Heterodox Microeconomics: A Spatial Turn for Environmental Health and Just Food System Social Provisioning

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Wilson ◽  
Alison Humphrey, ◽  
Christina Ciaccio
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
Food System ◽  
Hypothesis Test ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Geographic Scale ◽  
Spatial Turn ◽  
Spatial Justice ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Social Provisioning ◽  
Edward Soja

This paper examines food system social provisioning at low levels of geographic scale to merge the heterodox microeconomic approach outlined by Frederic Lee (2018) and the activist spatial justice methodology of Edward Soja (2010). Combining these two theoretical frameworks blends academia and activism by joining community perspectives with spatial, quantitative and qualitative data techniques to hypothesis test and investigate disparities in social provisioning. Initiating the inquiry with data available at the address level of geography allows the analysis to develop across diverse geographic scales and reveal consistent patterns of inequality. It is argued that these consistencies afford researchers, activists, and practitioners benchmarks for the study and development of transdisciplinary intervention design and implementation. This spatial study of pediatric food allergy frames a practical example of how this approach is applicable across a variety of socioeconomic and environmental health disparities and the pursuit of spatial justice outcomes at local and national levels of social provisioning.

scholarly journals Wanneer bevordert en wanneer hindert werkdruk het werkplekleren?

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joris Van Ruysseveldt ◽  
Marius van Dijke
Keyword(s):  
Workplace Learning ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Control Model ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Working Adults ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Learning Hypothesis ◽  
High Workload ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
The Relationship

When does workload promote workplace learning opportunities, and when does workload hinder workplace learning opportunities? When does workload promote workplace learning opportunities, and when does workload hinder workplace learning opportunities? Building on theoretical frameworks like the Job Demands Control model we tested whether the relationship between workload and employees’ experiences of opportunities for workplace learning is of an inverted u-shaped nature. Furthermore we researched whether autonomy moderates this relationship. We predicted that at moderate levels of autonomy rising workload was associated with increasing learning opportunities at low levels of workload, but with decreasing learning opportunities at high levels of workload. Also, we predicted that low autonomy prevents positive effects of moderate workload from materializing whereas high autonomy makes high workload less destructive to the learning process. We found support for these ideas in a large and heterogeneous sample of Flemish working adults (FWM, 2010). These results integrate conflicting prior findings and extend Karasek’s (1979) active learning hypothesis. They also have clear implications for job redesign practices aiming to promote workplace learning opportunities.

scholarly journals A sour cherry orchard. An excursion through Chekhovian green spaces

2021 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-124
Author(s):  
Francesca Negro
Keyword(s):  
Political Development ◽  
Sour Cherry ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Subtle Difference ◽  
Spatial Turn ◽  
Sweet Cherries ◽  
Man And Nature ◽  
Cherry Orchard ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Edward Soja

The cherry orchard marks the end of Anton Chekhov’s life, consecrating him as the author who defined the threshold of the new epoch. In this article, I construe the garden as the motif linking Chekhov’s sensitivity to the general spirit of his era, revealing his poetics to the global stage as the distinctive mark of a historical and socioeconomic shift. On this path, I will clarify how the subtle difference between sour cherries and sweet cherries becomes a symbol of Chekhov’s dramatic construction, and how his poetics are built on nuances and subtle shifts in meanings, representing the irrevocable fading of a culture. A philological reflection combined with an attentive reading of Chekhov’s letters, Stanislavsky’s memoirs and scenic sketches reveal the author’s interest in the relationship between man and nature as well as the need to read his work from a more spatial-oriented standpoint. Chekhov clearly anticipates the so-called ‘spatial turn’, approaching space not through the description of a specific landscape or dramaturgical setting, but from a phenomenological point of view, leading him to profound reflections on the relationship between physical planning and socio-political development, as later conceptualised by key social thinkers such as Henry Lefebvre and Edward Soja. Chekhov’s dramaturgical construction and symbology are the result of this awareness and endless passion for nature in all its forms.

scholarly journals Hebdomadal Patterns of Compensatory Behaviour: Weekday and Weekend Housework Participation in Canada, 1986–2010

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamila Kolpashnikova ◽  
Man-Yee Kan
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Time Use ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Time Availability ◽  
Low Levels

Quantitative housework research focused on aggregate weekly hours, which are inadequate in revealing hebdomadal compensatory behaviour in housework participation because such behaviour is likely to occur on weekends when couples have more time to do housework. This article extends the existing theoretical frameworks by accounting for the hebdomadal patterns in routine and non-routine housework tasks. Employing five time-use waves of the Canadian General Social Survey, our study shows that the hebdomadal compensatory behaviour applies both to women and men. Equal-earner and breadwinner wives compensate for their low levels of weekday housework participation by doing more routine housework on weekends. Similarly, husbands also increase their time on routine housework on weekends. Therefore, compensatory behaviour is more likely to depend on hebdomadal time availability rather than on the neutralisation of gender deviance in the labour market (gender deviance neutralisation). Some evidence of the gender deviance neutralisation, however, cannot be completely ruled out.

scholarly journals Leibniz, Lefebvre and the spatial turn in law

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isolde De Villiers
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Legal Positivism ◽  
Final Conclusion ◽  
Land Use Management ◽  
Abstract Space ◽  
Henri Lefebvre ◽  
Spatial Turn ◽  
Spatial Justice ◽  
The Law ◽  
Point Of Departure

This contribution takes as its point of departure the spatial turn in law and the notion of spatial justice. It traces the term ‘spatial justice’ as introduced through the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act and it looks at the underlying view of space that has influenced the spatial turn in law. It furthermore investigates the ways in which the spatial turn in law has been influenced by the thinking of Henri Lefebvre, who relies on a Leibnizian conception of space. Lastly the link between Leibniz and legal positivism is considered in order to reach the final conclusion in the form of a caution against merely adding the language of spatial justice to an approach to space that remains caught up in abstract space. This will only further entrench existing fault lines in society. For this conclusion the work of Roger Berkowitz is central. Berkowitz argues convincingly that the work of Leibniz was central in the development of legal positivism, despite Leibniz in general being considered as a natural law thinker. The same applies to spatial justice theory, where the work of Leibniz is central: it may present the possibilities of another law – the law as it ought to be. The law conceptualised as ‘ought’ instead of ‘is’ would promote reconciliation. Alternatively, spatial justice can simply present the law as it ‘is’ and reconfirm and deepen the chasms in our world.

The city of law

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-212
Author(s):  
Kirsten Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Urban Life ◽  
Right To The City ◽  
Spatial Turn ◽  
Spatial Justice ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Legal Construction ◽  
The Right ◽  
The City

AbstractThere is now a well-established ‘spatial turn in law’. However, it remains oriented towards notions of space rather than law. How, then, to capture both the spatiality of law and the legality of space? This article draws on Bruno Latour's concept of the legal construction of the ‘social’ to explore the assemblage of the city of law. It shows how law functions as a particular form of association in urban life by tracing two key forms of urban legal association in London, the city of law. The first form is ‘legal ordering’. This seeks to order urban life through domination, and includes citadel law, police law and laws of exception. The second is ‘legal consociations’, which build new forms of urban life, such as urban rights, the rights of the city and the right to the city. Finally, the article explores the creation of a spatial justice that can build more just legal associations.

Intra-organisational injustice in the construction industry

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 428-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Loosemore ◽  
Benson Teck-Heng Lim
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Perceived Injustice ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Justice Theories ◽  
Industry Community

Purpose – Increasing workforce casualisation, under representation of women and other minority groups, racial discrimination, corruption and poor safety are just some of the documented examples of intra-organisational injustice in the industry. Typically these issues are problematised separately using different theoretical frameworks, yet at the most fundamental behavioural level they have a common cause which lies in the “unjust” treatment of one person by another. The purpose of this paper is to integrate the conceptual understanding of these hitherto separated but conceptually linked problems. Design/methodology/approach – A survey 135 consultants, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers from across the Australian construction supply chain. Findings – Surprisingly despite widespread academic concerns about injustice in the construction industry, there are not significant concerns within the industry community. Contrary to much research about the poor culture of the construction industry, the results indicate that the relatively low levels of perceived injustice are institutional rather than cultural. The research also highlights the plight of middle management, which appear to consistently suffer the highest levels of injustice across all its theoretical categories. Research limitations/implications – Sample size and Australian focus. Practical implications – Informs organisational policies to reduce injustice in the construction industry. Social implications – By reducing injustice, this research will improve the fairness of business practices in the construction industry. Originality/value – Application of justice theories to conceptualise unfair construction practices.

scholarly journals Merleau-Ponty, the spatial turn, and spatial justice

2018 ◽  
Vol s2 ◽  
pp. 171-189
Author(s):  
Eva-Maria Simms
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Turn ◽  
Spatial Justice

scholarly journals A needs assessment on addressing environmental health issues within reproductive health service provision: Considerations for continuing education and support

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. e65-73
Author(s):  
Linzi Williamson ◽  
Sarah Sangster ◽  
Melanie Bayly ◽  
Kirstian Gibson ◽  
Megan Clark ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Continuing Education ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Environmental Toxicants ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Health Service Provision ◽  
Nurses And Physicians ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Do So

Background: This needs assessment was initially undertaken to explore the beliefs and knowledge of nurses and physicians about the impact of environmental toxicants on maternal and infant health, as well as to describe current practice and needs related to addressing environmental health issues (EHI).Methods: One hundred and thirty-five nurses (n = 99) and physicians (n = 36) working in Saskatchewan completed an online survey. Survey questions were designed to determine how physicians and nurses think about and incorporate environmental health issues into their practice and means of increasing their capacity to do so.Results: Although participants considered it important to address EHIs with patients, in actual practice they do so with only moderate frequency. Participants reported low levels of knowledge about EHIs’ impact on health, and low levels of confidence discussing them with patients. Participants requested additional information on EHIs, especially in the form of online resources.Conclusion: The results suggests that while nurses and physicians consider EHIs important to address with patients, more education, support, and resources would increase their capacity to do so effectively. Based on the findings, considerations and recommendations for continuing education in this area have been provided. 

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