Migration, cosmopolitanism and ‘global citizenship’ from the 1990s

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. James Hammerton
Keyword(s):  
British Politics ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Transnational Marriage ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
Serial Migration ◽  
Mother And Daughter ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Shifting Identities ◽  
Trailing Spouse ◽  
Globalising World

This chapter concludes the chronological section by examining testimony of migrants from the 1990s, pointing to intensification of cosmopolitan mentalities and motivations like lifestyle enhancement. It focuses in some depth on stories of two generations of women through the separate but connected mobilities of mother and daughter, both global in outlook but deeply loyal to adopted localities. Noting that scholarship on globalisation has done little to relate the macro trends to mentalities of ordinary people, it suggests that modern migrant story-telling might shed light on how the globalising world has impacted upon wider populations as well as migrants themselves. It scrutinizes politically motivated mobility, particularly inspired by hostility to British politics and class, involving both expatriate employment, transnational marriage and serial migration; this is juxtaposed against family migration and travel seemingly devoid of political motivations but imbued with a virtual lifetime of adventure motivations. The chapter concludes with a case of a woman’s serial migration from Britain to Europe to South Africa to Australia, highlighting experiences of the ‘trailing spouse’ of an expatriate husband, of their later migration, and the impact of frequent mobility on marriage and family as well as on shifting identities.

scholarly journals Desert Bighorn Sheep: Changes in Genetic Variation Over Time and the Impact of Merging Populations

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip W. Hedrick ◽  
John D. Wehausen
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variation ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Bighorn Sheep ◽  
Ovis Canadensis ◽  
Mexican Population ◽  
Desert Bighorn Sheep ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

Abstract Founder effects, genetic bottlenecks, and genetic drift in general can lead to low levels of genetic diversity, which can influence the persistence of populations. We examine genetic variation in two populations of desert bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis from New Mexico and Mexico to measure change over time and evaluate the impact of introducing individuals from one population into the other. Over about three generations, the amount of genetic variation in the New Mexico population increased. In contrast, over about two generations the amount of genetic variation in the Mexican population decreased by a great extent compared with an estimate from another Mexican population from which it is primarily descended. The potential reasons for these changes are discussed. In addition, although both populations have low genetic variation, introduction of Mexican rams into the New Mexico population might increase the amount of genetic variation in the New Mexico population. Overall, it appears that management to increase genetic variation might require substantial detailed monitoring and evaluation of ancestry from the different sources and fitness components.

scholarly journals The impact and importance of new technologies in business development in context of economic diversity

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 698-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oana-Georgiana Ciobanu ◽  
Daniela Mihaela Neamţu
Keyword(s):  
Generation X ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Management Style ◽  
Group Method ◽  
Continuous Innovation ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
The Impact

Abstract In a globalized world, led and connected by and through technology, gadgets and perpetual and intense technological development, the business environment and the trajectory travelled by entrepreneurs in the process of creation and development of a business, becomes more and more challenging and complex. Continuous innovation has become mandatory and „adaptability” became the keyword for the success of any entrepreneurial actions. In this socio-economic context, an organization must find, through entrepreneurs or managers, the courage to face the uncertainty and be always prepared to adopt radical solutions, so that, can provide sustainability of the business through competitiveness. The purpose of this research started from the need for adaptability and flexibility of the Romanian entrepreneurial environment to the trends in the digital era, in order to maintain the level of competitiveness and to develop sustainably. The objective of this scientific approach is to conduct a qualitative comparative analysis relating to the importance and the impact of new technologies in the development and sustainability of a business. The comparison will be made through the eyes of two main categories of actors in the creation and development of a business namely entrepreneurs and managers from two consecutive generations - generation X (born between 1965 and 1980) and generation Y (born between 1980 and 1995). The methodology used in this study is qualitative research through focus group method, and it aims to be highlighted the changes occurred in leadership and management style of a business/organization, by observing and comparing the two generations' attitudes towards change, towards new, towards the digital component, and the intent of the use of new technologies, and more than that, their impact on the management style.

The Marine Corps Marriage Package

2020 ◽  
pp. 108-131
Author(s):  
Rebecca Forgash
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Marine Corps ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Subject Positions ◽  
The Impact

This chapter examines the complex procedures known as the “marriage package.” It explains that during the early 2000s, marriage package procedures were required by U.S. Marine Corps headquarters in Washington as the only legitimate means for marines and navy corpsmen to legalize a marriage in Japan. The process has been streamlined in recent years but it remains an instructive and relevant ethnographic example for understanding the nature of U.S. military and Japanese and U.S. government regulation of intimate relationships. The chapter focuses on institutional representations of marriage and family found in official documents and the mandatory premarital seminar. It analyzes the impact of institutional discourses on service members' expressions of military affinity and affiliation and the voices of Okinawan spouses as they articulated subject positions markedly different from their feminist counterparts in the antibase movement.

Multigenerational Effects of Education Reform: Mother’s Education and Children’s Human Capital in Nepal

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 698-729
Author(s):  
Vinish Shrestha ◽  
Rashesh Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Education Reform ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
National Education ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
National Education System ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
Trained Teachers ◽  
Multigenerational Effects ◽  
Caste Groups ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The impact of national efforts to increase supply of education, such as Nepal’s National Education System Plan, may vary across social groups due to differences in social factors that determine access to and demand for education. This paper studies the heterogeneous impact of this reform across gender and caste groups—two important social dimensions in Nepal’s context—over two generations. It uses data from the Nepal National Population and Housing Census 2011 and implements a difference-in-differences framework that utilizes across district variation in intensity of the reform measured by placement of trained teachers per 100 children and across cohort variation in exposure determined by birth year. The study finds that the reform improved females’ education attainment, but such positive effects are not present among women belonging to lower-caste subgroups. In addition, it finds that the reform had positive effects on schooling of the next generation; the multigenerational effects are also concentrated among girls from higher-caste households. The study validates its main findings by conducting a placebo exercise on a sample of individuals who had surpassed their school-going age by the time of the reform.

Toward a Biblical Theology of Marriage and Family Part 4: Epistles and Revelation

1977 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 318-331
Author(s):  
Kenneth O. Gangel
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Biblical Theology ◽  
Family Roles ◽  
Original Design ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
New Covenant ◽  
The Family ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Impact

The New Testament Epistles explain and apply the impact of the New Covenant in the life of the family, and that family of families we call church. Monogamy, fidelity, chastity — all part of God's original design are reaffirmed as the didactic pen of a brilliant Rabbi-turned-missionary interprets God's plan for the churches. Of dominance is the weight of symbolic application of truth as no fewer than 22 similes and metaphors teach church truth through family analogies. Family roles and relations for believers are clarified by both Paul and Peter.

Introduction: how language works in politics

2018 ◽  
pp. 3-32
Author(s):  
Matthew Williams
Keyword(s):  
Computer Assisted ◽  
British Politics ◽  
Form And Function ◽  
It Impacts ◽  
Legislative Language ◽  
And Function ◽  
Assisted Analysis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

This book examines how language works in democratic politics and how it impacts the effectiveness of policy. Using evidence from the first computer-assisted analysis of all 41.5 million words of legislation enacted from 1900 to 2015, it tracks the major changes in form and function that Parliament's use of language has undergone over time and the reasons for such changes. More importantly, it explores the policy and social implications of changes in legislative language as well as the issue of legislative indeterminacy. This introductory chapter discusses the questions, arguments and aims of the book and reviews the literature on the operation of language in British politics, along with the impact of legislative language on policy effectiveness. It also explains what specifically the book contributes to the existing literature, describes the research design, and provides an overview of the chapters that follow.

Neville Chamberlain, 1869 - 1940

1941 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 731-734
Keyword(s):  
British Politics ◽  
Home Rule ◽  
House Of Commons ◽  
Financial Loss ◽  
Liberal Party ◽  
The Bahamas ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
The University ◽  
Short Time

There were, in two generations, three Chamberlains in the first rank of British politics. Joseph, the greatest of them in personality and in the special gifts that qualify for the highest success in public life, would almost certainly have succeeded Gladstone in the leadership of the Liberal party had they not separated in 1886 on the question of Home Rule for Ireland. O f his two sons, Austen was educated for a public career and Neville for business. Austen twice, of deliberate choice, declined a course that might and probably would have led to the Premiership. It was to the younger son Neville that the great prize came, though he had no Parliamentary ambitions during the larger part of his life, and did not enter the House of Commons till he was within a few months of fifty. He did not go to the university as Austen had done but, on leaving Rugby, returned to his home in Birmingham and, after a short time at Mason College, entered an accountants’ office. In 1890 his father bought land in the Bahamas for the cultivation of sisal which, he was advised, would produce the best quality of hemp. Neville went out at the age of twenty-one to take charge of the estate. He lived plain and worked hard for seven years and then had to admit failure. The soil was too thin and, after heavy financial loss, the enterprise was abandoned.

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