scholarly journals Finnish attitudes towards immigrants in 1987-1999

2000 ◽  
pp. 129-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Jaakkola
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Conflict Theory ◽  
Entire Population ◽  
Contact Theory ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
The Unemployed

The attitudes of Finns towards foreigners were more negative during the time of widespread unemployment in 1993 than before (1987) or afterwards (1998-1999). Interviews with about 1000 person representing the entire population showed that the most educated and those who were personally acquainted with migrants were more positive - in accordance with the contact theory - than the others in their attitudes toward refugees and foreign job seekers and all the ethnic groups mentioned. Those with little education, pensioners, the unemployed, men supporters of the Central Party and those living in rural areas had more negative attitudes and believed - in accordance with the conflict theory - that they would take jobs and social benefits away from the Finns. In 1998 over one-third of the young men living in the rural areas supported the actions of skinheads against immigrants.

scholarly journals Changes Regarding Attitudes Towards Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Sweden: The Diversity Barometer (2005-2018)

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Fereshteh Ahmadi ◽  
Mehrdad Darvishpour ◽  
Irving Palm
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Conflict Theory ◽  
Contact Theory ◽  
Sociological Perspective ◽  
Swedish Population ◽  
Extensive Experience ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Group Conflict Theory ◽  
Work Domain

This article aims to discuss changes in attitudes towards immigrants in Sweden from 2015 onwards, based on the results of the longitudinal Diversity Barometer studies from 2005-2014, 2016 and 2018. The Diversity Barometer studies are based on a national, representative, and randomly selected sample from the Swedish population, with a new sample selected each time. We have analyzed the changes from a sociological perspective, using theories such as contact theory and group conflict theory. The results show an increase in negative attitudes towards ethic and cultural diversity generally, and towards immigrants specifically. Diversity in culture and religion – especially towards Islam – is more negatively perceived as compared to diversity in the work domain. Societal groups with extensive experience from contact with foreigners, those who identify themselves as women, those who are more educated, younger people and city dwellers, have all a more positive attitude towards diversity than others.

PSYCHOLOGY, AWARENESS OF THE ETHNIC GROUPS IN NEW RURAL CONSTRUCTION IN ETHNIC MINORITY AND MOUNTAINOUS AREAS TODAY

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Duy Dung
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Political Will ◽  
Target Program ◽  
Rural Construction ◽  
New Rural Construction

New rural construction is one of the key tasks identified by the Party and State as the national target program until 2020. Many documents of the Party and the State have been issued expressing political will to implement the tasks of building new rural areas, over 6 years of implementation, the National Target Program for new rural construction has achieved certain achievements, the appearance of rural areas of ethnic minorities and mountainous areas has gradually changed dramatically, contributing significantly to promoting socio-economic and cultural development. Many provinces and cities throughout the whole country have built some new rural models that meet nineteen criterias and arrive on time.

scholarly journals Military Incursion, Tribalism and Poor Governance: The Consequences for Development in Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 151-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rufus B. Akindola ◽  
Christopher O. Ehinomen
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Deep Sense

AbstractNigeria continues to face difficult challenges as a country comprising many ethnic groups with different socio-cultural, religious and economic backgrounds. This paper critically reviewed literature and found that these challenges have shaped Nigeria’s leadership and created unhealthy rivalry including, in particular, a deep sense of exploitation, marginalisation and oppression among certain ethnic groups. Despite Nigeria’s abundant natural resources, the early politicians became self-centred and failed to make good use of these resources to improve the well-being of poor Nigerians, especially those in the rural areas. Instead, it was found that the politicians were engaged in economic vandalism and political opportunism, which precipitated a premature military takeover of government.

scholarly journals Some Facts of Main Ethnic Groups’ Ceremonial-Game Traditions in Their Theatrical Aspect in the Chuvash Republic

2020 ◽  
pp. 20-22
Author(s):  
Veronika Yurevna Arestova
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Cultural Influence ◽  
Audio Recording ◽  
Value System ◽  
Chuvash Republic ◽  
Video And Audio ◽  
Xix Century

The article presents facts about ceremonial-game traditions of main ethnic groups living in Chuvash Republic, such as Chuvash, Russian, Tatar, and Mordovian. The purpose of the research was the survey of ceremonies, customs and celebrations which are kept in the present time in Chuvashia. The research was focused solely on theatrical aspect of rites or ceremonies where a person uses dressing up, masks, makeup, and acts for Mummers' plays. Furthermore, the research aimed to identify the mutual cultural influence of the above mentioned ethnic groups on each other. The field study was conducted using the methods of interviewing, observation with video and audio recording. The data were gathered from all of Chuvash Republic districts. In conclusion, it was established that mummering traditions are being revived in some rural areas of Chuvashia; traditions of mummering have not been changed since the second half of the XIX century, but people created new characters, especially in the second half of the XX century; the content of ceremonial-game traditions is fully demonstrates the worldview, mentality and value system of the main ethnic groups presented in Chuvashia.

Career Counseling Process Quality Promotes Reemployment

2019 ◽  
pp. 089484531988473
Author(s):  
Peter Behrendt ◽  
Anja S. Göritz ◽  
Katharina Heuer
Keyword(s):  
Career Counseling ◽  
Process Quality ◽  
Unemployment Benefits ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Career Intervention ◽  
Career Counselor ◽  
Counseling Process ◽  
Administrative Process ◽  
The Unemployed

One-on-one career counseling has been established as the most effective type of career intervention. Prior research results have suggested that process quality determines counseling success. In this multilevel study, career counseling process quality is validated as a predictor of job seekers’ reemployment at three Swiss job centers. Supervisors’ evaluations of the process quality of mandatory counseling sessions predicted faster reemployment of the 444 counseled job seekers by 18.9 working days on average. This effect equals yearly savings of 418 million Swiss Francs CHF (US$ 422 million) in Swiss unemployment benefits. While in many countries, the counseling of the unemployed is predominantly an administrative process, the findings should encourage investments in process quality of career counseling to promote reemployment. Furthermore, the study calls for further research on the underlying factors of career counseling process quality and the respective career counselor behaviors.

scholarly journals Keeping It in the Family: Lineage Organization and the Scope of Trust in Sub-Saharan Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 565-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Moscona ◽  
Nathan Nunn ◽  
James A. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Important Determinant ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Causal Interpretation ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
Traditional Structure ◽  
The Family ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Limited Scope

We present evidence that the traditional structure of society is an important determinant of the scope of trust today. Within Africa, individuals belonging to ethnic groups that organized society using segmentary lineages exhibit a more limited scope of trust, measured by the gap between trust in relatives and trust in non-relatives. This trust gap arises because of lower levels of trust in non-relatives and not higher levels of trust in relatives. A causal interpretation of these correlations is supported by the fact that the effects are primarily found in rural areas where these forms of organization are still prevalent.

Social Identification and Ethnic Conflict

2013 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
NICHOLAS SAMBANIS ◽  
MOSES SHAYO
Keyword(s):  
Simple Model ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Civil Wars ◽  
Ethnic Conflict ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Group Identification ◽  
Social Identification ◽  
Entire Population ◽  
Ethnic Identification ◽  
Empirical Results

When do ethnic cleavages increase the risk of conflict? Under what conditions is a strong common identity likely to emerge, thereby reducing that risk? How are patterns of social identification shaped by conflict? We draw on empirical results regarding the nature and determinants of group identification to develop a simple model that addresses these questions. The model highlights the possibility of vicious and virtuous cycles where conflict and identification patterns reinforce each other. It also shows how processes of ethnic identification amplify the importance of political institutions and traces the effects of national status and perceived differences across ethnic groups. Finally, we demonstrate how a small but sufficiently potent group of ethnic radicals can derail a peaceful equilibrium, leading to the polarization of the entire population. We reexamine several historical cases as well as empirical correlates of civil wars in light of these results.

The Holodomor and Jews in Kyiv and Ukraine: An Introduction and Observations on a Neglected Topic

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 460-475
Author(s):  
Victoria Khiterer
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Entire Population ◽  
Political Repression ◽  
Soviet Government ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
To Receive

AbstractThe Holodomor in Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 was a result of the collectivization policy of the Soviet government and took approximately 4 million lives. The Holodomor had a profound impact on the entire population of Ukraine. It badly affected the lives of Jews in Kyiv and Ukraine, and it damaged Jewish–gentile relations for many years. The famine occurred not only in rural areas, but also in the cities and towns of Ukraine. The Holodomor provoked a significant migration of Jews from shtetls to the large cities, particularly to Kyiv. Many desperate inhabitants of villages and towns fled to the large cities where they hoped to receive some aid. However, the overcrowded cities could not accommodate this flood of migrants. Anatolii Kuznetsov wrote in Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel that if not for the Holodomor in Ukraine and Stalin’s repressions of the 1930s, the attitude of the Kyiv gentile population toward the Holocaust would perhaps have been different. People had gotten so used to the suffering of others, victims of the famine and political repression, that they remained mainly passive, silent, and indifferent toward the mass execution of Jews in Babi Yar during the Holocaust.

scholarly journals Social Isolation as Stigma-Management: Explaining Long-Term Unemployed People’s ‘Failure’ to Network

Sociology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 1043-1060 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Peterie ◽  
Gaby Ramia ◽  
Greg Marston ◽  
Roger Patulny
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Unemployed People ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
Depth Interviews

Social networks play an important role in helping people find employment, yet extant studies have argued that unemployed ‘job-seekers’ rarely engage in ‘networking’ behaviours. Previous explanations of this inactivity have typically focused on individual factors such as personality, knowledge and attitude, or suggested that isolation occurs because individuals lose access to the latent benefits of employment. Social stigma has been obscured in these debates, even as they have perpetuated stereotypes regarding individual responsibility for unemployment and the inherent value of paid work. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 80 unemployed Australians, this article argues that stigma-related shame is an important factor in networking decisions. First, it demonstrates that stigma is ubiquitous in the lives of the unemployed. Second, it identifies withdrawal from social networks and disassociation from ‘the unemployed’ as two key strategies that unemployed people use to manage stigma-related shame, and shows how these strategies reduce networking activities.

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