scholarly journals Europe’s Migration Experience and Its Effects on Economic Inequality

2021 ◽  
pp. 486-515
Author(s):  
Martin Guzi ◽  
Martin Kahanec ◽  
Magdalena M. Ulceluse
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
The Other ◽  
Skilled Migration ◽  
Skilled Immigrants ◽  
Past Half Century ◽  
Past Half

This chapter provides the historical context for the past half-century in Europe, focusing specifically on the link between migration and economic development and inequality. The literature review suggests that there are several channels through which migration affects economic inequality between countries in one or the other direction, and it may decrease inequality within countries. The net effects are an open empirical question and are likely to depend on the institutional and policy context, sources and destinations of migration, and its type. The authors undertake an empirical analysis and find that immigration has contributed to reducing inequality within the 25 European Union (EU) countries over the 2003–2017 period. As the EU has attracted mostly high-skilled immigrants throughout this period, the authors’ results are consistent with the ameliorating effect of high-skilled migration on within-country inequality, as predicted by theory.

1968: Towards a General Secularism

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Simon During
Keyword(s):  
Capitalist Society ◽  
The Other ◽  
Late Capitalism ◽  
The Past ◽  
Middle Way ◽  
Past Half Century ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Past Half ◽  
Radical Movement ◽  
Movement Politics

The numerous interpretations and evaluations of 1968 that have been developed over the past half-century can arguably be divided into two. On one side, there are those accounts that regard 1968 as the threshold across which an older form of modernity passed to become what student revolutionaries of the period began to call late capitalism; and although late capitalism itself quickly became a fissured thing, this view has become orthodox. On the other side, there are those who insist that ’68 was a Badiousian event, an outbreak of liberatory possibilities to which we not only have a responsibility to remain faithful, but which provided a template for later more or less insurrectionary movements; undoubtedly the strongest argument for ’68’s enduring radical meaning and potential has been made by Kristin Ross in her 2002 book, May ’68 and its Afterlives. This article is partly committed to arguing for a middle way between these two views. I accept that the processes leading to and following the events of 1968 triggered the development of a new kind of capitalist society as well as formed the template for the radicalisms we now have. This mediation might seem to involve a contradiction, but in the end it is more accurate not to see these two views as they see themselves, namely as enemies, but rather as dialectically and functionally united. Without the kind of capitalism that the 1960s triggered, no radical movement politics; without radical, post-communist movement politics, no such late capitalism. To see that, we need to think about ’68 in larger contexts and terms than is usual. I will call the context I wish to bring to bear general secularization.

scholarly journals The Ethics of Jesus and the Modern Mind

1911 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 418-438
Author(s):  
Daniel Evans
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Half Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Past Half Century ◽  
Modern Mind ◽  
Modern Thought ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Past Half

Many times during the past half-century the question raised by Strauss, “Are we still Christian?” has been asked by other persons. The vast changes in thought which have taken place within this period have led to this. The difference between the ancient and modern thought-worlds are numerous, far-reaching, and now acutely felt. We live in a universe infinite in extent, eternal in duration, dynamic in all its elements, law-abiding in all its forces and areas, developing through an immanent process of evolution by resident forces, and moving on to a far-off divine event when the purposes of God will be realized in a perfected humanity.Our fathers, on the other hand, lived in a world recent in the date of its origin, small in extent, and made by fiat; its laws statutes to be set aside at the pleasure of its maker; its nature deranged by the sin of man; the historic process degenerative; and its end catastrophic.It is these differences in world-view which have made many persons ask the question, “Are we still Christian?”

scholarly journals The Growing Importance of the Financial Sector in the Founding Countries of the European Union

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (26) ◽  
pp. 37-49
Author(s):  
Tomasz Florczak
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Financial Sector ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The Other ◽  
The European Union

The economies of the 21st century countries operate on the principle of connected vessels. A significant element of changes in economies is the growth of the financial sector. The process of financial sector growth is often referred as financialization. The significant impact of this sector on economic development was shown during the financial crisis of 2008. Financialization is more visible in highly developed countries. Undoubtedly the founding countries of the European Union belong to highly developed countries. It is possible that the financialization is higher in bigger countries like France, Germany, Italy or United Kingdom, which can also have bigger financial sectors. From the other side there is also country, which economy is based on banks. The aim of the article is to indicate the growth of the financial sector in the founding countries of the European Union. To determine the growth of the financial sector, the author used the indicators appearing in the literature of subject. There are indicators relating to functioning of the economy and banking sector. The second method helps to determine in which country financialization is higher. To made the research there was used zero unitarization method. The results of the study allows to determine in which of the subjects the financial sector is at a higher level of development. It is possible, that during researched period there were changes in financializiation of researched countries.

The Pain in the Gift and the Gift in the Pain

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-166
Author(s):  
Jennifer A. Herdt
Keyword(s):  
Virtue Ethics ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ecological Consciousness ◽  
Half Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Past Half Century ◽  
The Gift ◽  
Vision Of God ◽  
The One ◽  
Past Half

If we are searching, over the past half-century or so, for the finest articulation of the Augustinian vision of God as the One who satisfies the deepest desire of our heart by way of uprooting desires that more often than not feel like our deepest desires, we would do well to sit at the feet of Gilbert Meilaender. Meilaender rightly suggests that it is only when we see as God does that we can fully recognize what in our created and/or fallen nature is in need of transformation. That said, even where God is not known as the deepest desire of the heart, happiness can be grasped as coming by way of the painful upending of desires. This is what eudaemonist virtue ethics should lead us to expect, even if it is not Christian—as this article seeks to illustrate by way of reflection on ancient Stoic oikeiosis on the one hand, and modern ecological consciousness on the other.

Genocidal Warfare in North‐east Africa

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex de Waal
Keyword(s):  
Major Part ◽  
Final Section ◽  
The Other ◽  
Nile Valley ◽  
Horn Of Africa ◽  
The Past ◽  
North East ◽  
Past Half Century ◽  
History Of ◽  
Past Half

The modern history of the Horn of Africa is marked by protracted violence. The two powerful states of the region, Ethiopia and Sudan, are hybrid imperial creations from African and European colonialisms. For centuries, the dominant states of the Ethiopian highlands and the Nile Valley have been predators on the peoples of their peripheries, inflicting slavery, subjugation, and massacre upon them. The other states of the Horn, Eritrea and Somalia were forged out of resistance to the centres of state power, and each exists insofar as it can dispense violence. This article consists of four sections. The first outlines the key themes. A second part briefly surveys the position of the Horn of Africa within scholarly and legal approaches to genocide. The major part outlines twenty-two episodes of extreme violence, including mass killing and group-targeted repression, over the past half century. The final section draws some general conclusions.

Economy and exchange

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boban Tripković
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
The Other ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Trade And Exchange

The economics of past societies has traditionally been one of the most important topics of scientific archaeology. On one hand, economic activities are related to fundamental human survival and have always been part of the daily routine of an individual or small family group. On the other, the study of past economies is inevitably associated with the broad historical context in which archaeology as a discipline originated and further developed. For that reason, this chapter combines theoretical perspectives that include a wide range of economies, from domestic to political, traditional to modern, gift economies to commodity economy. The chapter consists of four parts: it reviews the historical development of economic archaeology, relates economic development to social complexity, discusses the categories and classes of items that have been produced and used in different cultural contexts, and explores distribution, namely the trade and exchange activities in which goods become gifts and commodities.

Fifty Years of Migration, Fifty Years of Waiting: Turkey, Germany and the European Union

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Mandel
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Historical Memory ◽  
Large Population ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Past ◽  
Past Half Century ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Motivating Factor ◽  
Past Half

This article describes and analyzes the complex relationship between Turkey, Germany, and the European Union over the past half-century. It asks why numerous other countries have jumped the queue and managed to gain entry, whereas Turkey has been left knocking at the door, presented with increasing obstacles through which it must pass. The role of Islam is examined as a motivating factor in the exclusion of Turkey. Also, the historical memory of the Ottoman Empire's relationship with Europe is discussed. The mixed reception and perceived problems of integration of the large population of people from Turkey and their descendants who arrived in the 1960s as "guestworkers" is put forth as a key obstacle to Turkey's admission to the European Union. Contradictions in policies and perceptions are highlighted as further impediments to accession.

scholarly journals The psychological change of the Chinese people over the past half century: A literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 1599
Author(s):  
Huajian CAI ◽  
Zihang HUANG ◽  
Li LIN ◽  
Mingyang ZHANG ◽  
Xiaoou WANG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Chinese People ◽  
Half Century ◽  
Psychological Change ◽  
The Past ◽  
Past Half Century ◽  
Past Half

scholarly journals FURNACES: VISIONS OF THE AMERICAN DREAM AND NIGHTMARE IN BRADDOCK

2020 ◽  
Vol XI (31) ◽  
pp. 69-75
Author(s):  
John C. Spurlock
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
American Dream ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Three Generations ◽  
The Social

Two works of fiction, one a novel, the other a movie, provide a harrowing journey from the American Dream to the American nightmare. Appearing about 70 years apart, Out of this Furnace (by Thomas Bell) and Out of the Furnace (directed by Scott Cooper) closely examine the lives of steelworking families in Braddock, Pennsylvania. The novel shows the hopes and aspirations of Slovak immigrants slowly improving their material lot over three generations. The movie fast forwards through two more generations to show Braddock in terminal decline, a victim of deindustrialization and all the social ills of America’s economic inequality. Taken together these works reveal the arc of American economic development in the 20th century as experienced in the lives of those who experienced it most directly.

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