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Independence and Its Meaning: ENIL’s Monitoring of Article 19 as a Struggle for Hermeneutical Justice
This chapter explores the efforts of disabled people’s independent living movement to negotiate the meaning of independence. It focuses on the work...
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The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Supporting “Successful” Transitions into Adulthood
Completing education, obtaining employment, and securing an independent residence, tasks tied to an ideal of self-sufficiency are viewed as important...
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The Impact of the COVID-19 on Fertility in Eastern Asia: The Case of Japan
This study aims to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 response policies on fertility in East Asia, particularly Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan,...
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The Effect of Work Requirements on Mental Health of Subsidized Housing Recipients: Evidence from the Housing Authority of Champaign County, Illinois
This study examines the early effect of work requirements on mental health of subsidized housing recipients. The Housing Authority of Champaign...
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Problematizing the Just Energy Transition from a Sub-Saharan Africa Context: Insights from Key Developmental Concepts
The significance and complexity surrounding JET’s connotations and implementation, especially for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), is raising concern and...
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Oil or geopolitical issues? : Quantitative rethinking of political instability in the Middle East and North Africa
The Middle East and North Africa are one of the most conflict-prone regions. Due to its geopolitical position and oil production, the Middle East has...
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Cash and Class: Intergenerational Transmission of Values and Capital and the Consequences for Social Mobility in the UK
This chapter explores the mechanisms and processes within the family for achieving economic self-sufficiency as a young person in the UK. Overall,...
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Skyphilia: The Role of High Structures in the Formation of Space Identity
This study explores how high structures shape the space identity through a vertical form of self-alienation and transcendence, which is proposed as...
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Bearing the Burdens we (don’t Tend to) Bare
The burdens of older life, during what Peter Laslett calls the fourth-age, exaggerate feelings of fear and desire while resourcing despair. Some such...
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Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading in a Local Community Under the Future Climate Change Scenario
Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy sharing among neighboring households is a promising solution to mitigating the difficulties of renewable power (such as...
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Theoretical Framework
In this chapter, we outline the theoretical framework that guides the case studies presented in the Chapters 4 –...
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Refugee Mental Health and Healing: Understanding the Impact of Policies of Rapid Economic Self-sufficiency and the Importance of Meaningful Work
Although refugees who are accepted for resettlement in a third country are guaranteed certain rights and experience safety from war and persecution,...
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Differences Across Generations and Stability of Values in the Turbulence of Social Change in Turkey
This chapter explores culture specific dynamics of intergenerational value transmission and its potential effects on youth self-sufficiency in the...
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Financial Capability and Asset Building Curriculum for Social Work Students in the Kenyan Technical and Vocational Training Education System
Social workers serve individuals and communities experiencing socio-economic and financial exclusion. However, research indicates that social work...
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Resettlement Experiences of Syrian Refugees in the United States: Policy Challenges and Directions
There is a scarcity of phenomenological studies that have incorporated the voices of Syrian refugees concerning their resettlement experiences in the...
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Independence and Its Meaning: ENIL’s Monitoring of Article 19 as a Struggle for Hermeneutical Justice
This chapter explores the efforts of disabled people’s independent living movement to negotiate the meaning of independence. It focuses on the work...
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Cuba’s Informal Gardens: Situating State Support and Public Participation
The Cuban model for urban agriculture blends both grassroots and state-supported components to boost food security on the island. This extensive...
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Livelihood Changes in Small-Scale Traditional Societies: A Political Ecological Approach
The perspective of political ecology has the characteristic of seeking the causes of various kinds of issues that arise in local areas not simply at...
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Atomism, Communitarianism, and Confucian Familism
Charles Taylor criticizes many liberal theories based on a kind of atomism that assumes the individual self-sufficiency outside the polity. This not...
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Local Energy Communities: Market Design Evaluation Using Agent Based Modelling
Solar photovoltaic (PV) is becoming one of the most significant renewable sources for positive energy district (PED) in most countries, including...