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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2013Catholic police officers in Northern Ireland
Voices out of silence
by Mary Gethins
This exciting book, newly available in paperback, aims to establish the historical and cultural reasons why there was only a participation rate of 7-8% by the Catholic population in policing Northern Ireland when the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) came into being in 2001, even though Catholics constituted 46% of the total population. It also aims to ascertain whether or not implementation of the Patten Commission's recommendation to recruit to the PSNI on a 50: 50 basis between Catholics and non-Catholics has resulted in greater representation and what the political and cultural obstacles might be in transforming policing from meeting colonial model criteria to those of the liberal model advocated by Patten. In doing this, author Mary Gethins uses a wealth of historical data to show that there has for a long time been a problematic relationship between the native Irish Catholic population and the police, and the reasons for Catholic under-representation in the police force can be largely put down to this legacy. A survey of Catholic police officers focusing on family history, reasons for joining the police and sacrifices perceived to have been made in joining a largely Protestant organisation provide a strong empirical evidence base from which Gethins draws illuminating lessons. The work is informed by sociological theory to show that Catholic police officers are atypical of the Catholic population at large in Northern Ireland, and best explained by the concept of fragmented identity. ;
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March 2024Das magische Baumhaus junior (Band 36) - Suche nach dem Seeungeheuer
Kinderbuch zum Vorlesen und ersten Selberlesen - Mit farbigen Illustrationen - Für Mädchen und Jungen ab 6 Jahren
by Mary Pope Osborne, Jutta Knipping
Die beliebte Kinderbuchreihe von Bestsellerautorin Mary Pope Osborne zum Vorlesen und ersten Selberlesen. Die Geschwister Anne und Philipp reisen mit dem magischen Baumhaus durch die Zeit, entdecken ferne Länder und erleben spannende Abenteuer. Mit vielen bunten Bildern besonders für Kinder ab 6 Jahren geeignet. Ein neuer Auftrag der Zauberin Morgan führt Anne und Phillipp mit dem magischen Baumhaus an einen sonnigen Strand. Dort entdecken die beiden ein Forschungsschiff, dessen Crew ihnen von einer mysteriösen Meereskreatur erzählt. An Bord lernen sie von ihrem neuen Freund Henry die Geheimnisse der Tiefsee und das Schiffsleben kennen. Doch dann zieht ein heftiger Sturm auf und treibt die Geschwister geradewegs in die Fänge des Seemonsters.
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March 2024Das magische Baumhaus junior (Band 37) - Reise zu den Pinguinen
Kinderbuch zum Vorlesen und ersten Selberlesen - Mit farbigen Illustrationen - Für Mädchen und Jungen ab 6 Jahren
by Mary Pope Osborne, , Jutta Knipping
Die beliebte Kinderbuchreihe von Bestsellerautorin Mary Pope Osborne zum Vorlesen und ersten Selberlesen. Die Geschwister Anne und Philipp reisen mit dem magischen Baumhaus durch die Zeit, entdecken ferne Länder und erleben spannende Abenteuer. Mit vielen bunten Bildern besonders für Kinder ab 6 Jahren geeignet. Anne und Philipp kommen aus dem Staunen nicht mehr heraus, als sie mit dem magischen Baumhaus in der Antarktis landen – und das direkt am Fuße eines Eisvulkans! Sie treffen auf eine Forschergruppe, der sie sich sofort anschließen. Gemeinsam erkundet die Truppe die faszinierende Welt aus Eis. Aber plötzlich rutschen die Geschwister in eine Gletscherspalte und sind auf sich allein gestellt. Auf einer Eisscholle treiben die beiden auf den Wellen dahin und stoßen schon bald auf ein geheimnisvolles Reich.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2015Ireland and migration in the twenty-first century
by Mary Gilmartin
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Political science & theoryJuly 2015Ireland and migration in the twenty-first century
by Mary Gilmartin
Migration is one of the key issues in Ireland today. This book provides a new and original approach to understanding contemporary Irish migration and immigration, showing that they are processes that need to be understood together rather than separately. It uses a wide range of data - from statistical reports to in-depth qualitative studies - to show these connections. The book focuses on four key themes - work, social connections, culture and belonging - that are common to the experiences of immigrants, emigrants and internal migrants. It includes a wide selection of case studies, such as the global GAA, the campaign for emigrant voting, and the effects of migration on families. Clearly written and accessible, this book is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Irish migration. It also has broader relevance, as it suggests a new approach to the study of migration nationally and internationally.
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2018The International Co-operative Alliance and co-operative internationalism in northern Europe, c. 1860–1939
by Mary Hilson
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2026Globalising the Nordic Model
From exceptionalism to entanglement
by Mary Hilson
The five Nordic countries - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden - frequently attract attention as examples of a 'Nordic model'. The meanings of the term vary, but especially since the global financial crisis of 2008-9 the Nordic countries have often been portrayed positively, as examples of economic dynamism, innovation and social equality. Studies of these images of the Nordic countries and Nordic region and their international circulations are now a well-established field of research. This volume explores how the Nordic model has been shaped by global entanglements, in exchange not only with Western Europe and North America, but also with the Global South. Drawing on selected case studies, the volume offers new perspectives on the meanings of the Nordic model and Nordic exceptionalism in a global context during the half century since c. 1970.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJune 2026
The politics of Middle English parables
Fiction, theology, and social practice
by Mary Raschko
The politics of Middle English parables examines the dynamic intersection of fiction, theology and social practice in late-medieval England. Parables occupy a prominent place in Middle English literature, appearing in dream visions and story collections as well as in lives of Christ and devotional treatises. While most scholarship approaches the translated stories as stable vehicles of Christian teaching, this book highlights the many variations and points of conflict across Middle English renditions of the same story. In parables related to labour, social inequality, charity and penance, the book locates a creative theological discourse through which writers attempted to re-construct Christian belief and practice. Analysis of these diverse retellings reveals not what a given parable meant in a definitive sense but rather how Middle English parables inscribe the ideologies, power structures and cultural debates of late-medieval Christianity.
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September 2000Das Land des Alters
Ein Wegweiser für die Verständigung mit den Eltern
by Pipher, Mary
