Thomas Turner
Biographic Data
| ID | 3585906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Turner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Turner |
| SIGNATURE | TURNER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Limerick |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6445-2477 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 53 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 115 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 53 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1907 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Unemployment and attitudes to immigrants in Europe: A comparison of early and late countries of immigration
Rational economic self-interest predicts that a period of unemployment is likely to increase negative attitudes towards immigrants. Our findings indicate that, in the five countries examined, a period of unemployment does not necessarily lead to more negative attitudes to immigrants. Crucially, the statistical differences in the mean attitudinal scores of the unemployed and those continuously employed disappears when political values are consider…
Political realignment in Western Europe in the twenty-first century: Eroding Satisfaction and Trust in Democracy and Its Institutions
Employment stability and decent work: Trends, characteristics and determinants in a liberal market economy
It is often assumed that the ideological dominance of neoliberalism has profoundly altered job security and long-term employment relationships. Such claims of a more unstable and insecure jobs market in the twenty-first century are the focus of this paper. Using Labour Force Survey data employment stability in the private sector over more than 20 years in Ireland is examined. As a liberal market economy, Ireland represents a fitting context in wh…
A world of unstable jobs is far from the empirical trends displayed in the Irish labour market in the 21st century
Labour market dynamics are complex, limiting the capacity for consensus on a singular phenomenon to account for patterns. In this paper, we present a range of broader empirical trends from the Irish labour market that suggests the possible impact of neoliberal-type policies in the Irish market has been counterbalanced by strong human capital and skills development, growth in higher level occupations and employment protection. Though precarious wo…
Providing income certainty for carers? Care, labour market participation and support for a universal basic income in Europe
The provision of care, in particular, long-term care, is a major policy concern across Europe, one exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Post-crisis, a universal basic income may be a progressive way to address how care is rewarded in society. In this article, we examine the relationship between caring responsibilities, labour market participation and support for a universal basic income across a number of European countries. Our findings indicat…
Integration or exclusion? Assimilation of non-Irish nationals into the Irish labour market
Using data based on the national Labour Force Survey, we examine the extent to which immigrants coming to Ireland over a twenty-year period from 1998 to 2019 have assimilated into the labour market based on occupational level, education, employment sector, union membership and rates of unemployment. Overall, immigrants enjoyed conditions in the labour market in 1998 at least as good, if not better than, nationals and appeared to be relatively wel…
Sneaker design, production, and marketing in post-war Britain, West Germany, and the United States, 1940s-1979
Sneaker design, production, and marketing in post-war Britain, West Germany, and the United States, 1940s-1979
Les baskets modernes (sneakers) sont liées aux sports athlétiques, à l’utilisation de matériaux synthétiques et à la visibilité des marques. Elles sont très utilisées comme chaussures de tous les jours depuis plus de quarante ans. Cet article adopte une approche comparative et porte sur les origines de cette catégorie de chaussures, à la fois objet manufacturé et segment de marché, en Grande-Bretagne, en Allemagne de l’Ouest et aux États-Unis au …
Shaping political orientations: Testing the effect of unemployment on ideological beliefs and voting behaviour
Using data from the European Social Survey we test whether a period of unemployment in Ireland shapes individuals’ core political ideological beliefs towards the left of the political spectrum and whether the experience of unemployment prompts people to vote for left-leaning parties. Results indicate that unemployment is linked with more leftward core political ideological beliefs and is associated with a tendency to vote for left-leaning parties…
Employer-led flexibility, working time uncertainty, and trade union responses: The case of academics, teachers and school secretaries in Ireland
This article examines the extent to which occupations within a sector differ in their experiences of employer-led flexibility and in their responses through collective power. Three occupations are analysed in the Irish education sector – academics, school teachers and school secretaries. It might be expected that higher-level occupations would have greater sources of occupational power to resist employer-led flexibility. We find varying levels of…
Does work socialisation matter? Worker engagement in political activities, attachment to democracy and openness to immigration
The effects of work socialisation on worker engagement in political activities, attachment to democracy and openness to outsiders are explored in this article. Work environments are measured using firm size, unionisation and employee participation as significant factors that contribute to the development of democratic or authoritarian sentiment at work. Using data from the European Social Survey across 11 countries, we test whether work socialisa…
Gender differences in solo self‐employment: Gendered flexibility and the effects of parenthood
With greater flexibility and control over the timing and conditions of work, solo self‐employment (without employees) is seen as offering a potential solution to work‐family conflict. This study examines whether this flexibility manifests itself in gendered trends among the self‐employed as self‐employed women undertake a larger share of unpaid domestic and caring work compared to their male and wage‐and‐salaried counterparts. The findings are ba…
The Sports Shoe: A History from Field to Fashion
The story of the sneaker's rise from the first Victorian tennis shoes to the Nike Air Max and beyond Moving from the athletic field to the shopping mall, Thomas Turner tells a fresh story of the evolution of the sports shoe against the changing landscape of society, sport, fashion, industry, and technology. The Sports Shoe takes us on a journey from the first Victorian tennis shoes to the adidas Superstar and the innovative technologies of Nike A…
Political change, ideology and generational influences on attitudes to state ownership of business in European democracies
A core doctrine of early socialist movements was complete state ownership of the means of production. In this paper the extent to which Europeans believe that there should be more or less state ownership of business is explored using three waves of the European Social Value Survey from 1990 to 2010. Using generational categories, we examine the trends in attitudes in the context of the main positions in the political spectrum from socialism to co…
Remaking the World of Music
Formal and informal long term care work: Policy conflict in a liberal welfare state
Purpose The undervaluing of care work, whether conducted informally or formally, has long been subject to debate. While much discussion, and indeed reform has centred on childcare, there is a growing need, particularly in countries with ageing populations, to examine how long-term care (LTC) work is valued. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the way in which employment policies (female labour market participation, retirement a…
Invisible Sovereign: Imagining Public Opinion from the Revolution to Reconstruction
In Invisible Sovereign Mark G. Schmeller notes that although historians have not ignored public opinion, no book-length studies and few scholarly articles on the subject exist. Historians who study the topic often complain that nonspecialists do not use the concept carefully and precisely and therefore fail to learn from the methods and ideas of public opinion scholars. Schmeller's observations prompted me to recall my book Beware the People Weep…
The Production and Consumption of Lawn-Tennis Shoes in Late-Victorian Britain
The lawn-tennis shoe was a popular, widely available commodity in late-Victorian Britain. Associated with new forms of sporting practice and consumption, this type of footwear was mass-produced in modern factories, promoted in the popular leisure press, and sold to both men and women in a variety of retail environments. This article analyzes processes of product innovation, production, and sale, and it situates the shoes within a wider context of…
Do Attitudes to Immigrants Change in Hard Times? Ireland in a European Context
The enlargement of the European Union (EU) and the subsequent global economic recession has drawn attention to individual-level attitudes towards immigrants across Europe. In this context, using the European Social Survey (ESS), we compared Irish attitudes towards immigrants with those in 12 other European countries at 3 critical moments in time – prior to large immigration flows in 2002; at the height of the economic boom in 2006; and after the …
German Sports Shoes, Basketball, and Hip Hop: The Consumption and Cultural Significance of the adidas ‘Superstar’, 1966–1988
During the 1960s, adidas was the world's leading sports footwear manufacturer. Based in Bavaria and with a history stretching to the 1920s, the company dominated elite sports through aggressive promotion and innovative shoes that catered to athletes' needs. The ‘Superstar’ is one of the company's most successful models, still in production over 40 years since its launch in the late 1960s. Designed to wrest control of the basketball market from Am…
Will Rwanda End Its Meddling in Congo
[T]he arrest of Ntaganda and his trial should serve as reminders to the Rwandan authorities that their interference in DRC is no longer acceptable, if it ever was
Essentials of Middle and Secondary Social Studies
Building on the success of a much-loved elementary text, Essentials of Middle and Secondary Social Studies focuses on the key issues central to the actual teaching of middle and high school social studies, including lesson planning and inclusive instructional strategies. Written in an engaging, conversational style, the text encourages teachers in their development as professionals and enables them to effectively use creative and active learning …
Essentials of Elementary Social Studies
Essentials of Elementary Social Studies is a teacher friendly text that provides comprehensive treatment of classroom planning, instruction, and strategies. Praised for its dynamic approaches and a writing style that is conversational, personal, and professional, this text enables and encourages teachers to effectively teach elementary social studies using creative and active learning strategies. New to this Edition This fourth edition has been s…
Public Perceptions of Trade Unions in Countries of the European Union: A Causal Analysis
Given the ideological, political, and economic structural changes in the latter part of the twentieth century it might be expected that the demand for trade unions has significantly declined. Using a European-wide survey, this article addressed the extent to which European citizens perceive a need for trade unions. Our results indicate that contrary to expectations, a substantial majority of respondents perceived a need for strong trade unions to…
The Recurring Great Lakes Crisis. Identity, Violence and Power
Jean-Pierre Chretien and Richard Banegas, New York, Columbia University Press, 2011, x + 256 pp. Over a decade ago, French academics Chretien and Banegas received a grant from the US Institute of P
The Congo wars: Conflict, myth and reality
Since 1996 war has raged in the Congo while the world has looked away. Waves of armed conflict and atrocities against civilians have resulted in over three million casualties, making this one of the bloodiest yet least understood conflicts of recent times. In The Congo Wars Thomas Turner provides the first in-depth analysis of what happened. The book describes a resource-rich region, suffering from years of deprivation and still profoundly affect…
The jobs immigrants do: Issues of displacement and marginalisation in the Irish labour market
Recently Ireland experienced rapid economic growth and an inflow of immigrants into the labour force. Using census data this article examines the occupational distribution of immigrants by country of origin and whether immigrants displace native workers from jobs. In the period studied it seems that immigrant workers have relieved bottlenecks in the labour market and have been complementary rather than substitutes for native workers. Between 2002…
Do Attitudes to Immigrants Change in Hard Times? Ireland in a European Context
The enlargement of the European Union (EU) and the subsequent global economic recession has drawn attention to individual-level attitudes towards immigrants across Europe. In this context, using the European Social Survey (ESS), we compared Irish attitudes towards immigrants with those in 12 other European countries at 3 critical moments in time – prior to large immigration flows in 2002; at the height of the economic boom in 2006; and after the …
Gender differences in solo self‐employment: Gendered flexibility and the effects of parenthood
With greater flexibility and control over the timing and conditions of work, solo self‐employment (without employees) is seen as offering a potential solution to work‐family conflict. This study examines whether this flexibility manifests itself in gendered trends among the self‐employed as self‐employed women undertake a larger share of unpaid domestic and caring work compared to their male and wage‐and‐salaried counterparts. The findings are ba…
The Dialectics of Oppression in Zaire
Batetela ", " Baluba ", " Basonge: Ethnogenesis in Zaire
T. Turner - « Batetela », « Baluba », « Basonge » : l'ethnogenèse au Zaïre. Les étiquettes ethniques Luba, Songye et Tetela existaient toutes au xixe siècle, et cependant aucune n'avait la signification qu'elle revêt aujourd'hui. Les Européens ont joué un rôle déterminant dans la définition et la redéfinition de ces groupes ethniques en créant et en transformant les stéréotypes de chaque groupe qualifiant certains d'intelligents ou de réceptifs a…
Why Are Irish Attitudes to Immigrants Among the Most Liberal in Europe
There has been a dramatic inflow of immigrants into Ireland in recent years. Yet recent European Social Surveys indicate that Irish attitudes towards immigrants are among the most liberal in Europe. We test the association between a number of economic and cultural measures and attitudes to immigrants at the aggregate national level. Although Ireland fits the expected association and in the predicted direction the most notable feature of our resul…
Formal and informal long term care work: Policy conflict in a liberal welfare state
Purpose The undervaluing of care work, whether conducted informally or formally, has long been subject to debate. While much discussion, and indeed reform has centred on childcare, there is a growing need, particularly in countries with ageing populations, to examine how long-term care (LTC) work is valued. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the way in which employment policies (female labour market participation, retirement a…
German Sports Shoes, Basketball, and Hip Hop: The Consumption and Cultural Significance of the adidas ‘Superstar’, 1966–1988
During the 1960s, adidas was the world's leading sports footwear manufacturer. Based in Bavaria and with a history stretching to the 1920s, the company dominated elite sports through aggressive promotion and innovative shoes that catered to athletes' needs. The ‘Superstar’ is one of the company's most successful models, still in production over 40 years since its launch in the late 1960s. Designed to wrest control of the basketball market from Am…
Public Perceptions of Trade Unions in Countries of the European Union: A Causal Analysis
Given the ideological, political, and economic structural changes in the latter part of the twentieth century it might be expected that the demand for trade unions has significantly declined. Using a European-wide survey, this article addressed the extent to which European citizens perceive a need for trade unions. Our results indicate that contrary to expectations, a substantial majority of respondents perceived a need for strong trade unions to…
Women's Occupational Trends in the Irish Economy: Moving towards High‐skilled Occupations or Evidence of Deskilling
In recent years the increased participation of women in the Irish labour market and in tertiary education would appear to have placed them in an advantageous position to make use of the expanded opportunities in knowledge‐based occupations. Using occupational data from the 1996 and 2006 census this article examines the experience of women in high‐ and low‐skilled occupations. The data indicate that women are over‐represented in high‐skilled occup…
Political realignment in Western Europe in the twenty-first century: Eroding Satisfaction and Trust in Democracy and Its Institutions
Political change, ideology and generational influences on attitudes to state ownership of business in European democracies
A core doctrine of early socialist movements was complete state ownership of the means of production. In this paper the extent to which Europeans believe that there should be more or less state ownership of business is explored using three waves of the European Social Value Survey from 1990 to 2010. Using generational categories, we examine the trends in attitudes in the context of the main positions in the political spectrum from socialism to co…
The Production and Consumption of Lawn-Tennis Shoes in Late-Victorian Britain
The lawn-tennis shoe was a popular, widely available commodity in late-Victorian Britain. Associated with new forms of sporting practice and consumption, this type of footwear was mass-produced in modern factories, promoted in the popular leisure press, and sold to both men and women in a variety of retail environments. This article analyzes processes of product innovation, production, and sale, and it situates the shoes within a wider context of…
Zaire: What Destiny
Iron and Steel Production in America
Mutiny in the Congo, 1895 - La Mutinerie militaire au Kasai en 1895: Introduction. By Fr.Marcel Storme. Brussels: Académic royale des Sciences d'Outre-mer, 1970. (Classe des Sciences morales et politi…
Mutiny in the Congo, 1895 - La Mutinerie militaire au Kasai en 1895: Introduction. By Fr.Marcel Storme. Brussels: Académic royale des Sciences d'Outre-mer, 1970. (Classe des Sciences morales et politiques, n.s., xxxviii–4.) Pp. 162, 8 maps, 7 photographs. 250 Belgian francs. - Volume 13 Issue 3
Mobutu’s Zaire
Essay| March 01 1981 Mobutu’s Zaire: Permanently on the Verge of Collapse? Thomas Turner Thomas Turner Assistant Professor of Political Science, Wheeling College Thomas Turner has taught at the Université Libre du Congo in Kisangani, and at the Université Nationale du Zaire in Lubumbashi. His articles on Zairian politics have appeared in journals in Zaire, Belgium, and the United States, and in Guy Gran, ed., Zaire: The Political Economy of Under…
Fugue, Feud, Fatigue: A rhyme of define for social studies (with reverence - referenced)
(1981). Fugue, Feud, Fatigue. Theory & Research in Social Education: Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 73-75
Beware the People Weeping: Public Opinion and the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Beware the People Weeping: Public Opinion and the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Journal Article Beware the People Weeping: Public Opinion and the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. By Thomas Reed Turner. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982. xvii + 265 pp. Illustrations, notes, and index. $27.50.) Get access Thomas J. Pressly Thomas J. Pressly University of Washington Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 69, Issue 4, March 1983, Pages 977–…
The Diary of Thomas Turner, 1754-1765
"The Diary of Thomas Turner, 1754-1765" published on by CTR Publishing.
The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies
Zaire
Essay| April 01 1985 Zaire: Stalemate and Compromise Thomas Turner Thomas Turner Professor of Political Science, Wheeling College Thomas Turner is director of the International Studies Program at Wheeling College. He recently returned from a year of research in Zaire, under the auspices of the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is coauthor, with Crawford Young, of The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State (Madison: University of Wisconsin …
Dark Lanterns: Secret Political Societies, Conspiracies, and Treason Trials in the Civil War
Journal Article Dark Lanterns: Secret Political Societies, Conspiracies, and Treason Trials in the Civil War. By Frank L. Klement. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1984. xv + 263 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographical essay, and index. $25.00.) Get access Thomas Reed Turner Thomas Reed Turner Bridgewater State College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 72,…
The Rise and Decline of the Zairian State
Decline or Recovery in Zaire
Essay| May 01 1988 Decline or Recovery in Zaire? Thomas Turner Thomas Turner Associate Professor of Political Science, Wheeling College Thomas Turner is director of the International Studies Program at Wheeling College. He taught in Zaire for four years, 1969–1971 and 1973–1975, and has returned twice since then, on grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Cur…
The Dialectics of Oppression in Zaire
Memory, Myth and Ethnicity: A Review of Recent Literature and Some Cases from Zaire
Historians, facing “an interconnected crisis of content, method and audience,” have attempted to resolve this crisis by calling upon “a new inter-disciplinary approach to the study and understanding of human memory” (Thelen, 1989a:B1). I believe that such an interdisciplinary approach can shed much light on the phenomenon of ethnicity. I shall attempt to demonstrate this point by examining a number of recent works dealing with the historical iden…
Batetela ", " Baluba ", " Basonge: Ethnogenesis in Zaire
T. Turner - « Batetela », « Baluba », « Basonge » : l'ethnogenèse au Zaïre. Les étiquettes ethniques Luba, Songye et Tetela existaient toutes au xixe siècle, et cependant aucune n'avait la signification qu'elle revêt aujourd'hui. Les Européens ont joué un rôle déterminant dans la définition et la redéfinition de ces groupes ethniques en créant et en transformant les stéréotypes de chaque groupe qualifiant certains d'intelligents ou de réceptifs a…
Patrice Lumumba: Review Article
Patrice Lumumba: La Crise congolaise revisitee Jean‐Claude Willame Paris, Editions Karthala, 1990. Qui a tue Patrice Lumumba? Jacques Brassine and Jean Kestergat Paris and Louvain‐la‐Neuve, Editions Duculot, 1991. Patrice Lumumba, Le Sankuru et l'Afrique: Essai Manya K'Omalowete a Djonga Lutry (Switzerland), Editions Jean‐Marie Bouchain, 1985
La Democrature: Dictature camouflee democratie truquee
Zaire: What Destiny
The Kabilas' Congo
[I]s the optimism that followed the installment of Joseph Kabila misplaced? Even if most of the participants in Congo's multisided war appear to want out, can a formula be found by which they can disengage? And if the war ends, is there any way to restore an effective Congolese state and economy
The feminization of Irish trade unions: Involvement, solidarity and the relevance of gender
Trends in union membership between 1990 and 2000 indicate the increasing feminization of the Irish trade union movement in terms of membership. The historical experience in industrialised nations is for much of women’s work to be relatively short‐term and marginal to the main labour force. This, it has been suggested, has tended to discourage women workers from adopting a collectivist response to the issues of pay and conditions and so weakening …
Welfare Provision in Boom Times: Strengthening Social Equity in Ireland
The rapid development of the Irish economy in the 1990s has provided substantial scope and possibilities for radical change. During this period the Irish economy has experienced high growth rates, expanding employment and low levels of unemployment. This paper evaluates the trend in welfare provision and social outcomes for this period. Although the Irish social welfare system has become more generous in the areas of health, education and direct …
Industrial Relations Systems, Economic Efficiency and Social Equity in the 1990s
A feature of many European countries after World War II was the kind of institutional arrangements that developed between capital and labour. A central question in the literature concerns whether neo-liberal competitive labour markets or organized corporatist labour markets are more efficient. In this paper the economic and social outcomes from these different market arrangements are compared for a number of OECD countries from the 1980s to the e…
The Congo wars: Conflict, myth and reality
Since 1996 war has raged in the Congo while the world has looked away. Waves of armed conflict and atrocities against civilians have resulted in over three million casualties, making this one of the bloodiest yet least understood conflicts of recent times. In The Congo Wars Thomas Turner provides the first in-depth analysis of what happened. The book describes a resource-rich region, suffering from years of deprivation and still profoundly affect…
Why Are Irish Attitudes to Immigrants Among the Most Liberal in Europe
There has been a dramatic inflow of immigrants into Ireland in recent years. Yet recent European Social Surveys indicate that Irish attitudes towards immigrants are among the most liberal in Europe. We test the association between a number of economic and cultural measures and attitudes to immigrants at the aggregate national level. Although Ireland fits the expected association and in the predicted direction the most notable feature of our resul…
Polish Workers in Ireland: A Contented Proletariat
Since 1990, Ireland has experienced rapid economic growth and a corresponding increase in immigrant workers, particularly of Polish origin. On the basis of survey evidence, the relatively low level of unionization among Polish workers is examined. Although attitudes to trade unions are positive, there is a high level of satisfaction generally with work, pay, and conditions among Polish immigrant workers. A sense of injustice or grievance appears …
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