Editors’ introduction: Latino youth and struggles for inclusion in the 21st century

Ethnicities ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Bickham Mendez ◽  
Leah Schmalzbauer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Latino Youth ◽  
The United States ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
1.5 Generation ◽  
Deferred Action ◽  
The Us ◽  
Youth And Young Adults

This special issue features carefully selected case studies that document and analyze the experiences of Latino youth and young adults as they struggle for inclusion in the United States. Articles draw from qualitative research with Latinos/as who reside in different regions of the United States, hail from or trace their origins to various countries, and embody distinct experiences of incorporation and inclusion. Special emphasis is placed on the 1.5 generation, young people who immigrated to the US as young children but have spent the majority of their lives there—some of whom hold temporary protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. This introduction presents a conceptual framework for analyzing the experiences of Latino youth and young adults. We argue for an approach that centers intersecting social locations of youth and the specificity of place for understanding the dynamics and implications of Latino youth’s struggles for inclusion in the 21st century.

The World of Uncertainty: Is America Losing Its Leverage Towards a Looming New China–Russia Alliance?

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (04) ◽  
pp. 92-106
Author(s):  
Vitaly KOZYREV
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
21St Century ◽  
World Order ◽  
The United States ◽  
Great Power ◽  
Window Of Opportunity ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
Alliance Building

The recent deterioration of US–China and US–Russia relations has stumbled the formation of a better world order in the 21st century. Washington’s concerns of the “great power realignment”, as well as its Manichean battle against China’s and Russia’s “illiberal regimes” have resulted in the activated alliance-building efforts between Beijing and Moscow, prompting the Biden administration to consider some wedging strategies. Despite their coordinated preparation to deter the US power, the Chinese and Russian leaderships seek to avert a conflict with Washington by diplomatic means, and the characteristic of their partnership is still leaving a “window of opportunity” for the United States to lever against the establishment of a formal Sino–Russian alliance.

scholarly journals Nativity Status and Poly Tobacco Use among Young Adults in the United States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peace C. Okpala ◽  
Carrie Rosario ◽  
Melissa J. Dupont-Reyes ◽  
Michelle Y. Martin Romero ◽  
Md Towfiqul Alam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
The United States ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
Nativity Status ◽  
The Us

Introduction: Young adults are the second largest segment of the immigrant population in the United States (US). Given recent trends in later age of initiation of tobacco use, we examined variation in use of tobacco products by nativity status for this population group. Methods: Our study included young adults 18-30 years of age sampled in the National Health Interview Survey (2015-2019), a nationally representative sample of the US population. We calculated prevalence of use of any and 2 or more tobacco products (cigarettes, cigars, pipes, e-cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco) for foreign-born (n=3,096) and US-born (n=6,811) young adults. Logistic regression models adjusted for age, sex, race-ethnicity, education, and poverty, while accounting for the complex survey design. Results: Foreign-born young adults were significantly less likely to use any tobacco product (Cigarette = 7.3% vs 10.7%; Cigar= 1.8% vs 4.8%; E-cigarette= 2.3% vs 4.5%, respectively; p<0.01) or poly tobacco use (1.9% vs. 4.2%; p<0.01) than US-born young adults. Adjusted regression models showed lower odds of poly tobacco use among the foreign-born than their US-born counterparts (Odds Ratio = 0.41, (95% Confidence Interval: 0.26-0.63)). Conclusion: Findings highlight the importance of targeted interventions by nativity status and further tobacco prevention efforts needed for the US-born.

scholarly journals The roles of social media in 21st century populisms: US Presidential campaigns

Teknokultura ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
George Julian Hendrix
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Media ◽  
21St Century ◽  
The United States ◽  
Online Activity ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Us ◽  
Presidential Campaigning ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Social Networking Tools

In the United States, “populist” is a controversial and often misunderstood signifier in common discourse. In addition, the current state of mass media and introduction of social networking tools has created a hyper-partisan spectacle of politics – especially during presidential campaign seasons. Through the review of literature on populism, traditional and social media, and presidential campaigning in the United States, this article constructs a new view on the relationship between these three topics in the 21st century. Important steps in this article’s process include defining populism and its place within campaigning and media; presenting social media as a political tool and a dynamic personalized informer; and analyzing the US presidential elections since 2008.  Resultantly, because the trends of online activity, on the part of both the citizen and the candidate, impact social media users’ self-informing and political engagement, the process of selecting a new US president has become more susceptible to various populist practices in this century than before.  

The Power of Inclusion: Theorizing “Abjectivity” and Agency Under DACA

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Basia D. Ellis ◽  
Roberto G. Gonzales ◽  
Sarah A. Rendón García
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Temporary Work ◽  
1.5 Generation ◽  
Deferred Action

Critical migration scholars argue that undocumented 1.5-generation immigrants occupy distinct forms of “abject” statuses, as legally excluded yet physically included members of society. Implemented in June 2012, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program promised to alleviate the situation of many undocumented young persons in the United States by providing them with temporary work authorization, social security numbers, and protection from deportation. Using critical psychological theory, we examine how DACA altered the condition of “abjectivity” characterizing DACA recipients’ lives, revealing how partially inclusive immigration policies can (re)create liminal subjectivities and give rise to new modes of agency and belonging.

scholarly journals United States security cooperation with Kenya in the second decade of the 21st century

2021 ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
Rafał Jureńczyk
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
East Africa ◽  
21St Century ◽  
The United States ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
International Terrorism ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Security Cooperation ◽  
Security Sector ◽  
The Us

The subject of the paper is the cooperation of the United States with Kenya in the area of security in the second decade of the 21st century. The introduction contains the methodological assumptions of the paper and a synthetic historical background. The first section of the paper covers the theoretical framework. The second section outlines the increase of the United States’ strategic involvement in Africa, including East Africa, in the 21st century. The third section discusses the joint efforts of the US and Kenya in combating terrorism and piracy. The fourth section is devoted to US training and development assistance for the Kenyan security sector. The considerations are carried out within the framework of the postcolonial current of the theory of international relations. During the research, the method of analyzing text sources was used. The main thesis of the paper assumes that although Africa, including Kenya, was not a particularly important area of strategic interest of the United States, these countries had significant common security interests and undertook cooperation to implement them. First of all, it concerned counteracting international terrorism, but also the general stabilization of East Africa. In the future, the importance of East Africa in American politics might systematically increase, both in the area of economy and security, which will entail further strengthening of cooperation between the US and Kenya.

scholarly journals Comparative Study on the School Physical Education Reform between China and the United States

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-39
Author(s):  
Xiao Ying TAN
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
21St Century ◽  
The United States ◽  
Great Change ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
The Us ◽  
Education In China

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract also in English.The school physical education is the need for developing a generalist, and is an important factor for cultivating the persons with ability. It connects with the future of a state. Into the 21st century, the society of China is going though a great change. So the school physical education in China is facing a good opportunity, as the same time, is facing a big challenge. For finding the existent problems of the school physical education in China, this article compared the school physical education in China with that in the US. Then there are some developing trends and reforming measures to be brought forward that make the school physical education to fit the need of Chinese modem development well.學校體育是人的全面發展的需要，是人才培養的重要環節。學校體育的正確實施能夠滿足現代社會對人才的要求，關係到一個國家的未來。進入21世紀以來，我國社會發生了前所未有的巨大變化，學校體育在面臨新的機遇的同時，同樣面臨著挑戰。本文通過與美國學校體育現狀的比較研究，找出現行我國學校體育存在的問題：並試圖提出學校體育的未來發展趨勢和改革的具體措施，使其更好地適應我國現代化發展的需要。

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