Book review : Handbook of European social policy and The Routledge international handbook to welfare state systems by Ginsburg, Norman

“…Book reviews of: - Handbook of European social policy / edited by Patricia Kennett and Noemi Lendvai-Bainton (Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2017), 458 pages, £160 (hardback), ISBN: 9781783476459 - The Routledge international handbook to welfare state systems / edited by Christian Aspalter (London : Routledge, 2017), 498 pages, £175 (hardback), ISBN: 9781472449306 There was a moment about 25 years ago when Social Europe and the European Social Model seemed to be within touching distance of becoming reality. …”

Gasra na nGaedheal newsletter, March 1958 by Gaelic League of London, GLL

“…Advertises St. Patrick's concerts to be held on 16 and 17 March, vacancies for choir and drama, and a programme of Saturday evening ceilidhthe and summer Sunday afternoon rambles.…”
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I only came over for a couple of years. Video interview by Irish Studies Centre, ISC

“…Interview with Patrick Hughes. This video is part of an oral history documentary project detailing the experience of elderly Irish people who emigrated to London between the 1930s and the 1960s.…”
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Lá Fhéile Naomh Pádraig. Brent Irish Advisory Service by Brent Irish Advisory Service, BIAS

“…Information leaflet for Brent Irish Advisory Service (probably issued on the occasion of St Patrick's Day).…”
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Síol Phádraig: 'On Raglan Road'. Irish arts festival in London, Autumn Winter 1987 (poster) by Almeida Theatre, AT

“…Poster for the event based on the life and work of Irish Poet Patrick Kavanagh, held at the Almeida Theatre on 29 November 1987.…”
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Power family and Waterford Association by Waterford Association, WA

“…A handwritten note on the back reads 'Power family & Waterford Assoc, Roscommon Cup 1988 for best turned out at St Patrick's Day parade'. Photographer unknown. Note: the photograph is not reproduced here for data protection reasons.…”

An Irish parade in Victoria Street, London by Kilkenny Association, KILK

“…A group with rosettes walk behind a man holding up a St Patrick banner and another with a tricolour flag. …”
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Handwritten notes of Kilkenny Association finances by Kilkenny Association, KILK, Council of Irish County Associations, CICA

“…Handwritten notes of income and expenditure, headed 'St Patrick's D/D summary 93', 'Dinner '94', "No 1 Ac crs '94, debits '94' and 'KK Assoc '94 Bank a/c'.…”
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Home and away: a case study analysis of a learning and teaching programme supporting the development of a ‘transformative’ partnership with a private HEI in Sri Lanka by Messenger, Hazel, Warren, Digby, Bloisi, Wendy

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Book review : Handbook of European social policy by Lyons, Karen

“…Book review of Handbook of European social policy / edited by Patricia Kennett and Noemi Lendvai-Bainton (Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2017), 458 pages, £160 (hardback), ISBN: 9781783476459…”

Interdependence Day and Magna Charta: James Hamilton's public diplomacy in the Angloworld, 1907-1940s by MacRaild, Donald, Ellis, Sylvia, Bowman, Stephen

“…In searching for a worldwide Anglo-Saxon patriotism, this society promoted strong connections and the laudation of what it called ‘Interdependence Day’. …”
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Constructing narratives of political identities: young people in the ‘new’ European states by Ross, Alistair

“…Their discussions of the meanings their country had for them raise questions about their use of political discourse, their expressions of feelings of patriotism, and their sense of agency in their own and their county’s future.…”
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Letter from the Organising Secretary of the APL to Mr O'Reilly by Anti-Partition League, APL

“…Typescript letter dated 11 July 1939, to Patrick O'Reilly, from the Organising Secretary, to thank for membership form.…”
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Letter from P. D. Carey (Jun.), General Secretary of the APL to T. J. Hickey by Anti-Partition League, APL

“…Typescript letter dated 29 May 1939, to T. J. Hickey, from Patrick D Carey (Jun.), agreeing to postponement of conference.…”
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Letter from P. D. Carey (Jun.) to T. J. Hickey by Anti-Partition League, APL

“…Manuscript letter dated 3 August 1939, to T. J. Hickey, from Patrick D. Carey (Jun.), about forthcoming general election and membership cards…”
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Gender inequality and academic freedom in Pakistani higher education by Fakhr, Zainab, Messenger, Hazel

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Ladies of the lodge : a history of Scottish Orangewomen, c. 1909-2013 by Butcher, Deborah

“…The desire to articulate dual Scottish and British patriotic - rather than diasporic Irish Protestant - identities is also acknowledged as an emergent subjective shift in women’s motivations for joining. …”
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Book Review : Teresa Sacchet, Silvana Mariano and Cássia Maria Carloto (editors) Women, gender and conditional cash transfers: interdisciplinary perspectives from studies of Bolsa... by Ginsburg, Norman

“…This is essentially paradoxical - clearly women in poverty derive significant material benefits from the programme, but it also strengthens conventional patriarchal roles and oppression in a ‘gender trap’ (page 57). …”
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Master of the house: de-mythologizing the father in Turkish-German film by Celik, Sibel

“…Chapter Three indicates how approaches to the patriarch in film have been dominated by Oedipal interpretations. …”
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Heritage tourism and English national identity by Palmer, Catherine

“…In addition, from the analysis of the three sites certain key thematic threads are highlighted which bind the sites together, namely, religion and patriotism. These, whilst not the only aspects of Englishness to emerge from the sites, are considered central to the formation of Englishness in this instance. …”
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