The arena of everyday life / edited by Carja Butijn, Johan van Ophem, Gerda Casimir.

• Superior document: Mansholt Publication Series ; 12
• HerausgeberIn: Butijn, Carja.; van Ophem, Johan.; Casimir, Gerda.
• Place / Publishing House: Wageningen : : Wageningen Academic Publishers :, Imprint: Wageningen Academic Publishers,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed. 2013.
• Language: English
• Series: Mansholt Publication Series ; 12
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (163 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In 'The arena of everyday life' nine authors look back and forward at developments in the sociology of consumers and households. Nine chapters show variety in the employed methods, from multivariate analyses of survey data to classical essays. The contributions are organised around four themes. In the first theme, two chapters entail a critical discussion of the concepts livelihood and household. The second part deals with health, in particular food security, hygiene and aids/HIV. The third theme focuses on female opportunities to foster income procurement of household by respectively microfinance and entrepreneurship. The fourth theme concentrates on two topical societal developments in a Western society, the first chapter dealing with the issue of creating opportunities for tailor-made services to older people, the second one focussing on the home-work balance of telecommuters. This publication, written by international researchers, once supervised by prof. Anke Niehof, while writing their PhD dissertation, or (former) colleagues of Niehof, covers the many issues and reflecting her work and interest. The arena of everyday life is what her research and teaching evolved around, as shown in this book.

Table of Contents

""Mansholt Publication Series""; ""Contents""; ""1. On the arena of everyday life""; ""References""; ""Theoretical concepts: livelihood and household""; ""2. Beyond the livelihood framework: aspirations and wellbeing in encounters with aids orphans in Mozambique""; ""Abstract""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Theoretical framework""; ""2.2.1 The resource profile approach (RPA)""; ""2.2.2 The RPA and the parameters behind JFFLSs""; ""2.3 Methodology and data analysis""; ""2.4 Main findings: agricultural skills and changing aspirations among JFFLS participants""; ""2.4.1 Two cases""

""Example one: Sofia � human resources foster autonomy""""Example two: Carlito � skills as a cultural resource""; ""2.4.2 Resource profiles and altered aspirations""; ""2.5 Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""3. Modified extended households: co-residence, headship and household resource management in the context of labour out-migration""; ""Abstract""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Theoretical framework""; ""3.3 Methods""; ""3.4 Results and discussion""; ""3.5 Conclusion and recommendations""; ""References""; ""Health: food security, hygiene and HIV/AIDS""

""4. Understanding food security: some methodological innovations""""Abstract""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Theoretical framework""; ""4.3 Methodology""; ""4.3.1 Research location""; ""4.3.2 Research framework""; ""4.3.3 Pattern theory and hypotheses""; ""4.3.4 Blending of methods and interdisciplinary perspectives""; ""4.4 Results and discussions""; ""4.4.1 Profile of study sites""; ""4.4.2 Link factors explained""; ""Hypotheses 1 and 2 linkages""; ""Hypotheses 2 and 3 linkages""; ""4.5. Conclusions and implications""; ""References""; ""5. Manner mayks man: on manners and hygiene""

""Abstract""""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Keep your distance""; ""5.3 The dance of manners""; ""5.4 The origins of manners""; ""5.5 Copy the common""; ""5.6 Small courtesies""; ""5.7 Conclusions""; ""References""; ""6. Households and social networks in times of HIV/AIDS: a case from Tanzania""; ""Abstract""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.1.1 Background""; ""6.1.2 Household livelihood and social networks""; ""6.2. Methodology""; ""6.2.1 Study area""; ""6.2.2 Research methods""; ""6.3. Results""; ""6.3.1 Social life in the village""; ""6.3.2 Kinship support""

""6.3.3 Support from friends and neighbours""""6.4 Discussion""; ""6.5 Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Female opportunities to foster income procurement: microfinance and entrepreneurship""; ""7. Social and financial performance of the SIKAP microfinance program: the case of women-borrowers in a rural village in the Phi""; ""Abstract""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.1.1 Background of the study""; ""7.1.2 Microfinance: the Philippine context""; ""7.2 Rationale of the study""; ""7.3 Methodology""; ""7.4 Conceptual framework for the study""; ""7.5 Organisational Profile of SBDFI""

""7.6 Findings of the study""