scholarly journals INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION: EXPLORING THE DIFFERENCES IN RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOR OF IMMIGRANTS AND NATIVES IN EUROPE

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Richard Ondicho Otiso
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Behavior Patterns ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Religious Behavior ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
The Individual

This study aimed to point out the differences between the religiosity of immigrants and natives and how they hinder or facilitate immigrant social integration into the host society. The study took a multi-national perspective as the basis for analyzing religious views within Europe whereby both the natives and immigrants in European countries are evaluated and explanations for individual groups’ integration trajectories are emphasized. With respect to a thorough scholarly analysis, this study found out that the religiosity of immigrants tends to be high than that of natives in most European countries. It also noted that the initial religiosity of immigrants drops with an increase in the duration of time the individual immigrant stays in the host country. This study makes available knowledge about religious differences in a cross-cultural perspective and strives to help sociologists in outlining the differences in order to help in studying behavior patterns in different cultural settings.

The social and personal functions of music in cross-cultural perspective

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Clayton
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Middle Ground ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Way

Music's uses and contexts are so many and so various that the task of cataloguing its functions is daunting: how can we make sense of this diversity? These functions appear to range from the individual (music can affect the way we feel and the way we manage our lives) to the social (it can facilitate the coordination of large numbers of people and help to forge a sense of group identity). This article argues that musical behaviour covers a vast middle ground in which relationships between self and other or between the individual and the collective are played out. It surveys some of the extant literature on music's functions – referring to literature from ethnomusicology, anthropology, musicology, psychology, and sociology, and discussing a wide variety of musical contexts from around the world – and develops an argument emphasizing music's role in the management of relationships between self and other.

scholarly journals Law in the Process of Social Integration of Immigrants

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgi Mihaylov
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Host Country ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Individual Rights ◽  
Social Tension ◽  
Positive Law ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants

Abstract The article explores the problem of social integration of immigrants from Asia and Africa, arriving in European countries. Emphasis is placed on cultural differences between the existing society and immigrants that create social tension and conflicts. The solution to the problem should be seen in the implementation of positive law, which is applied in the host country. The main arguments in support of this opinion are the fundamental individual rights and the principle: first in time is first in right.

scholarly journals Self-Interest Bias in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Cultural Comparison between the United States and China

2021 ◽  
pp. 002202212110257
Author(s):  
Mengchen Dong ◽  
Giuliana Spadaro ◽  
Shuai Yuan ◽  
Yue Song ◽  
Zi Ye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Norm Violations ◽  
Cross Cultural Comparison ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Social Gathering ◽  
The Individual

In the global crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries attempt to enforce new social norms to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus. A key to the success of these measures is the individual adherence to norms that are collectively beneficial to contain the spread of the pandemic. However, individuals’ self-interest bias (i.e., the prevalent tendency to license own but not others’ self-serving acts or norm violations) can pose a challenge to the success of such measures. The current research examines COVID-19-related self-interest bias from a cross-cultural perspective. Two studies ( N = 1,558) sampled from the United States and China consistently revealed that participants from the United States evaluated their own self-serving acts (exploiting test kits in Study 1; social gathering and sneezing without covering the mouth in public in Study 2) as more acceptable than identical deeds of others, while such self-interest bias did not emerge among Chinese participants. Cultural underpinnings of independent versus interdependent self-construal may influence the extent to which individuals apply self-interest bias to justifications of their own self-serving behaviors during the pandemic.

scholarly journals Self-Interest Bias in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Own Self-Serving Behaviors Are Judged More Leniently than Others’ in the US but not China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengchen Dong ◽  
Giuliana Spadaro ◽  
Shuai Yuan ◽  
Yue Song ◽  
Zi Ye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Norm Violations ◽  
Self Construal ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
The Us ◽  
Social Gathering ◽  
The Individual

In the global crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries attempt to enforce new social norms to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus. A key to the success of these measures is the individual adherence to norms that are collectively beneficial to contain the spread of the pandemic. However, individuals’ self-interest bias (i.e., the prevalent tendency to license own but not others’ self-serving acts or norm violations) can pose a challenge to the success of such measures. The current research examines COVID-19-related self-interest bias from a cross-cultural perspective. Two studies (N = 1,558) sampled from the US and China, and consistently revealed that US participants evaluated their own self-serving acts (exploiting disinfectants or test kits in Study 1; social gathering and sneezing without covering the mouth in Study 2) as more acceptable than identical deeds of others, while such self-interest bias did not emerge among Chinese participants. Cultural underpinnings of independent vs. interdependent self-construal may influence the extent to which individuals apply self-interest bias to justifications of their own self-serving behaviors during the pandemic.

The Complexities of Perceived Risk in Cross-Cultural Services Marketing

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hean Tat Keh ◽  
Jin Sun
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Risk Evaluation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Chinese Consumers ◽  
Self Transcendence ◽  
National Perspective ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Cultural Causes ◽  
Cross National

Previous research has found that cultural differences influence consumer risk evaluation. From a cross-national perspective, the authors explore the individual and cultural causes, as well as the consequences, of postpurchase personal and nonpersonal risks for a credence service (i.e., insurance). Using survey data from 309 Chinese consumers and 193 Singaporean consumers, the authors find that two cultural dimensions (self-transcendence/self-enhancement versus conservation/openness to change) and individual contextual factors (involvement and face consciousness) exert differential effects on consumer perceived risk in the two countries. In addition, the authors find that personal and nonpersonal risks have varying levels of impact on perceived value and customer satisfaction in the two countries.

28.M. Workshop: Mental ill-health and social exclusion among refugee minors/youth resettling in European countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Intervention Studies ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Stress Disorders ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Refugee Minors

Abstract Globally, many countries have experienced the immigration of a growing number or refugee minors/youth. Many refugees have been exposed to traumatic events in their country of origin or during flight to their host country, putting issues of public mental health on the agenda. Mental ill-health can have a strong impact on social integration as it affects educational and occupational attainment and therefore increases the risk of labour market marginalisation. Mental ill-health can range from psychological distress to diagnosed disorders. Most frequently occurring are common mental disorders (CMDs), which include depressive, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD). These disorders are characterised by an early age of onset, recurrent episodes and emerging comorbid disorders. Despite the size of the problem, research considering both mental ill-health and social integration in refugee minors/youth is severely underdeveloped and intervention studies are rare. Therefore, the overall aim of the consortium entitled REMAIN (REfugee Minors/youth And INtegration) is to gain knowledge on strategies to improve the social integration of refugee minors/youth with mental ill-health. The objective of this workshop is to present findings from etiological, prognostic and intervention studies carried out within the REMAIN consortium. The workshop aims to increase the audience' knowledge in an area of outmost Public Health importance. The reason of organising this workshop is based on the strong increases of young refugees in many countries worldwide and the resulting need for evidence based knowledge in the area of refugee's health and social integration. The added value of this workshop is due to the presentation of recent and solid findings from studies in 5 universities in 4 different European countries, offering a transnational perspective. Moreover, several studies are based on register data with long follow-up times and good data quality, which are not challenged by low response and high attrition rates during follow-up. Also findings from an intervention study will be presented. The proposed studies contribute with crucial information in a research field characterised by an enormous scientific knowledge gaps. The coherence between the presentations is guaranteed as all presentations deal with mental ill-health and social integration among refugee minors/youth. The format of the workshop implies five presentations and discussion with the participants of the workshop. The presentations will be of such a length that ample time for intensive interaction with the audience is guaranteed. After each presentation, the organiser/chair of the workshop will invite the audience for posing questions and comments regarding the findings presented. Moreover, as last part of the workshop, there will be time for a common discussion of the results and its societal and Public Health implications in a more overarching manner. Key messages Psychological interventions should be developed to address common mental disorders in refugee youth. These disorders worsen refugees' social integration in the new host country.

Studying Integration: Ethnic Minority and Majority Youth in Comparative Perspective

2018 ◽  
pp. 3-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan O. Jonsson ◽  
Frank Kalter ◽  
Frank van Tubergen
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Host Country ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Cultural Integration ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
Immigrant Generations

We introduce our comparative study on minority and majority youth in four European countries by presenting the problem, basic concepts, theoretical starting points and our strategy of analysis. We address differences in integration across (i) immigrant generations (exposure), (ii) immigrant origin groups and (iii) receiving countries, for several indicators of structural, cultural and social integration. We find few and unsystematic differences in integration across receiving countries. Integration is quite remote for some aspects of social and cultural integration and slowest for those originating in poorer regions at greater cultural and socioeconomic distances, such as the Middle East and Africa. Exposure to the host country leads to decreasing differences in language proficiency and host country identification, but not in liberal attitudes and tolerance, religion and religiosity, or inter-ethnic friendships. We conclude that lingering differences should partly be understood against a backdrop of deeply entrenched structural phenomena such as socialisation, stratification and segregation.

Barriers to Social Integration for Chinese Immigrants in Canada, Then and Now: A Comparison

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yixuan Wang ◽  
Li Zong ◽  
Hui Li
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Chinese Immigrants ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
World War ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Individual

Abstract The history of Chinese immigration to Canada can be traced back to more than 150 years. Despite different historical contexts, early Chinese immigrants before/during World War II and recent Chinese immigrants after World War II, especially those since 1960s, have both encountered barriers in the process of social integration in the host country. Using the social exclusion theory, this paper challenges the traditional one-way approach to social integration — which focuses on the immigrants’ personal efforts in adapting to a new social environment — and instead, advocates a two-way approach to analyze Chinese immigrants’ social integration into the host country in the early and more recent times. By making comparisons between them in different social contexts, it is found that the difficulties in social integration are attributable to both the individual and structural barriers rather than personal insufficiency alone. Moreover, despite different manifestations at different times, the nature of and reasons for social exclusion remain the same. The underlying reason for domination-subordination relationship between the excluder and the excluded in different times is attributable to the self interests of the excluders.

scholarly journals RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND EXPERIENCES OF PROTESTANT CHRISTIAN IMMIGRANTS IN FINLAND: AN INTEGRATING OR ALIENATING EXPERIENCE?

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Richard Ondicho Otiso
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Host Country ◽  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Problems

The contemporary Finland is more culturally diverse than previous years thanks to increased international migration. A large number of immigrants entering Finland today are religious in one way or another. This article is a case study of religious beliefs and experiences of protestant Christian immigrants in Finland with the aim of finding out the personal feelings of immigrants towards the Finnish society. A comparative analysis of Protestant Christian immigrants’ experiences in both the host country and country of origin was taken as a foundation for determining effects of the immigrants’ religious beliefs in Finland. This study takes a cross-cultural perspective in analyzing and evaluating the religious beliefs of immigrants. Even though religion is credited to have an upper hand in facilitating social integration of immigrants into host societies, this study found out that religious beliefs and experiences of protestant Christian immigrants in Finland can be integrating or alienating, depending on the degree of religiosity of the immigrants. An awareness of this observation as discussed in this article goes a long way in providing options to choose from in navigating the common problems faced by Protestant Christian immigrants in Finland.

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