IRISH Centre for Rural Transformation and Sustainability (ICERTS)

Dr Tony Varley

Department of Political Science and Sociology, NUI Galway.

Room 309, Floor 2, Aras Moyola

tony.varleynuigalway.ie

353 (0) 91 492580

Research Interests

Populism and local development in Ireland, the smallholder question in Ireland, the community movement, Muintir na Tire

Selected Publications

Varley, T. (2003) 'A Region of Sturdy Smallholders? Western Nationalists and Agrarian Politics during the First World War', Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol. 55, pp. 127-50.

Varley, T. (2003) 'Populism, the Europeanised State and Collective Action in Rural Ireland', in M. Blanc (ed) Innovations, Institutions and Rural Change. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, pp. 127-168.

Varley, T. and O Cearbhaill, D. (2002) 'Towards a Theory of State-Community Partnerships: Interpreting the Irish Muintir na Tíre Experience', Journal of the Community Development Society, 33(1): 53-70.

Varley, T. and Curtin, C. (2002) 'Communitarian Populism and the Politics of Rearguard Resistance in Rural Ireland', Community Development Journal, 37(1): 20-32.

Byrne, A., Edmondson, R. and Varley, T. (2001) 'Introduction to the Third Edition', in C.M. Arensberg and S.T. Kimball, Family and Community in Ireland. Ennis: CLASP Press, pp. 1-101.

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