Europe

Governing European Subjects: Tolerance and Guilt in the Discourse of 'Muslim Women'

by Yasemin Yildiz

Cultural Critique 77.1 (2011): 70-101

Temps by choice? An Analysis of reasons for temporary employment among young European workers.

by Ilias Livanos

ESRC seminar series: Young Workers and Precarious Employment, University of Warwick, 23 September 2011

This paper uses data on over 200,000 young (aged 20-35) temporary employees across Europe (EU-15) in order to... more This paper uses data on over 200,000 young (aged 20-35) temporary employees across Europe (EU-15) in order to investigate the factors leading to different types of temporary employment. Signing a temporary contract is likely to depend upon various social, cultural and political characteristics, thus it is particularly interesting to investigate this at such a diverse environment as the European Union. Four possible reasons are examined and interpreted in the light of different labour economics theories. These include temporary employment as: a) signal; b) screening mechanism; c) flexible contract; and d) friction of the labour market. For the empirical analysis, micro-data from the European Labour Force Survey are utilized. Personal and socio-economic characteristics, along with national and institutional factors driving each type of temporary employment are identified and scrutinised. Our findings show that temporary employment is segmented into two broad groups; precarious temporaries and temporaries “by choice”.

Beyond Assimilation and Multiculturalism: A Critical Review of the Debate on Managing Diversity

by Dan Rodríguez-García

Rodríguez García, D. (2010) “Beyond Assimilation and Multiculturalism: A Critical Review of the Debate on Managing Diversity”, Journal of International Migration and Integration, 11(3): 251-271. ISSN: 1488-3473.
http://www.springerlink.com/content/57637p37j4787218/
http://ec.europa.eu/ewsi/UDRW/images/items/docl_25693_700502436.pdf

In the past few years, both assimilationist and multiculturalist approaches to the management of immigration and... more In the past few years, both assimilationist and multiculturalist approaches to the management of immigration and diversity have been called into question. This article is an attempt to critically review and examine the key points of the debate regarding assimilationism and multiculturalism, while arguing for an interculturalist model of socio-cultural incorporation that reconciles cultural diversity with social cohesion. This paper looks at both European and North American cases and contends that when support for diversity occurs within a framework of social justice and political equality, and when all members of society are permitted to fully participate in the public space, the result is a more cohesive, albeit plural, civic community.

Challenges and Trends in the Management of Immigration and Diversity: A Transatlantic View [Retos y tendencias en la gestión de la inmigración y la diversidad en clave transatlántica]

by Dan Rodríguez-García

Rodríguez García, D. (2010) Retos y tendencias en la gestión de la inmigración y la diversidad en clave transatlántica. Documentos CIDOB Migraciones, 21. Barcelona: Fundación CIDOB. ISSN: 1697-7734
http://www.cidob.org/es/publicaciones/documentos_cidob/migraciones
http://ec.europa.eu/ewsi/UDRW/images/items/docl_25694_112941772.pdf
http://www.diba.es/web/diversitat/estudis_interes
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Digital-Library/Publications/Detail/?ots591=0c54e3b3-1e9c-be1e-2c24-a6a8c7060233&lng=en&id=115001

España se ha convertido recientemente en un país de inmigración, y se enfrenta con urgencia y con poca experiencia a... more España se ha convertido recientemente en un país de inmigración, y se enfrenta con urgencia y con poca experiencia a los desafíos derivados de este cambio estructural e irreversible. La información proveniente de la comparación internacional y, en particular, de “países clásicos de inmigración”, puede resultar muy útil para encarar este reto en los “nuevos países de inmigración” como España y, en particular, en Cataluña. Este trabajo aporta información sobre experiencias, ejes y tendencias fundamentales de la acción estratégica en este terreno a partir de la comparación transatlántica tomando como referencia el caso de Canadá, uno de los países del mundo con más inmigración y con más éxito en su gestión, y cuya orientación en la gestión del fenómeno se basa en tres ejes fundamentales: integralidad, horizonte amplio y visión proactiva. El objetivo, en suma, es establecer conexiones y comparaciones entre los casos canadiense/quebequés y español/catalán que se considera que pueden ser de utilidad para la reflexión, el análisis y la orientación preventiva en política de inmigración en nuestro propio contexto. Esta información resultará especialmente útil a responsables políticos, técnicos de la Administración, investigadores, analistas y profesionales en general que trabajan directamente en el ámbito de las migraciones y la interculturalidad.

Policies and Models of Incorporation, a Transatlantic Perspective: Canada, Germany, France and the Netherlands

by Dan Rodríguez-García

Rodríguez García, Dan, Biles, J., Winnemore, L., Michalowski, I. (2007) Policies and Models of Incorporation, a Transatlantic Perspective: Canada, Germany, France and the Netherlands // Políticas y modelos de acogida. Una mirada transatlántica: Canadá, Alemania, Francia y los Países Bajos. Documentos CIDOB Migraciones, 12. Barcelona: Fundación CIDOB (publicado en inglés y en castellano).

Bequaert J (1916) On the occurrence of Vespa Austriaca (Panzer) In North America (Hymenoptera Vespidae))

by Anthony Daglio

La répartition géographique des précipitations acides

by Bertrand Levy

In : Médecine et Hygiène, 48, no 1868, 1990, 3729-3730.

Using isoline maps showing the pH of precipitations in Europe and North America, the geographic distribution of acidic... more Using isoline maps showing the pH of precipitations in Europe and North America, the geographic distribution of acidic precipitation is described. A correlation is considered between acidity of precipitation or photochemical ozone and forest decline. The evolution of the current situation is underlined.

Critical Consumption: Boycotting and Buycotting in Europe

by Luke Yates

published in European Societies, 2011

Critical consumption, the purchase or boycott of goods for political, ethical or environmental reasons, is regularly... more Critical consumption, the purchase or boycott of goods for political, ethical or environmental reasons, is regularly characterised as an example of ‘new politics’ or ‘new’ political participation. However, such analysis often neglects work from the sociology of consumption and social movement studies. This paper argues that consumers express their identity through critical consumption, in the form of a pledge of allegiance to the goals of certain social movements. Cross-national data from the European Social Survey identifies critical consumers as belonging to higher class positions and being generally older, highly educated, and more often women than men. Separating analysis of boycotting from that of buycotting, the positive purchase of goods for ethical or political reasons, suggests that buycotting is more resource-dependent and individualistic than boycotting. Substantial differences are found between the impact of people’s resources in different countries, particularly between Northern and Central European countries and their Southern and Eastern counterparts. The findings thus recommend an approach to consumer politics that remains sensitive to social structural contexts between countries and different forms of consumer participation.

Bluthgen (1938) Systematisches der Faltenwespen MittleEuropas, Skandinaviens, Und Englands (Hymenoptera Vespidae)

by Anthony Daglio

Development of an Interdisciplinary, Intercultural Master’s Program on Sustainability: Learning from the Richness of Diversity

by Marco Rieckmann

van Dam-Mieras, R., Lansu, A. , Rieckmann, M. , & Michelsen, G. (2008). Development of an Interdisciplinary, Intercultural Master’s Program on Sustainability: Learning from the Richness of Diversity. Innovative Higher Education, 32(5), 251-264.

The purpose of this article is to describe a joint effort between three European and six Latin American universities... more The purpose of this article is to describe a joint effort between three European and six Latin American universities to create an international Master’s degree program on Sustainable Development and Management. Faculty members from these institutions are working together on this unusual and innovative project, which recognizes the importance of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) tools in international projects and programs. The article provides information about the ongoing interdisciplinary and intercultural dialogue and the learning process that is occurring throughout the development of the program.

Schlüsselkompetenzen für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung der Weltgesellschaft. Ergebnisse einer europäisch-lateinamerikanischen Delphi-Studie

by Marco Rieckmann

Rieckmann, M. (2011). Schlüsselkompetenzen für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung der Weltgesellschaft: Ergebnisse einer europäisch-lateinamerikanischen Delphi-Studie. Gaia, 20(1), 48-56.

Education for sustainable development aims at developing key competencies that enable individuals to help the world... more Education for sustainable development aims at developing key competencies that enable individuals to help the world society progress on a more sustainable path. There is, as yet, no agreement in the international debate on what are the most important key competencies. In a Delphi study, experts from Europe (Germany, Great Britain) and Latin America (Chile, Ecuador, Mexico) were asked: Which individual key competencies are crucial for under standing central challenges facing the world society and for facilitating its development towards a more sustainable future? The participants discussed and defined a number of key competencies. These were condensed to twelve key competencies, all of which are considered relevant for sustainable development both in the North and the South. However, the results also reveal some differences between the European and Latin-American percep tions. The key competencies identified here show similarities with other sustainability competence concepts. In addition, they also focus on aspects that so far have not been sufficiently taken into account.

Manga in Europe : A Short Study of Market and Fandom.

by Ariane Beldi

Bouissou, Jean-Marie, Dolle-Weinkauff, Bernd, Marco Pellitteri, with Ariane Beldi. 2010. “Manga in Europe : A Short Study of Market and Fandom.” In Manga : An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives, Toni Johnson-Woods (ed.), New York : Continuum International Publishing Group.

Sèvres as Monument, Europe as Eternal Other: Challenges of Making Turks into Europeans Through the Pedagogy of the Early Turkish Republic

by Ed Webb

ISA 2010 Annual Meeting

From the birth of the Turkish Republic, elites emphasized education as a tool to construct a new identity for... more From the birth of the Turkish Republic, elites emphasized education as a tool to construct a new identity for citizens, realigning the psychic geography of the country. The project to find a place for Turkey in 'Civilization,' mainly meaning Europe, has persisted down to the present. Alongside diplomatic and strategic efforts such as engagement with European organizations, there has continued an internal, cultural effort to nationalize and Europeanize citizens: a project torn between the local and particular, on the one hand, and the supposed/desired universal on the other. In the mode of Greg Starrett’s anthropology of cultural power in Egypt, this paper will analyze Turkey’s efforts by means of a careful reading of official textbooks through the lens of Nietzsche’s concepts of the different uses of history. It will examine in particular the portrayal of Europe and Christianity on the one hand, and the Middle East and Islam on the other, in history textbooks from the 1930s through the 1950s, the period of nation-building in the immediate shadow of Sèvres. The paper will conclude by discussing the implications of this ambiguous project for the sustainability of Turkey's efforts to become more integrated into Europe.

The Emergent European Model in Skill Formation: Comparing Higher Education and Vocational Training in the Bologna and Copenhagen Processes

by Justin J.W. Powell

Avrupa’yı Bezdiren Hayalet: Avrupa Anayasası, Bütçe Krizi ve Neoliberal Bütünleşmenin Sınırları

by Uluslararası İlişkiler

Eddie J. Girdner, "A Spectre Haunting Europe: The European Constitution, the Budget Crisis, and the Limits of Neoliberal Integration", Uluslararası İlişkiler, Cilt 2, Sayı 7 (Güz), 2005

The rejection of the European Draft Constitution by voters in France and Holland created a crisis in Europe. The... more The rejection of the European Draft Constitution by voters in France and Holland created a crisis in Europe. The dilemma, however is rooted in the deeper issues concerning democracy, neoliberalism, and the division of wealth among classes in European society. The draft constitution would have locked in the principles of neoliberalism and guaranteed rights for capital over those of citizens. Beyond the question of the lack of grass roots democracy European social welfare guarantees are threatened. Capitalist accumulation is rendered as a technical question to be determined by technocrats and business enterprises, rather than a political question at the heart of democracy. The vote against the constitution was not a vote against a united and social Europe, but against a Europe united on the basis of the American model of enshrining capitalist accumulation as the be all and end all of human endeavor. The crisis in Europe has revealed the limits to neoliberal integration in Europe.

Future-oriented higher education: Which key competencies should be fostered through university teaching and learning?

by Marco Rieckmann

Rieckmann, M. (2012). Future-oriented higher education: Which key competencies should be fostered through university teaching and learning?. Futures, 44(2), 127–135.

Universities play an important role in shaping the future of the world society in terms of sustainable development by... more Universities play an important role in shaping the future of the world society in terms of sustainable development by generating new knowledge as well as contributing to the development of appropriate competencies and raising sustainability awareness. During the last years, many universities have undertaken activities for implementing Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD). Many have asked which key competencies are most relevant for sustainable development and hence should be developed in future-oriented higher education. Different approaches for the selection of sustainability key competencies have been developed, but there is little international agreement in the debate around the most important key competencies. Consequently, this paper asks which individual key competencies are crucial for understanding central challenges facing the world society and for facilitating its development towards a more sustainable future, and thus identifies those competencies which should be fostered through university teaching and learning. The empirical design of the study is related to a Delphi study in which ‘sustainability key competencies’ are defined by selected experts from Europe (Germany, Great Britain) and Latin America (Chile, Ecuador, Mexico). The results show that twelve key competencies crucial for sustainable development can be identified; the most relevant ones are those for systemic thinking, anticipatory thinking and critical thinking.

Initial methods to mitigate the Advanced Persistent Threat APT

by joey Hernandez

Noelia Prieto, Dave Barnett Tas Wake, Angel Redoble, 2009

The first release of Dealing with the Cyber Advanced Persistent Threat with contributions from Cyber Security... more The first release of Dealing with the Cyber Advanced Persistent Threat with contributions from Cyber Security Professionals from around the globe.

La nación devora a Europa

by Rubén Sánchez Medero

Publicado en 'El viejo topo', junio 2009

Siguiendo la tradición, las elecciones europeas han resultado ser unos comicios secundarios interpretables como una... more Siguiendo la tradición, las elecciones europeas han resultado ser unos comicios secundarios interpretables como una oportunidad para premiar o castigar las políticas nacionales. De ahí que los partidos, en la campaña, rara vez hablen de Europa, centrando los debates alrededor de cuestiones relativas a la política nacional. En estos comicios más si cabe, pues la crisis y los problemas que afectan a los distintos países no han dejado margen al establecimiento de otro tipo de debates ajenos a esta realidad. Algo no carente de cierta lógica, pues no olvidemos que 26 de los 27 países de la Unión Europea se encuentran en plena destrucción de su riqueza. Únicamente Chipre se salva de esta caída del PIB. Una situación económica desastrosa a la que debemos sumar la percepción que los europeos tienen del Parlamento, al que ven como una institución difusa que difícilmente puede proponer soluciones a sus problemas.

Attitudinal determinants of fish consumption in Spain and Poland

by Federico Jose Armando Perez-Cueto Eulert

F. J. A. Pérez-Cueto, Z. Pieniak and W. Verbeke
Nutr Hosp. 2011;26(6):1412-1419

Objective: To identify attitudinal determinants of fish consumption in Spain and Poland, and to discuss the potential... more Objective: To identify attitudinal determinants of fish consumption in Spain and Poland, and to discuss the potential impact of local healthy eating policies in the observed reported frequency of fish consumption.
Design: Repeated survey analysis , multivariate linear regression analysis. Data collected through a questionnaire that included socio-demographics, self-reported anthropometrics, as well as validated items of attitudinal and involvement scales, validated items of knowledge about fish, and behaviours (reported fish consumption).
Setting: Consumer survey in Poland and Spain, 1800 respondents in 2004 and 1815 respondents in 2008.
Results: In Poland, intentions to consume more fish and reported fish consumption increased in the four years period between both surveys, together with objective knowledge regarding fish. In Spain with the exception of subjective knowledge, fish consumption at home and total fish consumption, all attitudinal and involvement scale changes were statistically significant. Multivariate regression revealed that age had a small but significant positive effect in all scales, except for satisfaction with life, fish consumption out of home and subjective health. Satisfaction with life and subjective knowledge were significantly determined by household size. The differences between countries were statistically significant for involvement with health and fish, for intention to eat fish, the general attitudes and objective knowledge regarding fish.
Conclusions: In Poland, a more positive attitude towards fish, and increased levels of knowledge about this product were observed and could partially be attributed to national policy efforts. In Spain, an interesting feature was observed: more people reported choosing fish when eating out in 2008 compared with respondents in 2004. Such a trend suggests that people slowly move towards healthier choices even in the out of home eating.

Gänsegeier in Mitteleuropa

by Alvaro Camina

Vultures in Germany