scholarly journals United or divided in diversity? The heterogeneous effects of ethnic diversity on European and national identities

2021 ◽  
pp. 146511652110637
Author(s):  
Dominik Schraff ◽  
Ronja Sczepanski
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
National Identities ◽  
Migrant Population ◽  
Threat Perceptions ◽  
Immigrant Populations ◽  
Cultural Proximity ◽  
Heterogeneous Effects ◽  
Cultural Threat

In this article, we argue that the size and cultural proximity of immigrant populations in people's residential surroundings shape national and European identities. This means that the type of migrant population activates cultural threat perceptions and opportunities for contact to varying degrees. Geocoded survey data from the Netherlands suggests that large non-Western immigrant shares are associated with more exclusive national identities, while mixed contexts with Western and non-Western populations show more inclusive identities. These results suggest that highly diverse areas with mixed immigrant populations hold a potential for more tolerance. In contrast, exclusive national identities become strongly pronounced under the presence of sizeable culturally distant immigrant groups.

scholarly journals The Impact of Managers and Network Interactions on the Integration of Circularity in Business Strategy

2021 ◽  
pp. 108602662199463
Author(s):  
Manon Eikelenboom ◽  
Gjalt de Jong
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Core Business ◽  
Organizational Attributes ◽  
Positive Direct ◽  
The Impact

Integrating circularity in business strategy is difficult to achieve for companies as it requires impactful changes in core business processes. While research has focused on identifying key barriers, little is known about the organizational attributes that can assist businesses in integrating circularity in their strategies. The purpose of this study is to investigate the implications of organizational managers and network interactions for the integration of circularity in business strategy. Through using survey data from 627 SMEs (small- and medium-sized enterprises) in the Netherlands, this study shows that managers who interpret circularity as an opportunity can have a positive direct and indirect effect on the integration of circularity in a company’s strategy. The results furthermore highlight the importance of circular network interactions for the integration of circularity in business strategy. This article contributes to recent calls for more empirical research into the integration of circularity and offers relevant insights for companies aiming to integrate circularity.

scholarly journals What do we read to our children? Messages concerning ethnic diversity in popular children’s books in the Netherlands

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ymke de Bruijn ◽  
Rosanneke A. G. Emmen ◽  
Judi Mesman
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Young Children ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
Children's Books ◽  
Children’S Books ◽  
Cultural Authenticity ◽  
Cultural Specificity ◽  
Cultural Details

AbstractChildren’s books can create opportunities for children to see themselves as well as others in different settings and stories, but cultural details and specificity within these stories can play an important role in the messages that children take away. Therefore, the present study aims to provide insight in the messages concerning ethnic diversity and various cultures in a subset of popular books that Dutch young children are likely to be exposed to. Books aimed at young children that were sold or borrowed most often or were awarded between 2009 and 2018 in the Netherlands are examined through the combined lens of critical race theory and critical multicultural analysis. Specifically, books including a protagonist or secondary character of color were selected. The study provides insight in the degree of cultural specificity and cultural authenticity, as well as prevailing power relations between characters and ideologies that are portrayed within the books. Results indicate that while cultural stereotypes and ideologies including White supremacy and eurocentrism are found only in a few books, cultural details are generally lacking and colorblindness is common in books aimed at young children. The study therefore underlines the particular need for books that are culturally specific and include authentic cultural details, to improve the reflection of various cultures and experiences of characters of color.

scholarly journals Mode of Conception of Twin Pregnancies: Willingness to Reply to Survey Items and Comparison of Survey Data to Hospital Records

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 349-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. E. M. Toos van Beijsterveldt ◽  
Chantal Hoekstra ◽  
Roel Schats ◽  
Grant W. Montgomery ◽  
Gonneke Willemsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Hospital Records ◽  
Assisted Reproduction Techniques ◽  
Twin Registry ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Large Survey ◽  
Twin Pregnancies

AbstractBased on results from a survey study in a sample of Australian parents of twins, Raj and Morley (2007) reported that questions concerning the mode of conception of twins may be offensive to parents. We looked at the willingness to reply to questions about mode of conception of twin pregnancies in a large survey study that was completed by 20,150 mothers of twins from the Netherlands Twin Registry. Data collection took place in 2005/2006. The amount of missing data was examined and by using data from earlier survey studies, responders and nonresponders were compared with respect to their answers to questions on assisted reproduction techniques. In addition, we assessed the reliability of the question on mode of conception by comparing the survey data with hospital records in a subsample of 80 mothers of twins. We found no indication that mothers of twins were not prepared to reply to questions on mode of conception. Only a small number of mothers did not fill in the question on mode of conception (0.8%). Also, the use of artificial fertility techniques did not differ between mothers who returned and mothers who did not return the 2005/2006 survey. The comparison of the survey data with the hospital records showed that mothers can accurately report on the mode of conception of their twins.

Games-based trust: Role-playing the administrative experience of immigrants

2020 ◽  
pp. 146144481990055
Author(s):  
Brandon C Bouchillon ◽  
Patrick A Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
American Government ◽  
Demographic Differences ◽  
Immigrant Populations ◽  
Shared Experiences ◽  
Administrative Experience ◽  
Over Time

Measures of social capital such as trust have been declining in America for the better part of a century, while an influx of racial and ethnic diversity has apparently quickened the decline. Direct interactions with diversity still contribute to feelings of trust, only demographic differences now prevent the requisite contact from occurring. New means of creating shared experiences have thus become more vital, and the present study tests the value of games-based role-playing for fostering trust in immigrant populations. Students in an online American Government class at a major southeastern university were asked to create a fictional persona from Mexico, India, or China, and seek US citizenship. Their success or failure factored into their overall grade. Results suggest that role-playing the administrative experience of immigrants contributes to trusting them over time. This has value for life in a diversifying society.

Loyalists, cynics and outsiders: who are the critics of the justice system in the UK and the Netherlands?

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Hertogh
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Demographic Profile ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Administration Of Justice ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Legal Identification

AbstractRecent surveys in the UK and the Netherlands indicate that there is widespread dissatisfaction with the justice system. But who are these ‘critics’ of the justice system? Most previous studies only produced general statistics, while the persons behind the figures remained invisible. By contrast, this article aims to put a face to these numbers and discusses two ways of analysing the profile of the critics. Based on a review of existing survey data, the article first looks at their ‘demographic profile’. Next, the article also considers a second, alternative, approach. Based on their level of legal awareness and legal identification, it distinguishes four different ‘normative profiles’: legalists, loyalists, cynics and outsiders. Moreover, the article shows how these normative profiles may be applied in future comparative studies on legal mobilisation and legal protest. It is concluded that combining both approaches will help us to look beyond common stereotypes and consider the critics of the justice system as real persons with genuine concerns about the administration of justice in their country.

scholarly journals Social sustainability and social (Dis)trust in outgroups: Evidence from Germany and Spain using the Factorial Survey

2021 ◽  
pp. 81-109
Author(s):  
Edurne Bartolomé ◽  
Hermann Dülmer ◽  
Lluís Coromina
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Ethnic Diversity ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Factorial Survey ◽  
Threat Perceptions ◽  
Economic Threat ◽  
Weak Evidence ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
The Impact ◽  
First Time

In the short to medium term, ethnic diversity tends to reduce trust. This negative relationship can be explained by social identity theory and integrated threat theory. The latter theory distinguishes realistic (socio-economic) threat perceptions from symbolic (cultural) ones. Huntington believes that with the end of the Cold War, conflicts shifted from being primarily economic to cultural, mainly religious ones. The goal of this article is to disentangle for the first time the impact of different sources of perceived threat as well as of in-group/out-group–based differences on trust by using a factorial survey conducted in Bilbao (Spain) and Cologne (Germany). Our main findings are that although both towns differ in religious and socio-economic composition, their citizens possess a similar level of generalised trust and perceive socio-economic threat as being much stronger than cultural threat. Weak evidence is also found for in-group/out-group–based differences in particularised trust. Recibido: 03 February 2021Aceptado: 10 March 2021

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