The Organization of Women and Ethnic Minorities in a Resource Industry: A Case Study of the Unionization of Shoreworkers in the B.C. Fishing Industry 1937-1949

1984 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-107
Author(s):  
ALICJA MUSZYNSKI
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Fishing Industry ◽  
Resource Industry

scholarly journals The more concentrated, the better represented? The geographical concentration of immigrants and their descriptive representation in the German mixed-member system

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 643-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas Geese ◽  
Diana Schacht
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Descriptive Representation ◽  
Electoral Rules ◽  
Geographical Concentration

Does the geographical concentration of ethnic minorities influence their descriptive representation in closed-list systems? Counterintuitive to the idea that single-member district electoral rules are necessary for minorities’ geographical representation, we argue that, in closed-list systems, parties are incentivised to allocate promising list positions to those minority candidates who are based in geographical areas where minorities concentrate. Empirically, we provide a case study of the list positions of dual candidates of immigrant origin running in the German mixed-member system in 2013. Results show a relationship between the list positions of candidates of immigrant origin and geographical concentrations of immigrant-origin residents.

scholarly journals Towards fair health policies for migrants and ethnic minorities: the case-study of ETHEALTH in Belgium

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Dauvrin ◽  
Ilse Derluyn ◽  
Isabelle Coune ◽  
Hans Verrept ◽  
Vincent Lorant
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Health Policies

Gentrifiers Against Gentrification

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Jorge André Guerreiro ◽  
João Filipe Marques
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Fishing Industry ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Industrial City ◽  
The Future ◽  
Historic Centre ◽  
South Portugal ◽  
The City

This chapter presents a case-study of tourism gentrification in a fishing town in Algarve, South Portugal. Olhão is a former industrial city that saw much of its fishing industry disappear since the 1980s. Over the last few years, hundreds of foreigners have moved into its historic centre. This rapid influx of citizens to derelict neighbours mostly comprised of old retirees and few active fishermen prompted a gentrification process. Olhão now faces the threat of mass displacements of its older and most vulnerable citizens, a fact that is worrying the foreigners that criticize the touristification of the city, with rents at historical highs and landlords forcing out the Portuguese residents in order to promote short-term rentals to tourists. The chapter presents the results obtained from an extensive mixed-methods research, ending with some notes about the future of the city and the implications that can be taken from this case.

scholarly journals Structural Barriers to Health-provider Training Programmes for Ethnic Minorities: The Case of the Katu and Diabetes Management in Vietnam

2020 ◽  
pp. 30-42
Author(s):  
Caroline Bec ◽  
Geoff J. Wells ◽  
Joshua J. Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Diabetes Management ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
World Health ◽  
Local Context

Background: Training of primary care practitioners is one of the most implemented interventions in medical international development programmes targeting non-communicable diseases (NCD). Yet in many cases their effectiveness is below expectations. One potential cause of this is that they struggle to account for local context, especially when working with ethnic minorities. Here we begin to address this gap through a qualitative case-study of how local contextual factors have impacted the success of a World Health Organization (WHO) healthcare training programme on Type 2 diabetes with an ethnic minority group in rural central Vietnam. Design: A qualitative case-study collected data during 2018. We conducted 25 semi-structured interviews, two focus groups, and participant observation with patients, healthcare professionals, and members of a local non-governmental organisation involved in the programme. We used thematic coding to identify important contextual factors and how they helped or hindered programme delivery. Next, we synthesised each of these themes in a narrative style, drawing on the rich detail provided by respondents. Results: We found that, despite using a notionally decentralised approach, the effectiveness of the training was hindered by social, political, and economic determinants of health which influenced the inhabitants’ relations to healthcare and diabetes. Particular barriers were the political perceptions of minorities, their economic access to services, the healthcare prejudices toward ethnic rural populations and the rigidity of medical training. Conclusions: Given the similarity of our case with other WHO NCD programmes, we view that our findings are of wider relevance to global public health policy and practice. We suggest that better recognising and addressing local contextual factors would make such programmes more polyvocal, grounded, and resilient, as well as enabling them to better support long-term transformative change in public health systems. We conclude by discussing methods for implementing this in practice.

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