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Public Policy in a COVID-19 Era: The Cost of Self-Autonomy
This chapter focuses on the implementation of vaccine mandates in the Caribbean. In particular, it assesses whether the use of vaccine mandates may...
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Individual, Familial and Social Environment Factors Associated with Religiosity Among Urban High School Students
BackgroundAdolescence is a time when beliefs and values are developed and when the influences of the significant others take shape in the life of the...
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Secure renting by living collectively? A relational exploration of home and homemaking in rental housing cooperatives
In many countries, rental housing is associated with insecure occupant rights and limited control for residents and homeownership is linked with...
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Brazilian Ativismo: A Collectividual Autonomist Strategy
Since June 2013, key players in a wave of youth-led and youth-organized protests in Brazil have defied canonical political traditions by embracing...
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The Political Effects of Economic Inequality: Evidence from Hong Kong
Economic inequality can have significant political-social impacts, leading to social unrest and other negative consequences. With a high level of...
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Librealism's Boundaries in Addressing the Climate Crisis: Insights from Domenico Losurdo and Posthumanism
This study critically examines the limitations of liberalism in effectively addressing the climate crisis, informed by Domenico Losurdo’s critique...
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Successful Life Conduct in Very Old Age: Theoretical Implications and Empirical Support from a Population-Based Study
Social survey data on those aged 80 years or older is sparse. Based on a representative sample, this paper validates a multidimensional model...
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Framing Life as Work: Navigating Dependence and Autonomy in Independent Living
This paper offers an ethnographic account of the context of autonomy for participants at Moving Toward Independence in the Community (MTIC), an...
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Educational Quality of the University of the Third Age and Subjective Well-being: Based on a Perspective of Self-determination
ObjectiveDevelo** education for older adults is considered a major initiative to actively cope with issues of aging issue and improve the quality...
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Understanding the Nexus Between Techno-Stress, Psychological Well-Being, and the Moderating Role of Job Resources in the Gig Economy
This study investigates the impact of technology-driven platforms on gig workers in the evolving gig economy, emphasising the challenges of...
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A model-based boosting approach to risk factors for physical intimate partner violence against women and girls in Mexico
The goal of this study was to identify and describe the extent to which a comprehensive set of risk factors from the ecological model are associated...
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The Mexican Case: The Differences between Autonomy and Radical Feminism
Surrogacy has developed in Mexico, especially in the State of Tabasco, mainly as a form of reproductive labour for women with economic needs. In the...
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The relationship between women’s individual empowerment and the support to female genital cutting continuation: a study on 7 African countries
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is still present in many African countries, as well as a few others. The United Nations has targeted...
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The exercise world of otaku: extended body techniques, alternative body projects, and controllable social architecture
Why do some people opt for exergames like Ring Fit Adventure (RFA) over traditional exercise venues such as gyms? Focusing on the case of RFA, this...
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Institutionalized Individualism in Post-collectivist China
This second chapter explores the dynamics of individualization in China across time to unravel the complexities of the individualization process in a...
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A Multilevel Longitudinal Study of Individual, Household and Village Factors Associated with Happiness Among Adults in the Southernmost Provinces of Thailand
The objective of this paper is to use an ecological model to consider the association of individual, household and village level factors with the...
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Crafting One’s Life and its Relationship with Psychological Needs: A Sco** Review
Crafting is the intentional and proactive behavioural or cognitive changes people make to satisfy their psychological needs. This can take place...
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Between Autonomy and Compliance: The Organizational Development of Russian Civil Society
This chapter examines the organizational dynamics of the Russian third sector after the adoption of the so-called “foreign agents” law in 2012, which...
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Longitudinal Multivariate Profiling of Well-Being Among Chinese Freshmen
This research adopts a person-centered approach towards well-being, examining the heterogeneity in well-being profiles by simultaneously considering...
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“A Kind of Magic”: Pre-military Preparatory Schools (Mechinot) in Israel as Models for Informal Education
The pre-army preparatory programs established in Israel constitute a unique and popular model of education. Using the qualitative method and...