scholarly journals Multiculturalism at Czech universities as a predictor of diversity work place. The case of students from former Soviet Union

2011 ◽  
Vol 59 (7) ◽  
pp. 325-336
Author(s):  
Martina Rašticová ◽  
Valery Senichev
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Work Place ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Stereotype Content ◽  
Majority Groups ◽  
Different Cultures

The study is focused on the problematic of spreading multiculturalism at universities in the Czech Republic. The number of immigrants mostly from regions of Eastern Europe coming to work and live in the country keeps growing. From previous research, it is apparent that success in dealing with immigrants at Universities and in the work places is conditioned by the perception of minorities and vice versa. Whereas most of the research is focused on the perception of minority groups, there is a lack of research data regarding the perception of majority groups. The current study is concerned with the perception of a majority group by foreign students from former Soviet Union studying at Czech universities. The methods were chosen to achieve the research objectives. We used free associations, which are best to explore the perception dimensions. A group of foreign students from the former Soviet Union (N = 55) studying at Czech universities were interviewed via the Internet. The research results proved the validity of Susan Fiske’s Model of Stereotype Content of inter-group perception based on agency – communion dimensions. Moreover, the findings showed how different cultures and social backgrounds change the patterns of judgment. These data are considered to be highly important for work in diversified groups. Practical applications of the research outcomes and future directions are discussed.

scholarly journals TERMINOLOGY STUDY BY FOREIGN STUDENTS AT THE PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT AT A TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

2020 ◽  
pp. 129-139
Author(s):  
Людмила Ивановна Ярица
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Foreign Student ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
State University ◽  
Russian Scientific ◽  
Technical University ◽  
Definition Of

Рассматривается вопрос преподавания русского языка как иностранного в техническом вузе России. Актуальность темы обусловлена ростом числа иностранных студентов в российских вузах и необходимостью скорейшего овладения ими русским языком. Описаны особенности изучения русской научной лексики, терминологического аппарата технических дисциплин, в частности языка математики, иностранными студентами, обучающимися на подготовительном отделении Томского государственного архитектурно-строительного университета. Проведен лингвистический эксперимент, в ходе которого студентам был предложен диктант, изобилующий научной лексикой; описаны результаты, а также нарушения произношения и написания терминов, так как главную трудность представляет именно изучение лексики научного стиля речи. Выявлены и описаны, структурированы особенности отступлений от нормы, предложены варианты работы по реализации программы отработки навыков нормативного письма иностранными студентами. Достаточно трудным является определение границы слова, написание букв в конце слова, восприятие шипящих согласных, парных согласных по глухости/звонкости, мягкости/твердости; определение рода имен существительных (в большинстве языков народов бывшего Советского Союза нет категории рода). В связи с этим возникает необходимость тщательно продумывать типы упражнений в соответствии с потребностью учащихся и их последовательность. The issue of teaching Russian as a foreign language in a technical university in Russia is considered. The relevance is due both to the increase in the number of foreign students in Russian universities and the need for them to master the Russian language as soon as possible in order to continue their studies in Russian. The aim of the work is to describe the features of mastering Russian scientific vocabulary, the terminology of technical disciplines, in particular, the language of mathematics by foreign students studying at the preparatory department of the Tomsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (Building). A linguistic experiment was carried out, when students were offered to write a dictation, replete with scientific vocabulary. The results, as well as violations of pronunciation and spelling of terms have been described, since the main difficulty is precisely the study of the vocabulary of the scientific style of speech. The peculiarities of deviations from the standard were also identified, structured, and described. Options for the implementation of the program for the development of normative writing skills by foreign students were proposed. Rather difficult is the definition of the word boundary, writing letters at the end of a word, the perception of hissing consonants, paired consonants (unvoiced – voiced), soft – hard; determination of the gender of a noun (in most languages of the former Soviet Union there is no category of gender). This requires the necessity of elaborate thinking over the exercise types and their sequence in accordance with students’ needs. This work continues a series of methodical publications, the main aim of which is improving the quality of foreign student education in technical universities of Russia.

Developing Conflict Resolution in Transcaucasia: A University-Based Approach

1997 ◽  
Vol 552 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
DENNIS J. D. SANDOLE
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Democratic Change ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
Independent States ◽  
Newly Independent States ◽  
The U.S

This article provides an overview of the author's efforts, together with those of colleagues, to help institutionalize the teaching and practice of conflict resolution in the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union and Eastern and Central Europe. These include his institute's university-based programs in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey funded primarily by the U.S. Institute of Peace, and his work, in conjunction with Partners for Democratic Change, in the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, and the Slovak Republic. The article concludes by locating these activities within the context of the author's model for a new European peace and security system.

scholarly journals Management and Business Ethics in Central and Eastern Europe: Introduction to Special Issue

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Soulsby ◽  
Anna Remišová ◽  
Thomas Steger
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Soviet Bloc ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Management Ethics ◽  
Communist Countries

AbstractThis special issue focuses on the developments in ethical standards in the post-communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) including the former Soviet Union. Over thirty years have elapsed since the demise of the Soviet Bloc and, despite some common institutional features, the societies have had very different experiences with uneven developments across the region since the collapse of communism. In this special issue, the authors explore business and management ethics situated within the context of the challenges that face these still transforming post-communist societies. The papers cover a range of issues and countries including Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia. Potential further avenues for research are identified in the field of business ethics in post-communist societies.

‘The Russians are back’: Symbolic boundaries and cultural trauma in immigration from the former Soviet Union to the Czech Republic

Ethnicities ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radka Klvaňová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Cultural Trauma ◽  
Symbolic Boundaries ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Post Cold War ◽  
Boundary Making ◽  
Perpetrators And Victims

This study contributes to the literature on migration and the construction of the symbolic boundaries of belonging. It explores the neglected topic of the role of collective memory and, in particular, cultural trauma, in the processes of negotiation of the symbolic boundaries between immigrants and the native-born. It does so by studying the case of post-Cold War immigration from three countries of the former Soviet Union—Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia—to the Czech Republic, focusing on immigrants’ experiences of being assigned responsibility for “1968,” the Warsaw Treaty Troops’ military intervention into Czechoslovakia and its subsequent occupation by the Soviet army. Analysis of the narratives of immigrants about their everyday encounters with Czechs advances the understanding of symbolic boundary-making processes by identifying two types of responses the immigrants employ for contesting the stigma of the perpetrators imposed on them in the Czech immigration context. The first involves “differentiation,” which aims at redrawing the symbolic boundaries between perpetrators and victims. The second response involves “individualization,” in which immigrants completely dissociate from the past acts of violence of the Soviet regime. This study offers insight into the micro-politics of nation-building in Central and Eastern Europe.

Optimal Protection From Impact and Shock: Theory and Methods

2000 ◽  
Vol 53 (9) ◽  
pp. 237-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. V. Balandin ◽  
N. N. Bolotnik ◽  
W. D. Pilkey
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
External Disturbance ◽  
Review Article ◽  
The Body ◽  
Computational Techniques ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Shock Isolation ◽  
Isolation Systems ◽  
Optimal Protection

This review article gives a historical perspective of the achievements in the theory and methods of optimization of isolation systems and outlines the most important results, including some practical applications. The effectiveness of shock isolation is reviewed and the fact that in some cases the utilization of isolators does not lead to a reduction in the force transmitted to the body to be protected is discussed. Mathematical formulations of basic problems of optimization of shock isolation systems are surveyed, including those for the case where the external disturbance is not precisely prescribed. Particular attention is given to the limiting performance analysis aimed at the establishment of an absolute optimum of the response of the system, irrespective of its design and engineering implementation. A significant portion of this paper is devoted to the basic achievements in the theory of shock isolation of systems with one degree of freedom. Analytical solutions for such systems are reviewed in detail. Various computational techniques are outlined and compared. Promising potential directions of further developments are discussed. An extensive bibliography of relevant publications is provided. Included in this review are numerous publications from the former Soviet Union which heretofore have not received much exposure elsewhere. This review article contains 234 references.

State Strategies in Multi-Ethnic Territories: Explaining Variation in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 381-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Zukerman Daly
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Ethnic Politics ◽  
Minority Rights ◽  
Eastern Bloc ◽  
Soviet Bloc ◽  
Potential Importance ◽  
Minority Policies

After the collapse of the Soviet bloc, its twenty-seven successor states were charged with devising policies with respect to their ethnic minorities. This shock enables an analysis of the conditions that render states more likely to repress, exclude, assimilate or accommodate their minorities. One would anticipate that groups that are most ‘threatening’ to the state's territorial integrity are more likely to experience repression. However the data do not validate this expectation. Instead, the analysis suggests that minority groups’ demographics and states’ coercive capacities better account for variation in ethnic minority policies. While less robust, the findings further indicate the potential importance of lobby states and Soviet multinational legacies in determining minority rights. The results have implications for ethnic politics, human rights, nationalism, democratization and political violence.

scholarly journals Organized crime as a threat to national security

2021 ◽  
pp. 9-20
Author(s):  
Lana Dalinczuk
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Financial Markets ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
East Central Europe ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
East Central ◽  
Economic Developments ◽  
Criminal Groups

All kinds of illegal trafficking, prostitution, pornography, gambling, fraud and counterfeiting, computer crime, corruption, piracy, illegal immigration and many other criminal activities can pose a threat to national and even international security if conducted by larger criminal groups or organizations. The phenomenon of organized crime has acquired a transnational character due to the increasing globalization of financial markets and communications as well as technological development. The three countries of East Central Europe – The Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland – can be of interest in terms of organized crime as recent political and economic developments in these countries have made them attractive to such criminal activities. Another problematic region in terms of organized criminal activities is the region of Central Asia which includes several countries of the former Soviet Union – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Minority Literatures in Israel

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adia Mendelson-Maoz
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
National Standards ◽  
National Minority ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Dominant Group ◽  
Lgbt Community ◽  
Minority Literatures

The term “minority” usually refers to individuals or groups that are disadvantaged in comparison to those who belong to the dominant group. This type of exclusion is commonly based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, social and cultural background, and sexual orientation. While in reality boundaries between cultural groups are unclear, defining and relating to minorities always hinges on a definition of the majority or hegemony, thus creating an often misleading concept of binarism. The heterogeneous social and cultural fabric of the Israeli context, and its evolution over the years, problematizes any clear dichotomy between hegemonial and marginal groups. Nevertheless, general distinctions can be made based on what is perceived as the common narrative of Israeli culture. From its inception, the Zionist leadership, while integrating people from different places, cultures, and languages, pursued a melting-pot policy by promoting a monocultural community for the “ingathering of the exiles,” supported by national “standards” such as the “National Poet,” the “National Theater,” the “National Museum” and the “National Library,” where Hebrew was the cultural kernel. These cultural pillars adhered to the Ashkenazi Western secular culture, with certain concepts of masculinity and militarism, to the detriment of other national ethnic and religious groups. Changes in the political arena, and the growing waves of immigration from the 1950s to the 1980s, led to fissures in efforts to structure a homogeneous Jewish-Israeli culture. Alternative narratives and cultures began shaping a multicultural sphere with differing national, ethnic, religious and cultural groups. In the last few decades, this evolution has been mirrored in Hebrew literature and in the field of Hebrew literary criticism. Numerous volumes of prose and poetry have been published and studies have dealt with the Israeli minority literature of specific literary groups or significant authors. This entry clearly cannot cover all these minority groups, but rather focuses on the national minority in Israel in the writing of Palestinian-Israelis, the literatures of ethnic minorities such as Mizrahim who immigrated from North Africa and the Middle East, and immigrants from the former Soviet Union (FSU) and Ethiopia, the literature of religious and ultra-orthodox Israelis, and the literature of the LGBT community in Israel. It does not discuss women’s writing, a broad category that deserves separate attention; the literature of the disabled community, which has still not emerged as a literary group; or authors who write and publish in Israel in different languages such as English, Yiddish, or German. Some of these groups are discussed in Shai Ginsburg’s comprehensive article on Israeli literature in this bibliographic collection.

The Political and Historical Implications of Koreans in the Former Soviet Union: Their Social Historic Dynamics with Turkic People

2021 ◽  
pp. 002190962199907
Author(s):  
Se Hyun Ahn
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Central Asia ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Soviet Society ◽  
Korean People ◽  
Turkish People ◽  
Political Economic

This account of Koreans in the former Soviet Union describes important discoveries concerning a key hidden story of the Korean people and identity. The paper describes important aspects of Korean life in Central Asia that have been relatively undermined by many scholars in international relations and anthropology. This paper presents a detailed analysis of the history and meaning of the settlement of Korean people in Russia and Central Asia from a multitude of perspectives. Despite the size of the Korean population and its significant contributions to the building of Soviet society, very little has been written about Koreans in the former Soviet Union. In fact, the ethnic Korean group has been one of the largest minority groups in the former Soviet Union, representing an important element of both Soviet and post-Soviet political, social, ethnic, and economic history. This study revealed, once again, the tragic story of Stalin’s deportation of Kan people in Russia and explored an intriguing analysis of the re-encounter of Korean and Turkish people after a millennium and their long, intimate cultural bond. In particular, this study demonstrated that the historical and cultural affinities between Koreans and Central Asians existed long before Stalin’s deportation. Political, economic, social, and linguistic exchanges between Korean people and Turkic people are deeply rooted in the same mythology of Dangun, the legendary founder of the first Korean kingdom of Gojoseon. This reflects the dynamics of success of the Korean people in the former Soviet Union as well as their mutual interest in enhancing relations between Korea and the Turkic states and Siberian region.

Democratization and Conflicts in Russia and the Newly Independent States

1997 ◽  
Vol 552 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-97
Author(s):  
NATALIA MIRIMANOVA
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Cultural Conflicts ◽  
Political Conflicts ◽  
Conflict Analysis And Resolution ◽  
Independent States ◽  
The Will ◽  
Newly Independent States

This article analyzes the relationship between conflicts and democratization processes in Russia and the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union. The severe interethnic and political conflicts that marked the beginning of the era of democratization in the former Soviet Union still have not been resolved. These ongoing conflicts inhibit democratic reforms. States have neither the resources nor the will to promote the peaceful resolution of these conflicts. Nongovernmental, cooperative conflict resolution may provide some assistance in handling conflicts in the post-Soviet context. Drawing on her significant experience working in cross-cultural conflicts, the author provides illustrations of practical applications of conflict analysis and resolution skills and processes. Finally, in concluding the article, the author explores the connection between civil society building and peaceful conflict resolution.

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