Robert E Mazur
Biographic Data
| ID | 3613895 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert E Mazur |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert E |
| FAMILY NAME | Mazur |
| SIGNATURE | MAZUR R E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Iowa State University United States |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Social capital and food security in post-conflict rural Lira District, northern Uganda
While a strong relationship has been established between social capital and food security in the research literature, it is uncertain whether this holds in post-conflict situations. This study examines associations between social capital and food security in post-conflict Lira District, northern Uganda. Since factors affecting food security are complex, we explored the roles of households' characteristics in food security outcomes. Data were coll…
Rural Migration in Developing Nations: Comparative Studies of Korea, Sri Lanka, and Mali
Social capital dimensions in household food security interventions: Implications for rural Uganda
Social capital and access to credit in post-conflict Lira, northern Uganda
This study builds on research about the importance of informal saving associations and social relations to understand the strategies employed by households in post-conflict situations to access financial capital. The study examines the impact of social capital on accessing loans among formerly displaced households in Lira district. The contributions of sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors for access to loans were investigated. Data were col…
Social network characteristics and resource access among formerly displaced households in Lira, Uganda
In rural African communities, the support of extended family, friends, and neighbours is essential in borrowing or leveraging land, labour, food, and money, especially at times of social and financial turmoil. Little is known, though, about the nature of the networks and the conditions under which they may generate greater support in post-conflict communities. This study, conducted in the Lira district of northern Uganda, examined the composition…
Framework for Evaluation of Nested Sustainability Learning in Conservation and Development Projects
Persistent household food insecurity, HIV, and maternal stress in Peri-Urban Ghana
In agreement with syndemic theory there is a powerful synergism between maternal HIV diagnosis and household food insecurity on maternal stress. Comprehensive multi-dimensional intervention studies are needed to better understand how to reduce stress among HIV-positive women living in persistently food insecure households and how to reduce the likelihood of food insecurity in HIV-affected households in Sub-Saharan Africa
Postnatal Depression Symptoms are Associated with Increased Diarrhea Among Infants of HIV-Positive Ghanaian Mothers
Emerging food retailers, quality standards and the development of hybrid institutions in African food systems
Harnessing Community Capitals for Livelihood Enhancement: Experiences From a Livelihood Program in Rural Uganda
This study assesses how community capitals can be harnessed to improve food security using the “sustainable livelihoods” and “community capitals” frameworks. We demonstrate how the dimensions of these frameworks can be measured and applied in development work. Data were collected using participatory methods in four communities comprised of 500 households in rural Kamuli District, Uganda, where food and nutrition insecurity have been a serious pro…
Principles and processes for enhancing sustainable rural livelihoods: Collaborative learning in Uganda
Livelihood diversification is essential to food security and improved incomes for human development in African rural communities. Uganda's agrarian economy suffers from limited diversification, environmental degradation, low incomes, and multifaceted negative impacts of AIDS. Efforts to stimulate and support innovation in agricultural production technology, forms of social organization, and poor markets are essential elements in promotion of sust…
Realization or Deprivation of the Right to Development Under Globalization? Debt, Structural Adjustment, and Poverty Reduction Programs
Dance, Civet Cat: Child Labor in the Zambezi Valley
Growing up in a Divided Society: The Contexts of Childhood in South Africa
Socio-Legal Issues of Refugee Status in the Context of National Liberation: Zimbabwe 1960-80
Social and Economic Dimensions of Local Knowledge Systems in African Sustainable Agriculture
The Political Economy of Ethiopia
Reproduction and Social Organization in SubSaharan Africa
Teaching Social Change: Course Designs, Syllabi and Instructional Materials
The African Worker
The Political Economy of Refugee Creation in Southern Africa: Micro and Macro Issues in Sociological Perspective
Journal Article The Political Economy of Refugee Creation in Southern Africa: Micro and Macro Issues in Sociological Perspective Get access ROBERT E MAZUR ROBERT E MAZUR Department of Sociology and Anthropology, lowa State UniversityAmes, lowa Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 2, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 441–467, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/2.4.441 Published: 01 January 1989 Ar…
Urbanization Overspeed in Tropical Africa 1970-2000: Facts, Social Problems, and Policy
Refugees in Africa: The Role of Sociological Analysis and Praxis
Linking Popular Initiative and Aid Agencies: The Case of Refugees
Reversal of migration in the labor reserves of Zimbabwe? Prospects for change
Harnessing Community Capitals for Livelihood Enhancement: Experiences From a Livelihood Program in Rural Uganda
This study assesses how community capitals can be harnessed to improve food security using the “sustainable livelihoods” and “community capitals” frameworks. We demonstrate how the dimensions of these frameworks can be measured and applied in development work. Data were collected using participatory methods in four communities comprised of 500 households in rural Kamuli District, Uganda, where food and nutrition insecurity have been a serious pro…
Social capital and access to credit in post-conflict Lira, northern Uganda
This study builds on research about the importance of informal saving associations and social relations to understand the strategies employed by households in post-conflict situations to access financial capital. The study examines the impact of social capital on accessing loans among formerly displaced households in Lira district. The contributions of sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors for access to loans were investigated. Data were col…
Social capital dimensions in household food security interventions: Implications for rural Uganda
Refugees in Africa: The Role of Sociological Analysis and Praxis
Growing up in a Divided Society: The Contexts of Childhood in South Africa
Social and Economic Dimensions of Local Knowledge Systems in African Sustainable Agriculture
Social network characteristics and resource access among formerly displaced households in Lira, Uganda
In rural African communities, the support of extended family, friends, and neighbours is essential in borrowing or leveraging land, labour, food, and money, especially at times of social and financial turmoil. Little is known, though, about the nature of the networks and the conditions under which they may generate greater support in post-conflict communities. This study, conducted in the Lira district of northern Uganda, examined the composition…
Realization or Deprivation of the Right to Development Under Globalization? Debt, Structural Adjustment, and Poverty Reduction Programs
The Political Economy of Refugee Creation in Southern Africa: Micro and Macro Issues in Sociological Perspective
Journal Article The Political Economy of Refugee Creation in Southern Africa: Micro and Macro Issues in Sociological Perspective Get access ROBERT E MAZUR ROBERT E MAZUR Department of Sociology and Anthropology, lowa State UniversityAmes, lowa Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 2, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 441–467, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/2.4.441 Published: 01 January 1989 Ar…
Reversal of migration in the labor reserves of Zimbabwe? Prospects for change
Reversal of migration in the labor reserves of Zimbabwe? Prospects for change
Linking Popular Initiative and Aid Agencies: The Case of Refugees
Urbanization Overspeed in Tropical Africa 1970-2000: Facts, Social Problems, and Policy
Refugees in Africa: The Role of Sociological Analysis and Praxis
The Political Economy of Refugee Creation in Southern Africa: Micro and Macro Issues in Sociological Perspective
Journal Article The Political Economy of Refugee Creation in Southern Africa: Micro and Macro Issues in Sociological Perspective Get access ROBERT E MAZUR ROBERT E MAZUR Department of Sociology and Anthropology, lowa State UniversityAmes, lowa Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 2, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 441–467, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/2.4.441 Published: 01 January 1989 Ar…
Teaching Social Change: Course Designs, Syllabi and Instructional Materials
The African Worker
Reproduction and Social Organization in SubSaharan Africa
Socio-Legal Issues of Refugee Status in the Context of National Liberation: Zimbabwe 1960-80
Social and Economic Dimensions of Local Knowledge Systems in African Sustainable Agriculture
The Political Economy of Ethiopia
Growing up in a Divided Society: The Contexts of Childhood in South Africa
Dance, Civet Cat: Child Labor in the Zambezi Valley
Realization or Deprivation of the Right to Development Under Globalization? Debt, Structural Adjustment, and Poverty Reduction Programs
Principles and processes for enhancing sustainable rural livelihoods: Collaborative learning in Uganda
Livelihood diversification is essential to food security and improved incomes for human development in African rural communities. Uganda's agrarian economy suffers from limited diversification, environmental degradation, low incomes, and multifaceted negative impacts of AIDS. Efforts to stimulate and support innovation in agricultural production technology, forms of social organization, and poor markets are essential elements in promotion of sust…
Harnessing Community Capitals for Livelihood Enhancement: Experiences From a Livelihood Program in Rural Uganda
This study assesses how community capitals can be harnessed to improve food security using the “sustainable livelihoods” and “community capitals” frameworks. We demonstrate how the dimensions of these frameworks can be measured and applied in development work. Data were collected using participatory methods in four communities comprised of 500 households in rural Kamuli District, Uganda, where food and nutrition insecurity have been a serious pro…
Emerging food retailers, quality standards and the development of hybrid institutions in African food systems
Postnatal Depression Symptoms are Associated with Increased Diarrhea Among Infants of HIV-Positive Ghanaian Mothers
Persistent household food insecurity, HIV, and maternal stress in Peri-Urban Ghana
In agreement with syndemic theory there is a powerful synergism between maternal HIV diagnosis and household food insecurity on maternal stress. Comprehensive multi-dimensional intervention studies are needed to better understand how to reduce stress among HIV-positive women living in persistently food insecure households and how to reduce the likelihood of food insecurity in HIV-affected households in Sub-Saharan Africa
Framework for Evaluation of Nested Sustainability Learning in Conservation and Development Projects
Social capital dimensions in household food security interventions: Implications for rural Uganda
Social capital and access to credit in post-conflict Lira, northern Uganda
This study builds on research about the importance of informal saving associations and social relations to understand the strategies employed by households in post-conflict situations to access financial capital. The study examines the impact of social capital on accessing loans among formerly displaced households in Lira district. The contributions of sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors for access to loans were investigated. Data were col…
Social network characteristics and resource access among formerly displaced households in Lira, Uganda
In rural African communities, the support of extended family, friends, and neighbours is essential in borrowing or leveraging land, labour, food, and money, especially at times of social and financial turmoil. Little is known, though, about the nature of the networks and the conditions under which they may generate greater support in post-conflict communities. This study, conducted in the Lira district of northern Uganda, examined the composition…
Rural Migration in Developing Nations: Comparative Studies of Korea, Sri Lanka, and Mali
Social capital and food security in post-conflict rural Lira District, northern Uganda
While a strong relationship has been established between social capital and food security in the research literature, it is uncertain whether this holds in post-conflict situations. This study examines associations between social capital and food security in post-conflict Lira District, northern Uganda. Since factors affecting food security are complex, we explored the roles of households' characteristics in food security outcomes. Data were coll…
Geography (16 works) · Economics (14 works) · Political science (14 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Business (10 works) · Economic growth (10 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (8 works) · Agriculture (7 works) · Socioeconomics (6 works) · Food security (5 works)