Browsing Social Work by Author "Blaauw, Derick"
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Day labor, informality and vulnerability in South Africa and the United States
Theodore, Nik; Blaauw, Derick; Schenck, Catherina (Emerald, 2014)The purpose of this paper is to compare conditions in informal day-labor markets in South Africa and the USA to better understand the nature of worker vulnerabilities in this market, as well as the economic conditions ... -
Double whammy wicked: street vendors and littering in Mankweng township and Paarl, South Africa—towards people‑centred urban governance
Schenck, Catherina; Grobler, Lizette; Viljoen, Kotie; Blaauw, Derick; Letsoalo, Josephine (Urban forum, 2022)The article probes the complexity of dealing with two interrelated wicked prob lems, namely informal, self-employed street vendors, and their experiences of lit tering. This paper describes the themes that emerged from 92 ... -
Enabling factors for the existence of waste pickers: A systematic review
Schenck, Rinie; Blaauw, Derick; Viljoen, Kotie (Stellenbosch University, 2016)The paper reports on a systematic review research process to determine the enabling factors for waste pickers to operate in the informal economy in South Africa. Twenty-eight South African journal articles, theses and ... -
"Half a loaf is better than nothing": The risks and resilience of day labourers in Cape Town
Mapendere; Schenck, Catherina; Blaauw, Derick (Social Work (South Africa), 2019)According to Worthington and Scherer (2004), resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or other significant sources of stress. The concept of resilience draws upon previous ... -
“Half a loaf is better than nothing”: The risks and resilience of day labourers in Cape Town
Mapendere; Schenck, Catherina; Blaauw, Derick (Stellenbosch University, 2019)According to Worthington and Scherer (2004), resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or other significant sources of stress. The concept of resilience draws upon ... -
The opportunities and value-adding activities of buy-back centres in South Africa’s recycling industry: A value chain analysis
Viljoen, Jacoba; Blaauw, Derick; Schenck, Catherina (SAGE, 2019)This paper investigates the entrepreneurial opportunities and value-adding activities of buy-back centres in the recycling industry. Using Porter’s firm-level value chain framework as theoretical framework for this ... -
Reasons for littering: Social constructions from lower income communities in South Africa
Schenck, Catherina; Grobler, Lizette; Blaauw, Derick (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2022)Littering has been defined as the careless and improper disposal of small amounts of waste that results in unwanted and unnatural elements remaining in the environment. People tend to blame external factors for their own ... -
Towards a circular economy: A cross-case analysis of recycling in three South African towns
Pretorius, Anmar; Blaauw, Derick; Schenck, Rinie (Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)The concept of circular economy includes three aspects from a human perspective, namely Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Studying human behaviour is important in understanding and evaluating the possible success of any of ...