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“One Is a Frontier”: Settler Migration as Transmogrification

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the trajectories and framing strategies of American Jewish migrants to Palestine–Israel. Drawing on original in‐depth interviews with immigrants who migrated between 1976 and 2021, alongside interviews with and observations of an “aliyah” agency, it examines meaning‐making around spatial relocation in relation to the ...
Joseph Kaplan Weinger
wiley   +1 more source

Reconceptualizing Crisis: An Empirically Based Investigation

open access: yesSociological Inquiry, EarlyView.
Crisis is predominantly characterized in terms of its detrimental consequences. Drawing on in‐depth semi‐structured interviews in Melbourne and Taipei, the article provides a critical and distinctive understanding of crisis. Crisis is conceptualized here as a disruptive prefiguring of new possibilities, both agentic and structural.
Xiaoying Qi
wiley   +1 more source

“I Know I Am Not Supposed to, but I Just Want Them to Feel Cozy”: Dissonance Between the Co‐Production Myth and Persistence of the Care Paradigm in Public Service Encounters

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Co‐production, which is spreading to countless organisations, predicts that involving service users more directly in decision‐making and service provision will have beneficial outcomes. However, integrating co‐production logics into daily practices, especially in care services, presents challenges. This study examines how co‐production efforts
Nanna Møller Mortensen
wiley   +1 more source

Feeling Lonely While Ageing in Place in the Netherlands: Questioning the Importance of Shopping Spaces for Older People

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract More than half of the Dutch older population feels lonely, meaning their social relationships do not meet their needs. As people are predominantly ageing in place (AIP) instead of in care homes, their everyday experiences become more localised and neighbourhood spaces gain traction as important spaces of encounter.
Rianne van Melik, Daniëlle van der Lee
wiley   +1 more source

A Healthier Distance? Spatial Proximity to Everyday Amenities and Self‐Rated Health among Older Adults in the Northern Netherlands

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the association between the proximity of home to various everyday life amenities and self‐rated health (SRH) among 7,226 older adults who participated in the Lifelines health survey. Our results show that SRH was significantly higher for participants living farther from grocery shops and closer to healthcare places.
Zeinab Sattari   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grocery Retail Location Patterns in Brno: Clustering, Inequality and Street Network Centrality

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract This study aims to evaluate the spatial distribution and clustering patterns of grocery retail chains in Brno, Czech Republic, focusing on national and multinational stores. By employing Geographic Information Systems and advanced spatial analysis techniques, including the nearest neighbour method, standard deviational ellipse, Kernel density ...
Josef Kunc   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘No Place for us on Footpaths’: Exploring Walkability Challenges of Older Men in India and Bangladesh

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract In India and Bangladesh cities, footpaths play a crucial role in enhancing the mobility of older adults. To age in place, the design and maintenance of footpaths become pivotal for older men to access services, opportunities and goods in neighbourhoods and beyond.
Ajay Bailey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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