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Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 The Prevalent Notion of Work and its Exclusion of Unpaid Activities
1.2 Research Questions and Aims
1.3 Content and Structure
2 Methodology
2.1 Sustainability Science, Ontology and Epistemology
2.2 Qualitative Approach
2.3 Case Study Research
2.4 Methods
2.4.1 Expert Interviews
2.4.2 Participant Observation
2.4.3 Focus Group Interviews
2.5 Personal Reflections of the Research
3 Reconceptualising Work: The Concept of Mixed Work
3.1 Four Segments of Work
3.2 Achieving a Holistic View on Work as an Individual
4 Development of Cohousing and Today’s Definitions
4.1 The First Cohousing Generation
4.2 The Second Generation - Cohousing as an Intermediary Level
4.3 Cohousing Today
4.3.1 Cohousing’s Characteristics and Variations
4.3.2 Meanings of co in Cohousing
5 The Cases
5.1 Cohousing in Austria
5.1.1 The Cohouse Lebensraum
5.2 Cohousing in Sweden
5.2.1 The Cohouse Fiolen
5.3 Differences and Similarities of the Cohouses
6 Cohousing’s Comunity Work and its Contribution to Redefining Work
6.1 The Definition of Work Matters
6.2 Categorisation of Work in a Cohouse
6.3 Organisation of Community Work and its Required Time
6.4 Distribution of Work between Women and Men
6.5 Appreciation of Community Work
6.6 Visibility of Community Work
6.7 Benefits and Challenges of Community Work
6.7.1 Facilitation of Family Work
6.7.2 Financial Savings
6.7.3 Strengthening the Group
7 Conclusion
7.1 Summarising Statements and Potentials of Mixed Work in Cohousing for Sustainability
7.2 Suggesting Future Research
7.3 Concluding Remarks
References
Appendix
Guiding Themes and Questions for the Focus Group Interviews
- Quote paper
- Teresa Rauscher (Author), 2013, Work, Community and Sustainability. Redefining Work through Cohousing, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/215612
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