15.04.2021 , in ((Mobility + Informality))
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Laure Sandoz
In recent academic literature, transnational migrant entrepreneurs are represented as active agents capable of mobilizing resources situated in different countries to develop businesses. Mobility, however, is an unequally distributed resource, and restrictive migration regimes limit the possibilities of individuals to become entrepreneurs. An ethnographic study in Barcelona highlights the obstacles
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01.03.2021 , in ((Politica))
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Elham Manea
Context matters. On 7 March 2021, the Swiss electorate will vote on the popular initiative “Yes to a ban on full facial coverings”. To separate the niqab from its religious social and political contexts and turn it into a simple question of ‘choice’ is to miss out on a great
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10.02.2021 , in ((COVID-19 + Early Career Academics))
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Jenna Althoff
Academic mobility is often a prerequisite for professional development and career advancement for early- career scholars. The immobility created by the global pandemic disrupted and challenged this mobility, while simultaneously inciting a reappreciation of the interactions it used to fuel. What are the consequences of immobility from a personal perspective
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03.02.2021 , in ((Politica))
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Janine Dahinden e Stefan Manser-Egli
On March 7, the Swiss electorate will vote on the so-called ‘burqa ban’. This popular initiative as well as the counterproposal stand for what we call gendernativism; the idea that the ‘native’ Swiss are genuinely gender-equal and that only Swiss women can voluntarily wear the veil. The consequence is not
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08.12.2020 , in ((Politica))
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Gianni D’Amato, Denise Efionayi-Mäder e Didier Ruedin
Les protestations contre les violences policières et les manifestations Black Lives Matter aux États-Unis touchent aussi la Suisse. Quelle est la situation dans notre pays en matière de discrimination raciste et quels enseignements peuvent être tirés du mouvement Black Lives Matter dans le contexte historique et politique de la Suisse.
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