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Bazubagira, Appoline Kabera, and Christine Kapita Umumararungu. "Self-reliance." International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147- 4478) 9, no. 6 (2020): 183–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.20525/ijrbs.v9i6.901.

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This study examines the extent to which family environment influences children’s behavior and how an evening of parents serves as a platform for rehabilitating the family environment, preventing and decreasing street children's number. This descriptive study intends to create awareness of the prevention and reintegration of street children. Researchers purposively selected 58 respondents: 40 street children, 12 parents, and 6 local leaders. Data were collected through interviews, storytelling, and focus group discussions and qualitatively analyzed using content analysis. Results revealed domestic violence, identity crisis, born from sex workers, children abuse, poor parenting, and poverty to be factors contributing to street children as emphasized by 100% of children, 87% of local leaders, and 67% of parents. Street children can only be controlled if major stressors that push them to develop self-reliance are socially and economically addressed. It was revealed that the Evening of Parents is a platform of family transformation to successfully prevent and rehabilitate street children focusing on parents’ responsibilities towards children’s wellbeing and better future.

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Williams, Nicholas, and Ann Bond. "Self-Reliance." Musical Times 139, no. 1865 (1998): 68. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1003844.

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Friedman. "Religious Self-Reliance." Pluralist 7, no. 1 (2012): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/pluralist.7.1.0027.

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Stephenson, Will, and Mimosa Stephenson. "Emerson's Self-Reliance." Explicator 53, no. 2 (1995): 81–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00144940.1995.9937233.

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Sloan, Gary. "Emerson's Self-Reliance." Explicator 55, no. 1 (1996): 19–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00144940.1996.9937309.

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Mitchell, Verner D. "Emerson’s Self-Reliance." Explicator 55, no. 2 (1997): 79–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00144940.1997.11484125.

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Lowe, John. "Cherokee Self-Reliance." Journal of Transcultural Nursing 13, no. 4 (2002): 287–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/104365902236703.

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Heymach, John V., and Barbara A. Barres. "Neuronal self-reliance." Nature 374, no. 6521 (1995): 405–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/374405a0.

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Minton, Kirsty. "Metabolic self-reliance." Nature Reviews Immunology 14, no. 8 (2014): 518–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nri3721.

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John Mathenge KING'AU, Catherine Ng'endo Munyua, and Babere K. Chacha. "Self-Reliance Projects." Kabarak Journal of Research & Innovation 5, no. 1 (2022): 39–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.58216/kjri.v5i1.45.

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In Kenya today majority of the youth are out of school and not employed in the formal economy and private sector jobs are also scarce. Acknowledging this reality, the Kenyan government and other youth service organizations are learning that proper strategies need to be put in place to help youth penetrate into the formal economy. The strategies should further assist and accelerate this process while improving the short-term well-being of youth and their households. When appropriately engaged and adequately prepared for roles in the worlds of work, family life, and society, youth can be definite assets for sustainable development. However, if governments and communities disregard the huge numbers of youth with miniÂmal attachment to the formal sector, youth can also become a profoundly de-stabilizing force. Specifically, the absence of livelihood developÂment opportunities for youth can impede a nationâ€™s development in the form of increased crime, violence, extremÂism, and both social and political instability. This paper examines the self-reliance projects as a future core driver of rural youth livelihood development outcomes in Kenya. The paper is based on a study conducted to determine the effects of self-reliance projects on the livelihoods of youth in selected rural areas of Nakuru County. A descriptive survey research design was used for the study. Data was collected using interviews and questionnaires. Data collected was analyzed using SPSS where frequencies and percentages were derived. Descriptive statistics was used in providing relevant information. Findings indicate that successful rural self-reliance projects have to integrate important basic services such as entrepreneurial training; infrastructure as well as financing. The study further established that development partners enhancing youth participation in self-reliance projects should ensure substantive dialogue or the involvement of youth from the rural areas. The recommendation is that interventions designed for youth self-reliance projects must engage and support youth. Most of the youth are already economically active and focused on the imÂmediate needs of their households, and the rural youth desire is to realize more sustainable and socially construcÂtive livelihood means.

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Schumann, Claudia. "The self as onwardness: reading Emerson’s self-reliance and experience." Foro de Educación 11, no. 15 (2013): 29–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.14516/fde.2013.011.015.001.

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Tasaka, Yuko, and Tetsuya Takamasu. "Patient self-reliance support." Nihon Shoni Arerugi Gakkaishi. The Japanese Journal of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology 34, no. 1 (2020): 78–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.3388/jspaci.34.78.

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III, Richard F. Teichgraeber, and George Kateb. "Emerson and Self-Reliance." American Literature 67, no. 3 (1995): 588. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2927946.

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Saultz, John. "Self-reliance and Collaboration." Family Medicine 51, no. 3 (2019): 221–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.22454/fammed.2019.904643.

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OKAZAKI, Yasunao. "Self-reliance Support Robot." Journal of the Society of Mechanical Engineers 119, no. 1166 (2016): 46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1299/jsmemag.119.1166_46.

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Harris, Kenneth Marc. "Emersonian Self-Reliance and Self-Deception Theory." Philosophy and Literature 15, no. 2 (1991): 286–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/phl.1991.0013.

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Smoaay, Fadia Fakhry. "Self-reliance among kindergarten children." ALUSTATH JOURNAL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL SCIENCES 222, no. 2 (2018): 472–528. http://dx.doi.org/10.36473/ujhss.v222i2.412.

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Target current research to identify self-reliance among kindergarten children and significant differences in self-reliance, according to the variable of gender (male-female). And limited current research on the children of the kindergarten in the introductory class consisted research sample of 40 boys and girls were selected neo-random (4) Riad in the preliminary grade by 20 males and 20 females, and considers the researcher that the most appropriate tools to achieve the goals Search is a measure prepared by the pumice, were extracted virtual honesty of the scale and discrimination paragraphs and the relationship of the degree of paragraph college degree of the scale, the display scale as preliminary to a committee of experts in the light of views on the measure was accepted paragraphs which got 85% more agreement and deleted paragraph number ( 10) because they did not get the rate agreement was to add a new paragraph and became the number the paragraphs of the scale (30) paragraph, as has been verified the stability of the scale in a way re-testing, amounting to (83%) measure is located in (30), paragraph, and the highest possible score on the scale is (90) The degree is less potential (30) and middle of the scale is the theoretical (60) and Weights alternatives b (3,2,1)

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Vámos, Péter. "Friendly Assistance and Self-Reliance." Journal of Cold War Studies 24, no. 3 (2022): 116–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/jcws_a_01075.

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Abstract Advanced geophysical techniques developed in Hungary contributed immensely to the success of geological surveys carried out in the PRC after 1956. A group of Hungarian geophysicists played a pivotal role in discovering and exploring oil deposits in the Songliao Basin, which later became known as Daqing, the largest oil field in China. Based on declassified primary sources from Hungarian archives and firsthand testimony from people involved in the expedition, this article examines how Sino-Hungarian cooperation in Cold War activities evolved against the backdrop of the radicalization of Chinese politics and growing tensions between the Soviet Union and China. Taking the Hungarian geophysicists’ expedition as an example, the article explores the historical setting of early exchanges and the daily practice of scientific and technological interactions between the PRC and one of the closest East European allies of the Soviet Union.

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Kerr, David. "Has China abandoned self-reliance?" Review of International Political Economy 14, no. 1 (2007): 77–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09692290601081178.

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Gallagher, Ryan P., Jeffrey T. Savard, Todd K. Reynolds, and Val S. Frenkel. "Water, Sustainability, And Self-Reliance." Civil Engineering Magazine Archive 79, no. 11 (2009): 68–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/ciegag.0000251.

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Singh, Ajay. "Self‐reliance in Indian defence." Strategic Analysis 22, no. 3 (1998): 339–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09700169808458815.

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Sharma, Manju. "Biotechnology Research for Self-Reliance." IETE Technical Review 20, no. 1 (2003): 3–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02564602.2003.11417063.

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Halliday, Fred. "Self-Reliance in the 1980s." Monthly Review 39, no. 9 (1988): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.14452/mr-039-09-1988-02_6.

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Boggs, Grace Lee. "Cuba: Love and Self-Reliance." Monthly Review 48, no. 7 (1996): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.14452/mr-048-07-1996-11_1.

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Lee, Young Ji. "A Utopia of Self-Reliance." positions: asia critique 28, no. 4 (2020): 756–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/10679847-8606484.

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This essay examines Maoist China and its deep engagement with local/global capitalism during the Cold War period. It analyzes how the socialist realist utopian images of self-reliant Dazhai, a model village in Shanxi, contributed to the domestic and international image of Maoist China as a socialist country located outside the orbit of global capitalism by focusing on the fundamental predicaments that China, as a developing country, faced in realizing socialism within its territory. These quandaries included a shortage of foreign currencies, a commodity economy, the party-state’s economic policies that prioritized heavy industry, and dependency on trade relationships with capitalist countries. The author’s analysis provides an economic history of political art by juxtaposing socialist realist visual culture during the Learn from Dazhai in Agriculture campaign with the economic conditions of Maoist China enmeshed in the complex chains of commodity production/exchange, international divisions of labor, and worldwide processes of capital accumulation.

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Mwansa, Pardon. "African Adventists and Self-Reliance." Journal of Adventist Mission Studies 5, no. 2 (2009): 4–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.32597/jams/vol5/iss2/2/.

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Park, Byung-Kum. "Analysis of Research Trends Related to Self-Reliance of Youth Preparing for Self-Reliance." KOREAN JOURNAL OF YOUTH STUDIES 30, no. 8 (2023): 59–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.21509/kjys.2023.08.30.8.59.

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Goodin, Robert E. "Self-Reliance Versus the Welfare State." Journal of Social Policy 14, no. 1 (1985): 25–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047279400014240.

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AbstractArguments for replacing the welfare state with more ‘self-reliance’ are morally questionable. Relying upon state assistance is importantly different from merely receiving it. Furthermore, ‘self-reliance’ as it is currently advocated amounts to reliance upon families. They must necessarily have discretionary control over needed resources in a way that state administrators of ‘welfare rights’ need not; and that makes those vulnerabilities morally more objectionable than equally heavy reliance upon state services.

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Leeson, Kellie, Prem B. Bhandari, Anna Myers, and Dale Buscher. "Measuring the Self-Reliance of Refugees." Journal of Refugee Studies 33, no. 1 (2020): 86–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fez076.

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Abstract How do we know whether a refugee household is self-reliant if this is not measured? Although self-reliance has been promoted as a critical assistance strategy for refugees in recent years, there have been limited attempts to rigorously measure the concept. This field report introduces a new measurement tool to assess the movement toward self-reliance among refugee households. The development and utility of a tool to measure self-reliance are described using the pilot studies conducted in Ecuador, Egypt and Lebanon over a 9- to 18-month period. This report utilized unique panel data from 167 refugee households in Egypt and 94 households in Ecuador. The panel data was collected at two points in time (baseline and endline) using paper and pencil or Open Data Kit forms on tablets during face-to-face interviews. This panel group was used to perform the change analysis to examine the movement of households along a self-reliance continuum. Findings show that, overall, 59.8% of households in Ecuador and 64.7% of households in Egypt moved upward in composite score in self-reliance while less than 30% of households regressed in both countries. Further examination is needed to refine and evaluate the tool. The results provide an important starting point and insights into measuring self-reliance using simple indicators and an opportunity to reframe assistance around self-reliance, neither of which had previously been a focus of refugee assistance or relevant literature. It is believed that this methodology will be of use to academics and practitioners seeking to study refugee self-reliance around the world.

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Mishra, Upasana, and Srijan Mishra. "Self-Reliance Paradigm: Innate or Conditioned." BOHR International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research 2, no. 1 (2023): 50–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.54646/bijsshr.023.

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Self-reliance is a clarion call today to meet out challenges of expeditiously growing society, and also an understanding of the natural inherent way of living. The globally acknowledged concept of self-reliance is to be understood with more clarity, whether it is an emerging hypothesis or something absolute or innate, although it is faded in imagination because of various dumped notions. This article suggests a worldview about self-reliance and facilitates the understanding of self-sufﬁciency, which is unlikely to lead to independence

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Mishra, Upasana, and Srijan Mishra. "Self-reliance paradigm: innate or conditioned." BOHR International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research 2, no. 1 (2023): 50–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.54646/bijsshr.2023.23.

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Self-reliance is a clarion call today to meet out challenges of expeditiously growing society, and also an understanding of the natural inherent way of living. The globally acknowledged concept of self-reliance is to be understood with more clarity, whether it is an emerging hypothesis or something absolute or innate, although it is faded in imagination because of various dumped notions. This article suggests a worldview about self-reliance and facilitates the understanding of self-sufficiency, which is unlikely to lead to independence.

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Murungi, James Mwenda, N. Wane Njoki, and George M. Muthaa. "Decolonizing Kenyan Curriculum and Self-Reliance." Journal of Education and Practice 7, no. 6 (2023): 24–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.47941/jep.1480.

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Purpose: Education is meant to develop capacity and enable members of society to become productive. African indigenous education systems inculcated self-reliance among members of society and every individual had a specific defined role within the society. The colonial education system introduced the aspects of unemployment, underemployment and job seekers. In an effort to address growing mismatch between expectations by graduates and societal employment provisions, the government has regularly formed commissions and made reforms in the education system. Despite these efforts there has been growing concerns on the effectiveness of the current education system to inculcate self-reliance among graduates. This study sought to establish the influence of decolonizing the Kenyan education system on self-reliance among students. The study was carried out in universities in Kenya. Methodology: This study utilized the descriptive survey design and the correlational research design. A sample size of 384 respondents made up of 60 members of teaching faculty and 324 fourth year bachelor of education students was selected to participate in the study. Data collection was done using questionnaires and interview schedules. Descriptive statistics was used for measures of central tendencies including mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation. Inferential statistics through correlation analysis using the Pearson‘s coefficient of correlation was applied to measure the degree of influence of decolonizing curriculum on self-reliance. To test hypothesis, simple linear and multiple regression models were used to test significance between independent and dependent variable. Qualitative data from interviews was organized into themes, categories and patterns pertinent to the study. Findings: The study found that the contemporary Kenyan curriculum influenced self-reliance to a moderate extent and that integration of selected elements of African indigenous curriculum was capable of improving the Kenyan curriculum to a large extent. It was concluded that decolonizing curriculum had a statistically significant relationship with self-reliance among students in the Kenyan education system. Unique Contribution to Theory, Policy and Practice: The findings of this study will hopefully shed light on factors attributable to colonization that continue to impact on students’ attainment of self- reliance and help planners to make early interventions with regard to self-reliance in education.

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Mbilinyi, Marjorie, and Kimse A. B. Okoko. "Socialism and Self-Reliance in Tanzania." International Journal of African Historical Studies 22, no. 4 (1989): 736. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/219072.

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Raïd, Layla. "« Self-Reliance » et l'éthique de Wittgenstein." Revue Française d Etudes Américaines 91, no. 1 (2002): 87. http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/rfea.091.0087.

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Martin, Susan Forbes, and Joyce Mends-Cole. "Refugee women and economic self-reliance." Small Enterprise Development 3, no. 3 (1992): 4–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/0957-1329.1992.025.

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Guardiano, Nicholas L. "Domesticating: A Meditation on Self-Reliance." Pluralist 17, no. 2 (2022): 31–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/19446489.17.2.07.

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Breedlove, Byron. "A Simple Sketch Symbolizing Self-Reliance." Emerging Infectious Diseases 22, no. 11 (2016): 2031–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2211.ac2211.

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Mirowska, Mariola. "On the way to self-reliance." Prace Naukowe Akademii im. Jana Długosza w Częstochowie. Pedagogika 25, no. 2 (2016): 277–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.16926/p.2016.25.74.

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Piotrowski, Roman. "Ergonomic Self Reliance “A Structured Approach”." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 44, no. 12 (2000): 2–450. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/154193120004401203.

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Ergonomics in industry takes many forms and a variety of techniques are applied for the data collection of ergonomic concerns. At the Rover Group (BMW) Swindon site, chosen shop floor associates are trained in the principles of ergonomics. They lead all ergonomic assessments with the full support of the local production manager known as the ABA plan owner. This Ergonomic “facilitator” uses an ergonomic assessment sheet known Associate job Analysis A.B.A. developed by BMW AG Germany. This takes the form of simple charts to store issues categorised as Red Amber or Green (RAG) concerns. It can effectively deal with local and departmental issues using an ergonomic approach. The author, who is the site ergonomist, will share results of the activities within their environment and explain the principles of Ergonomic Self-Reliance and the infrastructure that supports it.

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Bunting, Carolyn. "From Direction Overload to Self-Reliance." Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas 75, no. 5 (2002): 274–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00098650209603954.

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Morris, David, and Neil Seldman. "Institutions:The Institute for Local Self-Reliance." Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development 27, no. 8 (1985): 44–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00139157.1985.9931303.

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Rich, Vera. "Soviet research: Aleksandrov on self-reliance." Nature 314, no. 6011 (1985): 488. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/314488c0.

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Scott, Earl P. "Development Through Self-Reliance in Zambia." Journal of Geography 84, no. 6 (1985): 282–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00221348508979402.

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KAHN, WILLIAM A. "Managing the Paradox of Self-Reliance." Organizational Dynamics 30, no. 3 (2002): 239–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0090-2616(01)00055-9.

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Chapin, F. Stuart, Corrine N. Knapp, Todd J. Brinkman, Robin Bronen, and Patricia Cochran. "Community-empowered adaptation for self-reliance." Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 19 (April 2016): 67–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2015.12.008.

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Kim, Soyoung, and Shinhye Lee. "Experience of Self-Reliance Preparation among Out-of-Home Care Children: Assessment of Self-Reliance Services." Korean Journal of Youth Studies 27, no. 11 (2020): 1–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.21509/kjys.2020.11.27.11.1.

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Reich, John W., and Alex J. Zautra. "Spouse Encouragement of self-reliance and other-reliance in rheumatoid arthritis couples." Journal of Behavioral Medicine 18, no. 3 (1995): 249–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01857872.

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Chitty, Naren. "Development is communication: Self-reliance, self-development, and empowerment." Telematics and Informatics 9, no. 1 (1992): 21–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0736-5853(05)80161-3.

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Choo, Ping Ying, and Jacob M. Marszalek. "Self-Compassion: A Potential Shield Against Extreme Self-Reliance?" Journal of Happiness Studies 20, no. 3 (2018): 971–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10902-018-9978-y.

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Kelinsky-Jones, Lia, and Kim Niewolny. "Whose Journey to Self-Reliance? Participation in the Journey to Self-Reliance and the Land-Grant Imaginary." Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education 28, no. 4 (2021): 7–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.5191/jiaee.2021.28407.

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Land-grant university and civil society development actors have long partnered with local and global communities to eliminate food insecurity. Despite the common aim of addressing food insecurity as a wicked problem, their approaches and designs differ in scope and scale. Similarly, levels of local stakeholder participation in agricultural development historically vary reflecting the complexity in relinquishing hierarchal decision-making power. In this pilot study, we investigated how participation is framed within the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) policy, “The Journey to Self-Reliance”. Subsequently, we sought to understand the implications of this framing on land-grant universities’ agricultural development aims in addressing global food security. We drew upon Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis and Pretty’s typology of participation in sustainable agriculture to analyze the inaugural speech launching the policy framework by the former USAID administrator. We also held two focus groups with development actors at two land-grant universities. Findings indicate local participation of governments, citizens, and civil society to be important. However, governmental participation may be contingent on accountability to both USAID and the private sector indicating an increased commitment to neoliberal ideology. The focus group themes identify self- reliance and its journey as prescriptive and at times, neocolonial, raising questions about participatory possibilities. The final theme illustrates land-grant praxis from participants as they advance visions for centering local partner needs through more equitable decision-making and resource sharing. We conclude with considerations for future research to more deeply understand the implications of “The Journey to Self-Reliance” policy through a CDA lens Keywords: Agro-ecology, Extension, Theory and Practice, Qualitative Research, Community Development

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