Dr. Martin Power
Research Interests
My current research interests include
- Inequality & Social Exclusion
- Neoliberalism and the retraction of the Welfare State.
- The Social Aspect of Regeneration
- Gentrification
- Popular Music and Popular Culture
- Social Protest
- Media & Migration
Current Research Projects
- Songs of Social Protest (With Dr Aileen Dillane, Prof. Eoin Devereux & & Dr Amanda Haynes)
- 'Examining the impact of Irish print & broadcast media coverage on the regeneration of Limerick City's Southside' (With Dr. Eoin Devereux & Dr Amanda Haynes).
- Representations of the Irish Water Protests (With Dr Amanda Haynes & Prof. Eoin Devereux)
Professional Activities
Association
- 2017 Series Editor, Rowman and Littlefield International's Popular Musics Matter: Social, Political and Cultural Interventions Book Series
- 2016 Board Member, The Football Collective
- 2005 Ordinary Member, Sociological Association of Ireland
- Founding (and Current) Director, Power, Discourse and Society Research Cluster
- Founding (and Current) Director, Centre for the Study of Popular Music and Popular Culture
- Series Editor, Rowman and Littlefield International's 'Discourse, Power and Society' Book Series
Education
- 2008 University of Limerick - Doctor of Philosophy
- 2005 University of Limerick - Master of Arts
- 2003 University of Limerick - Bachelor of Arts
Books
An Introduction to Irish Society: Transitions and Change
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Carmel Hannan
2012
Harlow
Pearson Custom Publishing
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Book Chapters
In the Frame? Discourses of Migration: An Introduction to the Volume'
Dr. James Carr
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2016
London
Rowman and Littlefield International
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The "Teenage Dad" and "Slum Mums" are just "certain people i know": Counter hegemonic representations of the working/underclass in the works of Morrissey
Dr. Martin Power
2011
Bristol
Intellect
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"Shame Makes The World Go Around": Performed and Embodied (Gendered) Class Disgust in Morrissey's 'The Slum Mums'
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2017
London
Bloomsbury Academic
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Hard Hats and Hoodies: The Songs of Two Working-Class British Protest Singers
Dr. Martin Power
2020
NEW YORK
BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC
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This is the way, Step inside: Understanding Joy Division
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2018
London
Rowman and Littlefield International
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Explaining EU Migrant Workers: Irish Political Interventions
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2016
London
Rowman andf Littlefield International
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Media representations, stigma, and neighbourhood identity
Dr. Martin Power
2013
London
Routledge
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'Aesthetics of resistance'. Billy Bragg, Ideology, and the Longevity of Song as Social Protest.
Dr. Martin Power
2018
London
Rowman And Littlefield International
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Preface to the paperback edition (2017): Something happened on the day he died
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2017
New York
Routledge
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But don't forget the songs that made you cry and the songs that saved your life
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2011
Bristol
Intellect
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'Resistance in Ireland'
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Henry Silke
2013
Brighton
Institute for Education Policy Studies
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Class Invisibility and Stigmatisation: Irish Media Coverage of a Public Housing Project in Limerick
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2012
Thousand Oaks, California
Sage
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Culminating sounds and (En)visions: Ashes to ashes and the case for pierrot
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2015
New York
Routledge
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'Neoliberal Capitalism and Education in Ireland'
Dr. Martin Power
2013
Brighton
Institute for Education Policy Studies
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Against the Grain: Counter-Hegemonic Representations of Pre and Post 'Celtic-Tiger' Ireland in the 'Protest' Songs of Damien Dempsey
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2018
London
Rowman and Littlefield International
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Preface: Where are we now? Contemporary scholarship on David Bowie
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2015
New York
Routledge
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Bridging Marxism: Academia and the Irish Left
Dr. Martin Power
2011
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
CSP
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Opportunities for Resistance Through Discourse
Dr. James Carr
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2016
London
Rowman and Littlefield International
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Get Up, Stand Up, Sing Out: The Contemporary Relevance of Protest Song
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2018
London
Rowman and Littlefield International
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Discursive constructions of the anti-water charges protest movement in Ireland
Dr. Martin Power
2018
London
Routledge
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Print Media Framings of Those Blonde Roma Children
Dr. James Carr
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2016
London
Rowman and Littlefield International
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Introduction: Understanding the connection between football, identity and (P)politics
Dr. Martin Power
2021
Abingdon
Routledge
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Behind the headlines: Media coverage of social exclusion in Limerick City - The case of Moyross
Dr. Martin Power
2011
Cork
Cork University Press
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Edited Books
Morrissey: Fandom, Representations and Identities
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2011
Bristol
Intellect
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David Bowie: Critical perspectives
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2015
New York
Routledge
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Heart and Soul: Critical Essays on Joy Division
Dr. Martin Power
2018
London
Rowman And Littlefield International
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Songs of Social Protest: International Perspectives
Dr. Martin Power
2018
London
Rowman & Littlefield International
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Public and Political Discourses of Migration
Dr. Martin Power
2016
London
Rowman and Littlefield International
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Football and Popular Culture: Singing Out from the Stands
Dr. Martin Power
2021
Abingdon
Routledge
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Peer Reviewed Journals
'Why bother seeing the world for real?': Google Street View and the representation of a stigmatised neighbourhood
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Martin Power
2013
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Internalising discourses of parental blame: Voices from the field
Dr. Martin Power
2012
London
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'You can only get a degree!' Theoretically situating the alterations to the back to education allowance welfare to education programme of 2003/04
Dr. Martin Power
2010
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Saying Hello to the Lunatic Men: A Critical Reading of 'Love is Lost'
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2018
ABINGDON
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
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From the Mouths of Janus: Irish Politicians Constructions of Transnational EU Migrants in Ireland
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2012
Ireland
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Fake news? A critical analysis of the `Welfare Cheats, Cheat Us All¿ campaign in Ireland
Dr. Martin Power
2019
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Songs and Singers of Social Protest. Special Edition Guest Editors
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2017
Canada
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"I sing out to the youth of the slums": Morrissey and Class Disgust
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2016
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REASONABLE PEOPLE VS. THE SINISTER FRINGE: Interrogating the framing of Ireland's water charge protestors through the media politics of dissent
Dr. Martin Power
2016
London
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Urban soundscapes and Critical Citizenship: Explorations in activating a 'sonic turn' in Urban Cultural Studies
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2015
Bristol
Intellect Journals
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I Can Have Both: A Queer Reading of Morrissey
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2014
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The Social Value of Community-Based Adult Education in Limerick City
Dr. Martin Power
2014
Dublin
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'You'll Never Kill Our Will To Be Free': Damien Dempsey's Colony' as a Critique of Historical and Contemporary Colonialism
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2017
Canada
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'Urban Soundscapes : Special Edition
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2015
Bristol
Intellect Journals
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Exploring the "Learning Careers" of Irish Undergraduate Sociology Students through the Establishment of an Undergraduate Sociology Student Journal
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2012
USA
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The intersection of ethos and opportunity: An ethnography exploring the role of the physical curriculum' in cultivating physical capital in the elite educated student
Dr. Martin Power
2020
London
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Locating culture, making soundscapes and activating critical social relations: A case study from Limerick SoundScapes
Dr. Martin Power
2017
Lisbon
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Why Not Education? The Necessity for Welfare to Education Programmes to Alleviate the Social Exclusion of Welfare Recipients in Ireland
Dr. Martin Power
2006
UK
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At the edge: Media constructions of a stigmatised Irish housing estate
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2011
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Indelible stain: territorial stigmatization and the limits of resistance
Dr. Martin Power
2021
OXFORD
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
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'Crossing the Sahara without Water': Experiencing Class Inequality Through the Back To Education Allowance Welfare to Education Programme
Dr. Martin Power
2008
UK
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Tarring everyone with the same shorthand? Journalists, stigmatization and social exclusion
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Martin Power
2012
UK
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Scapegoating During a Time of Crisis: A Critique of Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland
Assoc. Prof. Lee Monaghan
Dr. Martin Power
2014
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Understanding how decision-makers practice discretion in the context of the Habitual Residence Condition in the Republic of Ireland
Dr. Martin Power
2020
London
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Outwitting the gatekeepers of the purse': The impact of Micro-Level Interactions in determining access to the Back To Education Allowance Welfare to Education Programme
Dr. Martin Power
2009
USA
International Journals
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A push and a shove and the land is ours: Morrissey's counter-hegemonic stance(s) on social class
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2012
Australia
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Transcending the moment: Ideology and Billy Bragg
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2019
London
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'Sicherheit': examining residents' perceptions of community safety in working-class residential areas undergoing regeneration in Limerick City, Ireland
Dr. Martin Power
2018
DORDRECHT
SPRINGER
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More than a Club, More than a Game: The Case of Diverse City.
Dr. Martin Power
2020
London
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The Smokescreen of Meritocracy": Elite Education in Ireland and the Reproduction of Class Privilege
Dr. Martin Power
2010
UK
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Conference Publications
International Conference on Engaging Pedagogy, NUI Maynooth
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2010
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Conference Contributions
Riot Grrrl: Women and Rock Music
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2013
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Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2014
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Investigating current issues in Irish Journalism & the Department of Sociology Seminar Series
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2010
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Stigmatising Neighbourhoods Symposium
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2011
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Constructing Minority Identities
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2013
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Sociological Association of Ireland's 40th Annual Conference
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2013
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Sociological Association of Ireland's 37th Annual Conference
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2010
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NDLR Fest 2012: 6th Annual Irish Showcase for Digital Learning Resources
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Martin Power
2012
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Inbhear: Publication and the dissemination of research in the Arts and Humanities Conference
Dr. Martin Power
2018
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European Sociological Association Research Network 37 'Urban Sociology' Mid-Term Conference: Public spaces and private lives in the contemporary city
Dr. Martin Power
2014
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European Sociological Association Research Network 37 'Urban Sociology' Mid-Term Conference: Public spaces and private lives in the contemporary city
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2014
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Mad Dogs and Englishness': Popular Music and English Identities conference
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2013
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Strange Fascination? A Symposium on David Bowie
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2012
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Regulating Emotions: Contemporary Understandings and Interdisciplinary Perspectives Conference
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2012
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European Sociological Association Research Network 37 'Urban Sociology' Mid-Term Conference: Public spaces and private lives in the contemporary city
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2014
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EUPOP 2013 conference of European Popular Culture Association (EPCA)
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2013
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School of Political Science and Sociology Seminar
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2011
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The Irish Welfare State in and after crisis: resilience, resistance, retrenchment, reform.
Dr. Martin Power
2014
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In the Frame? Public and Political Discources of Migration
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2014
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The Songs That Saved Your Life (Again): A Symposium on Morrissey'
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2009
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Department of Sociology Seminar Series
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2011
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Sociological Association of Ireland's 37th Annual Conference
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2010
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In the Frame: Public and Political Discources of Migration
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2014
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Limerick Regeneration Research Forum
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2009
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Sociological Association of Ireland's 38th Annual Conference
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2011
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Atrocity Exhibition: A Symposium on Joy Division
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2015
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In the Frame? Public and Political Discourses of Migration
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
Dr. Aileen Dillane
2014
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Sociological Association of Ireland's 36th Annual Conference
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2009
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CRESC Annual Conference, 'Framing the City'
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2011
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Exclusions: Representations, Practices and Policies Seminar
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2010
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CRESC Annual Conference, 'Framing the City'
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2011
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Published Reports
How Irish Politicians Construct Transnational EU Migrants
Prof. Eoin Devereux
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2010
Limerick
Doras Luimní
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Assessing the social value of community based Adult education
Dr. Martin Power
2012
Limerick
LCEN, LCAES, PAUL Partnership & Limerick Regeneration Agencies
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Feeling Safe in Our Community
Dr. Martin Power
2011
Limerick
Limerick Regeneration Agencies
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Impact of the Community Addiction Studies Course in Limerick City
Dr. Martin Power
2011
Limerick
Limerick City Adult Education Service
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An assessment of supports and barriers for female researchers in Science, Engineering and Technology within the University of Limerick
Prof. Ita Richardson
Dr. Martin Power
2005
Limerick
University of Limerick
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More than a club; more than a game: Contribution to the evaluation of the Hijabs and Hat-tricks project, Report, in partnership with Sports Against Racism Ireland
Dr. James Carr
Dr. Amanda Haynes
Dr. Martin Power
2015
Dublin
Sports Against Racism Ireland.
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Editorials
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