Ethnic Diversity and Solidarity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ethnic Diversity and Solidarity write by Paul de Beer. This book was released on 2017-05-11. Ethnic Diversity and Solidarity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ethnic diversity and solidarity are often thought to be at odds with each other. In an increasingly diverse society, individuals find it more difficult to identify with other citizens and, therefore, are less willing to show solidarity. Empirical tests of the relationship between diversity and solidarity are, however, inconclusive. This book tests the hypothesis that diversity undermines solidarity in various ways. It discusses the meaning of social solidarity and the different motives that people can have to act solidary, and it examines the relationship between ethnic diversity and solidarity at the national, regional and local levels. These empirical tests use multiple methods, such as an international survey, a vignette study among the Dutch population, and a field experiment involving visitors to a popular market in Amsterdam. The role of the mass media is examined by studying the images of different ethnic groups that are presented in some popular newspapers, TV programmes and a news provider on the Internet. The collection concludes that, although ethnicity is certainly an important factor in understanding patterns of solidarity, there is not a simple linear relationship between ethnic diversity and solidarity. Even though ethnic difference in itself may be a source of discrimination, one cannot conclude from this that increasing ethnic diversity will necessarily result in less solidarity.
Solidarity Across Divides
Solidarity Across Divides - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Solidarity Across Divides write by George Vasilev. This book was released on 2015-08-19. Solidarity Across Divides available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What divides and what unites an ethnically diverse citizenry? Do multicultural policies cause ethnic conflict or do they form the basis for wider loyalties? George Vasilev show how group-representative measures provide the incentive structure needed for inter-ethnic cooperation.
Place, Diversity and Solidarity
Place, Diversity and Solidarity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Place, Diversity and Solidarity write by Stijn Oosterlynck. This book was released on 2017-05-08. Place, Diversity and Solidarity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In many countries, particularly in the Global North, established forms of solidarity within communities are said to be challenged by the increasing ethnic and cultural diversity of the population. Against the backdrop of renewed geopolitical tensions – which inflate and exploit ethno-cultural, rather than political-economic cleavages – concerns are raised that ethnic and cultural diversity challenge both the formal mechanisms of redistribution and informal acts of charity, reciprocity and support which underpin common notions of community. This book focuses on the innovative forms of solidarity that develop around the joint appropriation and the envisaged common future of specific places. Drawing on examples from schools, streets, community centres, workplaces, churches, housing projects and sporting projects, it provides an alternative research agenda from the 'loss of community' narrative. It reflects on the different spatiotemporal frames in which solidarities are nurtured, the connections forged between solidarity and citizenship, and the role of interventions by professionals to nurture solidarity in diversity. This timely and original work will be essential reading for those working in human geography, sociology, ethnic studies, social work, urban studies, political studies and cultural studies.
Ethnic Diversity in Intergenerational Solidarity
Ethnic Diversity in Intergenerational Solidarity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ethnic Diversity in Intergenerational Solidarity write by Johanna Maria Djamila Schans. This book was released on 2007. Ethnic Diversity in Intergenerational Solidarity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Race and the Politics of Solidarity
Race and the Politics of Solidarity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Race and the Politics of Solidarity write by Juliet Hooker. This book was released on 2009-02-03. Race and the Politics of Solidarity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Solidarity--the reciprocal relations of trust and obligation between citizens that are essential for a thriving polity--is a basic goal of all political communities. Yet it is extremely difficult to achieve, especially in multiracial societies. In an era of increasing global migration and democratization, that issue is more pressing than perhaps ever before. In the past few decades, racial diversity and the problems of justice that often accompany it have risen dramatically throughout the world. It features prominently nearly everywhere: from the United States, where it has been a perennial social and political problem, to Europe, which has experienced an unprecedented influx of Muslim and African immigrants, to Latin America, where the rise of vocal black and indigenous movements has brought the question to the fore. Political theorists have long wrestled with the topic of political solidarity, but they have not had much to say about the impact of race on such solidarity, except to claim that what is necessary is to move beyond race. The prevailing approach has been: How can a multicultural and multiracial polity, with all of the different allegiances inherent in it, be transformed into a unified, liberal one? Juliet Hooker flips this question around. In multiracial and multicultural societies, she argues, the practice of political solidarity has been indelibly shaped by the social fact of race. The starting point should thus be the existence of racialized solidarity itself: How can we create political solidarity when racial and cultural diversity are more or less permanent? Unlike the tendency to claim that the best way to deal with the problem of racism is to abandon the concept of race altogether, Hooker stresses the importance of coming to terms with racial injustice, and explores the role that it plays in both the United States and Latin America. Coming to terms with the lasting power of racial identity, she contends, is the starting point for any political project attempting to achieve solidarity.
