scholarly journals Prospects of Refugee Integration in the Netherlands: Social Capital, Information Practices and Digital Media

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Alencar ◽  
Vasilki Tsagkroni
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Legal Frameworks ◽  
Adaptation Processes ◽  
Over Time

Integration is a highly contested concept within the field of migration. However, a well-established view of the concept draws from underpinning migration and refugee theories, in which integration is seen as a dynamic, multidimensional, and <em>two-way</em> process of adaptation to a new culture and that takes place over time. Most studies have focused on the integration perspective of host societies, in particular how governments’ understandings of belonging shape legal frameworks of rights and citizenship and their impact on the process of integration itself. With a focus on refugee migration to the Netherlands, this study analyzes the newcomers’ perspectives and experiences of integration and information in the host society, as well as the role of digital media technologies and networks in mediating this relationship. Building on policies and refugee migrant interviews, the article sketches out the ongoing dynamics of social capital during refugees’ adaptation processes in the country and puts forward a perception of the role of media in the integration act.

scholarly journals Migration and Mobility in a Digital Age: (Re)Mapping Connectivity and Belonging

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 547-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Ponzanesi
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Intermittent Connectivity ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Multidisciplinary Perspective ◽  
Vantage Points ◽  
Globalized World

This article charts new directions in digital media and migration studies from a gendered, postcolonial, and multidisciplinary perspective. In particular, the focus is on the ways in which the experience of displacement is resignified and transformed by new digital affordances from different vantage points, engaging with recent developments in datafication, visualization, biometric technologies, platformization, securitization, and extended reality (XR) as part of a drastically changed global mediascape. This article explores the role of new media technologies in rethinking the dynamics of migration and globalization by focusing in particular on the role of migrant users as “connected” and active participants, as well as “screened” and subject to biometric datafication, visualization, and surveillance. Elaborating on concepts such as “migration” and “mobility,” the article analyzes some of the paradoxes offered by our globalized world of intermittent connectivity and troubled belonging, seen as relational definitions that are always fluid, negotiable, and porous.

The Role of Individuals and Social Capital in POSIX Standardization

2011 ◽  
pp. 66-85
Author(s):  
Jim Isaak
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Common Values ◽  
Corporate Influence ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Way

While standards are issued by organizations, individuals do the actual work, with significant collaboration required to agree on a common standard. This article explores the role of individuals in standards setting as well as the way these individuals are connected to one another through trusting networks and common values. This issue is studied in the context of the IEEE POSIX set of standards, for which the author was actively involved for more than 15 years. This case study demonstrates that the goals and influence of individual participants are not just that of their respective employers but may follow the individual through changes of employment. It also highlights changes in the relative importance of individual and corporate influence in UNIX-related standardization over time. Better understanding of the interaction between individuals and organizations in the context of social capital and standardization can provide both a foundation for related research and more productive participation in these types of forums.

scholarly journals Explaining Differences in Welfare Chauvinism Between and Within Individuals Over Time: The Role of Subjective and Objective Economic Risk, Economic Egalitarianism, and Ethnic Threat

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 860-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathijs Kros ◽  
Marcel Coenders
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Economic Risk ◽  
Latent Growth ◽  
Latent Growth Curve Modelling ◽  
Growth Curve Modelling ◽  
Cultural Explanation ◽  
Over Time

Abstract A considerable portion of European citizens are in favour of limited or conditional access for migrants to welfare provisions. Previous studies found that this welfare chauvinism is stronger among citizens with less favourable economic positions. This study seeks to explain the relationship between economic risk, both objective and subjective, and welfare chauvinism by looking at two distinct mechanisms: the traditional economic explanation of economic egalitarianism and the cultural explanation of ethnic threat. Given the lack of longitudinal studies, we also examine whether changes in economic risk, economic egalitarianism and threat can explain changes in welfare chauvinism over time. Using a four-wave panel-study (2013–2015) collected in Great Britain and the Netherlands, these relationships were studied both cross-sectionally and longitudinally. The longitudinal mediation model was tested by making use of parallel process latent growth curve modelling. In both Great Britain and the Netherlands, economic egalitarianism and ethnic threat explained the link between economic risk and welfare chauvinism. Furthermore, in both countries, an increase over time in perceptions of ethnic threat was found to be the driving force behind an increase in welfare chauvinism, irrespective of changes in economic egalitarianism.

scholarly journals Determinants of degree of integration of Turkish diaspora in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany

2019 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roya Imani Giglou ◽  
Leen d’Haenens ◽  
Baldwin Van Gorp
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
Migrant Integration ◽  
Integration Levels

This study constructs and tests the building of social capital and integration among Turkish minorities (n = 967) residing in three countries with different integration policy realities according to the Migrant Integration Policy Index for Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. Through online and offline surveys, the study examines the extent to which bridging and bonding social capital, the dominant language of media use, and the socio-demographic characteristics of respondents affect their degree of integration. The results show that the degree of integration increases with a sense of belonging to a faith, length of stay in Europe, exposure to European mainstream media, and through bridging with natives in the host society. Integration levels decrease, however, with the retention of Turkish citizenship. The degree of integration among the Turkish diaspora varies widely across the three countries under study.

scholarly journals The Role of Intergenerational Networks in Students’ School Performance in Two Differentiated Educational Systems: A Comparison of Between- and Within-Individual Estimates

2019 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-64
Author(s):  
Sara Geven ◽  
Herman G. van de Werfhorst
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
School Performance ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Student Differences ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

In this article, we study the relationship between intergenerational networks in classrooms (i.e., relationships among parents in classrooms, and between parents and their children’s classmates) and students’ grades. Using panel data on complete classroom networks of approximately 3,000 adolescents and their parents in approximately 200 classes in both Germany and the Netherlands, we compare estimates based on between-student differences in intergenerational networks (i.e., between-individual estimates) to estimates based on changes students experience in their intergenerational networks over time (i.e., within-individual estimates). We also examine how the relationship between intergenerational networks and grades is contingent on students’ location in the educational system (i.e., their ability track). When considering between-individual estimates, we find some support for a positive relationship between intergenerational networks and grades. However, we find no robust support when considering within-individual estimates. The findings suggest that between-individual estimates, which most previous research has relied on, may be confounded by unobserved differences across individuals. We find little support for variations in these estimates across ability tracks. We discuss the implications for Coleman’s social capital theory on intergenerational closure.

scholarly journals Exploring the role of social capital in urban citizens’ initiatives in the Netherlands

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 539-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlijn Wentink ◽  
Lenneke Vaandrager ◽  
Rosalie van Dam ◽  
Jan Hassink ◽  
Irini Salverda
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
The Netherlands

scholarly journals The role of social capital for self-employed information professionals in Aotearoa New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Simona Pilar Traser
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
Professional Relationship ◽  
Voluntary Activity ◽  
Information Professionals

<p>Research problem: The aim of this qualitative study was to explore how self-employed information professionals perceive the role of social capital in the development of their businesses in New Zealand. This required gaining an understanding of their professional relationship-building, networking, help-seeking and related activities.  Methodology: A purposive sample of eight self-employed information professionals was interviewed. The interviews were semi-structured and occurred via Skype, phone, and face-to-face meetings. Anderson, Park, and Jack’s (2007) conceptual framework of social capital served as a theoretical lens in the interview design and data analysis.  Results: Social capital was described in terms of giving (voluntary activity) and sharing (exchanging information and resources). Ethics, generosity, human touch, and mutuality emerged as important behavioural principles in the development of strong and effective relationships and networks. Apart from market opportunities, personal and professional well-being appeared to be equally important outcomes of social capital.  Implications: In focusing on a lesser-known, but potentially growing, occupational group of sole traders, the study contributes to the library and information studies and social capital research in New Zealand. The results are indicative only and more data is needed, but they provide a useful resource for future and present self-employed information professionals.</p>

Changes in social identities over time: The role of coping and adaptation processes

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 803-826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine E. Amiot ◽  
Deborah J. Terry ◽  
Dian. Wirawan ◽  
Tim A. Grice
Keyword(s):  
Social Identities ◽  
Adaptation Processes ◽  
Over Time

scholarly journals Social Capital in Knowledge Based Economy. Chosen Aspects

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-107
Author(s):  
Andżelika Libertowska
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Informal Institutions ◽  
Relationship Building ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
Factors Of Production ◽  
Economy Globalization

The article raises the issue of social capital in the context of building a knowledge-based economy. Globalization, the increasing mobility of factors of production and the development of information technology have all led companies towards a stronger competitive struggle. Competing with factors of production of material nature has become insufficient. Therefore, the interest of economists is now focusing on the role of informal institutions in the process of economic growth. The growth of the designations of social capital such as trust, norms and values, collaboration and relationship building, affects the ease of information flow, creation and transfer of knowledge - all of which translate into a reduction of transaction costs, increased innovativeness and competitiveness. The purpose of this article is to present the importance of social capital in the process of building a knowledge-based economy, and above all, the growth of innovativeness and entrepreneurship on the example of Poland. The study contains a review of literature sources which deal with the role of informal institutions in the fundamental aspects of knowledge economy, and thus, the value of companies, their intellectual capital, ease of business transactions, and above all, innovativeness. The last factor is presented on the canvas of current empirical data derived from institutions analyzing the level of Polish innovativeness. In addition, the article presents the results of empirical research on cross-organizational collaboration of selected companies of the food sector in Greater Poland and the importance of social capital in achieving competitive advantage in the international arena.

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