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Heavenward Gaze, Earthly Ambitions: The Political Commentary of the Vercelli Map's Ostrich

Francie who rides an ostrich on top of a mountain in North Africa. The choice of an ostrich as King Philip III's mount on the Vercelli Mappa Mundi offers a unique intersection of religiosity and political ... : after MSI Processing by Helen Davies. Data collected by the Lazarus Project. demonstrates the map’s awareness of larger geopolitics and a potentially aspirational political hegemony. The pedagogical

Political party offers of representation for minority voters: advertising in Chinese-language newspapers in New Zealand

For reasons of both electoral competitiveness and democratic legitimacy, political parties in diverse democracies increasingly compete for the votes of immigrant and ethnic minority voters. A ... ethnic minority voters, with consequences for their political inclusion and representation. We examine how these questions have been answered in New Zealand, a country characterised by high rates of inward

Hong Kong’s new wave of migration: socio-political factors of individuals’ intention to emigrate

With a recent surge in the outward movement of the population, a new wave of emigration has been suggested to have started in Hong Kong. It is speculated that recent socio-political changes in Hong ... contributed to this phenomenon. Therefore, five socio‑political variables-mobility, sense of place, trust and confidence in the law and the legal system, global citizenship, and perception of inequality-are

Political participation as transformative reactive mobilization: a qualitative study of voter preferences among Turkish origin residents in the Netherlands

 Netherlands Fatih Goksu Arjen Leerkes Introduction A considerable academic literature in migration studies and political science seeks to identify the factors that determine whether persons with a migration ... levels, for example, are seen as evidence that ethnic minorities have acquired a considerable level of knowledge of, and access to, the domestic political system. Furthermore, the overrepresentation of

Socio-psychological integration from the perspective of receiving communities: a cross-country comparison between Sweden, Germany, Croatia and Jordan

diverse socio-economic, socio-political and cultural contexts, histories of inward migration, as well as differently preferred destinations in the migration of refugees from Syria in the 2010s. The ... solidarity (Bracic, 2018; Pawlicka et al., 2019; Pedersen & Thomas, 2013; Verkuyten, 2004) , behavioural intentions (Badea et  al., 2017; Yitmen & Verkuyten, 2018) , political orientation and related

Students or internationals? Divergent patterns of governing international student mobility in Germany and the United Kingdom

international students and have experienced similar political trajectories during this period, they have pursued divergent education and immigration policies in regulating ISM. Driven by a mix of educational ... particular have contributed to its spectacular ascent. The first is educational expansion, which can be defined as a political strategy to increase tertiary enrollment across society. Historically, the need to

“My guitar is my rifle”: Mexican migrants mobilising unconventionally through arts

Diasporas can create, transform, and exploit transnational networks to engage in political movements in their homeland and in their hostland, engaging in both electoral and non-electoral politics ... . However, the individual processes of subjectivation and its relationship with arts as a form of political engagement have been under‑ explored especially in contexts of violence and insecurity. This

The majority oppressed? On asymmetrical multiculturalism and majority rights

protecting in ways that it, first, neglects ongoing processes of integration and, second, disregards possibilities for social and political change and emancipation, particularly if triggered by immigrant ... rights. In political philosophy, questions of border control are, in principle, separated from questions of domestic justice (e.g., Fine & Ypi, 2016) . Moreover, it must be noted that within the ethics

Walking the Tightrope: The President's Council, P.W. Botha and the Rhetoric of Reform

investigate and make recommendations regarding reform in the socio-economic and political spheres, which were undermining apartheid ideology of racial segregation. Comprising five committees with delegates ... was now recognised as racial discrimination. This Act was a product of 'the ideological-political philosophy of the Government' during the early years of apartheid.66 As such, the Planning Committee

Walking with Helena: An Examination of a Gendered Model for Women and Medieval Pilgrimage in Northern Spain

the life of Christ, and the political control of a Christian Holy Land connecting Jerusalem to the whole of Europe. Amongst the complex iconography and ministerial metaphors are recognizable motifs of ... authenticate her relics in Hautvillers that had been recovered around 840. These claims were later reiterated in the 12th-century Gesta Trevorum.21 It was these political literary maneuvers that strengthened

Atypical citizenship regimes: comparing legal and political conceptualizations

on the content of individuals’ rights and their belonging and participation in social and political institutions, this essay shows that official membership categories that are labeled ‘citizenship’ by ... relevant terminological differentiation for political philosophy, but it seems less important from the perspective of legal state membership and its discursive conceptualizations. The disassociation between

'For our self-sufficiency and autonomy': International Worker Solidarity and the Global Networks of FOSATU in the Democratic Struggle in South Africa

apartheid, the focus tends to emphasise what has been called political or social movement unionism. However, one labour centre, the Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU), pursuing a workerist ... , created and extended tentacles of democracy during apartheid, outside the ambit and influence of political parties and the nationalist movement. FOSATU also created global networks and outreach in search of

Negotiated belonging in sub-state nationalist contexts: young adult migrant narratives in Scotland and South Tyrol

This contribution investigates the intersection between macro-level political narratives on diversity and micro-level lived experience of social inclusion and everyday interaction. The case studies ... -state nationalist sentiment? What is the impact of diversity political discourse on young adult migrant arrivals in these settings? How are macro-narratives on diversity in these regions understood and

Mare nostrum: the political ethics of migration in the Mediterranean

In the political theory debate about open borders and the ethics of immigration control there has been little discussion of trade-offs and a lack of distinctions between admission claims. This paper ... University Press.Google Scholar Frazer, M. (2016). Utopophobia as a vocation: The professional ethics of ideal and nonideal political theory. Social Philosophy and Policy, 33, 175–192.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

An organisational and political history

, 1992, pp 1-14; G Sartori, "The Sociology of Parties A Critical Review", Committee on Political Sociology of the International Sociological Association, Party Systems, Party Organizations, and the ... Memorial Trust The Political Economy of Social Change in South Africa University of the Western Cape, 1-2 April 1997; S Trapido, "Political Institutions and Afrikaner Social Structures in the Republic of

Exploring the ideational explanation for pro-immigrant sentiment: evidence from a South Korean survey

attitudes. We selected two majors for each  field of study: History and Philosophy for humanities, and Political Science and Sociology for social science. The universities selected are Seoul National ... graduation. Field-based attitudinal differences are also observed in environmental and moral issues. Political science students are more supportive of state intervention in environmental issues than students

Ideological movements that inspire the possibility of a radically different future

radical in their political outlook. He traces the rise and decline of the young student left from the end of Belgian colonialism in the 1950s until Joseph Mobutu's increased authoritarian rule at the ... authoritarian rule at the beginning of the 1970s. This period in Congolese history was defined by significant political turmoil and great youthful energy. While university students formed a small social group in

Hunger and power: Politics, food (in)security and the development of small grains in Zimbabwe, 2000-2010

millet - offered a panacea to looming starvation and civil unrest. Yet, as we argue in this article, its access became rooted increasingly within political contestations between the ruling ZANU PF ... citizens. Using the story of small grains -sorghum and millet - between 2000 and 2010, we trace how food (in)security took a political form, stirring a pot of sometimes violent clashes between political and

The Development of Christian Care Aid in Zimbabwe: The Case of Matabeleland Region, 1967-c.1990

The organisation, Christian Care, was formed during Zimbabwe's liberation war in 1967 to disburse emergency aid to victims of the war and political repression. From 1967 to about 1990, it provided ... Christian Care, I argue, provided assistance to victims of political repression and marginalisation in the context of the liberation war and post-war Gukurahundi2massacres as well as victims of natural

John Vorster and the Extension of University Education Act, 1959

leadership position in the National Party was strengthened. The debates provided an early stepping-stone in his political career, that launched him on his way to becoming Minister of Justice, prime minister ... sabotage in protest against the Smuts government's war policy, but was nevertheless arrested and interned at Koffiefontein for fourteen months.5 Vorster's political opponents later alleged that his