scholarly journals Anti-Immigrant Parties and Western European Society: Analyzing the Role of Immigration and Forecasting Voting

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nate Breznau

This project analyzes and predicts the trajectory of immigration and anti-immigration parties in Western Europe from 1962 to 2035. Immigration increased steadily until the 2000s when it reached unprecedented levels. By 2017, countries in Western Europe average 11% of votes cast for anti-immigrant parties. The percentage of the population that are first generation immigrants predicts between 50 and 94% of the variance in these votes across countries in Western Europe. A blog post and a working paper discuss the findings of this research and implications for the future of Europe drawing on theories of group dynamics and empirical research on politics and societies. (Results not altered since the day before the Italian election to preserve scientific integrity).

2017 ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Margarita Olvera Serrano

En este trabajo se reconstruye el proceso de institucionalización de la sociolo­gía en México como un proceso inescindible de las consecuencias del triunfo de la revolución de 1910. Se examinan sus primeros objetos de investigación empírica, publicaciones, proyectos, temas, orientaciones, expectativas de fu­turo y cambios en el periodo que va de 1939 a 1960. En el primer tramo de este periodo, la sociología en México, bajo el liderazgo del abogado Lucio Mendieta y Núñez, se desarrolló con base en un conjunto de conceptos de corte político-social, que posteriormente se entrelazaron con un primer len­guaje conceptual especializado que contribuyó a la consolidación definitiva de esta disciplina como ciencia y como profesión. En los años finales del arco temporal considerado aquí, la primera generación de científicos sociales de formación universitaria, liderados por Pablo González Casanova, cuestiona tanto los resultados no deseados de los regímenes postrevolucionarios, como el legado conceptual de los fundadores, dando lugar a un acelerado proceso de pérdida de significación y desplazamiento conceptual que muestra parte de la discontinuidad de los procesos de transmisión intergeneracional, los desconocimientos y los olvidos que han atravesado la sociología en México. Palabras clave: institucionalización, lenguajes conceptuales, liderazgos, dis­ciplina, profesión. Mexican sociology and conceptual changes: acqui­sitions and losses (1939-1960) Abstract This paper reconstructs the institutionalization process for sociology in Mex­ico as a consequence of the triumph of the 1910 revolution, its first objects of empirical research, publications, projects, subjects, orientations, expectations of the future and changes between 1939 and 1960. In the first part of this peri­od and under the leadership of lawyer Lucio Mendieta and Núñez, sociology was developed in Mexico based on a set of political-social concepts, which later were interlaced with a first specialized conceptual language which contributed to the definitive consolidation of this discipline as a science and as a profession. In the final years of the temporal arch considered here, the first generation of university-educated social scientists, led by Pablo González Casanova, questions both the undesirable results of post-revolutionary re­gimes and the conceptual legacy of the founders, resulting in an accelerated loss of meaning and conceptual displacement, showing some of the disconti­nuity of the intergenerational transmission processes, the lack of knowledge and the oversights that have gone through sociology in Mexico. ­ Keywords: Institutionalization, conceptual languages, leadership, discipline, profession. Sociologia mexicana e mudanças conceituais: aquisições e perdas (1939-1960) Resumo Neste trabalho, se reconstrói o processo de institucionalização da sociologia no México como parte das consequências do triunfo da revolução de 1910, seus primeiros objetos de pesquisa empírica, publicações, projetos, temas, orientações, expectativas do futuro e mudanças entre 1939 e 1960. Na primei­ra parte deste período, a sociologia no México, sob a liderança do advogado Lucio Mendieta e Núñez, foi desenvolvida com base num conjunto de con­ceitos de corte político-social, que posteriormente se entrelaçaram com uma primeira linguagem conceitual especializada que contribuiu para a consoli­dação definitiva desta disciplina como ciência e como profissão. Nos últimos anos do arco temporal considerado aqui, a primeira geração de cientistas sociais de formação universitária, liderada por Pablo González Casanova, questiona tanto os resultados não desejados dos regimes pos revolucionários, como o legado conceitual dos fundadores, dando lugar a um acelerado pro­cesso de perda de significado e deslocamento conceitual, que mostra parte da descontinuidade dos processos de transmissão intergeracional, os desco­nhecimentos e o esquecimento que tem atravessado a sociologia no México. Palavras-chave: institucionalização, linguagem conceitual, liderança, disci­plina, profissão


Sociology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 003803852110241
Author(s):  
Łukasz Szulc

Europe has recently become closely associated with LGBTQ rights. It remains unclear, however, what is the role of this association in everyday European imaginations and identifications. Empirical research on European identity hardly ever discusses the role of LGBTQ rights. Nor do we know much about European identifications of LGBTQ people themselves. In this article, I address those gaps from the perspective of Polish LGBTQs in the UK. Drawing on 30 interviews from a recent two-year research project, I discuss my participants’ European imaginations and identifications by developing the concepts of ‘uncanny Europe’ and ‘protective Europeanness’. I show how my participants tend to view Europe as ‘diverse’, ‘open’ and ‘tolerant’, while attributing those characteristics exclusively to Western Europe. I also demonstrate that they tend to readily identify as European in the context of increasingly hostile national identities, with the increasing anti-Polish xenophobia in the UK and growing anti-LGBTQ discrimination in Poland.


2017 ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Margarita Olvera Serrano

En este trabajo se reconstruye el proceso de institucionalización de la sociolo­gía en México como un proceso inescindible de las consecuencias del triunfo de la revolución de 1910. Se examinan sus primeros objetos de investigación empírica, publicaciones, proyectos, temas, orientaciones, expectativas de fu­turo y cambios en el periodo que va de 1939 a 1960. En el primer tramo de este periodo, la sociología en México, bajo el liderazgo del abogado Lucio Mendieta y Núñez, se desarrolló con base en un conjunto de conceptos de corte político-social, que posteriormente se entrelazaron con un primer len­guaje conceptual especializado que contribuyó a la consolidación definitiva de esta disciplina como ciencia y como profesión. En los años finales del arco temporal considerado aquí, la primera generación de científicos sociales de formación universitaria, liderados por Pablo González Casanova, cuestiona tanto los resultados no deseados de los regímenes postrevolucionarios, como el legado conceptual de los fundadores, dando lugar a un acelerado proceso de pérdida de significación y desplazamiento conceptual que muestra parte de la discontinuidad de los procesos de transmisión intergeneracional, los desconocimientos y los olvidos que han atravesado la sociología en México. Palabras clave: institucionalización, lenguajes conceptuales, liderazgos, dis­ciplina, profesión. Mexican sociology and conceptual changes: acqui­sitions and losses (1939-1960) Abstract This paper reconstructs the institutionalization process for sociology in Mex­ico as a consequence of the triumph of the 1910 revolution, its first objects of empirical research, publications, projects, subjects, orientations, expectations of the future and changes between 1939 and 1960. In the first part of this peri­od and under the leadership of lawyer Lucio Mendieta and Núñez, sociology was developed in Mexico based on a set of political-social concepts, which later were interlaced with a first specialized conceptual language which contributed to the definitive consolidation of this discipline as a science and as a profession. In the final years of the temporal arch considered here, the first generation of university-educated social scientists, led by Pablo González Casanova, questions both the undesirable results of post-revolutionary re­gimes and the conceptual legacy of the founders, resulting in an accelerated loss of meaning and conceptual displacement, showing some of the disconti­nuity of the intergenerational transmission processes, the lack of knowledge and the oversights that have gone through sociology in Mexico. ­ Keywords: Institutionalization, conceptual languages, leadership, discipline, profession. Sociologia mexicana e mudanças conceituais: aquisições e perdas (1939-1960) Resumo Neste trabalho, se reconstrói o processo de institucionalização da sociologia no México como parte das consequências do triunfo da revolução de 1910, seus primeiros objetos de pesquisa empírica, publicações, projetos, temas, orientações, expectativas do futuro e mudanças entre 1939 e 1960. Na primei­ra parte deste período, a sociologia no México, sob a liderança do advogado Lucio Mendieta e Núñez, foi desenvolvida com base num conjunto de con­ceitos de corte político-social, que posteriormente se entrelaçaram com uma primeira linguagem conceitual especializada que contribuiu para a consoli­dação definitiva desta disciplina como ciência e como profissão. Nos últimos anos do arco temporal considerado aqui, a primeira geração de cientistas sociais de formação universitária, liderada por Pablo González Casanova, questiona tanto os resultados não desejados dos regimes pos revolucionários, como o legado conceitual dos fundadores, dando lugar a um acelerado pro­cesso de perda de significado e deslocamento conceitual, que mostra parte da descontinuidade dos processos de transmissão intergeracional, os desco­nhecimentos e o esquecimento que tem atravessado a sociologia no México. Palavras-chave: institucionalização, linguagem conceitual, liderança, disci­plina, profissão


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-122
Author(s):  
Usman Usman ◽  
Marwan Mas ◽  
Ruslan Renggong

Ditenggarai lemahnya penegakan hukum terhadap pelanggaran politik uang yang terjadi pada Pemilu 2019 menjadi isu yang mengemuka, termasuk di Kabupaten Polewali Mandar. Peran pengawasan, penegakan dan penindakan, sebagaimana yang diatur dalam Undang-undang Nomor Nomor 7 tahun 2017 tentang Pemilihan Umum dan Peraturan Bawaslu Peraturan Bawaslu Nomor 31 Tahun 2018 tentang Sentra Penegakan Hukum Terpadu (Gakkumdu) memuat sejumlah ketentuan yang mengatur mekanisme dan tata cara penegakan hukum terhadap pelanggaran politik uang tersebut. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah, penelitian empiris yang mengkaji regulasi atau peraturan perundang-undangan dalam praktik penegakan hukum terhadap dugaan pelanggaran politik uang pada penyelenggaraan Pemilu Tahun 2019. Kesimpulan penelitian menunjukkan bahwa, terdapat 3 (tiga) kasus dugaan pelanggaran politik uang pada Pemilu Tahun 2019 di Kabupaten Polewali Mandar yang semestinya melewati 9 (sembilan) tahapan dalam kenyataannya hanya sampai pada tahapan ketiga yakni, rapat pleno pengawas Pemilu. Hal itu dikarenakan adanya ketidak sepahaman di dalam tim Sentra Gakkumdu dengan Bawaslu Kabupaten Polewali Mandar. Adapun kendala dalam penengakan hukum terhadap dugaan pidana politik uang sangat terkait dengan struktur hukum, substansi hukum dan budaya hukum sebagaimana fakta dan temuan lapangan. Karenanya, penelitian ini merekomendasikan, ke depan pidana Pemilu tidak lagi ditangani oleh Bawaslu, tetapi dimasukkan sebagai pidana umum. Dan jika sentra Gakkumdu tetap dipertahankan keberadaannya, hendaknya diberi kewenangan tambahan yakni, melakukan penahanan terhadap terduga pelaku politik uang, agar tidak terbuka ruang mengkodisikan saksi dugaan politik uang. Termasuk pentingnya pembentukan peradilan khusus Pemilu agar perbedaan pandangan atas kasus dugaan politik uang dapat diminimalisir. The indication of the weak law enforcement against money politics violations that occurred in the 2019 Election has become an emerging issue, including in Polewali Mandar Regency. The role of supervision and enforcement, as regulated in Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections and Bawaslu Regulation Number 31 of 2018 concerning Sentra Penegakan Hukum Terpadu (Gakkumdu) contains a number of provisions governing the mechanisms and procedures for law enforcement against such violations of money politics. The method used in this research is empirical research that examines regulations or statutory regulations in law enforcement practices against suspected violations of money politics at the 2019 Election. The research conclusion shows that, there were 3 (three) cases of alleged violations of money politics in the 2019 Election in Polewali Mandar Regency which should have passed 9 (nine) stages but in reality only reached the third stage, namely, the Election supervisor plenary meeting. It was due to the lack of Understanding on the Sentra Gakkumdu with Bawaslu Polewali Mandar. The obstacles in law enforcement against allegations of money politics crime are closely related to the legal structure, legal substance and legal culture as well as facts and field findings. Therefore, this research recommends that in the future election crimes will no longer be handled by Bawaslu, but be included as general crimes. And if the Sentra Gakkumdu is maintained, it should be given additional authority, namely, detaining suspected money politics actors, so that there is no room to codify witnesses for alleged money politics. This includes the importance of establishing a special election court so that differences in views on suspected cases of money politics can be minimized.


2021 ◽  
Vol 144 (4) ◽  
pp. 36-47
Author(s):  
Askar A. Akaev ◽  
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Yuri A. Golubitskiy ◽  
Ivan V. Starikov ◽  
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The article presents one of the most promising and ambitious in socio-economic, political, humanitarian aspects of the Russian scientists’ project: “United Eurasia: Trans-Eurasian Belt of RAZVITIE — Integrated Eurasian Transport System (United Eurasia: TEBR-IETS)”. The main purpose of the project is to ensure the connectivity of the territories of the Russian Federation and their active development, first of all, the deep integrated development of Siberia, the Far East and the Arctic. The role of the project in the partnership of the progressive world community is great; the radically modernized Trans-Siberian Railway — the backbone of the project — is designed to connect the Far East, including Japan, with Western Europe and the USA in the future. This fact will make it possible to carry out on the territory of the Russian Federation and the countries included in the project, the systemic coordination of all types of transport, including river and nautical, to create a single world logistics complex of advanced technical and managerial development. The creation of the IETS will consolidate Russian geopolitical position as a transport bridge between the world economic and civilizational regions. It will create conditions for mutually beneficial cooperation with Austria, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, India; will open up new opportunities for cooperation with North Korea, Canada and USA in the future. It will arouse interest from the PRC in the integration of a similar Chinese project, the "Silk Road" with the Russian Megaproject. The implementation of the Megaproject will allow Russia to offer the world a new effective version of a non-confrontational way of solving international problems, become a geo-economic and geopolitical integrator on the Euro-Asian continent, lay the foundations for the solidarity development of all civilizational centers around Russia as a civilization state, make it senseless and impossible to impose sanctions on Russia, and raise to a qualitatively new level of authority and the role of the Russian Federation in the modern world.


2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 509-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Magill ◽  
Brandon Hamber

This article, based on empirical research from Northern Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina, explores how young people conceptualize reconciliation and examines the meaning this concept holds for them. Qualitative data are collected through one-to-one interviews with young people aged 16 to 18 living in Northern Ireland ( N = 15) and Bosnia and Herzegovina ( N = 15). Results indicate that young people’s conceptualizations of reconciliation are largely relationship based. In terms of their role in the reconciliation process, young people see themselves as both potential peacemakers and potential troublemakers. They feel that politicians and the older generations have a significant impact on whether the role of young people in the future would be constructive or destructive. The research finds that a lack of political and economic change was one of the major factors that negatively influenced the potential for reconciliation, as did the lack of intergenerational dialogue. The research also indicates that it is vital to include young people in the debate about reconciliation.


Author(s):  
Isabelle Albert

AbstractThe risk of loneliness for migrants, particularly in older age, has been documented across multiple studies. Migration is a life-changing transition. While often retaining links to their country of origin, an important developmental task for migrants is the establishment of bonds in the receiving country. Drawing on recent studies, I will explore the role of cultural and intergenerational belonging in order to identify both protective and risk factors regarding loneliness in middle and older age in a sample of first-generation immigrants from Portugal living in Luxembourg. The sample comprises N = 131 participants (51.9% female) between the ages of 41 and 80 (M = 56.08; SD = 7.80) who have on average spent M = 31.71 years (SD = 8.81) in Luxembourg and raised children in Luxembourg. They took part in the IRMA project (‘Intergenerational Relations in the Light of Migration and Ageing’) which was funded by the Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg. A standardised questionnaire assessed socio-demographic data, aspects of cultural belonging (i.e. cultural attachment to both countries, bicultural identity orientation, acculturative stress), intergenerational belonging (i.e. family cohesion, family conflict, perceived intergenerational value consensus) and perceived loneliness. Results showed that while cultural and intergenerational belonging were protective factors, the strongest predictors for participants’ perceived loneliness were cultural identity conflict and, even more so, intergenerational conflict. Our findings suggest that establishing roots and bonds in the host country is a protective factor against loneliness, whereas the feeling of not fitting in is a strong risk factor.


2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-147
Author(s):  
Maximilian Roßmann ◽  
Christine Rösch

Abstract This paper analyses public visions of microalgae as a food source to explain present innovation paths of a yet unproven scientific technology. The paper highlights the multi-perspectivity of contested futures, focusing on the role of generalized narratives as boundary objects. Using disaggregative policy Delphi, we reveal the key-narratives of microalgae nutrition with regard to expectability, desirability, and popularity. The study involved a two-round online survey with 229 participants, who were asked open and closed questions. We then clustered the answers and gave feedback in form of generalized narratives. Participants want microalgae to sustainably feed the world, while they also expect microalgae to be more likely a health product or an inconspicuous food substitute. Our findings show that Delphi methods are not only suitable to look into the future, but also for empirical research into perspectives on the future that help distinguish and hone the cognitive interest of politicians and researchers.


Author(s):  
Adedayo Ladigbolu Abah

Using the media accessibility function from self-categorization theory, this study examines the role of the Nigerian video film in mediating the twin issues of culture and identity among African immigrants in the United States. Africans in diaspora constitute the majority of the transnational audience for Nigerian video films outside of Africa. Using a combined method of surveying and personal interviews, several African immigrants, their children, and friends living in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas, USA were interviewed for their views on the role of the nascent Nigerian video industry in the way they sustain and straddle their multiple identities and culture in their society of settlement. Results indicate that most of the immigrants view the videos as affirmation of the values they grew up with and with which they still identify. This is in direct contradiction of professed cultural denigration they feel in their everyday professional lives in the United States. Most of the younger immigrants and first generation immigrants view these videos as a convenient way of accessing their Africanness as part of their multi-stranded identity and culture. Based on the expressed motivations for use and expressed outcome of use of the video-film, results indicate that the use of the video-film may have contributed to the accessibility of the African in diaspora label as a social category for this group of immigrants.


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