scholarly journals Risk – coping strategies of undocumented workers: Case study of Vietnamese migrants to Thailand

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-141
Author(s):  
Nguyen Xuan Anh
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Undocumented Migration ◽  
Domestic Migration ◽  
Rural Workers ◽  
The North ◽  
Observation Methods ◽  
New Research

Sofar, studies on labour migration in Vietnam have often focused on domestic migration, international migration, refugee migration, force migration; ignored the cross – border undocumented migration. At the North Central Coast provinces: Ha Tinh, Nghe An, many rural workers always choose Thailand as the destination because of convenience transport and seeking job easily. However, the lack of supplying labour official or contract papers legally, they often faced to risks and uncertainties. This paper aims to provide an analysis of these undocumented migration flows from Vietnam to Thailand by indepth interview and participant observation methods. The main issues in this article include: (1) describes the risks of Vietnamese workers through employment, housing, legal status in Thailand and (2) analysis the coping – risk strategies of Vietnamese workers in Thailand. Inside these, express on the renewal and completion of visa such as a special trick helps them respond to risky types. Finally, the article contributes to the development of new research directions on policies for these undocumented migrant workers.  

scholarly journals Out-migrants and Local Institutions: Case Study of a Depopulated Mountain Village in Japan

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mika Okubo ◽  
Abrar Juhar Mohammed ◽  
Makoto Inoue
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Natural Resource Management ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Observation Methods ◽  
Rural Depopulation ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Village

<p class="1Body">Rural depopulation is now well acknowledged to be one of the salient challenges faced by Japan (Ohno, 2005; Odagiri, 2006). However, out-migrants that left their village of origin still maintain their bond with the villages through local institutions and natural resources. By taking Mogura village in Hayakawa town, Yamanashi prefecture as a case study, this article discusses relationships between out-migrants and their depopulated village of origin by focusing on local institutions and natural resource management. Data was collected using open ended interview and participant observation methods. The result shows that, although the style of observing has changed, out-migrants play important role in local institutions and assisting resource management of their depopulated village of origin. The institutions still have meaning for out-migrants to keep relationships with their village of origin. Several customs, such as collaborative labor, <em>obon</em>, New Year vacation, and the anniversary of ancestors’ death ceremony, provide scheduled opportunities for out-migrants and residents to get together and good reasons to come to the place of the village of origin. We argue that local institutions and natural resources, although in the process of transformation, can be helpful tools to link out-migrants with villages. We, however, take precaution on whether such role will be transferred to next generation of the out-migrants that are born and are living outside the village of origin of the out-migrants.</p>

scholarly journals “Clown Children” Quo Vadis Guarantee Education for Children with Special Needs in the Era of Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 1218-1228
Author(s):  
Khamim Zarkasih Putro ◽  
Muhammad Shaleh Assingkily ◽  
Angga Febiyanto ◽  
Zaini Dahlan
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Children With Special Needs ◽  
The North ◽  
Reduction Techniques ◽  
Quo Vadis ◽  
North Sumatra

This paper aims to analyze education guarantees for children with special needs (ABK) in the Covid-19 era. The focus of the study is the phenomenon of crew members clowning on the streets of Medan City. The theory used in analyzing the data is the theory of implementation of Merilee S. Grindle's policies. This research uses a qualitative approach with a case study method. Data was collected using an open interview technique, participant observation, and documentation study. Furthermore, the data were analyzed through data reduction techniques, data display, and concluding. This study indicates that the North Sumatra government has been very responsive to inclusive education for children with special needs in the region.This is indicated by two things, namely (1) the declaration of North Sumatra as the Province of Inclusive Education since 2015 and (2) the issuance of the Governor of North Sumatra No. 29 of 2016 concerning the Implementation of Inclusive Education as a follow-up to Permendiknas Number 70 of 2009.

scholarly journals Method for Designing Endogenous Runoff Sponge Green Space in the Riverside – A Case Study of the Green Space on the North bank of Yaojiang River in Ningbo

2021 ◽  
Vol 236 ◽  
pp. 04020
Author(s):  
Wang Xiayu ◽  
Wu wei
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Design Strategy ◽  
Landscape Design ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
The North ◽  
North Bank ◽  
New Research

The riverside green space is an important ecologically sensitive area which connecting urban space and the river. The traditional landscape design method to create riverside green space can no longer meet the requirements of the concept of an ecological city. In recent years, the spongy city concept that has emerged in China which has provided new research ideas for the landscape design of riverside green spaces. Based on the characteristics of endogenous runoff type riverside green space, this paper takes the sponge system of the green space on the north bank of the Yaojiang River as the research object, analysed it’s design strategy, and summarizes the design process and method of the sponge system. The purpose is to provide a reference for the design of the sponge system of the endogenous runoff type riverside green space in the future.

scholarly journals It’s More Than Just Travel CME: A Case Study of How an Emergency Medicine Conference Addresses Educational Needs of Physicians

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie N. Dainty ◽  
Rick Penciner
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Continuing Medical Education ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Observation Methods ◽  
Medicine Education

Introduction: Travel-based continuing medical education (CME) has become a popular format for physicians looking to combine education with travel. Emergency Medicine Update Europe is a biennial accredited CME program combining high quality Emergency Medicine education with structured group activities including cycling, hiking and social activities. This unique design incorporates innovative educational practices but as a whole has not yet been evaluated. Methods: This was a participant observation-based, ethnographic-style case study of the Emergency Medicine Update Europe conference in Provence, France in 2015. Participant interviews and embedded observation methods were used to collect data. Data was then analyzed using thematic content analysis techniques. Results: We describe three phenomena from the data that we feel are highly influential in the success of the program and impact on learning. These include &ldquo;social engagement and a sense of community&rdquo;; &ldquo;the value of a stimulating escape&rdquo; and &ldquo;the &lsquo;flat&rsquo; faculty-learner relationships&rdquo;. Discussion: These unique features, prioritized by participants, seem to be key to the apparent success of this model over more traditional CME approaches. To our knowledge this is the first empirical research in this area and improves our understanding of how to leverage these more sociologic components for more effective continuing medical education.

scholarly journals The Things Students Do When They Play Truant

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sulusa Habba Salima ◽  
Ketut Prasetyo ◽  
Ali Haidar
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Coffee Shop ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Observation Methods ◽  
Academic Grades ◽  
Depth Interviews

This study aims to describe what students do when truant in SMPN 1 Tulangan Sidoarjo. This study uses qualitative research methods with a Case Study approach. Researchers conduct this case study research according to the events in the field by observing students who play truant to a coffee shop, to an internet cafe (internet cafe), etc. This study uses in-depth interviews, and uses participant observation methods. The results showed  the reasons students did truant because they felt bored with the lesson, there was no interest in the lesson, the teacher was less creative, and was not comfortable in how to teach, the students' catch ability was low so they chose to play truant from schools and classrooms so that they become left behind in class lessons and grades drop. they play truant in various ways including asking for permission to go to the bathroom during class but will not return to the class and go to a coffee shop, cafeteria, etc. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that students who play truant have many different ways and their reasons for truant, so that schools should be more concerned with the situation of students, especially when at school and pay attention to them so that truancy action can be reduced by those who make trespass violations and make them their academic grades did not plummet and could improve again.

scholarly journals Communicable disease control in a migrant seasonal workers population: A case study in Norway

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
P J Guérin ◽  
L Vold ◽  
P Aavitsland
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Seasonal Workers ◽  
Migrant Farm ◽  
And Control

Reliable data on the health status of migrant seasonal workers in Europe is scarce. Access to public health care for this population depends on national regulations, and their legal status in host countries. In this manuscript we describe a case study of a salmonellosis outbreak that occurred in Norway, and highlight the difficulties encountered in applying control measures in a population of seasonal migrant farm workers. Surveillance and control of infectious diseases need to be supported by legislation which makes implementation of control measures possible. Efforts have been made to improve the rights for migrants in Europe with regard to healthcare, but seasonal migrant workers still remain largely outsiders where these measures are concerned. Special attention should be given to this disadvantaged group in terms of social rights and healthcare. Preparedness plans should be improved to deal with contagious pathogens involving the seasonal migrant population.

scholarly journals Dealing with Deportability: Deportation Laws and the Political Personhood of Temporary Migrant Workers in Singapore

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charanpal S. BAL
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
The Political ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
Workplace Conditions ◽  
Temporary Migrant ◽  
Construction Firm ◽  
Multi Level

AbstractBy severely constraining the political personhood of temporary migrant workers, states’ use of deportation laws seeks to curb agitation among these workers. Despite this, various episodes of unrest have been witnessed in both liberal and illiberal regimes across Asia. Drawing on a case study of Bangladeshi migrant construction workers in Singapore, this paper examines the development of migrant labour politics as deportation laws, and their enforcement, construct these workers as “use-and-discard” economic subjects. Data for the paper are drawn from multi-level sources—government, industry, media, and non-governmental organization (NGO) reports; interviews with key actors; and a participant observation stint in a construction firm—collected between 2010 and 2014. The paper argues that, rather than solely constraining, deportability serves as a constituent of certain forms of tactical worker contestations in the workplace. Specifically, under different workplace conditions, deportability can translate into differing forms of worker tactics, ranging from accommodation to confrontation and desertion. The outcomes of these strategies, in turn, have significant repercussions for the ways in which civil society groups and state-actors, respectively, challenge and reconfigure the political personhood of temporary migrant workers.

scholarly journals How can pain management in the emergency department be improved? Findings from multiple case study analysis of pain management in three UK emergency departments

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Fiona C Sampson ◽  
Alicia O’Cathain ◽  
Steve Goodacre
Keyword(s):  
Pain Management ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Patient Flow ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
The North ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Weak Evidence ◽  
Multiple Case

IntroductionInadequate pain management in EDs is a worldwide problem, yet there has been little progress in understanding how pain management can be improved. There is only weak evidence and limited rationale to support interventions to improve pain management. We used naturalistic, qualitative methods to understand the factors that influence how pain is managed within the adult ED.MethodsWe used a multiple case study design incorporating 143-hour non-participant observation, documentary analysis and semistructured interviews with 37 staff and 19 patients at three EDs in the North of England between 2014 and 2016. We analysed data using thematic analysis.ResultsOur analysis demonstrated that pain management was not well aligned with the core priorities of the ED and was overlooked when other works took priority. We identified that (1) pain management was not perceived to be a key organisational priority for which staff were held accountable and staff had limited awareness of their performance, (2) pain management was not a core component of ED education and training, (3) ED processes and structures were not aligned with pain management and pain reassessment was overlooked unless staff escalated pain management outside of normal processes and (4) staff held embedded beliefs that conceptualised pain management as distinct from core priorities and limited their capacity to improve. However, EDs were able to improve pain management by aligning processes of pain management with other core works, particularly patient flow (eg, nurse-initiated analgesia at triage).ImplicationsEDs may be able to improve pain management by ensuring pain management processes align with key ED priorities. Undertaking multifaceted changes to structures and processes may enable staff to improve pain management and develop a culture in which pain management can be prioritised more easily. Future interventions need to be compatible with the wider work of the ED and enable patient flow in order to be adopted and maintained.

Assembling the Local Politics of Noncitizenship: Contesting Access to Healthcare in Toronto-Sanctuary City

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Landolt
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Local Politics ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Access To Healthcare ◽  
Documentary Evidence ◽  
Cultural Narratives ◽  
State Regulations ◽  
Healthcare Politics ◽  
Global North

Abstract The article presents a case study of precarious noncitizen healthcare politics based on participant observation and interviews conducted between 2009 and 2012, as well as on documentary evidence collected during this period and up to 2016. It examines how state regulations, social networks, cultural narratives, and discretion come together to assemble the terms of access to healthcare for migrant noncitizens. Analysis shows how local contestation over healthcare policies, procedures and delivery practices contribute to the production of the formal and substantive boundaries between and within citizenship and noncitizenship. The case study identifies how precarious legal status and illegality inform the regulatory incongruencies and discursive fragility of Canada’s liberal welcome for newcomers. It contributes to specifying the conceptual terrain of contemporary battles over the terms of membership for migrant noncitizens in the Global North.

scholarly journals Underemployment of Immigrant Women in Iceland – A case study

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aija Burdikova ◽  
Stéphanie Barillé ◽  
Markus Meckl ◽  
Soffía Gísladóttir
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
The North ◽  
And Gender ◽  
New Research ◽  
The University ◽  
Immigrant Men

The number of immigrants living in Iceland has been steadily on the rise for the last decade; between 2007 and 2017, the percentage of immigrants living in Iceland has increased from 7.6 % to 11.9% (Statistics Iceland, 2017a, 2017b). Akureyri, the largest town in the North of Iceland with considerable industry and service, has seen its immigrant population double in the last decade, and is now home to 931 immigrants for a total of 18 488 inhabitants (Statistics Iceland, 2017a, 2017c). New research from the University of Akureyri[1]shows that immigrant women are the most vulnerable people in the labour market in Iceland. Many occupy positions that do not fit with their level of education; despite having received higher education than men. For example, in the survey conducted 30% of immigrant women in Akureyri answered that they are in employment that does not suit their background, compared to the same answer by only 8% of Icelandic women. This difference has a direct impact on the income: just 11% of immigrant women answered that they earn 300 000 ISK or more per month, compared to 37% for Icelandic women and 22% for immigrant men. We begin the discussion by reviewing the literature on migration, labour market and gender, with an emphasis on the Icelandic context. Then, we introduce the context for this study and describe the participants and the methodology, before we explore the immigrant women’s thoughts on their employment situation.

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