Understanding Limerick : social exclusion and change / edited by Niamh Hourigan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hourigan, Niamh, 1973-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marginality, Social--Ireland--Limerick (Limerick).

Marginality, Social.

Limerick (Limerick, Ireland)--Social conditions.

Limerick (Limerick, Ireland).

Gangs--Ireland--Limerick (Limerick).

Gangs.

Ireland.

Ireland--Limerick (Limerick).

Urban policy--Ireland--Limerick (Limerick).

Urban policy.

Physical Description:

xvi, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cork, Ireland : Cork University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Understanding Limerick is an edited collection featuring contributions from leading Irish scholars in Sociology, Social Policy, Criminology and Urban Geography. Limerick city has some of the most severely disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the Republic of Ireland. The city has also experienced a range of problems in relation to organized crime. This collection shows how social exclusion and poverty-related criminality developed in Limerick city. In a special study on fear and feuding, Niamh Hourigan examines the distinctive contours of gangland feuding and community violence in Limerick. Contributors with expertise in gender studies, urban deprivation, media analysis and housing underline how the social exclusion evident in Limerick is linked to broader patterns of inequality in Irish society. By piecing together these expert perspectives, a picture emerges of a city with tremendous strengths which is nevertheless facing significant challenges. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Contexts

1 Divided City: the social geography of Post-Celtic Tiger Limerick / Des McCafferty McCafferty, Des 3

2 Getting a Fix on Crime in Limerick / Ciarán McCullagh McCullagh, Ciarán 23

Part 2 Living with Fear and Feuding in Limerick

Introduction / Niamh Hourigan Hourigan, Niamh 41

3 A History of Social Exclusion in Limerick / Niamh Hourigan Hourigan, Niamh 44

4 Divided Communities: mapping the social structure of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Limerick / Niamh Hourigan Hourigan, Niamh 60

5 Organised Crime and Community Violence: understanding Limerick's 'regimes of fear' / Niamh Hourigan Hourigan, Niamh 74

6 The Sociology of Feuding: Limerick gangland and Traveller feuds compared / Niamh Hourigan Hourigan, Niamh 103

7 Lessons from Limerick: policing, child protection, regeneration / Niamh Hourigan Hourigan, Niamh 126

8 Neighbourliness and Community Spirit in Moyross and Southill: life narratives / Máire Treasa Nic Eochagáin Eochagáin, Máire Treasa Nic, Frances Minahan Minahan, Frances 155

Part 3 Key Research Perspectives

9 Men on the Margins: masculinities in disadvantaged areas in Limerick city / Patricia Kelleher Kelleher, Patricia, Pat O'Connor O'Connor, Pat 169

10 Social Capital, Health and Inequality: what's the problem in the neighbourhoods? / Eileen Humphreys Humphreys, Eileen 185

11 Behind the Headlines: media coverage of social exclusion in Limerick city - the case of Moyross / Eoin Devereux Devereux, Eoin, Amanda Haynes Haynes, Amanda, Martin J. Power Power, Martin J. 211

12 City, Citizenship, Social Exclusion in Limerick / Cathal O'Connell O'Connell, Cathal 230.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-289) and index.

ISBN:

9781859184578

185918457X

OCLC:

692290783

Publisher Number:

60001359554