John Connolly
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John Connolly is a Professor at DCUBS. He holds a PhD from University College Dublin. His research interests include sociological approaches to the study of organisations, marketing/advertising, and sport. His work has been published in leading journals including Sociology, Organization, British Journal of Sociology, Journal of Consumer Culture, Theory, Culture & Society and the Sociological Review. He has published several books, his most recent (2024) is Power, Pain & Professional Cycling: A historical -sociological study (published by Edward Elgar). Along with Dr Paddy Dolan (Technological University Dublin), he is co-author of Gaelic Games in Society: Civilising processes, players, administrators and spectators (published by Palgrave-Macmillan). In addition, he has co-edited two books The Social Organisation of Marketing (published by Palgrave-Macmillan) and Sport and National Identities. Globalization and Conflict (published by Routledge).
Book
Edited Book
Peer Reviewed Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2024 | Dolan, Paddy; Vertigans, Stephen; Connolly, John (2024) 'Theorising political legitimisation: From stasis to processes'. European Journal of Social Theory, 27 (1). [DOI] | |
2023 | Connolly, J., Dolan, P. and Vertigans, S. (2023) 'Rational and Emotional Tension Balances in the Organization of Political Hunger Strikes'. Sociological Research Online, 28 (1):3-20. [DOI] | |
2021 | Connolly, J. (2021) '“Pints or half-pints”: Gender, functional democratization, and the consumption of drink in Ireland'. British Journal of Sociology, 72 . [Link] [DOI] | |
2019 | Connolly, John (2019) 'Generational Conflict and the Sociology of Generations: Mannheim and Elias Reconsidered'. THEORY CULTURE & SOCIETY, 36 (7-8). [DOI] | |
2019 | Connolly, J. and Dolan, P. (2019) 'Habitus, social elevation, and the channel of shame-fear: The decision to expand Guinness advertising'. Journal of Historical Sociology, 32 (2):232-243. https://doi.org/10.1111/johs.12213 | |
2018 | Dolan, P. and Connolly, J. (2018) 'Beyond Logic and Norms: A Figurational critique of institutional theory in organisation studies'. Cambio. Rivista sulle Trasformazioni Sociali, 7 (14):139-149. | |
2017 | Connolly, J. and Dolan, P. (2017) 'Habitus, the writings of Irish hunger strikers and Elias’s The Loneliness of the Dying'. Historical Social Research/Historische Sozialforschung, 4 (42). | |
2017 | Connolly, J. and Dolan, P. (2017) 'Social class tensions, habitus and the advertising of Guinness'. THE SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW, 65 (1):100-116. | |
2016 | Connolly, John (2016) 'Elias and habitus: explaining bureaucratisation processes in the Gaelic Athletic Association'. Culture and Organization, 22 (5). [DOI] | |
2016 | Dolan, P. and Connolly, J. (2016) 'Sport, unity and conflict: an enduring social dynamic'. European Journal for Sport and Society, 13 (3):189-196. | |
2015 | Connolly, J. (2015) 'Civilising processes and doping in professional cycling'. Current Sociology, 63 . [Link] [DOI] | |
2015 | Connolly, J. (2015) '‘We are not long-haired hippies...' Civilising offensives, suffering, doping and professional cycling'. HUMAN FIGURATIONS, 4 . | |
2015 | Dolan, P. and Connolly, J. (2015) 'Documents and detachment in the figurational sociology of sport'. Empiria, 30 :33-52. | |
2014 | Dolan, P.; Connolly, J. (2014) 'Emotions, Violence and Social Belonging: An Eliasian Analysis of Sports Spectatorship'. Sociology, 48 . [Link] [DOI] | |
2013 | Connolly, J.; Dolan, P. (2013) 'Re-theorizing the 'structure-agency' relationship: Figurational theory, organizational change and the Gaelic Athletic Association'. Organization, 20 . [Link] [DOI] | |
2013 | Connolly, John; Dolan, Paddy (2013) 'The Amplification and De-Amplification of Amateurism and Professionalism in the Gaelic Athletic Association'. International Journal of the History of Sport, 30 (8). [DOI] | |
2012 | Connolly, John; Dolan, Paddy (2012) 'Sport, media and the Gaelic Athletic Association: the quest for the 'youth' of Ireland'. MEDIA CULTURE & SOCIETY, 34 (4). [DOI] | |
2011 | Connolly J.; Dolan P. (2011) 'Organisational centralisation as figurational dynamics: Movements and counter-movements in the gaelic athletic association'. Management and Organizational History, 6 (1):37-58. [DOI] | |
2010 | Connolly, John; Dolan, Paddy (2010) 'The Civilizing and Sportization of Gaelic Football in Ireland: 1884–2009'. Journal of Historical Sociology, 23 (4):570-598. [DOI] | |
2009 | Dolan, P. and Connolly, J. (2009) 'The Civilizing of Hurling in Ireland'. Sport in Society, 12 :196-211. | |
2008 | Connolly, J.; Prothero, A. (2008) 'Green consumption: Life-politics, risk and contradictions'. Journal of Consumer Culture, 8 . [Link] [DOI] | |
2006 | Connolly, J and Shaw, D. (2006) 'Identifying Fair Trade in Consumption Choice'. Journal of Strategic Marketing, 14 :353-368. | |
2003 | Connolly, J.and Prothero, A. (2003) 'Sustainable Consumption: Consumption, Consumers and the Commodity Discourse'. CONSUMPTION, MARKETS AND CULTURE, 6 :275-291. |
Book Chapter
Year | Publication | |
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2025 | Connolly, J. (2025) 'Gender power balances and changes in the socio-spatial and socio-material practices of drinking in Ireland' In: Dynamics of Gender Relations. Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan Cham. | |
2024 | Connolly, John (2024) 'Sustainable Consumption' In: Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Cham : Springer. [DOI] | |
2020 | Connolly, J. and Dolan, P. (2020) 'National identity, Media and the Promotion of Gaelic games' In: Sport and Media in Ireland: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Cork : Cork University Press. | |
2018 | Connolly, John (2018) 'Figurational Research and Doping in Professional Cycling' In: Figurational Research in Sport, Leisure and Health. London : Routledge. | |
2018 | Dolan, Paddy and Connolly, John (2018) 'A figurational understanding of sport organizations: the case of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland' In: Figurational Research in Sport, Leisure and Health. London : Routledge. | |
2017 | Connolly, John (2017) 'Figurational dynamics and the function of advertising at Arthur Guinness & Sons Ltd: 1876–1960' In: The Social Organisation of Marketing: A figurational approach to people, organisations and markets. London : Palgrave Macmillan. | |
2017 | Dolan, P. and Connolly, J. (2017) 'Contested and Contingent National Identifications in Sport' In: Sport and National Identities. Globalisation and Conflict. London : Routledge. | |
2017 | Connolly, J and Dolan, P (2017) 'Figurational theory, marketing and markets: Moving from description and technological empiricism to empirical–theoretical explanations' In: The Social Organisation of Marketing: A figurational approach to people, organisations and markets. London : Palgrave Macmillan. | |
2017 | Connolly, J and Dolan, P (2017) 'The social organisation of marketing: An introduction' In: The Social Organisation of Marketing: A figurational approach to people, organisations and markets. London : Palgrave Macmillan. | |
2016 | Connolly, John; Dolan, Paddy (2016) 'Gaelic football in a sociological perspective' In: Science and Football VIII. London : Routledge. [DOI] | |
2014 | Connolly, John (2014) 'Consumption, Sustainable. In Michalos, AC. (Ed)' In: Michalos, Alex(Eds.). Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research, Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. Dordrecht, Netherlands : Springer. | |
2009 | Dolan, P. and Connolly, J. (2009) 'Civilizing processes and hurling in Ireland: 1884-2000. In Jütting, D., Schulze, B and U. Müller (Eds)' In: Jütting, Dieter Schulze, Bernd Müller, Ulrike(Eds.). Local sport in Europe. Berlin : Waxman. | |
2009 | Connolly, J.and Dolan, P. (2009) 'The Civilising of Gaelic football. In McAnallen, D., Hassan, D., and R. Hegarty (Eds)' In: Dónal McAnallen David Hassan Roddy Hegarty(Eds.). The Evolution of the GAA. Ulaidh, Éire agus Eile. : Comhairle Uladh CLG. | |
2007 | P, McDonagh,J, Connolly,M, Polonsky,A, Prothero (2007) 'Green Marketing and Green Consumers: Exploring the Myths' In: : Edward Elgar. |
Conference Contribution
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Research Interests
Figurational approaches to the study of organisations, advertising, habitus formation, and sport