Discrimination And Hate Crime Against Jews In Eu Member States

Author : European Union. European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9292394681

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Discrimination and Hate Crime Against Jews in EU Member States by European Union. European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Pdf

Antisemitism casts a long shadow on Jewish people's chances to enjoy their legally guaranteed rights to human dignity, freedom of thought, conscience and religion, and non-discrimination. The daily insults, discrimination, harassment and even physical violence, with which Jewish people across the European Union (EU) must contend, show few signs of abating, despite EU and EU Member States' best efforts. Nevertheless, little information exists on the extent and nature of antisemitic crimes to guide policy makers seeking to effectively fight these crimes. This FRA survey is the first ever to collect comparable data on Jewish people's experiences and perceptions of antisemitism, hate-motivated crime and discrimination across a number of EU Member States, specifically in Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Its findings reveal a worrying level of discrimination, particularly in employment and education, a widespread fear of victimisation and heightening concern about antisemitism online. By shining light on crimes that all too often remain unreported and therefore invisible, this FRA report seeks to help put an end to them.

Author : European Union. Agency for Fundamental Rights
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Antisemitism
ISBN : 929239262X

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Discrimination and Hate Crime Against Jews in EU Member States by European Union. Agency for Fundamental Rights Pdf

Antisemitism casts a long shadow on Jewish people's chances to enjoy their legally guaranteed rights to human dignity, freedom of thought, conscience and religion, and non-discrimination. The daily insults, discrimination, harassment and even physical violence, with which Jewish people across the EU must contend, show few signs of abating, despite EU and EU Member States' best efforts. Nevertheless, little information exists on the extent and nature of antisemitic crimes to guide policy makers seeking to effectively fight these crimes. This FRA survey is the first-ever to collect comparable data on Jewish people's experiences and perceptions of antisemitism, hate-motivated crime and discrimination across a number of EU Member States, specifically in Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Its findings reveal a worrying level of discrimination, particularly in employment and education, a widespread fear of victimisation and heightening concern about antisemitism online. By shining light on crimes that all too often remain unreported and therefore invisible, this FRA report seeks to help put an end to them. -- EU Bookshop.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9292392638

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Discrimination and Hate Crime Against Jews in EU Member States : Experiences and Perceptions of Antisemitism - Survey Methodology, Sample and the Questionnaire by Anonim Pdf

Author : Stavros Assimakopoulos,Fabienne H. Baider,Sharon Millar
Publisher : Springer
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783319726045

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Online Hate Speech in the European Union by Stavros Assimakopoulos,Fabienne H. Baider,Sharon Millar Pdf

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license and reports on research carried out as part of the European Union co-funded C.O.N.T.A.C.T. project which targeted hate speech and hate crime across a number of EU member states. It showcases the bearing that discourse analytic research can have on our understanding of this phenomenon that is a growing global cause for concern. Although ‘hate speech’ is often incorporated in legal and policy documents, there is no universally accepted definition, which in itself warrants research into how hatred is both expressed and perceived. The research project synthesises discourse analytic and corpus linguistics techniques, and presents its key findings here. The focus is especially on online comments posted in reaction to news items that could trigger discrimination, as well as on the folk perception of online hate speech as revealed through semi-structured interviews with young individuals across the various partner countries.

Author : Michael McClintock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0975315021

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Everyday Fears by Michael McClintock Pdf

Hate crimes are on the rise in Europe and North America. Targeting individuals based on their origins, the color of their skin, their religion, their sexual orientation, or other similar attributes, such violent crimes undermine the security of everyone in our society. Everyday Fears, written by Michael McClintock of Human Rights First, is a ground-breaking study of the relationship between both small- and large-scale hate crimes and the everyday fears that they generate. In addition to documenting specific offenses, Everyday Fears highlights the need for governments to protect against hate crimes through legislation and improved monitoring and reporting. To this end, the book includes a first ever comprehensive survey of existing laws on hate crimes in the fifty-five countries of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. By addressing the inequalities of enforcement and deficiencies in effective monitoring, Human Rights First urges governments to take concrete actions to prevent bias crimes and, ultimately, to ease the everyday fears that result when these crimes go unchallenged.

Author : Gagliardone, Iginio,Gal, Danit,Alves, Thiago,Martinez, Gabriela
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789231001055

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Countering online hate speech by Gagliardone, Iginio,Gal, Danit,Alves, Thiago,Martinez, Gabriela Pdf

The opportunities afforded by the Internet greatly overshadow the challenges. While not forgetting this, we can nevertheless still address some of the problems that arise. Hate speech online is one such problem. But what exactly is hate speech online, and how can we deal with it effectively? As with freedom of expression, on- or offline, UNESCO defends the position that the free flow of information should always be the norm. Counter-speech is generally preferable to suppression of speech. And any response that limits speech needs to be very carefully weighed to ensure that this remains wholly exceptional, and that legitimate robust debate is not curtailed.

Author : European Union. European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9291929956

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Making Hate Crime Visible in the European Union by European Union. European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Pdf

Author : Günther Jikeli
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253015259

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European Muslim Antisemitism by Günther Jikeli Pdf

Antisemitism from Muslims has become a serious issue in Western Europe, although not often acknowledged as such. Looking for insights into the views and rationales of young Muslims toward Jews, Günther Jikeli and his colleagues interviewed 117 ordinary Muslim men in London (chiefly of South Asian background), Paris (chiefly North African), and Berlin (chiefly Turkish). The researchers sought information about stereotypes of Jews, arguments used to support hostility toward Jews, the role played by the Middle East conflict and Islamist ideology in perceptions of Jews, the possible sources of antisemitic views, and, by contrast, what would motivate Muslims to actively oppose antisemitism. They also learned how the men perceive discrimination and exclusion as well as their own national identification. This study is rich in qualitative data that will mark a significant step along the path toward a better understanding of contemporary antisemitism in Europe.

Author : Jennifer Schweppe,Mark Austin Walters
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780191088513

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The Globalization of Hate by Jennifer Schweppe,Mark Austin Walters Pdf

The Globalisation of Hate: Internationalising Hate Crime? is the first book to examine the impact of globalisation on our understanding of hate speech and hate crime. Bringing together internationally acclaimed scholars with researchers, policy makers and practitioners from across the world, it critically scrutinises the concept of hate crime as a global phenomenon, seeking to examine whether hate crime can, or should, be conceptualised within an international framework and, if so, how this might be achieved. Beginning with the global dynamics of hate, the contributions analyse whether hate crime can be defined globally, whether universal principles can be applied to the phenomenon, how hatred is spread, and how it impacts upon our global society. The middle portion of the book moves beyond the broader questions of globalisation to jurisdictional examples of how globalisation impacts upon our understanding of, and also our responses to, hate crime. The chapters explore in greater detail what is happening around the world and how the international concepts of hate crime are being operationalised locally, drawing out the themes of globalisation and internationalisation that are relevant to hate crime, as evidenced by a number of jurisdictions from Europe, the US, Asia, and Africa. The final part of the book concludes with an examination of the different ways in which hate speech and hate crime is being combatted globally. International law, internet regulation and the use of restorative practices are evaluated as methods of addressing hate-based conflict, with the discussions drawn from existing frameworks as well as exploring normative standards for future international efforts. Taken together, these innovative and insightful contributions offer a timely investigation into the effects of hate crime, offering an interdisciplinary approach to tackling what is now a global issue. It will be of interest to scholars and students of criminology, sociology and criminal justice, as well as criminal justice practitioners, police officers and policy makers. 1 ‘ Test " test.

Author : Jonathan Fox,Lev Topor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780197580370

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Why Do People Discriminate against Jews? by Jonathan Fox,Lev Topor Pdf

A novel analysis that combines traditional theories on anti-Semitism with evidence from 76 nations to explain the determinants that drive discrimination against Jews. Why Do People Discriminate against Jews? provides a data-rich analysis of the causes of discrimination against Jews across the globe. Using the tools of comparative political science, Jonathan Fox and Lev Topor examine the causes of both government-based and societal discrimination against Jews in 76 countries. As they stress, anti-Semitism is an attitude, but discrimination is an action. In examining anti-Jewish discrimination, they combine ideas and theories from classic studies of anti-Semitism with social science theories on the causes of discrimination. On the one hand, conspiracy theories, a major topic in the anti-Semitism literature, are relatively unexplored in the social science literature as a potential instigator of discrimination. On the other, social science theories developed to explain how governments justify discrimination against Muslims are rarely formally applied to the processes that lead to discrimination against Jews. Fox and Topor conclude by identifying three potential causes of discrimination: religious causes, anti-Zionism, and belief in conspiracy theories about Jewish power and world domination. They conclude that while all three influence discrimination against Jews, belief in conspiracy theories is the strongest determinant. The most rigorous and geographically wide-ranging analysis of discrimination against Jews to date, this book reshapes our understanding of the persecution of religious minorities in general and the Jewish people in particular.

Author : Haim Fireberg,Olaf Glöckner,Marcela Menachem Zoufalá
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110582369

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Being Jewish in 21st Century Central Europe by Haim Fireberg,Olaf Glöckner,Marcela Menachem Zoufalá Pdf

Jewish life in Europe has undergone dramatic changes and transformations within the 20th century and also the last two decades. The phenomenon of the dual position of the Jewish minority in relation to the majority, not entirely unusual for Jewish Diaspora communities, manifested itself most distinctly on the European continent. This unique Jewish experience of the ambiguous position of insider and outsider may provide valuable views on contemporary European reality and identity crisis. The book focuses inter alia on the main common denominators of contemporary Jewish life in Central Europe, such as an intense confrontation with the heritage of the Holocaust and unrelenting antisemitism on the one hand and on the other hand, huge appreciation of traditional Jewish learning and culture by a considerable part of non-Jewish Europeans. The volume includes contributions on Jewish life in central European countries like Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, and Germany.

Author : Ari Kohen
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496228468

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Antisemitism on the Rise by Ari Kohen Pdf

We live in uncertain and unsettling times. Tragically, today's global culture is rife with violent bigotry, nationalism, and antisemitism. The rhetoric is not new; it is grounded in attitudes and values from the 1930s and the 1940s in Europe and the United States. Antisemitism on the Rise is a collection of essays by some of the world's leading experts, including Joseph Bendersky, Jean Cahan, R. Amy Elman, Leonard Greenspoon, and Jürgen Matthäus, regarding two key moments in antisemitic history: the interwar period and today. Ari Kohen and Gerald J. Steinacher have collected important examples on this crucial topic to illustrate new research findings and learning techniques that have become increasingly vital with the recent rise of white supremacist movements, many of which have a firm root in antisemitism. Part 1 focuses on the antisemitic beliefs and ideas that were predominant during the 1930s and 1940s, while part 2 draws comparisons between this period and today, including examples of ways to teach others about contemporary antisemitism. The volume seeks to inform readers about the historical progression of antisemitism and in doing so asks readers to think about what is at stake and how to bridge the gap between research and teaching.

Author : Armin Lange,Kerstin Mayerhofer,Dina Porat,Lawrence H. Schiffman
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110672053

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Confronting Antisemitism from Perspectives of Philosophy and Social Sciences by Armin Lange,Kerstin Mayerhofer,Dina Porat,Lawrence H. Schiffman Pdf

The five volumes provide a compendium of the history of and discourse about antisemitism - both as a unique cultural and religious category. Antisemitic stereotypes function as religious symbols that express and transmit a belief system of Jew-hatred, which are stored in the cultural and religious memories of the Western and Muslim worlds. This volume explores the phenomenon from the perspectives of Philosophy and Social Sciences.

Author : Jonathan Judaken
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317991564

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Naming Race, Naming Racisms by Jonathan Judaken Pdf

Eschewing social scientific approaches, which tend to examine race and racism in terms of quasi-static ideal types, this book surveys differing historical contexts from the era of scientific racism in the nineteenth-century to the post-racial racism of the post 9/11 period, and from Europe to the United States, in order to understand how racism has been articulated in differing situations. It is distinguished by the attention it pays to the on-going power of racial discourse in the contemporary period as a legitimating factor in oppression. It exemplifies methodological openness, combining the work of historians, philosophers, religious scholars, and literary critics, and includes differing theoretical models in pursuing a critical approach to race: cultural studies; trauma theory and psychoanalysis; critical theory and consideration of the "new racism"; and postcolonialism and the literature on globalization. It brings together the work of leading academics with younger practitioners and is capped off by an interview with world-renowned intellectual Cornel West on black intellectuals in America. This book was previously published as a special issue of Patterns of Prejudice.

Author : Armin Lange,Kerstin Mayerhofer,Dina Porat,Lawrence H. Schiffman
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110618594

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Comprehending and Confronting Antisemitism by Armin Lange,Kerstin Mayerhofer,Dina Porat,Lawrence H. Schiffman Pdf

This volume provides a compendium of the history of and discourse about antisemitism - both as a unique cultural and religious category. Antisemitic stereotypes function as religious symbols that express and transmit a belief system of Jew-hatred, which are stored in the cultural and religious memories of the Western and Muslim worlds, migrating freely between Christian, Muslim and other religious symbolic systems.