Per un profilo prosopografico dei sociologi di lingua tedesca in esilio

2009 ◽  
pp. 81-101
Author(s):  
Christian Fleck
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
American Culture ◽  
The United States ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Scientific Impact ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
The Impact

- Sociologists have an eminent role among social scientists which were forced to migrate to the United States after 1933. The objective of defining their prosopographic profile pushed the author to identify the main features that determine the identity of this figure, which did not have a precise profile in Europe in the 1920's and 1930's. Crossing various sources, the article first delineates the basic identikit of the German speaking sociologist and then compares a few specific categories: scholars who migrated, those who remained in their native country, and those of German or Austrian origin. The second part of the essay is totally devoted to the evaluation of the impact of the scientific production of this group of sociologists on American culture.Parole chiave: sociologia, esilio, universitŕ, prosopografia, carriere, impatto scientifico sociology, exile, universities, prosopography, careers, scientific impact

AMBIGUITY AND AMBIVALENCE IN THE VOTING BOOTH AND BEYOND

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Destiny Peery ◽  
Galen V. Bodenhausen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Racial Attitudes ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
Racial Categories ◽  
Large Step ◽  
The Future ◽  
Psychological Evidence ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe issue of race has followed Barack Obama since he emerged on the national political scene, continuing unabated throughout his successful 2008 presidential campaign. Although the issue of race is not always explicitly acknowledged or discussed by Obama himself, the implications of his successful candidacy for U.S. politics and the ways people in the United States think about race more generally have been of great interest to media pundits, social scientists, and laypersons alike. Race has been considered a substantial barrier to the electoral success of previous non-White political candidates; therefore Obama's success requires reconsideration of how race can be expected to influence political outcomes in the future. In addition, his biracial identity also raises questions about how his role as a prominent cultural figure will affect existing racial categories in the United States. A review of social psychological evidence highlights the importance of understanding the ambivalence that characterizes contemporary racial attitudes, as well as the ways in which definitions of race and racial categories may be changing, in order to understand the impact that Obama could have on the future of racial politics. We conclude that Obama's victory represents a large step in the direction of increasingly positive racial attitudes and more sophisticated public conceptualizations of race, but steady progress in the coming years is not guaranteed. We consider some of the opportunities and obstacles that may affect the trajectory of future gains in the struggle for racial equality in the Obama era.

Immigrant Integration, Naturalization, and Citizenship

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin A. Schain
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
National Differences ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

The impact of immigration on socioeconomic stability, the challenge of integration, and issues surrounding citizenship has generated the interest of scholars for years. The literature is generally focused on the challenge (rather than the benefits) of immigration for social cohesion, identity, and the well-established rules of citizenship. For social scientists and analysts in Western Europe and the United States, the destabilizing aspects of immigration appear to have largely displaced class as a way of understanding sources of political instability. Scholarly interest in questions of immigrant integration on the one hand and naturalization and citizenship on the other, first emerged in the social sciences in the 1960s. In the United States, integration and citizenship questions have often been explored in the context of race relations. In Europe, the debates on issues of citizenship have been much more influenced by questions of identity and integration. As interest grew in comparison, scholars increasingly turned their attention to national differences that crystallized around national models for integration. However, such models are not always in congruence with aspects of public policy. There are a number of research directions that scholars may consider with respect to immigrant integration, naturalization, and citizenship, such as the relationship between immigrant integration and class analysis, the careful development of theories of policy change, the role of the European Union in the policy process, and the impact of integration and citizenship on the political system.

Political Socialization in Quebec: Young People's Attitudes toward Government

1973 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Pierre Richert
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Political Socialization ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
The United States ◽  
French Canadian ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
People’S Attitudes ◽  
The Impact

Social scientists have for some time been interested in the socialization of young people. An increasing number of studies are available which deal with Western Europe, Japan, South America, and the United States. However, little empirical research has been done on the socialization of Canadian children. The purpose of this paper is to consider the development of English- and French-Canadian children's attitudes toward government in Quebec and to determine, in particular, the impact of their cultural membership on their perception of government. The ultimate goal of this research – though not of this paper – is to investigate empirically the development of national identity in Canada, a concept that has been singled out by several scholars as crucial in political development and nation building.

scholarly journals The Impact Of Cultural Differences On The Effectiveness Of Advertisements On The Internet: A Comparison Among The United States, China, And Germany

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward C. Miller ◽  
Thomas Griffin ◽  
Peter Di Paolo ◽  
Ed Sherbert
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
American Culture ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Internet ◽  
German Culture ◽  
The Impact

Hall and Hall (1990) classify German culture as a low-context culture, American culture as a medium/low-context culture, and Chinese culture as a high-context culture. A low-context culture is one where the words contain most of the information needed and there is little need to rely on the context of the events/message to help interpreting the meaning of the message/events. In contrast, a high-context culture is one where the context of the message is as important as or even more important than the words. This paper focuses on selected cultural differences among Germany, United States, and China, and the impact of these differences on the various aspects of consumer behavior. Specifically, it is focusing on the impact of cultural context on the effectiveness of the different styles of advertising.

scholarly journals Scientists have favorable opinions on immunity certificates but raise concerns regarding fairness and inequality

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iván Aranzales ◽  
Ho Fai Chan ◽  
Reiner Eichenberger ◽  
Rainer Hegselmann ◽  
David Stadelmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Early Phase ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Political Views ◽  
State Of The Economy ◽  
Societal Impacts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Scientific Fields

AbstractDuring the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, we collected over 12,000 responses from a survey of scientists, who were asked to express their opinions on immunity certificates (also called “immunity passports”) as a potential instrument to lessen the impact of the crisis. Overall, we find that scientists perceive immunity certificates as favorable for public health (50.2%) and the state of the economy (54.4%) while one-fifth (19.1%) and one-sixth (15.4%) disagree. Scientists stipulate some concerns about fairness (36.5%) and inequality (22.4%) arising from implementation of immunity certification. We find some smaller differences among scientific fields, particularly between health scientists and social scientists, with the latter being slightly more positive about the effect of immunity certification. Scholars in the United States, including health scientists, are more likely to view the immunity certificates favorably and mention fewer concerns about this policy’s effect on fairness and inequality. Female scholars are significantly less in favor of immunity certificates, while scientists with more conservative political views hold more favorable opinions. Our results reveal that given the uncertainties during an early phase of a pandemic, scientists see scope for immunity certification to lessen the general societal impacts of the crisis.

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