HUMAN FREEDOMS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF “I FEEL, VALUE AND CAN CHANGE MY FUTURE”: SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL PERCEPTIONS IN THE CITY OF XALAPA, VERACRUZ, MEXICO (2025)

Authors

  • Oscar González Muñoz PhD in Public Finance, Institute of Research and Higher Studies in Administrative Sciences, Veracruzana University, Mexico
  • Yessica Dariana Moreno Cantu Master's student in Administration, Institute of Research and Higher Studies in Administrative Sciences, Veracruzana University, Mexico
  • Verónica Alejandra González Muñoz PhD in Business Administration and Development, Faculty of Administrative and Social Sciences, Veracruzana University, Mexico

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejsss.v12i3.2221

Keywords:

human freedoms, socio-ecological perceptions, capabilities, social vulnerability, individual expectations

Abstract

Recognizing the capabilities of the social environment as a foundation for individual freedoms allows us to identify the role of individual thoughts as the basis for socio-ecological perceptions—that is, how relationships with the environment are understood. In this sense, understanding citizens' impressions of the challenges their own individuality presents reveals the explanatory mechanisms at the levels of intervention. Therefore, this article aims to demonstrate that individual perceptions are part of the interpretations people make regarding their vulnerabilities and the reinforcement of disadvantaged positions. The study shows that the perceptions of young people surveyed in the city of Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico are concentrated on individual expectations and the recognition that the limitations of the environment provide regarding the socio-ecological reality to which they belong. This highlights the capacity of contexts to act to the detriment of the interpretations constructed to overcome both individual and collective challenges.

Author Biographies

  • Oscar González Muñoz, PhD in Public Finance, Institute of Research and Higher Studies in Administrative Sciences, Veracruzana University, Mexico

    Gonzalez Muñoz, Oscar, PhD in Public Finance, Institute of Research and Higher Studies in Administrative Sciences, Veracruzana University, Mexico.

    Email: oscgonzalez@uv.mx

  • Yessica Dariana Moreno Cantu, Master's student in Administration, Institute of Research and Higher Studies in Administrative Sciences, Veracruzana University, Mexico

    Moreno Cantu, Yessica Dariana, Master's Student in Administration, Institute of Research and Higher Studies in Administrative Sciences, Veracruzana University, Mexico.

    Email: zs24025293@estudiantes.uv.mx

  • Verónica Alejandra González Muñoz, PhD in Business Administration and Development, Faculty of Administrative and Social Sciences, Veracruzana University, Mexico

    Gonzalez Muñoz, Verónica Alejandra, PhD in Business Administration and Development, Faculty of Administrative and Social Sciences, Veracruzana University, Mexico.

    Email: vegonzalez@uv.mx

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2026-05-22

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Vol. 12 No. 3 (2026)

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