Making Democratic Citizens

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (7) ◽  
pp. 875-902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romana Careja ◽  
Patrick Emmenegger
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Political Attitudes ◽  
Cognitive Status ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Domestic Institutions ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Migration Experience ◽  
Eastern European Countries

This article examines the effects of migration experience on political attitudes in Central and Eastern European countries. The rationale for this quest is the hypothesis that contact with democratic contexts translates into democratic political attitudes, for which evidence is so far inconclusive. In this article, we are interested to see whether migrants returning from Western countries display different political attitudes than their fellow nonmigrant citizens. The analysis of survey data shows that migration experience diversifies the array of political attitudes: Although migrants are more likely to trust EU institutions and to try to convince friends in political discussions, they do not differ from nonmigrants in their attitudes toward domestic institutions. Based on earlier works on determinants of political attitudes, the authors argue that migration experience has a significant effect only when these attitudes are related to objects that are associated with improvements in the migrants’ material and cognitive status.

scholarly journals Is liberal bias universal? An international perspective on social psychologists

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal Bilewicz ◽  
Aleksandra Cichocka ◽  
Paulina Górska ◽  
Zsolt Péter Szabó
Keyword(s):  
International Perspective ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Alternative Account ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Lower Status ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
Liberal Bias

AbstractBased on our comparison of political orientation and research interests of social psychologists in capitalist Western countries versus post-Communist Eastern European countries, we suggest that Duarte and colleagues' claim of liberal bias in the field seems American-centric. We propose an alternative account of political biases which focuses on the academic tendency to explain attitudes of lower status groups.

scholarly journals The role of labour market experiences in the social and political integration of first and second-generation Non-Western and Eastern European immigrants in Ireland

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Turner ◽  
Christine Cross
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
European Countries ◽  
The Political ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Second Generation Immigrants ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
First And Second Generation

AbstractThe increase in the number of immigrants in Europe in recent decades has been accompanied by a rise in anti-immigrant sentiment and a growth in support for far-right political parties in Europe. A key element for ant-immigrant sentiment is the assumed lack of attachment and commitment of immigrants to the institutions, values and national identity of the host country. While a considerable body of studies have focused on the political and social assimilation of immigrants into European countries, the possible influence of Irish labour market experiences of first and second generation immigrants from non-western countries and Eastern European countries remains an under-researched area in th e literature. Combining five waves of the European Social Survey we test the proposition that the labour market experiences of first and second-generation immigrants from non-western countries and Eastern European countries are a factor affecting the extent of political and social assimilation into the host country. Our findings indicate that first-generation immigrants’ attachment to the political institutions of the host country are likely influenced more by a comparison with conditions in their country of origin rather than how they fare in labour market of the host country.

Export Competitiveness : British Experience in Eastern Europe

1966 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 43-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. F. Ray
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Good Position ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Export Competitiveness ◽  
British Experience ◽  
Eastern European Countries

The purpose of the Enquiry, whose results are reported in this article, was to assess the competitiveness of British exports in five Eastern European countries—Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. The Enquiry also investigated, more generally, the possibilities of promoting trade with these five countries. They were chosen because their trade with other countries is almost entirely the monopoly of specialised foreign trade corporations;(1) hence for each category of products there is only one buyer in each country. It is therefore possible to make some assessment of the competitiveness of British exports from the consumer end without an impossibly large number of interviews. These foreign trade corporations keep in touch with all the main suppliers both inside and outside the Comecon area, and are therefore in a good position to answer questions about the competitiveness of various Western countries' exports—questions concerning not only statistically quantifiable aspects (such as price) but also such matters as packaging and public relations.

Knowledge about basic life support in European students

2014 ◽  
Vol 155 (21) ◽  
pp. 833-837 ◽  
Author(s):  
József Marton ◽  
Attila Pandúr ◽  
Emese Pék ◽  
Krisztina Deutsch ◽  
Bálint Bánfai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Basic Life Support ◽  
Life Support ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
European Students ◽  
Western European ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
European Youth

Introduction: Better knowledge and skills of basic life support can save millions of lives each year in Europe. Aim: The aim of this study was to measure the knowledge about basic life support in European students. Method: From 13 European countries 1527 volunteer participated in the survey. The questionnaire consisted of socio-demographic questions and knowledge regarding basic life support. The maximum possible score was 18. Results: Those participants who had basic life support training earned 11.91 points, while those who had not participated in lifesaving education had 9.6 points (p<0.001). Participants from former socialist Eastern European countries reached 10.13 points, while Western Europeans had average 10.85 points (p<0.001). The best results were detected among the Swedish students, and the worst among the Belgians. Conclusions: Based on the results, there are significant differences in the knowledge about basic life support between students from different European countries. Western European youth, and those who were trained had better performance. Orv. Hetil., 2014, 155(21), 833–837.

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