G Boucher
Biographic Data
| ID | 30206 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G Boucher |
| GIVEN NAMES | G |
| FAMILY NAME | Boucher |
| SIGNATURE | BOUCHER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Dublin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8203-4559 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Confucian egalitarianism: Gender-role attitudes of Chinese in Ireland
This study uses Mead’s theory of the social self to illustrate the formation of the mixed gender-role attitudes held by Chinese immigrant couples in Ireland. While the sampled Chinese developed a more liberal ‘I’ from acculturation to gender egalitarianism in Ireland and the emerging feminist culture in China, the ‘Me’ remained firmly family-oriented. The females experienced few changes in their social interactions with significant others and ref…
The colours of Belgium: Red devils and the representation of diversity
This article examines the recent and huge support for the Belgian national football team, the Red Devils, during the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 football Euro tournaments. The upsurge in support for the Red Devils came as a surprise in a divided country in which national identity is very weak, and where the issue of the lack of societal integration is often discussed. The discussion shows the complexity of a super-diverse Belgian society and, rel…
Introduction to a visual sociology of smaller nations in Europe
In the introduction to this special issue there is an exploration of how a visual sociological perspective can be used both to visually represent and to better understand some of the salient features of smaller nations in contemporary Europe. In the first section there is a focus on the increasing theoretical and empirical emphasis on the visual in everyday life and the renewed social scientific interest in the nation. Following that there is an …
Fortress Europe as Empire and Ireland’s National Diaspora Centre
This article develops a concept of core–periphery schema to investigate how the underlying cultural structures of social groups and insider–outsider relations are represented visually. We apply both the concept of core–periphery schemas as well as the concept of smaller states to case studies of existing diagrammatic visual representations in academic and policy publications. The specific cases we examine are Geddes’ (2000) and Gravier’s (2015) c…
Walzer, Michael (1935–)
Limits of Liberal Individual Integration: Comparing Australian, British and Canadian Citizenship Guides
This article examines conceptual and policy limits underlying citizenship guides to prepare immigrants to take citizenship tests as part of their integration process in liberal democratic countries. The first section defines liberal individual integration and constructs three ideal types of liberal national, international and transnational individual integration. The second section applies these types to six Australian, British and Canadian citiz…
Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and will Define Our Future
Introduction: Social cohesion and social change in Europe
European social cohesions
Contemporary public debates on social cohesion in Europe at both the European Union (EU) and member-state level tend to reduce the topic to the 'problem' of immigration by third-country nationals, and the integration of these immigrants and their descendants into European national societies. These debates often emphasize a culturalist perspective on the social cohesion of national societies based on core national cultures, identities and historie…
A Critique of Global Policy Discourses on Managing International Migration
Training cubs for the Celtic Tiger: The volume production of technical graduates in the Irish educational system
This article examines the claim that the Irish educational system was one cause of Ireland's rapid economic growth in the 1990s. For decades Irish economic policy has assumed that economic growth depended on foreign direct investment (FDI). During the 1990s, Irish exports largely comprised high‐technology manufacturing products; foreign‐owned firms required a small but significant stream of qualified technical labour. The overall standard of Iris…
A Critique of Global Policy Discourses on Managing International Migration
Introduction to a visual sociology of smaller nations in Europe
In the introduction to this special issue there is an exploration of how a visual sociological perspective can be used both to visually represent and to better understand some of the salient features of smaller nations in contemporary Europe. In the first section there is a focus on the increasing theoretical and empirical emphasis on the visual in everyday life and the renewed social scientific interest in the nation. Following that there is an …
Introduction: Social cohesion and social change in Europe
European social cohesions
Contemporary public debates on social cohesion in Europe at both the European Union (EU) and member-state level tend to reduce the topic to the 'problem' of immigration by third-country nationals, and the integration of these immigrants and their descendants into European national societies. These debates often emphasize a culturalist perspective on the social cohesion of national societies based on core national cultures, identities and historie…
Training cubs for the Celtic Tiger: The volume production of technical graduates in the Irish educational system
This article examines the claim that the Irish educational system was one cause of Ireland's rapid economic growth in the 1990s. For decades Irish economic policy has assumed that economic growth depended on foreign direct investment (FDI). During the 1990s, Irish exports largely comprised high‐technology manufacturing products; foreign‐owned firms required a small but significant stream of qualified technical labour. The overall standard of Iris…
A Critique of Global Policy Discourses on Managing International Migration
Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and will Define Our Future
Introduction: Social cohesion and social change in Europe
European social cohesions
Contemporary public debates on social cohesion in Europe at both the European Union (EU) and member-state level tend to reduce the topic to the 'problem' of immigration by third-country nationals, and the integration of these immigrants and their descendants into European national societies. These debates often emphasize a culturalist perspective on the social cohesion of national societies based on core national cultures, identities and historie…
Walzer, Michael (1935–)
Limits of Liberal Individual Integration: Comparing Australian, British and Canadian Citizenship Guides
This article examines conceptual and policy limits underlying citizenship guides to prepare immigrants to take citizenship tests as part of their integration process in liberal democratic countries. The first section defines liberal individual integration and constructs three ideal types of liberal national, international and transnational individual integration. The second section applies these types to six Australian, British and Canadian citiz…
The colours of Belgium: Red devils and the representation of diversity
This article examines the recent and huge support for the Belgian national football team, the Red Devils, during the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 football Euro tournaments. The upsurge in support for the Red Devils came as a surprise in a divided country in which national identity is very weak, and where the issue of the lack of societal integration is often discussed. The discussion shows the complexity of a super-diverse Belgian society and, rel…
Introduction to a visual sociology of smaller nations in Europe
In the introduction to this special issue there is an exploration of how a visual sociological perspective can be used both to visually represent and to better understand some of the salient features of smaller nations in contemporary Europe. In the first section there is a focus on the increasing theoretical and empirical emphasis on the visual in everyday life and the renewed social scientific interest in the nation. Following that there is an …
Fortress Europe as Empire and Ireland’s National Diaspora Centre
This article develops a concept of core–periphery schema to investigate how the underlying cultural structures of social groups and insider–outsider relations are represented visually. We apply both the concept of core–periphery schemas as well as the concept of smaller states to case studies of existing diagrammatic visual representations in academic and policy publications. The specific cases we examine are Geddes’ (2000) and Gravier’s (2015) c…
Confucian egalitarianism: Gender-role attitudes of Chinese in Ireland
This study uses Mead’s theory of the social self to illustrate the formation of the mixed gender-role attitudes held by Chinese immigrant couples in Ireland. While the sampled Chinese developed a more liberal ‘I’ from acculturation to gender egalitarianism in Ireland and the emerging feminist culture in China, the ‘Me’ remained firmly family-oriented. The females experienced few changes in their social interactions with significant others and ref…
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (6 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · European union (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Immigration (3 works)