Suburban affiliations; social relations in the Greater Dublin Area

Depositors:
Professor Mary P. Corcoran, Dr. Jane Gray and Professor Michel Peillon, all of the Department of Sociology at NUI Maynooth.
 
Description:
This study focused on the texture and strength of suburban civil society. It examined suburban social relations across three dimensions: (a) local participation in social and public life; (b) domestic life, including family-work strategies and networks of social support; (c) sense of place and the construction of social identity. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected in four study areas: Leixlip, County Kildare; Lucan, County Dublin; Mullingar, County Westmeath and Ratoath, County Meath. The qualitative data include interview notes and/or transcripts from thirty focus groups conducted with Active Age Groups, Parent and Toddler Groups, Sixth Class Primary School Pupils (who also contributed essays on ‘The Place Where I Live’); an intercultural group (Lucan-Esker) and women participants on a training scheme (Mullingar). There are also in-depth interview notes and/or transcripts from key informants and community activists in each study area.
 
The Suburban Affliliations book, which is based on the research data, is available at Syracuse University Press
 
Status:
In preparation for archiving. Anonymised data will be available to bona fide researchers who have signed legal access agreements that guarantee ethical re-use.
If you are interested in using this dataset, please return the Data Access Request Form and return it to us at IQDA, T14 John Hume Building, NUI Maynooth, Maynooth, Co. Kildare.