The social integration of lesbians, gay men and bisexuals: Exploring the role of the municipal context

2019 ◽  
Vol 84 ◽  
pp. 102320
Author(s):  
Mirjam M. Fischer ◽  
Matthijs Kalmijn ◽  
Stephanie Steinmetz
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals RELIGION AND THE SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF EAST AFRICAN PROTESTANT CHRISTIAN IMMIGRANTS IN FINLAND

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Richard Ondicho Otiso
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Dimensional Approach ◽  
East African ◽  
Positive Role ◽  
New Host ◽  
The Social ◽  
Role Of Religion

Religion has been highlighted majorly in many scholarly works of sociologists as a key component of social integration. As people migrate from their countries of origin to different countries, they are often faced with difficulties of adapting into the new host society. As much as a lot of emphasis has been put on religion to be a positive influence in the process of social integration, it is not always the case. This article sought to point out the role of religion in social integration of protestant Christian immigrants in Finland as both a facilitator for social integration and a hindrance to social integration with focus on the experiences of East African Protestant Christian immigrants. Religious beliefs of the immigrants from respective countries of origin and the religiosity of the Finnish society serve as a foundation for the immigrant’s settlement and integration into the host society. This study described the process of social integration in a two dimensional approach whereby the first approach focused on the positive role of religion in immigrants integration and secondly the hindrance of religion in social integration. The study found out that religion is a major link in social integration and that it can facilitate social integration and as well hinder social integration, depending on the position it occupies within a host society. Such findings go a way to provide explanations as to why societies are different and why it is easy for religious immigrants to settle in certain societies than others.

Public Ritual and Urbanization in Central Mexico: Temple and Plaza Offerings from La Laguna, Tlaxcala

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Carballo
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Causal Role ◽  
Social Differentiation ◽  
Central Mexico ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Community Membership ◽  
The Social ◽  
Urban State

Urbanization of the world's first cities involved the social integration of greater scales of community membership as well as the social differentiation of individuals along the continua of wealth, power, and occupational specialization that define urban landscapes. This article considers the causal role of public ritual in these processes during the period of incipient urbanism in central Mexico (c. 600 BC–AD 100) by examining temple and plaza offerings at La Laguna, a town within an urbanizing cultural landscape whose inhabitants participated in the transformative exchanges that resulted in urban state capitals such as Teotihuacan.

Comment: Social Integration and Health: Contributions of the Social Sharing of Emotion at the Individual, the Interpersonal, and the Collective Level

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-70
Author(s):  
Bernard Rimé
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Collective Effects ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Sharing ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Bidirectional Flow

Among the four components proposed by Sbarra and Coan (2018) to guide the research aimed at understanding the role of emotion in the connection between social relationship and health, I view the fourth one, labeled “transactional dimensions,” as offering particularly rich promises in this regard. To illustrate, I sketch the example of individual, interpersonal, and collective effects entailed by the process of social sharing of emotion. The example rests on the bidirectional flow of transactions that develops continuously between these three levels.

scholarly journals The Social Integration of Immigrants and the Role of Policy — A Literature Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 285-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadzeya Laurentsyeva ◽  
Alessandra Venturini
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
The Social ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants

Festival, Identity and Social Integration

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-102
Author(s):  
Kayode Onipede
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Group Relations ◽  
Group Competition ◽  
The Social ◽  
Southwest Nigeria ◽  
Historical Role

This study examines the “historical” role of the New Yam Festival in the social integration of Moba people over time, aiming to supplement the dearth of scholarly work on the festivals that had fostered inter-group relations through cultural identity among the Ekiti-Yoruba people of southwest Nigeria. Using a hybrid historical and anthropological research method, which includes oral interviews, participant observation, photography and video and tape recordings to document and elicit data, the study discusses the political and social interaction of the EkitiYoruba social group through the New Yam Festival. The study reveals that the New Yam Festival is traditionally rooted in kinship culture, and is motivated by social and political integration and enhancement within a socio-political space. The festival demonstrates how ritual can promote and enhance peace, cooperation and stability among the different ethnic groups in Nigeria. It is a long-standing festival that renews and celebrates kinship, identity and social relations, and could be used in significant new initiatives to promote national integration and unity among the diverse ethnic groups, promoting social integration in Nigeria, where inter-group relations have tended to become group competition, even among ethnic groups that have historical ties.

Addressing isolation: the importance of integration and the role of institutions

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Yates
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Contact ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Contact Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Key Factor

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of integration in tackling isolation in later life, propose institutions as a key factor in forming intergenerational friendships, and assess the key conditions which need to be established. Design/methodology/approach – Assessment based on work on social contact theory by Professor Miles Hewstone, amongst others, as well as case studies, research from Age UK and the Social Integration Commission. Findings – Isolation can be seen as part of the broader issue of a failure of social integration. A lack of integration in earlier life results in networks which are not age-diverse. This results in isolation in later life. Institutions are key in preventing this, as they allow for the formation of intergenerational friendships and trust. Originality/value – Based on an article by the author (www.demos.co.uk/publications/mapping integration), age-specific integration is reviewed, and supplementary research considered.

scholarly journals The Sociolinguistic Integration of Immigrant Populations: Reflections on Its Study

Languages ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
María Sancho Pascual
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Host Population ◽  
Cultural Contact ◽  
Migrant Populations ◽  
Immigrant Populations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Linguistic Dimension ◽  
Point Of Departure

Taking as its main point of departure the research carried out in the Madrid context by the Hispalin-UAH team of the IN.MIGRA2-CM project, the goal of this article is to reflect on the role of the linguistic dimension within the process of the social integration of migrant populations. It trains its sights on the need to work from a cognitive angle which may help to show how those involved in the process construct and re-define the new context, and on the need to consider the host population—as the prime conditioner of the process—and to identify and analyse in depth the components of identity that are modified as a result of cultural contact.

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