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Journal articles on the topic "Insecurity in literature"
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Dewi, Nikmah Utami, Nurulfuadi Nurulfuadi, Ummu Aiman, Diah Ayu Hartini, Fendi Pradana, and Bohari Bohari. "Food Insecurity and Anthropometry in Adolescents: A Literature Review." Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences 8, F (October 16, 2020): 234–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2020.4998.
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BACKGROUND: The increased risk of malnutrition is affected by food insecurity. Studies in adolescents still show mixed results.
AIM: This article aimed to evaluate the association between food insecurity and anthropometry measurements in studies involving adolescents.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The databases used to obtain the literature were PubMed, ScienceDirect, MEDLINE, and PubMed Central. The keywords used were food security, food insecurity, hunger, malnutrition, obesity, adolescence, adolescents, teenagers, teens, and youth in studies published from 2010 to 2019. A total of 12 articles were used in this review.
RESULTS: The association between food insecurity and the incidence of malnutrition in adolescents in various regions is still diverse. Food insecurity had a negative correlation with BMI-for-age in three studies (33.3%), but one study (11.1%) showed the opposite result. Food insecurity was positively related to low height-for-age (stunting) in 50% of studies, while five other studies (55.6%) showed that food insecurity was not related to BMI-for-age or weight-for-age. Three studies (50%) showed that there was no association between food insecurity and height-for-age.
CONCLUSION: Longitudinal studies, such as Cohort studies, need to be conducted to ensure the actual relationship between food insecurity and nutritional status in various regions.
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Paul Downes. "Homeland Insecurity." Early American Literature 45, no. 3 (2010): 699–713. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/eal.2010.0039.
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Burgess, Danielle, and Micheal L. Shier. "Food insecurity and social work: A comprehensive literature review." International Social Work 61, no. 6 (November 12, 2016): 826–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872816672519.
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This study provides a comprehensive literature review of food insecurity in social work. A search of peer-reviewed scholarly articles yielded 1686 abstracts with relevance to food insecurity. While there has been a rapid increase in the number of articles written on the topic of food insecurity since 1955, there has been a disproportionate interest in the issue in the Global North. The authors found that the literature clustered around five key themes: food access, food insecurity for vulnerable groups, food policy, food systems and interventions. Relevance of these findings to social work practice and recommendations for future research are discussed.
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Long, Michael A., Lara Gonçalves, Paul B. Stretesky, and Margaret Anne Defeyter. "Food Insecurity in Advanced Capitalist Nations: A Review." Sustainability 12, no. 9 (May 1, 2020): 3654. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12093654.
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Food insecurity is a substantial problem in nearly every advanced capitalist nation, with sizable portions of residents in many affluent countries struggling to eat healthily every day. Over time, a very large literature has developed that documents food insecurity, evaluates programs meant to reduce that insecurity, and proposes solutions to attenuate the problem. The purpose of the current review is to provide a very broad overview of the food insecurity literature, including definitions, measurement, areas of study, and impacts on health. Importantly, this review suggests there are two major causes of food insecurity in the advanced nations: economic inequality and neoliberalism. The food insecurity literature suggests that diminished government responsibility in advanced capitalist nations corresponds to an increase in feeding programs run by non-profit and charitable organizations. This review concludes by suggesting that, while a massive amount of research on food insecurity currently exists, more research is still needed to address gaps in the literature when it comes to significant events, coping strategies and disadvantaged populations.
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Czerwinski, E. J., Ivan Klíma, and Gerry Turner. "Between Security and Insecurity." World Literature Today 74, no. 2 (2000): 438. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/40155767.
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Schimpf, Cordelia, and Curtis Cude. "A Systematic Literature Review on Water Insecurity from an Oregon Public Health Perspective." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 3 (February 10, 2020): 1122. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17031122.
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This paper systematically reviews existing United States-based water insecurity literature with the goal of understanding the evidence base for developing public health water insecurity intervention strategies in Oregon. The authors conducted the systematic literature review using an adjusted PRISMA reporting checklist to document the review process. Results find 11 public health-related water insecurity interventions including surveillance practices and indicator and policy development. Research on water insecurity health impacts and solutions is still an emerging field. Nevertheless, state agencies perceive a risk to communities from inadequate safe water and are taking steps to assess and reduce these risks. From the review, strategies include improving water affordability, carrying out community education events, documenting drought risk and water loss, and tracking improvements in safe drinking water compliance. The review finds opportunities to take varied approaches that are community-specific, partnership-based and culturally relevant. Recommendations for Oregon include characterizing communities experiencing water insecurity, assessing community needs, tracking regional water scarcity and recognizing the human right to water in Oregon.
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Lu, Stacy, Leanna Perez, Abby Leslein, and Irene Hatsu. "The Relationship between Food Insecurity and Symptoms of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children: A Summary of the Literature." Nutrients 11, no. 3 (March 19, 2019): 659. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11030659.
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Food insecurity is a major public health concern characterized by an individual or household lacking access to adequate food to support a healthy lifestyle. Food insecurity has been associated with predisposing or exacerbating mental health symptoms in children. However, the evidence is scarce with regards to Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms in children. The purpose of this review is to summarize and identify gaps in the existing literature, as well as to explore associations between food insecurity and symptoms of childhood ADHD. Literature for this review was pulled from Ovid MEDLINE and PubMed library databases, with a focus on food insecurity, food insufficiency, hunger, and ADHD symptoms such as inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity in children. The limited evidence to date shows a predictive and inverse relationship between childhood experience of food insecurity and symptoms of ADHD, with lasting impacts into adulthood. Evidence exists to hypothesize that childhood food insecurity is associated with predisposing or exacerbating ADHD symptoms in children, yet the literature needed to confirm this relationship is scarce and utilizes inconsistent methodology. Future research is needed to further characterize this complex relationship and inspire community or public health interventions addressing food insecurity in children with ADHD. Additionally, it may be clinically useful to routinely screen for food insecurity when assessing pediatric ADHD symptoms.
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Ashby, Stephanie, Suzanne Kleve, Rebecca McKechnie, and Claire Palermo. "Measurement of the dimensions of food insecurity in developed countries: a systematic literature review." Public Health Nutrition 19, no. 16 (May 24, 2016): 2887–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980016001166.
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AbstractObjectiveFood insecurity is a salient health issue comprised of four dimensions – food access, availability, utilization and stability over time. The aim of the present study was to conduct a systematic literature review to identify all multi-item tools that measure food insecurity and explore which of the dimensions they assess.DesignFive databases were searched (CENTRAL, CINAHL plus, EMBASE, MEDLINE, TRIP) for studies published in English since 1999. Inclusion criteria included human studies using multi-item tools to measure food security and studies conducted in developed countries. Manuscripts describing the US Department of Agriculture Food Security Survey Module, that measures ‘food access’, were excluded due to wide acceptance of the validity and reliability of this instrument. Two authors extracted data and assessed the quality of the included studies. Data were summarized against the dimensions of food insecurity.SettingA systematic review of the literature.SubjectsThe majority of tools were developed in the USA and had been used in different age groups and cultures.ResultsEight multi-item tools were identified. All of the tools assessed the ‘food access’ dimension and two partially assessed the dimensions ‘food utilization’ and ‘stability over time’, respectively. ‘Food availability’ was not assessed by existing tools.ConclusionsCurrent tools available for measuring food insecurity are subjective, limited in scope, with a majority assessing only one dimension of food insecurity (access). To more accurately assess the true burden of food insecurity, tools should be adapted or developed to assess all four dimensions of food insecurity.
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Ahn, Paul D., and Kerry Jacobs. "Accountants’ incessant insecurity." Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 32, no. 8 (December 2, 2019): 2421–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aaaj-01-2017-2815.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how and why accountants who moved from accounting firms to public service adapted their identities to reduce insecurity. The literature on accountant identity highlights insecurity caused by promotion criterion to partnership, which requires accountants to win new work for their employers and leads to overtime, as a serious problem which has permeated the accounting profession. However, there have been few studies that explore whether accountants who moved to the public service, where they have stronger job security and can enjoy work-life balance, have resolved the insecurity problem, although a neoliberalism turn accompanied by New Public Management-style reforms has increased the number of accountants in public service. Therefore, the authors of the current study aim to fill this gap in the literature by exploring the identity transitions of South Korean (hereafter Korean) accountants who joined the public service. Design/methodology/approach The authors theorise the nature of the process of identity adaptation with conceptual tools from Pierre Bourdieu, such as habitus and capital, and examine whether the accountants took a “vision-of-division” or a “di-vision” strategy in the public service to secure their identity. For this purpose, the authors interviewed accountants and their non-accountant colleagues, and investigated other written sources, such as newspaper articles and business cards. Findings The authors found that Korean accountants in Big-4 firms dealt with the same insecurity issues as accountants in western countries and perceived public service as an attractive alternative to remove this insecurity. However, accountants who joined the public service found themselves confronted with different types of problems, such as accounting/costing work being regarded as demeaning, which made their identity insecure. Therefore, some accountants took a di-vision strategy that makes the difference between themselves and typical public servants less visible by avoiding accounting/costing work, using bureaucratic designations and de-emphasising their accounting credentials. Accountants took this strategy because the symbolic value of their accountancy qualifications grew weaker over time, due to the increase in the number of qualified accountants, and because the public service field valued bureaucratic habitus and capital more highly than those of the accountants. Originality/value From a methodological aspect, the authors collected participants’ business cards and analysed which designations/credentials they chose in order to create a certain perception. This analysis helped the authors understand how accountants work on their identity by de-emphasising accounting credentials to secure their identity in an organisational field. In a theoretical dimension, the current study argues that the symbolic capital of accounting credentials is dependent on the organisational and social context in line with Bourdieu, and, contrary to Bourdieu, on the supply and demand in the professional labour market.
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Simonovich, Shannon Deirdre, Maria Pineros-Leano, Asma Ali, Olanrewaju Awosika, Anne Herman, Margaret H. C. Withington, Bernardo Loiacono, et al. "A systematic review examining the relationship between food insecurity and early childhood physiological health outcomes." Translational Behavioral Medicine 10, no. 5 (October 2020): 1086–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibaa021.
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Abstract Food insecurity, or limited access to nutritious foods, is a significant public health concern especially among vulnerable populations including infants and young children in low-income households. While literature to date has thoroughly examined the psychological and behavioral impacts of food insecurity on children, no known study to date has specifically synthesized the literature exploring the relationship between food insecurity and physiological health outcomes during early childhood. The purpose of this study was to review the literature on physiological health outcomes associated with food insecurity during early childhood among children aged 0–5 years in developed countries. Our literature search sources included PubMed, PsycInfo, CINAHL, and Embase databases. A total of 657 articles published up to September 2019 were reviewed for eligibility by two coders, with a third reviewer in cases of disagreement. Eighty-three articles remained after screening by abstract, with a final 27 studies ultimately included in the final synthesis. This review is registered with PROSPERO and adhered to PRISMA guidelines. In total, 20 articles (74%) noted significant relationships between food insecurity and physiological health outcomes in young children. Findings included an association with overweight or obesity (n = 9), anemia (n = 3), poor child health (n = 3), low birth weight (n = 3), chronic illness (n = 1), special health care needs (n = 1), and increased cortisol (n = 1), in young children who experience food insecurity. Identifying relationships between food insecurity and health outcomes during early childhood has the potential to inform future prevention interventions to reduce health disparities in these vulnerable populations.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Insecurity in literature"
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Serholt, Lena, and Helena Svärd. "Äldre patienters upplevelser av samordnad vårdplanering." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för vård, arbetsliv och välfärd, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-13475.
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Vårdtiderna för äldre patienter på sjukhus har förkortats och detta har fått till följd att allt fler äldre med stora omvårdnadsbehov skrivs ut till det egna hemmet. Flera brister har uppmärksammats när det gäller samordnad vårdplanering för den äldre patienten vid utskrivning från sjukhus till hemmet. En av utmaningarna för den samordnade vårdplaneringen är att ge den äldre patienten en individuellt anpassad hjälp där patientens behov av trygghet och självbestämmande tillgodoses. Syftet med litteraturstudien var att beskriva äldre patienters upplevelser av samordnad vårdplanering. Den litteratur som studerades bestod av nio kvalitativa och en kvantitativ artikel. Resultatet sammanfattades till två centrala teman vilka beskrev äldre patienters upplevelse av Otrygghet och hinder för Självbestämmande. Underteman som påverkade de äldre patienternas upplevelse av otrygghet och självbestämmande identifierades och beskrev strukturen på den samordnade vårdplaneringen, de äldre patienternas förberedelse inför samordnad vårdplanering, samt olika slag av kommunikation som användes under den samordnade vårdplaneringen. Dessa underteman kunde antingen främja eller hämma de äldre patienternas upplevelse av trygghet och möjlighet till självbestämmande. Risk finns för att den samordnade vårdplaneringen orsakar vårdlidande då äldre patienters livsvärld inte inkluderas och patientperspektivet inte beaktas. Ytterligare forskning om äldre patienters upplevelser i samband med samordnad vårdplanering är angelägen för att kunna säkerställa patientens behov av trygghet och självbestämmande.The length of stay for the elderly patients in hospitals are becoming shorter, and this has led to an increasing number of elderly people with high care needs being discharged to their own home. Several deficiencies have been noted when it comes to discharge planning for the elderly patient when being discharged from hospital to home. One of the challenges for the discharge planning is to provide the elderly patient with an individually adapted plan that satisfies the patient's need for security and self-determination. The aim of the literature study was to describe older patients' experiences in the context of discharge planning. The literature study consisted of nine qualitative and one quantitative article. The result was summarized into two key themes describing older patients' experience of insecurity and self-determination. Sub themes that affected the elderly patients 'experience of insecurity and self-determination were identified and described the structure of discharge planning, the elderly patients' preparation for discharge planning, and different types of communication used during discharge planning. These subjects could either promote or inhibit the elderly patient's experience of security and self-determination. There is a risk that the discharge planning will cause care suffering when the elderly's lifeworld is not included and the patient perspective is not taken into account. Further research on older patients' experiences in the context of discharge planning is anxious to ensure the patient's need for security and self-determination.
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Jonsson, Martina. "”Den här platsen krossar de som är gjorda av glas. Gör kroppar till skärvor.” : Prekaritetsläsningens möjligheter i Sara Stridsbergs Kärlekens Antarktis och Elin Perssons De afghanska sönerna." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-105049.
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This thesis focuses on the possibilities of precarity as a perspective in the field of literary studies in order to analyse how insecurity is portrayed in literature. Sweden has a great tradition of proletarian literature, but researchers in the neoliberal era find it problematic to understand the emancipating aspects of the new proletarian literature that does not focus on collective movement and articulated emancipation. This thesis explores the possibilities of precarity as a perspective for analysing how literature narrated through an individual and passive perspective can work as a social critique. The analysis focuses on the novels Kärlekens Antarktis [The Antarctica of Love] by Sara Stridsberg and De afghanska sönerna [The Afghan Sons] by Elin Persson and tries to answer questions about how these novels portray precarity and how the perspective of precarity enables an understanding of how the novels work as social criticism. The thesis mostly uses theories by Judith Butler and Isabell Lorey, and the analysis uses a comparative method in combination with a reading that focuses on the thematics of precarity. This is disposed in connection to Lorey’s three dimensions of precarity – precariousness, precarity, and governmental precarization. The analysis results in an understanding of how these kinds of novels can capture the biopolitical perspective, where politics and life emerge. The reading’s focus on the aspect of the body, followed by the hierarchical and societal aspects, shows how the novels’ individual perspectives can have collective tendencies in connection to the reader’s ability to feel solidarity with the characters.
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Postolachi, Irina. "Du texte à la scène - Didactique du Français Langue Étrangère par les approches théâtrales en République de Moldavie." Thesis, Paris 3, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020PA030007.
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Notre thèse, rédigée dans le cadre de la Didactique des Langues et des Cultures, explore les potentialités du texte de théâtre en tant qu'outil pédagogique pour la classe de FLE de niveau secondaire. Dans une croisée interdisciplinaire, nous avons débuté notre projet de thèse : « Du texte à la scène - Didactique du Français Langue Étrangère par les approches théâtrales en République de Moldavie », à partir d’extraits de la pièce L’Avare de Molière et dans une perspective particulièrement nouvelle de l’appropriation de la culture étrangère, ainsi que de l’épanouissement artistique de l’élève et du futur citoyen. C’est dans cette dynamique que nous avons mis en place en tant qu’outil d’insertion pédagogique, un atelier de théâtre, auprès d’un groupe d’apprenants dans deux classes de FLE de XIIe, dans un des lycées du nord de la Moldavie. L’objectif de ce travail a été de présenter, premièrement, un bilan de la situation actuelle de l’enseignement des langues en République de Moldavie dans le secondaire, plus spécifiquement du statut de la langue française qui a pour particularité d’être en seconde position (depuis son recul important qui débuté en 2010) derrière l’anglais, première langue étrangère enseignée dans les grandes villes. Nous nous sommes interrogée également sur les rôles et la place des manuels scolaires dans la classe moldave de FLE. Ensuite, nous avons tenté d’identifier les raisons des difficultés de la production orale des apprenants moldaves dans deux classes de FLE de XIIe (situées entre les niveaux B1 et B2 du CECRL), recherche réalisée à partir d’une enquête de terrain.Le deuxième axe de notre recherche consiste à réfléchir sur les contributions que peut apporter la pratique théâtrale pour le développement de l’expression orale en classe de FLE, notamment dans la gestion du malaise lié à l’insécurité langagière, psychologique et relationnelle des apprenants moldaves confrontés à la difficulté du passage à l’acte lors de la prise de parole en français. Nous avons étudié la possibilité d’élaborer dans un nouvel enjeu didactique l’évaluation de la performance des apprenants dans le cadre de l’enseignement par compétences, à l’aide des textes choisis dans la comédie française du XVIIe siècle afin de mesurer la rentabilité de cette méthode pédagogique, le type et la qualité de l’interaction produite, la satisfaction de l’apprenant et l’efficacité de l’enseignement. Deux hypothèses de départ ont orienté notre recherche : 1. La passivité verbale des apprenants moldaves en classe de FLE est en lien étroit avec leur sentiment d’insécurité dans la pratique de la langue ;2. Le théâtre pratiqué dans la classe de FLE incite les élèves à produire du langage dans une situation significative qui leur permet de s’approprier la langue. Les pratiques théâtrales développent et favorisent l’improvisation et l’expression spontanée des apprenants. C’est aussi un véhicule privilégié pour la transmission des éléments socio-culturels du langage. Nos hypothèses ont été mises à l’épreuve par le biais d’une expérience théâtrale, à partir de laquelle nous avons réussi à analyser les particularités des activités artistiques sur le plan linguistique, corporel et gestuel, mais aussi d'un point de vue relationnel. Ce dernier élément nous a permis d'observer de plus près le rôle de l'enseignant, la préparation pédagogique spécifique et les difficultés que cela implique (choix du texte, préparation de l’atelier théâtral, gestion du temps, les limites inhérentes à cette dynamique et les obstacles qu’il peut rencontrer), le mode d’évaluation possible pour un tel enseignement, la prise en compte des capacités d’implication des apprenantsOur thesis, based on the Didactics of Languages and Cultures, explores the potential of theater text as a pedagogical tool in classes of French as a Foreign Language (FFL). In an interdisciplinary cross, we started our thesis project : « From the text to the stage - Didactics of French as a Foreign Language through Theatrical Approaches in the Republic of Moldova », based on excerpts from L’Avare by Molière and in a particularly new perspective of the appropriation of foreign culture, as well as the artistic flourishing of the pupil and the future citizen. It is in this dynamic that we set up as a teaching insertion tool a theater workshop, with a group of learners from two 12th forms that study FFL in one of the high schools from the North of Moldova.The purpose of this work was to present, firstly, a review of the current situation of language teaching in the Republic of Moldova in secondary education, more specifically the status of the French language which has the distinction of being in second position (since its significant decline that began in 2010) behind English, the first foreign language taught in major cities. We also wondered about the roles and place of textbooks in the Moldovan class of FFL. Then, we tried to identify the reasons for the difficulties of the oral production of Moldovan learners in two classes of 12th form studying FFL (their communicative competences being located between levels B1 and B2, according to the CEFRL scale of evaluation), research carried out by means of a survey.The second goal of our research is to reflect on the contributions that theatrical practice can bring to the development of oral expression in French as a foreign language, especially in the management of the difficulties related to the linguistic, psychological and relational insecurity of Moldovan learners that find it difficul to act out while speaking French.We studied the possibility of elaborating from a new didactic perspective, the assessment of the performance of learners in the framework of teaching by skills, based on texts chosen from the French comedy of the seventeenth century : though measuring the profitability of this teaching method, the type and quality of the interaction produced, the satisfaction of the learner and the effectiveness of the teaching.Two initial hypotheses guided our research :1. The verbal passivity of Moldovan learners in the FFL classroom is closely related to their feeling of insecurity in the practice of the language ;2. Theater in the FFL classroom encourages students to produce language in a meaningful situation that allows them to appropriate the language. Theatrical practices develop and promote improvisation and the spontaneous expression of learners. It is also a privileged vehicle for the transmission of socio - cultural elements of language.Our hypotheses were tested through a theatrical experience, thanks to it we managed to analyze the peculiarities of the influence of artistic activities on various elements like body, voice and gestures, but also from a relational point of view. This last element allowed us to observe more closely the role of the teacher, the specific pedagogical preparation that implies, the difficulties (choice of the text, preparation of the theater workshop, time management, the limits inherent to this dynamic and the obstacles that it may encounter), the possible evaluation method for such teaching, the taking into account of the learners' involvement capacities
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Wilke, Magdalena Friedericke. "Values in life and literature : a comparative reading of the depiction of disintegration, insecurity and uncertainty in selected novels by Thomas Mann, William Faulkner and Thomas Pynchon." Thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16482.
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The reading of selected literary texts in this thesis traces
the changes from a divinely ordered world of stability
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Chigwedere, Yuleth. "Head of darkness : representations of "madness" in postcolonial Zimbabwean literature." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20981.
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This study critically explores the numerous strains of “madness” that Zimbabwean authors represent in their postcolonial literature. My focus is on their reflection of “madness” as either an individual state of being, or as symptomatic of the socio-political and economic condition in the country. I have adopted insights from an existential psychoanalytic framework in my literary analysis in order to bring in an innovative dimension to this investigation of the phenomenon. I consider this an appropriate stance for this study as it has enriched my reading of the literary texts under study, as well as played a crucial role in providing me with effective conceptual tools for understanding the manifestations of “madness” in the texts. The literary works that I critique are Shimmer Chinodya’s Chairman of Fools (2009), Mashingaidze Gomo’s A Fine Madness (2010), Brian Chikwava’s Harare North, Petina Gappah’s An Elegy for Easterly (2009), Tsitsi Dangarembga’s The Book of Not (2006) and Yvonne Vera’s Without a Name (1994) and Butterfly Burning (1998). These selected texts offer me an opportunity to analyse the gender dynamics and discourses of “madness”, which I do from a peculiarly indigenous and feminist perspective. My study reveals that these authors’ representations are located in and shaped by very specific temporal and spatial contexts, which, in turn, shed light on the characters’ existential reality, revealing aspects of their relationship with the world around them. It demonstrates that their notions of “madness” denote different markers of identity, such as race, class, gender, and religion, amongst others. Significantly, my literary analysis illustrates the varied permutations of “madness” by exposing how these authors characterise the phenomenon as trauma, as alienation, as depression, as insanity, as subversion, as freedom, and even as a sign of the
state of affairs in Zimbabwe. This investigation also reveals that because “madness” in these authors’ fiction is intricately linked to the question of identity, it manifests in situations where the characters’ sense of ontological security is compromised in some way. What emerges is that “madness” can either signify a grapple with identity, a loss of it, or a struggle for its redefinitionEnglish Studies
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Books on the topic "Insecurity in literature"
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Information insecurity: Privacy under siege. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publishing Group, 2016.
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Hunger: Food insecurity in the United States. New York: Rosen Pub., 2010.
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Insecurity System: Poems. Persea Books, Incorporated, 2020.
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(Contributor), Jeffrey Kastner, Eyal Weizman (Contributor), and Sina Najafi (Editor), eds. Cabinet 22: Insecurity (Art and Culture). Cabinet, 2006.
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January, Brendan. Information Insecurity: Privacy under Siege. Lerner Publishing Group, 2015.
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Voelz, Johannes. Poetics of Insecurity: American Fiction and the Uses of Threat. Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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Bambra, Clare, and Terje A. Eikemo. Insecurity, Unemployment, and Health: A Social Epidemiological Perspective. Edited by Ute-Christine Klehe and Edwin van Hooft. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199764921.013.019.
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This chapter draws on research from social epidemiology to examine the relationships between insecurity, unemployment, and health. It outlines the rise of insecurity at work and provides a working definition. It then describes some of the key longitudinal studies that have described the relationship between job insecurity and health outcomes. The key explanations for this association are also explored. The chapter then summarizes the large literature on unemployment and health, examining mental health and suicide, mortality, self-reported health, and health behaviors. The chapter then examines international variations in the relationships between insecurity, unemployment, and health, with a particular focus on the role of welfare state policies and social safety nets. The chapter concludes by reflecting on the policy implications and highlighting key areas for future research.
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Rubietta, Jane. Finding Your Name: From Insecurity to Inheritance--The Lives of Isaac and Jacob. Wesleyan Publishing House, 2015.
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Probst, Tahira M., Lixin Jiang, and Wendi Benson. Job Insecurity and Anticipated Job Loss: A Primer and Exploration of Possible Interventions. Edited by Ute-Christine Klehe and Edwin van Hooft. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199764921.013.025.
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Given the increasing prevalence of job insecurity across the globe, the purpose of this chapter is to identify variables operating at the individual, occupational, organizational, and societal levels that have been found to influence employee perceptions of job insecurity and to discuss the outcomes (related to organizational well-being and employee well-being) that accrue as a result of such insecurity. In doing so, we bring together two disparate bodies of literature on economic stress (job insecurity and anticipated job loss) by integrating them into a comprehensive model that explicitly advocates a multilevel perspective and acknowledges that employees are embedded in multiple intersecting and influential contexts (e.g., socioeconomic conditions). Although a vast body of research suggests that the consequences of job insecurity are largely negative, this chapter also explores organizational- and societal-level interventions to attenuate these negative consequences.
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Kinsella, David, and Alexander H. Montgomery. Arms Supply and Proliferation Networks. Edited by Jennifer Nicoll Victor, Alexander H. Montgomery, and Mark Lubell. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190228217.013.33.
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Network analyses of global and regional arms flows (including small arms and light weapons, major conventional weapons, and weapons of mass destruction) and related international insecurity and criminality have so far been limited. Yet the literature contains hypotheses that could be explored or tested using network analysis. This chapter discusses supply and demand effects, structural tradeoffs between security and efficiency, pressures to become more or less centralized, and the effects of geography and other network layers. It concludes by reviewing existing data sets and analyses and gauges the potential for network analysis to inform the study of arms transfer networks. Given the general import of these networks for both security studies and policy, there should be a renaissance in the study of arms supply and proliferation networks.
Book chapters on the topic "Insecurity in literature"
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Du Plock, Simon. "Ontological Insecurity, Existential Self-Analysis and Literature." In Life — The Outburst of Life in the Human Sphere, 295–314. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2083-0_18.
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Loftus, Suzanne. "Introduction, Literature Review, Methods, and Organization of the Study." In Insecurity & the Rise of Nationalism in Putin's Russia, 1–30. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97822-2_1.
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Navarrete Gil, Cynthia, Manjula Ramaiah, Andrea Mantsios, Clare Barrington, and Deanna Kerrigan. "Best Practices and Challenges to Sex Worker Community Empowerment and Mobilisation Strategies to Promote Health and Human Rights." In Sex Work, Health, and Human Rights, 189–206. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64171-9_11.
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AbstractSex workers face a number of health and human rights challenges including heightened risk for HIV infection and suboptimal care and treatment outcomes, institutional and interpersonal violence, labour rights violations, and financial insecurity. In response, sex worker-led groups have been formed and sustained across geographic settings to address these challenges and other needs. Over the last several decades, a growing body of literature has shown that community empowerment approaches among sex workers are associated with significant reductions in HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Yet legal and policy environments, as well as funding constraints, have often limited the reach, along with the impact and sustainability, of such approaches.In this chapter, we first review the literature on community empowerment and mobilisation strategies as a means to collectively address HIV, violence, and other health and human rights issues among sex workers. We then utilise two case studies, developed by the sex worker-led groups APROASE in Mexico and Ashodaya Samithi in India, to illustrate and contextualise community empowerment processes and challenges, including barriers to scale-up. By integrating the global literature with context-specific case studies, we distil lessons learned and recommendations related to community empowerment approaches among sex workers.
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Mantzana, Vasiliki, Eftichia Georgiou, Anna Gazi, Ilias Gkotsis, Ioannis Chasiotis, and Georgios Eftychidis. "Towards a Global CIs’ Cyber-Physical Security Management and Joint Coordination Approach." In Cyber-Physical Security for Critical Infrastructures Protection, 155–70. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69781-5_11.
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AbstractCritical Infrastructures (CIs) face numerous cyber-physical threats that can affect citizens’ lives and habits, increase their feeling of insecurity, and influence the seamless services provision. During such incidents, but also in general for the security of CIs several internal and external stakeholders are involved, having different needs and requirements, trying to cooperate, respond and recover. Although CIs security management process is well analyzed in the literature there is a need to set a common ground among different CIs, thus reducing administration/coordination overhead and rendering the decision making and crisis management process more efficient. In this direction, this paper considers three different CIs (airport facilities, gas infrastructures, and hospitals); presents the current and emerging physical and cyber security related regulations and standards, operations, organisational and technical measure and; finally, through the discussion on gaps and best practices identified, proposes a global, cyber-physical security management and joint coordination approach. The proposed approach recommends among others that the adoption of a Holistic Security Operation Centre (HSOC) in each CI and a National Coordination Centre (NCC), supervising them, which will facilitate the communication and cooperation between the different CI operators and stakeholders, in case of an incident, that may have cascading effects to interconnected Infrastructures. The findings presented and the conclusions drawn are linked with three EU funded research projects (SATIE, SecureGas and SAFECARE), that aim to improve physical and cyber security of CIs in a seamless and cost-effective way.
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Mbwambo, Naza A., and Emma T. Liwenga. "Cassava as an adaptation crop to climate variability and change in coastal areas of Tanzania: a case of the Mkuranga district." In Climate change impacts and sustainability: ecosystems of Tanzania, 23–33. Wallingford: CABI, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781789242966.0023.
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Abstract This study was carried out in two villages, Kizapala and Kazole, of the Mkuranga District, in the Coast Region of Tanzania. The objective of the study was to establish the role of cassava as an adaptation crop to the changing climate and household food security. Primary data were obtained using household questionnaires and different participatory rural appraisal (PRA) techniques which included focus group discussions (FGDs), key informants and expert meetings. Secondary data were collected through a literature review, whereas temperature and rainfall data from 1984 to 2014 was obtained from the Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA). In each village, a sample size of 10% of all households was interviewed. Findings showed that 96% of respondents from Kazole village and 90% from Kizapala linked climate change with major climatic extreme events such as prolonged droughts and occasional abnormal floods. Analysis of temperature data for the last 30 years (1984-2014) revealed that temperature had significantly risen by a correlation coefficient of R2 = 0.4936 for maximum and R2 = 0.777 for minimum temperature. The field survey results closely correlated with findings from the analysis of TMA rainfall and temperature data. Findings revealed a decline in crop production which resulted in food shortages and livelihood insecurity in the study villages. The respondents in both villages consider cassava as a crop that is least affected by climate and environmental extremes, thus serves to ensure food availability and security in their households. As a result, growing cassava should be considered as an adaptation strategy to climate change and variability now and in the future. Improving cassava production, processing, marketing and value chain infrastructures is, therefore, crucial for enhancing sustainable adaptation in the district.
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"Insecurity Theory in Sociological Literature." In A Need for Religion: Insecurity and Religiosity in the Contemporary World, 29–46. BRILL, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004443273_004.
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Tarraf, Diana, Dia Sanou, and Isabelle Giroux. "Immigration and Food Insecurity: The Canadian Experience—A Literature Review." In People's Movements in the 21st Century - Risks, Challenges and Benefits. InTech, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/66824.
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Strang, Kenneth David, Ferdinand Ndifor Che, and Narasimha Rao Vajjhala. "Agriculture Business Problems." In Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics, 33–58. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4849-3.ch003.
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Researchers need to investigate global life-threatening problems tied to agriculture such as food insecurity and malnutrition pandemics. This chapter reviews empirical fact-based state-of-the-art literature underlying the agri-business adoption barriers and the agriculture food insecurity crises. The authors focus their effort on identifying the hot spots of global agriculture problems, in developing nations. They use critical analysis to identify the most pressing issues and controversies surrounding West Africa. They then explore empirical literature suggesting possible remedies and future research needs to resolve the agriculture problems, in a way that these concepts would generalize globally and be of interest to other scholars. They produce several conceptual models to assist future agriculture research scholars including keyword thematic diagrams, cross-case subject analysis, topic contingency analysis, and literature topic synthesis. They then focus on probable solutions and they create several conceptual models to summarize those. They close with recommendations for future research.
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Mutula, Stephen M. "Cyber Security of Children." In Security and Software for Cybercafes, 46–61. IGI Global, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-903-8.ch004.
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This author discusses issues and threats to children’s cyber security vis-à-vis access to useful children online literature and the implications for sub-saharan Africa. The author points out that whereas the benefits of online children literature are immense especially in Africa where there is paucity of print literature, increasing cyber security and crime targeting children is of growing concern to governments, school teachers, parents, and Internet service providers. The chapter observes that whereas the developed world has made attempts to put in place mechanisms and systems such as acceptable user policies and protection software to mitigate undesirable consequences of online insecurity to which children are the most vulnerable, Africa is lagging behind despite the pervading Internet on the continent. The author notes that censorship of online literature is not the panacea to cyber insecurity, but parents should work closely with teachers and service providers to find pragmatic ways of protecting children online. Africa could learn a lot from developed countries on how to balance between access to useful online information resources against the growing cyber crime targeting children. The author cautions that the future of online security with regard to children’s safety in cyberspace is bound to become more complex as technologies become more advanced and online predators evolve sophisticated ways to circumvent online security measures, calling for the development of a proactive security strategy to protect children online.
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Clark, Daniel J. "Introduction." In Disruption in Detroit, 1–16. University of Illinois Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5622/illinois/9780252042010.003.0001.
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The introduction assesses the historiography of U.S. autoworkers and the United Auto Workers (UAW) in the post-WWII era, explains the methodology, especially the use of oral history and local newspapers as sources, and previews the argument that ordinary autoworkers in Detroit experienced the years from 1945-60 as an era of instability and insecurity, not as a postwar boom. This argument runs counter to most of the historical literature about the period.
Reports on the topic "Insecurity in literature"
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Carter, Becky, and Luke Kelly. Social Inequalities and Famine and Severe Food Insecurity Risk. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.097.
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This rapid review summarises the evidence on the ways in which social inequalities and discrimination affect the risk of famine or severe food insecurity. Looking at the risk at the national and sub-national level, gender and other horizontal inequities can affect a society’s risk of violent conflict and therefore food insecurity, while fragile livelihoods associated with ethnic marginalisation can impact regional food security. At the individual and household level, there is a lack of disaggregated data on people’s social characteristics and famines. There is a broader literature on the impact of systemic discrimination (based on gender, age, disability, sexuality, and ethnic identity) on individuals’ and households’ livelihoods and assets, thereby increasing their vulnerability to food insecurity. A key finding from the literature is the gender gap, with women more at risk of being food insecure than men. Also, some ethnic groups are highly vulnerable particularly in conflict-related famines; starvation is used as a warfare tactic in political and ethnic conflicts. There is evidence of how social inequalities heighten individuals’ risks during food crises and famines, including through exposure to protection threats, while limiting their access to essential services and humanitarian assistance. A broad range of measures seeks to address the multi-dimensional ways in which social inequalities affect vulnerability and resilience to food insecurity.
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Ismail, Zenobia. Interaction Between Food Prices and Political Instability. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), May 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.091.
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This report reviews the literature on links between international food prices and political instability (including protests, riots and social unrest). The literature on food prices and protests, riots, unrest, or violent incidents consists mainly of peer-reviewed scholarly articles that utilise econometric modeling. Some early studies examined the links between international food prices and political instability and found conflicting results. Some assessments concluded that there were links between international food prices or food insecurity and the number of violent incidents, while others found that such a link was tenuous. This literature review covers some of the main arguments and findings in the recent literature on food prices and political instability or conflict. The majority of the econometric studies in this review find that there is a link between food price increases and a greater probability of protests, riots or social unrest. However, there are still a few studies that have contradictory results. So, the debate on the effect of food prices on political stability continues. Food subsidies, cash transfers, price controls, and the elimination of trade barriers are some of the policy interventions that may address rising food prices and mitigate the rise of violent collective action. However, the literature questions the effectiveness of such policies in cases where violence or protest action stems from deeper, underlying economic or political grievances.
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Pickard, Justin, Shilpi Srivastava, Mihir R. Bhatt, and Lyla Mehta. SSHAP In-Focus: COVID-19, Uncertainty, Vulnerability and Recovery in India. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), November 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/sshap.2021.011.
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This paper addresses COVID-19 in India, looking at how the interplay of inequality, vulnerability, and the pandemic has compounded uncertainties for poor and marginalised groups, leading to insecurity, stigma and a severe loss of livelihoods. A strict government lockdown destroyed the incomes of farmers and urban informal workers and triggered an exodus of migrant workers from Indian cities, a mass movement which placed additional pressures on the country's rural communities. Elsewhere in the country, lockdown restrictions and pandemic response have coincided with heatwaves, floods and cyclones, impeding disaster response and relief. At the same time, the pandemic has been politicised to target minority groups (such as Muslims, Dalits), suppress dissent, and undermine constitutional values. The paper focuses on how COVID-19 has intersected with and multiplied existing uncertainties faced by different vulnerable groups and communities in India who have remained largely invisible in India's development story. With the biggest challenge for government now being to mitigate the further fall of millions of people into extreme poverty, the brief also reflects on pathways for recovery and transformation, including opportunities for rural revival, inclusive welfare, and community response. This brief is based on a review of existing published and grey literature, and 23 interviews with experts and practitioners from 12 states in India, including representation from domestic and international NGOs, and local civil society organisations. It was developed for the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) by Justin Pickard, Shilpi Srivastava, Lyla Mehta (IDS), and Mihir R. Bhatt. Some of the cases draw on ongoing research of the TAPESTRY project, which explores bottom-up transformations in marginal environments across India and Bangladesh.