Carla Risseeuw
Biographic Data
| ID | 172116 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carla Risseeuw |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carla |
| FAMILY NAME | Risseeuw |
| SIGNATURE | RISSEEUW C |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Institute for Asian Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Conceptualizing Friendship in Time and Place
The concept of friendship is more easily valued than it is described: this volume brings together reflections on its meaning and practice in a variety of social and cultural settings in history and in the present time, focusing on Asia and the Western, Euro-American world. The extension of the group in which friendship is recognized, and degrees of intimacy (whether or not involving an erotic dimension) and genuine appreciation may vary widely. F…
Institutional care provisions for the aged in Sri Lanka and some reflections on issues of “care” and “company”
Purpose The purpose of this article is to, within the specific Sri Lankan figures on ageing within South Asia (comparatively high longevity and high figures on intergenerational family‐living), look into the interpretations of social care and everyday social life in urban elder homes in Colombo. What does everyday social life look like and how are underlying meanings of care given shape? To highlight the taken for granted quality of much of every…
Institutional Provisions and Care for the Aged
A comparative study of social and economic issues facing the elderly in India, Sri Lanka and the Netherlands
Policy Issues of Inclusion and Exclusion in Relation to Gender and Ageing in the South
Aging: A Gendered Policy Concern in the South and the North
In the coming decades, governments and policy makers in the South and the North will increasingly have to address problems relating to the process of societal aging. This article argues for developing a gendered perspective on this demographic transition, which is going to involve substantial change in intergenerational relations and the addition of people over the age of 60 virtually all over the world. After a brief discussion on industrialized…
Trading and Tricking, Making a Living Through Rope in Southwest Sri Lanka
Shifting circles of support: Contextualising gender and kinship in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Gender Transformation, Power and Resistance Among Women in Sri Lanka: The Fish Don't Talk About the Water
In the context of Sri Lanka this study concentrates on the taken for granted unsaid nature of relations between the sexes and the process by which they change imperceptibly over time. The author argues that the position of women still remains unappreciated
Institutional care provisions for the aged in Sri Lanka and some reflections on issues of “care” and “company”
Purpose The purpose of this article is to, within the specific Sri Lankan figures on ageing within South Asia (comparatively high longevity and high figures on intergenerational family‐living), look into the interpretations of social care and everyday social life in urban elder homes in Colombo. What does everyday social life look like and how are underlying meanings of care given shape? To highlight the taken for granted quality of much of every…
Policy Issues of Inclusion and Exclusion in Relation to Gender and Ageing in the South
Aging: A Gendered Policy Concern in the South and the North
In the coming decades, governments and policy makers in the South and the North will increasingly have to address problems relating to the process of societal aging. This article argues for developing a gendered perspective on this demographic transition, which is going to involve substantial change in intergenerational relations and the addition of people over the age of 60 virtually all over the world. After a brief discussion on industrialized…
Trading and Tricking, Making a Living Through Rope in Southwest Sri Lanka
Gender Transformation, Power and Resistance Among Women in Sri Lanka: The Fish Don't Talk About the Water
In the context of Sri Lanka this study concentrates on the taken for granted unsaid nature of relations between the sexes and the process by which they change imperceptibly over time. The author argues that the position of women still remains unappreciated
Shifting circles of support: Contextualising gender and kinship in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Trading and Tricking, Making a Living Through Rope in Southwest Sri Lanka
Aging: A Gendered Policy Concern in the South and the North
In the coming decades, governments and policy makers in the South and the North will increasingly have to address problems relating to the process of societal aging. This article argues for developing a gendered perspective on this demographic transition, which is going to involve substantial change in intergenerational relations and the addition of people over the age of 60 virtually all over the world. After a brief discussion on industrialized…
Policy Issues of Inclusion and Exclusion in Relation to Gender and Ageing in the South
Institutional Provisions and Care for the Aged
A comparative study of social and economic issues facing the elderly in India, Sri Lanka and the Netherlands
Institutional care provisions for the aged in Sri Lanka and some reflections on issues of “care” and “company”
Purpose The purpose of this article is to, within the specific Sri Lankan figures on ageing within South Asia (comparatively high longevity and high figures on intergenerational family‐living), look into the interpretations of social care and everyday social life in urban elder homes in Colombo. What does everyday social life look like and how are underlying meanings of care given shape? To highlight the taken for granted quality of much of every…
Conceptualizing Friendship in Time and Place
The concept of friendship is more easily valued than it is described: this volume brings together reflections on its meaning and practice in a variety of social and cultural settings in history and in the present time, focusing on Asia and the Western, Euro-American world. The extension of the group in which friendship is recognized, and degrees of intimacy (whether or not involving an erotic dimension) and genuine appreciation may vary widely. F…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (4 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Sri lanka (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works)