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The Politics of Diversity in Europe

Author : Gavan Titley,Alana Lentin
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287161712

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The Politics of Diversity in Europe by Gavan Titley,Alana Lentin Pdf

Diversity has become a key term in contemporary social politics, and is often used as both a description of complex social realities and a normative prescription for how those realities should be valued, influenced by the politics of multiculturalism and by social movements asserting "the right to be different" diversity has emerged as an open, fluid discourse that challenges reductive visions of legitimate identities and human possibilities.It is this apparent acceptance of diversity as a fact and value that this book looks at in several ways, it offers a countervailing assessment of diversity, seeing it less as a unifying social imaginary and more as a cost-free form of politics attuned to the needs of late capitalist, consumer societies.The essays collected here are developed from a research seminar entitled "Diversity, Human Rights and Participation" organised by the Partnership on Youth between the Council of Europe and the European Commission. The studies gathered here are embedded in 10 different national contexts. They track dimensions of 'diversity' in education, social services, jurisprudence, parliamentary proceedings and employment initiatives, and assess their significances for the social actors who must negotiate these frameworks in their daily experience.

Ethnic Diversity in Europe

Author : David Turton,Julia González
Publisher : Universidad de Deusto
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788498305029

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Ethnic Diversity in Europe by David Turton,Julia González Pdf

Ethnic diversity is on increase in Europe; at the same time, there is evidence of growing anti-immigrant feeling in some countries, such as Spain (especially in the Southern provinces). In order to build a politically united and democratic Europe, the accommodation of ethnic diversity and the integration of ethnic minorities are both key challenges. This book tries to explain ethnic problems in Europe.

Meeting the Challenge of Cultural Diversity in Europe

Author : Robin Wilson
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781786438171

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Meeting the Challenge of Cultural Diversity in Europe by Robin Wilson Pdf

Europe has talked itself into a refugee and security crisis. There is, however, a misrecognition of the real challenge facing Europe: the challenge of managing the relationship between Europeans and the currently stigmatized ‘others’ which it has attracted. Making the case against a ‘Europe of walls’, Robin Wilson instead proposes a refounding of Europe built on the power of diversity and an ethos of hospitality rather than an institutional thicket serving the market.

Conditions of European Solidarity: What holds Europe together?

Author : Krzysztof Michalski
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9637326472

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Conditions of European Solidarity: What holds Europe together? by Krzysztof Michalski Pdf

The book addresses contemporary developments in European identity politics as part of a larger historical trajectory of a common European identity based on the idea of 'solidarity.' The authors explain the special sense in which Europeans perceive their obligations to their less fortunate compatriots, to the new East European members, and to the world at large. An understanding of this notion of 'solidarity' is critical to understanding the specific European commitment to social justice and equality. The specificity of this term helps to distinguish between what the Germans call "social state" from the Anglo-Saxon, and particularly American, political and social system focused on capitalism and economic liberalism. This collection is the result of the work of an extremely distinguished group of scholars and politicians, invited by the previous President of the European Union, Romano Prodi, to reflect on some of the most important subjects affecting the future of Europe.

Biocultural Diversity in Europe

Author : Mauro Agnoletti,Francesca Emanueli
Publisher : Springer
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319263151

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Biocultural Diversity in Europe by Mauro Agnoletti,Francesca Emanueli Pdf

The book collects a selection of the papers presented at the meeting held in the context of the Joint Programme on the Links between Biological and Cultural Diversity (JP-BiCuD). Recognizing the inextricable link between biological and cultural diversity, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) joined forces, and in 2010 launched the Joint Programme on the Links between Biological and Cultural Diversity (JP-BiCuD). The first meeting for the implementation of the JP-BiCuD was held in Florence (Italy) in April 2014 and produced the UNESCO-sCBD Florence Declaration, which highlights the concept of biocultural diversity. The European rural territory is predominantly a biocultural, multi-functional landscape, providing a crucial and effective space for integration of biological and cultural diversity, suggesting the need to revise some of the current strategies for the assessment and management of biodiversity.

Negotiating Unity and Diversity in the European Union

Author : Florian Bieber,Roland Bieber
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030550165

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Negotiating Unity and Diversity in the European Union by Florian Bieber,Roland Bieber Pdf

This book explores how the European Union has been responding to the challenge of diversity. In doing so, it considers the EU as a complex polity that has found novel ways for accommodating diversity. Much of the literature on the EU seeks to identify it as a unique case of cooperation between states that moves past classic international cooperation. This volume argues that in order to understand the EU’s effort in managing the diversity among its members and citizens it is more effective to look at the EU as a state. While acknowledging that the EU lacks key aspects of statehood, the authors show that looking at the EU efforts to balance diversity and unity through the lens of state policy is a fruitful way to understand the Union. Instead of conceptualising the EU as being incomparable and unique which is neither an international organisation nor a state, the book argues that EU can be understood as a polity that shares many approaches and strategies with complex and diverse states. As such, its effort to build political structures to accommodate diversity offers lessons to other such polities. The experience of the EU contributes to the understanding of how states and other polities can respond to challenges of diversity, including both the diversity of constituent units or of sub-national groups and identities.

Diversity in Europe

Author : Gideon Calder,Emanuela Ceva
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136868290

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Diversity in Europe by Gideon Calder,Emanuela Ceva Pdf

From bans on religious symbols in public spaces, to the provision of abortion by doctors, recent cases across Europe have highlighted acute dilemmas about how best to respond to the claims of individuals or groups feeling that their values or beliefs are not treated fairly by the law. Diversity in Europe uses the resources of political theory alongside comparative analysis of contemporary practices in different countries (Germany, Italy, Turkey, Spain and the UK) to explore the challenges diversity poses for European democracies. Crucial throughout is whether the democratic commitment to equality entails uniformity in the law, or is compatible with saying 'yes' to some requests from citizens that they be treated differently, to accommodate their ethical, cultural and religious particularity. Such differential treatment may take several forms, e.g. group or individual rights, either to legal exemptions or to conscientious objection. Exploring these from various angles, the book gives a sense of the tools democracies need to address the challenges of diversity more generally. Making an important contribution to our understanding of the political implications of ethical, cultural and religious diversity, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of political and social philosophy, European studies, political science, social policy, applied ethics, law, and socio-legal studies.

Cultural Diversity, European Identity and the Legitimacy of the EU

Author : Dieter Fuchs,Hans-Dieter Klingemann
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857938084

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Cultural Diversity, European Identity and the Legitimacy of the EU by Dieter Fuchs,Hans-Dieter Klingemann Pdf

As a consequence of various rounds of EU enlargements, the degree of cultural diversity in Europe has intensified a phenomenon which is increasingly perceived as problematic by many EU citizens. This fascinating book not only empirically explores the current state of the identity and the legitimacy of the EU as viewed by its citizens, but also evaluates their attitudes towards it. The expert contributors show that the development of a European identity and a common European culture is a prerequisite for European integration; that European identity and a common political culture will not develop rapidly but emerge slowly, and that the beginnings of a European identity and a common European culture are currently emerging. The roles of civil society organizations and political parties are examined within this context, and an explanatory model with subjective predictors of the attitudes towards the EU is tested. The empirical analysis is underpinned by a theoretical framework incorporating operational definitions and conceptual discussion of legitimacy and identity. This intriguing and thought-provoking book will be of great interest to academics, researchers and students focusing on political science and international relations.

Diversity in European Marketing

Author : Thomas Rudolph,Bodo B. Schlegelmilch,András Bauer,Josep Franch,Jan Niklas Meise
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783834969767

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Diversity in European Marketing by Thomas Rudolph,Bodo B. Schlegelmilch,András Bauer,Josep Franch,Jan Niklas Meise Pdf

This case book offers a non-traditional issue-centered perspective to European marketing. Focusing on some of the key challenges faced by managers charged with developing pan-European marketing strategies, marketing problems are placed into the context of these challenges and capture the multiple facets and implications for European marketing in an integrative manner.

Culinary Cultures of Europe

Author : Darra Goldstein,Kathrin Merkle,Stephen Mennell,Council of Europe. Directorate General IV--Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9287157448

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Culinary Cultures of Europe by Darra Goldstein,Kathrin Merkle,Stephen Mennell,Council of Europe. Directorate General IV--Education, Culture and Heritage, Youth and Sport Pdf

The study of culinary culture and its history provides an insight into broad social, political and economic changes in society. This collection of essays looks at the food culture of 40 European countries describing such things as traditions, customs, festivals, and typical recipes. It illustrates the diversity of the European cultural heritage.

United in Diversity?

Author : Jens Alber,Neil Gilbert
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0199704104

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United in Diversity? by Jens Alber,Neil Gilbert Pdf

Since the advent of the European Union, politicians have increasingly emphasized the notion of a European social model as an alternative to the American form of market capitalism, which is seen as promoting economic growth without regard for solidarity and social progress. As this political discourse has advanced, social scientists and academic policy analysts have raised questions concerning the extent to which the E.U. and U.S. social models exist outside the minds of diplomats and politicians seeking to stitch together a common identity. How much unity is there still within Europe after the Eastern enlargements have considerably increased economic and cultural diversity? To whatever extent one might discern a distinct set of commonalities that represent the core of a European approach, how different are the European characteristics of social, economic, and political life from those of America? Addressing these issues, this book systematically analyzes how much European countries and the United States have in common and how much variation we find within the enlarged European Union in eight central spheres of socio-economic and political life: employment, equality/mobility, educational opportunity, integration of immigrants, democratic functioning, political participation, rights to welfare, and levels of public spending. Drawing on empirical analyses by U.S. and European scholars who represent multi-disciplinary backgrounds, each of these topics is put under scrutiny. The results of this study illuminate points of convergence and divergence as seen from the perspectives of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic.

Capitalist Diversity on Europe's Periphery

Author : Dorothee Bohle,Bela Greskovits
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780801465222

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Capitalist Diversity on Europe's Periphery by Dorothee Bohle,Bela Greskovits Pdf

With the collapse of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance in 1991, the Eastern European nations of the former socialist bloc had to figure out their newly capitalist future. Capitalism, they found, was not a single set of political-economic relations. Rather, they each had to decide what sort of capitalist nation to become. In Capitalist Diversity on Europe's Periphery, Dorothee Bohle and Béla Geskovits trace the form that capitalism took in each country, the assets and liabilities left behind by socialism, the transformational strategies embraced by political and technocratic elites, and the influence of transnational actors and institutions. They also evaluate the impact of three regional shocks: the recession of the early 1990s, the rolling global financial crisis that started in July 1997, and the political shocks that attended EU enlargement in 2004.Bohle and Greskovits show that the postsocialist states have established three basic variants of capitalist political economy: neoliberal, embedded neoliberal, and neocorporatist. The Baltic states followed a neoliberal prescription: low controls on capital, open markets, reduced provisions for social welfare. The larger states of central and eastern Europe (Poland, Hungary, and the Czech and Slovak republics) have used foreign investment to stimulate export industries but retained social welfare regimes and substantial government power to enforce industrial policy. Slovenia has proved to be an outlier, successfully mixing competitive industries and neocorporatist social inclusion. Bohle and Greskovits also describe the political contention over such arrangements in Romania, Bulgaria, and Croatia. A highly original and theoretically sophisticated typology of capitalism in postsocialist Europe, this book is unique in the breadth and depth of its conceptually coherent and empirically rich comparative analysis.

Diversity and Dissent

Author : Howard Louthan,Gary B. Cohen,Franz A. J. Szabo
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857451095

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Diversity and Dissent by Howard Louthan,Gary B. Cohen,Franz A. J. Szabo Pdf

Early modern Central Europe was the continent’s most decentralized region politically and its most diverse ethnically and culturally. With the onset of the Reformation, it also became Europe’s most religiously divided territory and potentially its most explosive in terms of confessional conflict and war. Focusing on the Holy Roman Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, this volume examines the tremendous challenge of managing confessional diversity in Central Europe between 1500 and 1800. Addressing issues of tolerance, intolerance, and ecumenism, each chapter explores a facet of the complex dynamic between the state and the region’s Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, Utraquist, and Jewish communities. The development of religious toleration—one of the most debated questions of the early modern period—is examined here afresh, with careful consideration of the factors and conditions that led to both confessional concord and religious violence.

Ethnic Diversity in European Labor Markets

Author : Martin Kahanec,Klaus F. Zimmermann
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857930613

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Ethnic Diversity in European Labor Markets by Martin Kahanec,Klaus F. Zimmermann Pdf

This highly accessible book illustrates how policy makers can address and nurture the effects of growing ethnic diversity in European labor markets. The contributors present an unprecedented large-scale study on ethnic diversity in European labor markets via a combination of hard data analysis with expert evaluation of integration practices and policy options. Key questions explored include: Does ethnic diversity in European labor markets lead to poor socio-economic outcomes for some ethnic groups in the face of fierce competition for jobs and welfare? Can labor immigration and improved integration of all ethnic groups provide a solution to the challenges posed by a shrinking population, an aging workforce, skill shortages and other bottlenecks that constrain the innovative potential of the EU? What can policy makers do to nurture and encourage the benefits of ethnic diversity in the EU?

Aspects of European Cultural Diversity

Author : Monica Shelley,Margaret Winck
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0415124166

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Aspects of European Cultural Diversity by Monica Shelley,Margaret Winck Pdf

Three of the essays have been written from a German perspective, the fourth is by an English author, but all of them encompass a Europe-wide view of their subject. This book will help readers to place themselves within the context of everyday Europe and to identify those factors which make them and their own environment unique.