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Despite the increasing trend worldwide of integrating indigenous and scientific knowledge in natural resource management, there has been little stock-taking of literature on lessons learned from bringing indigenous knowledge and science together and the implications for maintaining and building social-ecological system resilience. In this paper we investigate: (1) themes, questions, or problems...

This introduction to the special issue “Social Integration in Later Life” addresses the background ideas and concepts of the articles encompassing research into the extent and quality of older adults’ integration in organizations, family, and personal networks. A rough conceptual framework is provided, distinguishing between types of integration and different units of analysis. The macro level ...

Integration from a grassroots-perspective: A study of the social life of the Danish Red Cross´s integration groups. Summary This thesis focuses on the Danish Red Cross and its integration groups in Denmark. It had as its purpose to examine the social interaction between immigrants and volunteers within the framework of voluntary integration groups. More specifically it was my wish to illustrate...