30.04.2020 , in ((Politica, Practices))
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Philippe Wanner e Juan Galeano
This is a repost of a blog contribution published at GLOBALCIT, European University Institute on 13 March 2020. Immigrant naturalization in Switzerland is often characterized by a generally restrictive approach yet with substantial variation in policies due to the complex multi-level naturalization procedure: ordinary naturalization is based on a three-level
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24.03.2020 , in ((Social Cohesion Beyond Nation State))
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Islam Borinca e Juan M. Falomir-Pichastor
Intergroup prosocial behaviors, such as immigrants helping nationals, contribute to improving intergroup relations and strengthening social cohesion. However, people might not attribute genuine prosocial motives to a potential helper when negative intergroup perceptions and expectations shape these relations. The present blog describes research investigating factors that influence help-recipients’ understanding of intergroup
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11.03.2020 , in ((Social Cohesion Beyond Nation State))
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Alois Stutzer
Many problems in society can only be successfully addressed if its members are willing to cooperate, even if decisions go against their individual or group-specific short-term interests. This cooperation requires a certain level of cohesion among the members of society. Social cohesion can, therefore, be seen as one of the
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05.03.2020 , in ((Social Cohesion Beyond Nation State))
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Juan M. Falomir-Pichastor, Eva Green e Anita Manatschal
Increasing global migration streams challenge social cohesion. The present blog contribution describes several lines of research examining how social norms shape the ways both national majorities in destination countries and immigrants react to increased diversity and its consequences. Overall, this research shows how social norms operating at the national and
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13.02.2020 , in ((Sanctuary Cities))
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Deniz Daser
New Orleans, Louisiana witnessed an influx of undocumented Latinx workers in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Many of those who worked in rebuilding settled with their families in the area. As reconstruction wound down from 2010 on, rates of detainment and deportation in the city increased, although local
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