Anke Niehof
Biographic Data
| ID | 137984 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anke Niehof |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anke |
| FAMILY NAME | Niehof |
| SIGNATURE | NIEHOF A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wageningen University & Research |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 124 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Household food systems during lockdown
Authenticity, Sociocultural Constraints, and Well-being
Using the qualitative method of portraiture, we focused on three mothers who are female heads of household in a deprived urban neighborhood in Iran with the aim of understanding how poor female heads of household experience well-being and the obstacles and challenges associated with it. We analyzed the interview data by identifying emergent themes to reveal convergence, contrast, and similarities among the participants. Based on our findings, we …
History and Institutions in the Rebuilding of Social Capital after Forced Resettlement in the Philippines and Indonesia
Resettlement results in the loss of social capital from which poor households can draw resources for sustenance, survival and wellbeing. While Putnam deems social capital formation as pre-determined by a community’s history of civic engagement, the institutional view argues that social capital is generated through the institutions’ interventions. Utilising a comparative approach involving two resettlement sites, one in the Philippines and one in …
Gender perspective on the social networks of household heads and community leaders after involuntary resettlement
The study of social network analysis in Indonesia and the Philippines reveals that after a certain period in a new community and living among involuntarily resettled strangers, household heads and community leaders will eventually replace their disrupted previous networks with new network ties. The paper likewise demonstrates how gender moulds social network features at the levels of the Indonesian household heads and Philippine community organiz…
Gender, households and reintegration
Since the late 1990s, migration of single women from the rural north to the urban south in Ghana has been making up a growing share of migrant streams. While the livelihood strategies of these migrant women in their southern destinations have been recently examined, the experience of reintegration for those who return to their place of origin has rarely been studied. Drawing on qualitative research with migrant women, returned migrant women (RMW)…
Social Limitations of Maize Farmers’ Adaptation to Neoliberal Policy Reform in Mexico
This article highlights the interfaces between micro-level livelihoods, social networks, and macroeconomic trends and policies. Specifically, it analyzes the role of farmer groups in livelihood adaptation of smallholder maize producers in southern Mexico. We show how neoliberal market changes have shaped the local social structure with constraining and enabling effects on households’ ability to adapt, while in turn the outcomes of the neoliberal …
Extending the moral economy beyond households
Forthcoming in Volume 50, Number 4
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Can Third-party Help Improve Data Quality in Research Interviews? A Natural Experiment in a Hard-to-study Population
In some survey research settings, it may be not attainable or optimal to interview individual respondents without involving bystanders or third parties in the interview. Due to complex living circumstances or group culture, respondents may be helped by others in answering questions. However, this involvement of third parties raises questions about data quality and poses a challenge to the data collection process. Recognizing this, a natural field…
Users' perspectives on decentralized rural water services in Tanzania
This article examines the impact of decentralization reforms on improving access to domestic water supply in the rural districts of Kondoa and Kongwa, Tanzania, using a users' and a gender perspective. The article addresses the question whether and to what extent the delivery of gender-sensitive water services to rural households improved after the reforms. Household- and village-level data were obtained through a household survey and qualitative…
Short-term risk experience of involuntary resettled households in the Philippines and Indonesia
Gender perspectives on decentralisation and service users' participation in rural Tanzania
Increasing participation in decision-making processes by service users is one of the objectives of decentralisation reforms in Tanzania. The argument is that decentralisation enhances participation by all sections of the community, and by women in particular, and results in decisions that better reflect local needs. This paper examines the impact of decentralisation reforms on service users' participation for delivery of water and health services…
Traditional Birth Attendants and the Problem of Maternal Mortality in Indonesia
Since the 1980s, maternal mortality in Indonesia has declined. However, it has always been high by regional standards, and its decline is now stalling. This makes it unlikely that by 2015 Indonesia will have reduced maternal mortality to the level set by the fifth United Nations Millennium Development Goal. In Indonesia, the role of the traditional birth attendant (TBA) in childbirth has been the subject of debate and controversy since colonial t…
Gender Roles in Cotton Production and Management of Related Organizations in Benin
Women’s productive roles have generated important debates, heuristic as well as practical, in the scientific and development community. In Benin, women farmers are playing a key role, particularly in agriculture and cotton production, where they are involved throughout the production process. However, only a handful of them are involved in the management of farmer organizations. This article aims to identify factors that constrain or enable women…
Women's autonomy and husbands' involvement in maternal health care in Nepal
Socio-Cultural Dispositions and Wellbeing of the Women Left Behind
The concept of wellbeing is gaining popularity in the study of quality of life and cultural significance of living. The paper aims to contribute to our understanding of objective and subjective wellbeing by exploring the perceptions of women left behind by out-migrating husbands on their quality of life in a transnational social field. The paper uses both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Its primary focus is on the life stories of t…
The significance of gathering wild orchid tubers for orphan household livelihoods in a context of HIV/Aids in Tanzania
We investigated the role of gathering and selling the edible tubers of wild orchids by children orphaned by AIDS as one of their livelihood strategies, through a household survey administered to 152 households in three villages in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania during 2006 and 2007. Additionally, several household heads were selected as case studies and subjected to an in-depth life-history interview. Overall, most households in the study vil…
Food, diversity, vulnerability, and social change
Food is a universal basic need. The diverse ways in which people and households try to meet this need, the constraints they are up against in doing so, and the strategies they develop to reduce their vulnerability to food insecurity form the core of this book. A large range of findings on these subjects is reviewed and analysed, based on recent research carried out in Southeast Asia, with a focus on Indonesia and the Philippines. Household food p…
Technological and social change in a Madurese fishing village (1978-2004)
This article is about recent changes in Pasean, a fishing village on the north coast of the island of Madura, Indonesia (see maps). The village has been described in detail in several publications based on research carried out in the area during 1977-1979, and a short visit in 1982. In May-August 2004, we did fieldwork for a restudy. In this article we report our findings on the changes in Pasean during the past 26 years. The article starts with …
Changing families and their lifestyles
Changing families and their lifestyles , Changing families and their lifestyles , کتابخانه مرکزی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران
Fish and Female Agency in a Madurese Fishing Village in Indonesia
Le rôle crucial des femmes dans l’économie halieutique locale et leur haut degré d’autonomie sociale constituaient deux traits remarquables de l’organisation socio-économique du village de pêcheurs de Patondu (Madura) en 1978. Un nouveau travail de terrain en 2004 montre que se sont produits au cours de ces 26 ans dans la pêcherie des changements technologiques et économiques de grande portée. De plus, avec la mise en place d’équipements publics,…
The significance of enset culture and biodiversity for rural household food and livelihood security in southwestern Ethiopia
The significance of diversification for rural livelihood systems
The changing lives of Indonesian women; Contained emancipation under pressure
Family planning in Indonesia
In this essay the author defends herself from criticism of a review she wrote of the book Development and Social Welfare: Indonesias Experiences under the New Order. The author was charged with using her review as a vehicle for airing her own dissatisfaction with criticism and charges of coercion leveled at the Indonesian family planning (FP) program. In fact only a third of the review is devoted to the topics of population and FP. The author als…
The significance of diversification for rural livelihood systems
Socio-Cultural Dispositions and Wellbeing of the Women Left Behind
The concept of wellbeing is gaining popularity in the study of quality of life and cultural significance of living. The paper aims to contribute to our understanding of objective and subjective wellbeing by exploring the perceptions of women left behind by out-migrating husbands on their quality of life in a transnational social field. The paper uses both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Its primary focus is on the life stories of t…
Women's autonomy and husbands' involvement in maternal health care in Nepal
The changing lives of Indonesian women; Contained emancipation under pressure
Extending the moral economy beyond households
The significance of enset culture and biodiversity for rural household food and livelihood security in southwestern Ethiopia
Ageing and the elderly in Indonesia; Identifying key issues
IntroductionDuring the past twenty years Indonesia has been experiencing rapidlydeclining fertility rates among large parts of its population. For more thantwo decades in Indonesia the concern of demographers and other socialscientists, as well as policy makers, has been with curbing the rate ofpopulation growth. In this article it will be argued that a shift in focus isneeded in research as well as policy-making. As a result of declining fer-til…
Gender perspective on the social networks of household heads and community leaders after involuntary resettlement
The study of social network analysis in Indonesia and the Philippines reveals that after a certain period in a new community and living among involuntarily resettled strangers, household heads and community leaders will eventually replace their disrupted previous networks with new network ties. The paper likewise demonstrates how gender moulds social network features at the levels of the Indonesian household heads and Philippine community organiz…
Can Third-party Help Improve Data Quality in Research Interviews? A Natural Experiment in a Hard-to-study Population
In some survey research settings, it may be not attainable or optimal to interview individual respondents without involving bystanders or third parties in the interview. Due to complex living circumstances or group culture, respondents may be helped by others in answering questions. However, this involvement of third parties raises questions about data quality and poses a challenge to the data collection process. Recognizing this, a natural field…
Short-term risk experience of involuntary resettled households in the Philippines and Indonesia
Gender perspectives on decentralisation and service users' participation in rural Tanzania
Increasing participation in decision-making processes by service users is one of the objectives of decentralisation reforms in Tanzania. The argument is that decentralisation enhances participation by all sections of the community, and by women in particular, and results in decisions that better reflect local needs. This paper examines the impact of decentralisation reforms on service users' participation for delivery of water and health services…
Technological and social change in a Madurese fishing village (1978-2004)
This article is about recent changes in Pasean, a fishing village on the north coast of the island of Madura, Indonesia (see maps). The village has been described in detail in several publications based on research carried out in the area during 1977-1979, and a short visit in 1982. In May-August 2004, we did fieldwork for a restudy. In this article we report our findings on the changes in Pasean during the past 26 years. The article starts with …
Gender, households and reintegration
Since the late 1990s, migration of single women from the rural north to the urban south in Ghana has been making up a growing share of migrant streams. While the livelihood strategies of these migrant women in their southern destinations have been recently examined, the experience of reintegration for those who return to their place of origin has rarely been studied. Drawing on qualitative research with migrant women, returned migrant women (RMW)…
Users' perspectives on decentralized rural water services in Tanzania
This article examines the impact of decentralization reforms on improving access to domestic water supply in the rural districts of Kondoa and Kongwa, Tanzania, using a users' and a gender perspective. The article addresses the question whether and to what extent the delivery of gender-sensitive water services to rural households improved after the reforms. Household- and village-level data were obtained through a household survey and qualitative…
Family planning in Indonesia
In this essay the author defends herself from criticism of a review she wrote of the book Development and Social Welfare: Indonesias Experiences under the New Order. The author was charged with using her review as a vehicle for airing her own dissatisfaction with criticism and charges of coercion leveled at the Indonesian family planning (FP) program. In fact only a third of the review is devoted to the topics of population and FP. The author als…
Indonesian Women in Focus
This volume contains a selection from the papers presented at an interdisciplinary symposium on 'Images and ideas concerning women and the feminine in the Indonesian archipelago', organized in 1984 by the Werkgroep lndonesische Vrouwenstudies (WIVS), a Dutch interdisciplinary study group on Indonesian women
Ageing and the elderly in Indonesia; Identifying key issues
IntroductionDuring the past twenty years Indonesia has been experiencing rapidlydeclining fertility rates among large parts of its population. For more thantwo decades in Indonesia the concern of demographers and other socialscientists, as well as policy makers, has been with curbing the rate ofpopulation growth. In this article it will be argued that a shift in focus isneeded in research as well as policy-making. As a result of declining fer-til…
Family planning in Indonesia
In this essay the author defends herself from criticism of a review she wrote of the book Development and Social Welfare: Indonesias Experiences under the New Order. The author was charged with using her review as a vehicle for airing her own dissatisfaction with criticism and charges of coercion leveled at the Indonesian family planning (FP) program. In fact only a third of the review is devoted to the topics of population and FP. The author als…
The changing lives of Indonesian women; Contained emancipation under pressure
The significance of enset culture and biodiversity for rural household food and livelihood security in southwestern Ethiopia
The significance of diversification for rural livelihood systems
Changing families and their lifestyles
Changing families and their lifestyles , Changing families and their lifestyles , کتابخانه مرکزی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی ایران
Fish and Female Agency in a Madurese Fishing Village in Indonesia
Le rôle crucial des femmes dans l’économie halieutique locale et leur haut degré d’autonomie sociale constituaient deux traits remarquables de l’organisation socio-économique du village de pêcheurs de Patondu (Madura) en 1978. Un nouveau travail de terrain en 2004 montre que se sont produits au cours de ces 26 ans dans la pêcherie des changements technologiques et économiques de grande portée. De plus, avec la mise en place d’équipements publics,…
Technological and social change in a Madurese fishing village (1978-2004)
This article is about recent changes in Pasean, a fishing village on the north coast of the island of Madura, Indonesia (see maps). The village has been described in detail in several publications based on research carried out in the area during 1977-1979, and a short visit in 1982. In May-August 2004, we did fieldwork for a restudy. In this article we report our findings on the changes in Pasean during the past 26 years. The article starts with …
Food, diversity, vulnerability, and social change
Food is a universal basic need. The diverse ways in which people and households try to meet this need, the constraints they are up against in doing so, and the strategies they develop to reduce their vulnerability to food insecurity form the core of this book. A large range of findings on these subjects is reviewed and analysed, based on recent research carried out in Southeast Asia, with a focus on Indonesia and the Philippines. Household food p…
The significance of gathering wild orchid tubers for orphan household livelihoods in a context of HIV/Aids in Tanzania
We investigated the role of gathering and selling the edible tubers of wild orchids by children orphaned by AIDS as one of their livelihood strategies, through a household survey administered to 152 households in three villages in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania during 2006 and 2007. Additionally, several household heads were selected as case studies and subjected to an in-depth life-history interview. Overall, most households in the study vil…
Socio-Cultural Dispositions and Wellbeing of the Women Left Behind
The concept of wellbeing is gaining popularity in the study of quality of life and cultural significance of living. The paper aims to contribute to our understanding of objective and subjective wellbeing by exploring the perceptions of women left behind by out-migrating husbands on their quality of life in a transnational social field. The paper uses both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Its primary focus is on the life stories of t…
Gender Roles in Cotton Production and Management of Related Organizations in Benin
Women’s productive roles have generated important debates, heuristic as well as practical, in the scientific and development community. In Benin, women farmers are playing a key role, particularly in agriculture and cotton production, where they are involved throughout the production process. However, only a handful of them are involved in the management of farmer organizations. This article aims to identify factors that constrain or enable women…
Women's autonomy and husbands' involvement in maternal health care in Nepal
Users' perspectives on decentralized rural water services in Tanzania
This article examines the impact of decentralization reforms on improving access to domestic water supply in the rural districts of Kondoa and Kongwa, Tanzania, using a users' and a gender perspective. The article addresses the question whether and to what extent the delivery of gender-sensitive water services to rural households improved after the reforms. Household- and village-level data were obtained through a household survey and qualitative…
Short-term risk experience of involuntary resettled households in the Philippines and Indonesia
Gender perspectives on decentralisation and service users' participation in rural Tanzania
Increasing participation in decision-making processes by service users is one of the objectives of decentralisation reforms in Tanzania. The argument is that decentralisation enhances participation by all sections of the community, and by women in particular, and results in decisions that better reflect local needs. This paper examines the impact of decentralisation reforms on service users' participation for delivery of water and health services…
Traditional Birth Attendants and the Problem of Maternal Mortality in Indonesia
Since the 1980s, maternal mortality in Indonesia has declined. However, it has always been high by regional standards, and its decline is now stalling. This makes it unlikely that by 2015 Indonesia will have reduced maternal mortality to the level set by the fifth United Nations Millennium Development Goal. In Indonesia, the role of the traditional birth attendant (TBA) in childbirth has been the subject of debate and controversy since colonial t…
Social Limitations of Maize Farmers’ Adaptation to Neoliberal Policy Reform in Mexico
This article highlights the interfaces between micro-level livelihoods, social networks, and macroeconomic trends and policies. Specifically, it analyzes the role of farmer groups in livelihood adaptation of smallholder maize producers in southern Mexico. We show how neoliberal market changes have shaped the local social structure with constraining and enabling effects on households’ ability to adapt, while in turn the outcomes of the neoliberal …
Extending the moral economy beyond households
Forthcoming in Volume 50, Number 4
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Can Third-party Help Improve Data Quality in Research Interviews? A Natural Experiment in a Hard-to-study Population
In some survey research settings, it may be not attainable or optimal to interview individual respondents without involving bystanders or third parties in the interview. Due to complex living circumstances or group culture, respondents may be helped by others in answering questions. However, this involvement of third parties raises questions about data quality and poses a challenge to the data collection process. Recognizing this, a natural field…
Gender, households and reintegration
Since the late 1990s, migration of single women from the rural north to the urban south in Ghana has been making up a growing share of migrant streams. While the livelihood strategies of these migrant women in their southern destinations have been recently examined, the experience of reintegration for those who return to their place of origin has rarely been studied. Drawing on qualitative research with migrant women, returned migrant women (RMW)…
Gender perspective on the social networks of household heads and community leaders after involuntary resettlement
The study of social network analysis in Indonesia and the Philippines reveals that after a certain period in a new community and living among involuntarily resettled strangers, household heads and community leaders will eventually replace their disrupted previous networks with new network ties. The paper likewise demonstrates how gender moulds social network features at the levels of the Indonesian household heads and Philippine community organiz…
History and Institutions in the Rebuilding of Social Capital after Forced Resettlement in the Philippines and Indonesia
Resettlement results in the loss of social capital from which poor households can draw resources for sustenance, survival and wellbeing. While Putnam deems social capital formation as pre-determined by a community’s history of civic engagement, the institutional view argues that social capital is generated through the institutions’ interventions. Utilising a comparative approach involving two resettlement sites, one in the Philippines and one in …
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