between the experiences of estranged, com…
Social support networks in impoverished European neighbourhoods
This paper examines the extent to which families living in precariousness in contemporary European cities draw on social support as a key resource in their struggle against poverty. The comparative observations and analysis presented draw on national level survey data as well as local level qualitative data collected in selected European neighbourhoods, under the auspices of the BETWIXT project.1 More specifically, our analysis focuses on the act…
The Political Preferences and Value Orientations of Irish Journalists
There is a dearth of sociologically informed literature on Irish journalists. In her seminal paper, Kelly (1983) laid out the factors influencing the production of news in a general context, acknowledging in her analysis the limited range of research on the Irish media. She highlighted the ideological and personal preferences of journalists on the one hand, and their professional values and practices on the other as key determinants of the news a…
Irish Illegals
Significance of the Research The Socio-Historical Context of Irish Immigration to the United States Research Design and Methodology Departure and Arrival: The Route to New York Irish Illegals in the New York Labor Market Immigrant Culture and Community Formation Identity and Ethnicity The Impact of Illegality: An Assessment Illegal Irish Immigration to the United States: Overview Epilogue Bibliography
Informalization of Metropolitan Labour Forces
This paper discusses Sassen's model of informalization in advanced urban economies, and in particular, its application to the construction industry in New York City. The validity of the model is assessed in light of the ethnographic accounts of Irish construction workers, which deal with both the formal and informal economies within the construction sector. While the findings are generally compatible with Sassen's model, the paper concludes that …
The Political Preferences and Value Orientations of Irish Journalists
There is a dearth of sociologically informed literature on Irish journalists. In her seminal paper, Kelly (1983) laid out the factors influencing the production of news in a general context, acknowledging in her analysis the limited range of research on the Irish media. She highlighted the ideological and personal preferences of journalists on the one hand, and their professional values and practices on the other as key determinants of the news a…
The ‘miracle’ of Fatima
This article examines media coverage of one local authority housing estate in Dublin with a difficult past. Fatima Mansions was built between 1949 and 1951 as part of a government policy to re-house the city’s poor. The estate enjoyed a relatively unremarkable history up until the 1970s. A heroin problem developed in the estate in the 1980s and contributed to its negative media construction, such that by the end of the 1990s the estate was widely…
God’s Golden Acre for Children’
This paper is based on an empirical case study of four suburbs in the Dublin city hinterland. It is argued that pastoral ideology plays an active role in constituting these new suburbs and helps to inculcate a sense of place. This sense of place in turn helps to cement social embeddedness which acts as a bulwark against isolation and alienation. Pastoral ideology is invoked by suburbanites even when the pastoral dimension of the suburb is under t…
Social support networks in impoverished European neighbourhoods
This paper examines the extent to which families living in precariousness in contemporary European cities draw on social support as a key resource in their struggle against poverty. The comparative observations and analysis presented draw on national level survey data as well as local level qualitative data collected in selected European neighbourhoods, under the auspices of the BETWIXT project.1 More specifically, our analysis focuses on the act…
Reporting on domestic violence in the Irish media
Media representations of domestic violence continue to be problematic. Few studies engage with journalists to understand how and why problematic representations are produced and endure. This research addresses that gap by exploring the challenges to journalists of reporting domestic violence. The key findings are that sources, conventions, and institutional constraints all constitute challenges to accurate reporting. Journalists note that police …
Informalization of Metropolitan Labour Forces
This paper discusses Sassen's model of informalization in advanced urban economies, and in particular, its application to the construction industry in New York City. The validity of the model is assessed in light of the ethnographic accounts of Irish construction workers, which deal with both the formal and informal economies within the construction sector. While the findings are generally compatible with Sassen's model, the paper concludes that …
Irish Illegals
Significance of the Research The Socio-Historical Context of Irish Immigration to the United States Research Design and Methodology Departure and Arrival: The Route to New York Irish Illegals in the New York Labor Market Immigrant Culture and Community Formation Identity and Ethnicity The Impact of Illegality: An Assessment Illegal Irish Immigration to the United States: Overview Epilogue Bibliography
The Political Preferences and Value Orientations of Irish Journalists
There is a dearth of sociologically informed literature on Irish journalists. In her seminal paper, Kelly (1983) laid out the factors influencing the production of news in a general context, acknowledging in her analysis the limited range of research on the Irish media. She highlighted the ideological and personal preferences of journalists on the one hand, and their professional values and practices on the other as key determinants of the news a…
Portrait of the ‘Absent’ Father
This paper reports on an exploratory study conducted with non-resident fathers, to elucidate the key issues affecting the development and maintenance of a fathering role after a relationship has ended. In particular, the paper focuses on the contingent nature of fatherhood for young marginalised men in Dublin. The extent to which fathers identify with a fathering role is explored and comparisons are drawn between the experiences of estranged, com…
Social support networks in impoverished European neighbourhoods
This paper examines the extent to which families living in precariousness in contemporary European cities draw on social support as a key resource in their struggle against poverty. The comparative observations and analysis presented draw on national level survey data as well as local level qualitative data collected in selected European neighbourhoods, under the auspices of the BETWIXT project.1 More specifically, our analysis focuses on the act…
Le spectacle de la Flèche
Comme bien des villes britanniques et nord-américaines, Dublin a souffert d'une piètre planification urbanistique dans les années 1960 et 1970. La majeure partie de la structure du centre-ville passa au bulldozer afin de créer un semblant de ville entrepreneuriale. La réimagination de la ville proposée par le conseil de ville de Dublin est étudiée ici à travers la reconstitution et la représentation récente de la rue O'Connell, et plus particuliè…
Making Space for Sociability
This article aims to demonstrate the significant role children play in new suburban communities, and in particular, the extent to which their circuits of sociability contribute to social cohesion in the suburbs. The discussion is located within the field of sociology of childhood, which argues that children are active agents who help to create and sustain social bonds within their neighborhoods. Drawing on focus group discussions and short essays…
Sustaining communities
God’s Golden Acre for Children’
This paper is based on an empirical case study of four suburbs in the Dublin city hinterland. It is argued that pastoral ideology plays an active role in constituting these new suburbs and helps to inculcate a sense of place. This sense of place in turn helps to cement social embeddedness which acts as a bulwark against isolation and alienation. Pastoral ideology is invoked by suburbanites even when the pastoral dimension of the suburb is under t…
The ‘miracle’ of Fatima
This article examines media coverage of one local authority housing estate in Dublin with a difficult past. Fatima Mansions was built between 1949 and 1951 as part of a government policy to re-house the city’s poor. The estate enjoyed a relatively unremarkable history up until the 1970s. A heroin problem developed in the estate in the 1980s and contributed to its negative media construction, such that by the end of the 1990s the estate was widely…
Society, Space and the Public Realm
A feature of late modern society is the economisation and privatisation of social life resulting in a decline in the public realm. Judt has observed that we are drifting toward a society of ‘gated individuals who do not know how to share public space to common advantage’ (2010: 216). Similarly Oldenburg (1989) has expressed concerns about the sustainability of third places – places that occupy the space between the marketplace, workplace and home…
Contemporary Ireland
The End Of Irish America? Globalisation and the Irish Diaspora
"The End Of Irish America? Globalisation and the Irish Diaspora." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 38(10), pp. 1699–1700
Jacobs, Jane (1916–2006)
The Cross Border Connection
It is a truism that cross-border connections are the stuff of modern life. In the nineteenth century, Durkheim recognised that mobility was central to the social division of labour. The intensifica
Bowden M (2014) Crime, Disorder and Symbolic Violence
Reporting on domestic violence in the Irish media
Media representations of domestic violence continue to be problematic. Few studies engage with journalists to understand how and why problematic representations are produced and endure. This research addresses that gap by exploring the challenges to journalists of reporting domestic violence. The key findings are that sources, conventions, and institutional constraints all constitute challenges to accurate reporting. Journalists note that police …
Finding the Eye of the Octopus
This article discusses the constraints on, and conflicts over, the oversight and regulation of mixed public-private entities, using the part-privatisation of the probation service in England and Wales – a policy called Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) – as its case study. The article shows how TR embodied a policy and set of practices that effectively undermined both institutional and political forms of scrutiny. Actions informed by neoliberal po…
Sociology in Ireland
2021 has been a year for looking back as well as forwards. In this article, I reflect on the state of languishing induced by lockdown, and the intensification of uncertainty in our everyday lives. I offer some biographical details of the early years of my career, which has largely been within a single institution, Maynooth University. The late Professor Liam Ryan was my boss and later my friend from 1990 until his death in 2015. His (typically) a…
Blurring the distinction between the researcher and the researched
Collective-Memory Work (CMW) is a method of research and learning that relies on a group working together on a topic of shared interest. It aligns with other qualitative approaches such as participatory and feminist research methods, collaborative auto-ethnography, narrative inquiry, and emancipatory adult learning. In CMW participants write short stories from their own memory on a theme agreed in advance. The stories are subsequently scrutinized…
Micheál Mac Gréil
Political science (19 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Law (11 works) · Geography (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Irish (6 works) · Irish and British Studies (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works)