Community identity as resource and context: A mixed method investigation of coping and collective action in a disadvantaged community

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 393-403 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niamh McNamara ◽  
Clifford Stevenson ◽  
Orla T. Muldoon
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Community Identity ◽  
Disadvantaged Community

scholarly journals Voices from the “Heart”: Understanding a Community-Engaged Festival in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Li ◽  
Danièle Moore ◽  
Suzanne Smythe
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Small Group ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Community Identity ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Ethnographic Case Study ◽  
Downtown Eastside

This study presents findings from an ethnographic case study of a community-engaged festival held annually in Downtown Vancouver. It explores how the festival functions as a small group that contributes to the establishment of local culture and place identities in order to resist engrained stereotypes. This study also examines the ephemeral space of the festival as an interactional arena where participants co-engage in the construction of community, identity, and meaning. The study expands the discussion of community festivals as socially meaningful devices for collective action, community building, and multiliterate meaning-making in urban environments.

scholarly journals Complexities of Survival and Resilience

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Katie Aubrecht ◽  
Nancy La Monica
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Community Identity

By mapping tacit and contested assumptions about adversity, works in this issue shift understandings of survival and resilience from individual assets to spaces of solidarity, collective action, culture-building and community identity. Spanning diverse institutional, geographic, community and subjective sites, authors chart new terrains for knowing, representing and experiencing survivals, ruptures and resiliencies.

The nexus between financial literacy and entrepreneurial success among young entrepreneurs from a low-income community in Cape Town: a mixed-method analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tinashe Munyuki ◽  
Coretta Maame Panyin Jonah
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Economically Disadvantaged ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Entrepreneurial Success ◽  
Disadvantaged Community ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Young Entrepreneurs

Purpose This paper aims to explore the association between financial literacy and entrepreneurial success among young entrepreneurs within an economically disadvantaged community in Cape Town, South Africa. Design/methodology/approach The mixed-method approach was adopted for the study. In-depth interviews were used in collecting the qualitative data while structured interviews using questionnaires were administered in collecting the quantitative data. The participants for the study were strictly young entrepreneurs. Findings The study found that entrepreneurs understood the concept of financial literacy and this was corroborated by their financial literacy average score of 59.03, which is above the national financial literacy average score of 54.00. The study further revealed that a positive association exists between financial literacy and entrepreneurial success. Hence, high levels of financial literacy result in increased business success. Research limitations/implications The sample size of the study was relatively small, for which reason, a mixed-method approach was adopted to strengthen the research findings. The research also considered only one disadvantaged community in South Africa (Khayelitsha). Originality/value To the best of the knowledge, the influences of financial literacy on the success of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) among young entrepreneurs have not been well-explored in economically disadvantaged areas within the South African context. As a result, this study sheds light by assessing the level of financial literacy among young entrepreneurs in economically disadvantaged communities and by determining the relationship between financial literacy and entrepreneurial success. The study further provides recommendations on policy-making to ensure that through successful entrepreneurship, developmental challenges such as unemployment can be reduced.

Ideas and Leaders in Contentious Politics: One Parish Priest in El Salvador's Popular Movement

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (01) ◽  
pp. 76-101
Author(s):  
PETER M. SANCHEZ
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
El Salvador ◽  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Contentious Politics ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Political Movement ◽  
Parish Priest ◽  
Historical Moment ◽  
Resource Mobilisation ◽  
The Church

AbstractThis paper examines the actions of one Salvadorean priest – Padre David Rodríguez – in one parish – Tecoluca – to underscore the importance of religious leadership in the rise of El Salvador's contentious political movement that began in the early 1970s, when the guerrilla organisations were only just beginning to develop. Catholic leaders became engaged in promoting contentious politics, however, only after the Church had experienced an ideological conversion, commonly referred to as liberation theology. A focus on one priest, in one parish, allows for generalisation, since scores of priests, nuns and lay workers in El Salvador followed the same injustice frame and tactics that generated extensive political mobilisation throughout the country. While structural conditions, collective action and resource mobilisation are undoubtedly necessary, the case of religious leaders in El Salvador suggests that ideas and leadership are of vital importance for the rise of contentious politics at a particular historical moment.

A Strengths-Based Approach to Autism: Neurodiversity and Partnering With the Autism Community

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy L. Donaldson ◽  
Karen Krejcha ◽  
Andy McMillin
Keyword(s):  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
First Language ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Community Identity ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists

The autism community represents a broad spectrum of individuals, including those experiencing autism, their parents and/or caregivers, friends and family members, professionals serving these individuals, and other allies and advocates. Beliefs, experiences, and values across the community can be quite varied. As such, it is important for the professionals serving the autism community to be well-informed about current discussions occurring within the community related to neurodiversity, a strengths-based approach to partnering with autism community, identity-first language, and concepts such as presumed competence. Given the frequency with which speech-language pathologists (SLPs) serve the autism community, the aim of this article is to introduce and briefly discuss these topics.

Evaluation der Pflege- und Führungskompetenz – eine Ausgangslage für die weitere Praxisentwicklung

Pflege ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline S. Martin ◽  
Irena Anna Frei ◽  
Franziska Suter-Hofmann ◽  
Katharina Fierz ◽  
Maria Schubert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Leadership Practice ◽  
Mixed Method Design ◽  
Competence Scale ◽  
Nurse Competence

Kompetente Pflege und effektives Leadership sind wichtige Voraussetzungen für die Bereitstellung einer qualitativ hochwertigen, evidenzbasierten, patienten- und ergebnisorientierten Patientenversorgung. Die Abteilung Klinische Pflegewissenschaft (KPW) am Universitätsspital Basel (USB) entwickelte und implementierte Programme zur gezielten Praxisentwicklung, welche die pflegerische Kompetenz sowie die des Leadership fördern. Zur Erfassung von Pflege- und Leadership-Kompetenz sowie der Arbeitsumgebungs- und Pflegequalität führte die KPW 2007 eine Evaluationsstudie mit einem Mixed-Method-Design durch. Am quantitativen Anteil der Studie nahmen 679 Pflegefachpersonen und 27 Stationsleitungen teil. Die deskriptiven Resultate zeigen, dass Pflegefachpersonen ihre durchschnittliche pflegerische Kompetenz über alle sieben Subkategorien der Nurse Competence Scale mit einem Mittelwert von 75,1 (VAS 0 – 100) beurteilten. Die Leadership-Kompetenz von Stationsleitungen wurde im oberen Drittel der Skala des Leadership Practice Inventory mit mittleren Werten zwischen 40 bis 50 (Meanscore: 6 – 60) eingeschätzt. Als Qualitätssicherungsmaßnahme sind regelmäßige Nachfolgeerhebungen im Sinne eines Monitoring geplant. Solche Erhebungen werden in Zukunft von zentraler Bedeutung sein, da zu erwarten ist, dass sich mit der Einführung des DRG-Finanzierungsmodells im schweizerischen Gesundheitswesen der Kontext der pflegerischen Leistungen verändern wird.

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