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Global Women's Studies Research Cluster

Publications

Working Papers

Niamh Reilly (2009) Fundamentalisms and Women’s Human Rights, Working Paper No. 1, Gender, Empowerment and Globalisation Research Cluster, School of Political Science and Sociology, National University of Ireland, Galway.

Vesna Malesevic and Aine Lorie (2009) GROW-ing Neo-Secularisation, Working Paper No. 2, Gender, Empowerment and Globalisation Research Cluster, School of Political Science and Sociology, National University of Ireland, Galway.

Noirin Clancy (2009) 'Not an Issue?' The Muslim Headscarf in Irish Post-Primary Schools: An International Feminist Perspective, Working Paper No. 3, Gender, Empowerment and Globalisation Research Cluster, School of Political Science and Sociology, National University of Ireland, Galway.

Stacey Scriver (2010) Ireland through the Veil: Gender, Autonomy and the Nation, Working Paper No. 4, Gender, Empowerment and Globalisation Research Cluster, School of Political Science and Sociology, National University of Ireland, Galway.

Other Publications

Kenny, K., Willmott, H. & Whittle, A. (forthcoming, 2010) Studying Identity. Sage: London.

This short textbook presents an overview of key issues and topics around the concept of identity, as it relates to management and contemporary workplaces. The book is distinctive for its illustration of in-depth theoretical issues with easily accessible examples from popular culture. It also showcases core readings and empirical studies in the field of identity in business and management. It engages with the latest topics and concepts in identity studies, including virtual identity, “post-post modern” approaches, and identity and social movements.

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Bell, E. and Kenny, K. (forthcoming, 2010) ’Embodying Organizations’. In Jeanes, E., Knights, D. and Yancey Martin, P. (Eds), Handbook of Gender, Work and Organization. Blackwell/ Wiley: London.

In this chapter, we use our analysis of self help books, written between 1970 and 2007, to illustrate some key ideas from the study of gender, embodiment and organization. We focus on self-help books aimed at women managers, and explore how these put forward particular messages about gender and’how to “do” one’s body.

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Kenny, K. (forthcoming 2010) Beyond ourselves: Passion and the Dark Side of Identification in an Ethical Organization Human Relations.

How are organizational discourses enacted by people at work? In this paper, instead of treating subjects as somewhat distinct from such discourses, I argue that the two are inescapably intertwined. The concept of ’ek-stasis’ helps us to understand this (Butler, 2004). Ek-stasis invokes an idea of the ’self’ which, through processes of identification, is always located outside of itself, embedded in a wider sociality. I explore this dynamic through an in-depth study of the powerful discourse of ’ethical living’, and its enactment in one contemporary development sector organization.

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Kenny, K. & Euchler, G. (forthcoming, 2010) ’Some Good Clean Fun: Humour in an Advertising Agency’. Gender, Work and Organization.

This paper explores the relation between humour and control, drawing on participant observation in an organization in which humour was central to daily life. Keys is a leading advertising agency whose staff spent an unusually large amount of time sending humorous emails. We unpack the role of humour in subverting various forms of control, including gender norms and managerial authority.

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Macken-Walsh, A. (in press), Governance, Rural Development & Farmers’ Participation in Local Food Movements: an Irish case-study, in eds. Torre, A., Traversac J.B., Territorial Governance, Rural Areas and Agrofood Systems, Regional Development Series, Springer, Spring 2010.

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Macken-Walsh, A. (forthcoming), Partnership and Subsidiarity? Exploring the Socio-Cultural Context of Irish Farmers’ Non-Participation in Contemporary Rural Development, Research in Rural Sociology and Development, Emerald, ISSN: 1057-1922.

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Shorthall, S. and Byrne, A. (2009) Gender and Sustainability in Rural Ireland in McDonagh, J. Shorthall, S and Varley, T (eds) A Living Countryside – The politics of sustainable rural development. Ashgate: Aldershot

This chapter considers if and how gender is relevant for the sustainability of rural Ireland. When we refer to rural sustainability we mean the continuation of the economic, social, institutional and environmental components of rural life. There are many ways in which we could approach a chapter on gender and rural sustainability. Mobility, education, employment, social class, health care and practically every social structure impacts on gender and the sustainability of rural areas. As these topics are covered in other chapters in this book, we have chosen to focus on gender relations and the sustainability of agriculture and rural development programmes. We review the existing body of research on these topics and consider what they tell us about rural sustainability. The literature review demonstrates how initially research reported gender differences but did not analyse them in any depth. The next phase saw scholars starting to examine the role of women on farms and latterly the role of women in rural development programmes. More recently, scholars have turned their attention to the implications for men of changing gender roles in rural areas. It is clear that any renegotiation of women’s roles has implications for men’s roles, and vice versa. Much of the research we will review focuses on whether a particular construction of a gender role negatively impacts on another. Our rationale is that a good quality of life for men and women seems central to the sustainability of rural living. We conclude by identifying contemporary considerations regarding gender and rural sustainability.

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Mary Clancy and Andrea Peto (eds), Teaching Empires: Gender and Transnational Citizenship in Europe (ATHENA3 Advanced Thematic Network in Women’s Studies in Europe, University of Utrecht and Centre for Gender Studies, Stockholm University, 2009). Available online as a PDF here.

Contributing authors are from Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain. This book is part of a European Teaching with Gender series and is published with the support of the Socrates/Erasmus programme for Thematic Network Projects of the European Commission.

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Mary Clancy, ’Historical Dossier- Ireland National Report: A Commentary on the Work and Scope of Women’s Studies in Ireland’, The Making of European Women’s Studies. A work in progress report on curriculum development and related issues in gender education and research (Socrates Programme, European Commission). Volume IX, (Utrecht, 2009), pp 162-168.

This article provides an analytical overview of past developments and future possibilities in women’s studies in Ireland.

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Duvvury, Nata, Keeping Gender on the Agenda: Gender Based Violence, Poverty and Development (An issues paper from the Irish Joint Consortium on Gender Based Violence) 2009

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Kenny, K (2009) 'Heeding the Stains: Lacan and Organizational Change', Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol 22. No. 2, pp 214-228

The purpose of this paper is to add to current discussions on the use of Lacanian psychoanalysis in organizational change. Specifically, I argue that critiques of Lacan’s work must be acknowledged and incorporated into these discussions. I outline critiques of Lacan’s concepts of phallus and incest taboo, and show how these concepts can be exclusionary. To date, there remains a silence surrounding these critiques within organization studies.

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Kenny, K. (2009) ’The performative surprise: parody, documentary and critique.’ Culture and Organization, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp 221-235

Can parody help us to “re-imagine” the organizations and institutions we live with (Du Gay 2007, 13)? Or, like many forms of critique, does parody risk being incorporated: becoming part of the power it aims to make fun of? In this paper, drawing on Judith Butler’s work, I discuss the value of parody for helping us to re-think and re-make particular institutions and organizations, focusing on the Yes Men’s parodies of the World Trade Organization.

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Macken-Walsh, A. (2009) Barriers to Change: a sociological study of rural development in Irelandd, Teagasc, ISBN: 1-84170-542-X.  >> Download a PDF copy of this publication.

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Macken-Walsh, A. (in press) Community Action in Post-Socialist Lithuania, Journal of Community Development. Oxford University Press, ISSN 0010-3802, Autumn 2009.

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Malesevic V. (2009). “Ireland and Neo-Secularisation Theory”. Irish Journal of Sociology. (forthcoming)

In the course of analysis of the secularisation theories, this paper arrived at the conclusion that neo-secularisation concept offers a greater sociological potential when tested against Irish society. Through the analysis of the macro, mezzo and micro levels of Irish social landscape, the paper provides an in-depth understanding of a changing religious field. The central arguments of the paper are tested against variety of data including quantitative and qualitative studies.

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Malesevic S. & Malesevic V. (2009). “Civil Society: Ernest Gellner”. International Encyclopaedia of Civil Societyy. Springer. New York. (forthcoming)

This publication addresses the contribution of Ernest Gellner in the field of scholarly debate on civil society. The sections of the paper provide a brief biography, the main lines of his theoretical argumentation and relevance of Gellner’s theory on present day discourses on civil society.

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Niamh Reilly, Women’s Human Rights: Seeking Gender Justice in a Globalizing Age (London: Polity Press, 2009)

This book explores the emergence of transnational, UN–oriented, feminist advocacy for women’s human rights, especially over the past three decades. It identifies the main feminist influences that have shaped the movement and exposes how the Western, legalist, state–centric, and liberal biases of mainstream human rights discourse impede the realisation of human rights in women’s lives everywhere. Ultimately, Women’s Human Rights reaffirms a commitment to critically reinterpreted universal human rights principles and demonstrates the vital role that bottom–up, transnational movements play in making them a reality in women’s lives.

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Conor Hanly, with Deirdre Healy and Stacey Scriver, Rape and Justice in Ireland (Liffy Press, 2009).

Commissioned by the Rape Crisis Network Ireland, this ground-breaking book is the result of a four‐year independent research study into the process of prosecuting rape cases in Ireland. This book is an important advance in our understanding of the reasons why so many rape cases are lost from the system during their progress from incident to reporting, to final court hearing, resulting in very low conviction rates for rape in Ireland. The book also offers a unique insight into the Irish justice system, as the authors were granted unprecedented access to the files of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the courts and the direct experiences of survivors of rape. The key findings of this research expose the nature of the factors at play in navigating a rape case through the justice system. It shows how the quality of social and official support for survivors is vitally important in order to progress a case, and that survivors as well as officials tend to think and act in terms of ’real rape’ scenarios to the disadvantage of the majority of cases that do not fit those criteria. It also explores the factors that influence the DPP’s decision to prosecute and those put forward in successful and unsuccessful court cases. Rape and Justice in Ireland concludes with recommendations for comprehensive reform of the justice system to lead to more effective prosecution of rape cases, and concrete suggestions to help in the prevention of the crime. This is an important and pioneering book.

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Scriver, S. 2009. "Subjectivity, identity and 300 Spartans" in Psychoanalysis, Culture and Societyy, Vol. 14, Issue 2, pp. 183-199.

Within a psychoanalytic framework, this paper examines the recent historical/fantasy film 300 to assess the demands of ideology on the subject, the political consequences of the form of subjectivity that is affirmed, and the potential of this film to rationalize attitudes that provide justification for present conflict such as the War on Terror.

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Byrne, Anne (2008) ’Women Unbound: Single Women in Ireland’ in Yans-McLoughlin, Virginia and Bell, Rudy (eds) Women Alone. Rutgers University Press: NJ pp 29-73.

This essay examines accounts of how women make sense of their single identity in an Irish sociological study of singles women’s lives. Utilizing a framework from a similar British study (from a psychosocial perspective) the concept of interpretative repertoires and their constraining effects is explored. Some women speak of own singleness as failing to realise womanhood as traditionally endorsed. Others focus on the freedom that singleness brings, extolling the advantages of being alone and the autonomy of single independence. Accounts from both studies show that a negative construction of singleness disarms the capacity for innovatory action. A positive construction likewise constrains, so that possibilities for expanding the meaning of singleness to include intimacy and independence are not realised. Arguably, the identity of single women, of who and what one can be, is constrained at the ideological level by opposing societal accounts of womanhood and singleness and constrained at the personal level in internal dialogues constructing singleness as either negative or positive.

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Nata Duvvury, “Impact of stepping stones on incidence of HIV and HSV-2 and sexual behaviour in rural South Africa: cluster randomised controlled trial” with. R. Jewkes, M. Nduna, J. Levin, N. Jama, K. Dunkle, and A.Puren, BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2008: 337

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Kenny, K. (2008) ’Aesthetics and emotion in an organisational ethnography’, Int. J. Work , Organisation and Emotion, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp.374–388.

In this paper, I argue that an aesthetic approach can help us to better understand workplace ethnography. Ethnography is sensory by nature; it can incorporate a feeling of rightness and beauty in the experience of ’being-with’ the organisation being studied. The process is inherently aesthetic. I explore this argument with an in-depth account of a researcher’s experiences at a non-profit organisation.

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Kenny, K. (2008) ’Arrive Bearing Gifts’: Postcolonial Insights for Development Management. In S. Dar and B. Cooke (Eds), The New Development Management: Critiquing the Dual Modernization. Zed Books: London.

Organizations working in the development sector play an important role in contemporary processes of globalization. Development organizations are seen to be at the forefront of these interactions between the First and the Third Worlds. This chapter reports on a nine-month participant observation study within one such donor-funded Non-Government Organization (NGO) and discusses postcolonial discourses at work in this setting.

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Niamh Reilly, 'International Norms, Global Issues and Local Action: Critical Approaches to Women’s Human Rights in Ireland’, in Where Are We Now? New Feminist Perspectives on Women in Ireland, edited by Ursula Barry (Dublin: New Island Publishers, 2008)

This article examines the ways in which human rights ideas and mechanisms have been used by NGOs in Ireland to promote gender equality and social inclusion in Ireland and internationally. Based on interviews with key activists, it evaluates the significance of global human rights norms and international solidarity in addressing violence against women, the intersection of race and gender based discrimination, sexual and reproductive rights, and women’s experiences of poverty.

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Mary Clancy, ’Working lives, women’s lives: some research sources and possibilities’, Saothar. Journal of the Irish Labour History Society (2007), pp 65-69.

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Mary Clancy, ’Women of the West: campaigning for the vote in early twentieth century Galway, c.1911-c.1915 in Louise Ryan and Margaret Ward (editors) Irish Women and the Vote: Becoming Citizens (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2007), pp 45-59.

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Mary Clancy, ’Occupied and earning: Child, Girl and Women Workers in County Donegal’ in Ciara Breathnach (editor), Framing the West: Images of Rural Ireland, 1891-1920 (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2007), pp 215-231.

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Mary Clancy, ’Memories, Histories and Narratives’ in Andrea Peto and Berteke Waaldjik, (editors) Teaching With Memories: European Women’s Histories in International and Interdisciplinary Classrooms (Galway: Women’s Studies Centre, NUI, Galway, 2006, 2007) pp 168-181.

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Nata Duvvury, “The Nexus of Gender Discrimination with Malnutrition: An Introduction” with Kavita Sethuraman, special edited volume of Review of Women's Studies, Economic and Political Weekly, November 3 2007

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Nata Duvvury, “Physical Spousal Violence Against Women in India: Some Risk Factors” with L. Jeyaseelan, Shuba Kumar, Nithya Neelakantan, Abhraham Peedicayil, and Raj Mohan Pillai, Journal of Biosocial Sciences (2007)

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Macken-Walsh, A. (2007) Community Action in Post-Socialist Lithuania: A Comparative Case Study of Two Rural Villages, in eds. Heinonen, M., Nikula, J., Kopotova, I., Granberg, L. Reflecting Transformation in Post-Socialist Rural Areas, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ISBN 1-84718-128-7.

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Niamh Reilly, ’Seeking Gender Justice in Post-Conflict Transitions: Towards a Transformative Women’s Human Rights Approach’, International Journal of Law in Context 3 (2) (2007): 155–172

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Niamh Reilly, 'Cosmopolitan Feminism and Human Rights', Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy 22 (4) (2007): 180–198.

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Niamh Reilly,  'Linking Local and Global Feminist Advocacy: Framing Women's Rights as Human Rights in the Republic of Ireland’, Women's Studies International Forum 30 (2007): 114–133

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Nata Duvvury, “Factors Associated with HIV Sero-status in Young Rural South African Women: Connections Between Intimate Partner Violence and HIV,” with R. Jewkes, K. Dunkle, M. Nduna, J. Levin, N. Jama, N. Khuzwayo, M. Koss, A. Puren, International Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 2006, September 28th.

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Nata Duvvury, “Perpetration of partner violence and HIV risk behavior among young men in the rural Eastern Cape, South Africa,” with Kristin Dunkle, R. Jewkes, M. Nduna, J. Levin, N. Jama, K. Dunkle, N. Khuzwayo, M. Koss, A. Puren, AIDS 20:2107-2114 (2006).

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Nata Duvvury, “A cluster randomized-controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of Stepping Stones in preventing HIV infections and promoting safer sexual behaviour amongst youth in the rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: trial design, methods and baseline findings,” with R. Jewkes, M. Nduna, J. Levin, N. Jama, K. Dunkle, N. Khuzwayo, M. Koss, A. Puren, K. Wood, Tropical Medicine and International Health, vol.11:1 (2006).

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