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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

(Special Section, Hymns Beyond the Congregation II): “We’ll Understand it Better By and By:” Nomenclature, Negotiation, and Naming our Neighbors

sociological, political, or phenotypical antecedents. Whiteness is an illusion of white supremacy—an unproven belief that individuals and, by extension, communities that identify under the covering of white are ... -Diasporic communities, personal agency is yielded on behalf of the greater good within the intimate space of alignment and proximity. Within these spaces we use the metaphor (and philosophy) of the open hand

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

(Special Section) The Hymn as Protest Song in England and its Empire, 1819–1919

progressed, however, those recognisable musicological and lyrical features that have come to epitomise the hymn proper, became indispensable to political activism in spaces beyond the congregation. This ... ) among what must necessariliyn eighteenth-century Methodism, the have been a predominantly Anglican body of hymn made an ideal vehicle for political passersby. Still more to my purpose in thisprotest, from

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

Higher Ground: Rev. Dr. William Barber II and the Political Content of Prophetic Form

ordinary speeches, and too political to be traditional sermons—these plural expressions identify themselves as sounds that come from another world. If both content and form are understood as thought, it ... ecstasy? This essay listens to the political and theological thought conveyed through Barber’s messages—not just in their content, but also in their form. Barber’s performance on the aforementioned July

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

Shifting Paradigms, Pandemic Realities: The Reception of Ishay Ribo’s Music in the American Hasidic Community

and criticized populations, the Hasidic community of Brooklyn, has been the focus of attention from the media and press, and has responded in unprecedented ways, both in political and social arenas. Our ... Hasidic milieu indicates a broader phenomenon fostered by the looser boundaries at play in the era of COVID-19, and enhanced by shifts in preconceived cultural and political boundaries during this

Inter- and Intrareligious Conflicts through/about Sound

theological ideas or configured to represent them (in which conflict can be both through sound and about the use of it). The social and political circumstances which feature such sonic conflicts are varied ... further shape them, and what sorts of conflicts invite sonic manifestation. Though some of my claims and illustrations apply to secular conflicts, political or other, in their core one finds a religious

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

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

(Special Section, Hymns Beyond the Congregation II): Spiritual Concert-Fundraisers, Singing Conventions, and Cherokee Language Learning Academies: Vernacular Southern Hymnbooks in Noncongregational Settings

settings and other spheres of life: in homes; social, occupational, and political networks; educational institutions; and on the concert stage.5 We categorize these other spheres of hymn singing as ... meaning making through communal hymn singing, including racial, geographic, and political contexts. Our scholarship also links historical and contemporary noncongregational settings to bibliographic form

Should they stay or should they go? A case study on international students in Germany

International students are conceived as essential contributors to the development of their countries of origin after they finished their studies abroad. Political decision-makers of the countries of ... ) , political (Rother, 2017) , social (Krannich, 2017) or cultural processes (Zhou & Lee, 2015) in their home countries. Sometimes they might do that even more effectively than they would have stayed at

Bureaucratic configuration and discretion in asylum case processing: the case of the EUAA in Greece

how migration is managed. The motivation behind these ‘creative strategies’ differs from case to case. Some frontline staff may have a political agenda (Ioannidis et al., 2021) , try to resolve ... the top (ibid). Agency-oriented debates surrounding impartiality, subordination and political nonalignment are central to both historical and contemporary discussions on bureaucrats in many public

Health equity, care access and quality in headache – part 1

political discussion to improve patients’ lives. Epidemiology Geographical/geoeconomical differences About half of the global population is afflicted by an active headache disorder, predominantly tension ... access to health and outcome [ 73 ]. As early as 1848 Rudolph Virchow noted that “if medicine is to accomplish its great task, it must intervene in political and social life” [ 74 ]. The World Health