ISBN:
9783709109502
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Serie:
SpringerLink
Serie:
Bücher
DDC:
325.73
Schlagwort(e):
Social sciences
;
Migration
Kurzfassung:
This volume covers the most important contributions to and discussions at the international symposium Migrations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (1-3, July, University of Vienna), organised by Renée Schroeder and Ruth Wodak which was dedicated to the multiple interdisciplinary dimensions of migrations, both from the viewpoints of the Social Sciences and Humanities as well as from the manifold perspectives of the Natural Sciences.
Kurzfassung:
This volume covers the most important contributions to and discussions at the international symposium Migrations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (1-3, July, University of Vienna), organised by Renée Schroeder and Ruth Wodak which was dedicated to the multiple interdisciplinary dimensions of 'migrations', both from the viewpoints of the Social Sciences and Humanities as well as from the manifold perspectives of the Natural Sciences. The book is organized along the following dimensions: Urban Development and MigrationPeer Relations in Immigrant Adolescents: Methodological Challenges and Key Findings Migration, Identity, and BelongingMigration in/and Ego DocumentsDebating Migration Fundamentals of Diffusion and Spread in the Natural Sciences and beyondMedia Representations of Migrants and Migration Migration and the Genes Michi Messer studied Psychology and Applied Linguistics at the University of Vienna. Currently s/he is working on a thesis about the discursive construction of sex- and gender differences in science by analysing biology textbooks within the framework of critical discourse analysis. Besides CDA and social studies of science, s/he is especially interested in feminist and queer theories and politics, focusing on non-conforming bodies, transgressing genders and deviant desires. Since 2009, Michi works for IDee, the Forum for Interdisciplinary Dialogue, at the University of Vienna. Together with Ruth Wodak and Renée Schroeder s/he organized the symposium 'Migrations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives' in 2010, at the University of Vienna. Renée Schroederis the Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cellbiology at the Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna in Austria. She was born in Joao Monlevade, Brazil in 1953 and migrated to Austria in 1967. After studying biochemistry at the University of Vienna, she received a PhD in 1981 and spent several years as a post-doc at the Munich University in Germany, at the CNRS in Gif sur Yvette in France and at the New York State Department of Heath at Albany, New York. Since 1989, Renée Schroeder is a group leader and her research is centered around the function and structure of non-coding RNAs. She was a member of the Austrian Bioethics commission (2001 - 2005), the Austrian Delegate at EMBO (1998 - 2004) and Vice President of the Austrian Science Fund FWF (2005 - 2010). Currently, Renée Schroeder is the Editor in chief of RNA Biology. She received the Wittgenstein award in 2003 and the Eduard Buchner award in 2011. She is an elected member of EMBO and of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.Ruth Wodakis Distinguished Professor of Discourse Studies at Lancaster University since 2004 and has remained affiliated to the University of Vienna where she became full professor of Applied Linguistics 1991. Besides various other prizes, she was awarded the Wittgenstein Prize for Elite Researchers in 1996. 2008, she was awarded the Kerstin Hesselgren Chair of the Swedish Parliament and an honorary doctorate 2010 (university Örebro). Her research interests focus on discourse studies, gender studies, language and/in politics, prejudice and discrimination, and on ethnographic methods of linguistic field work. She is co-editor of the journals Discourse and Society, Critical Discourse studies, and Language and Politics, and of the book seriesDiscourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture(DAPSAC). Recent books include Ist Österreich ein 'deutsches' Land? (with R. de Cillia, 2006); Migration, Identity and Belonging (with G. Delanty, P. Jones, 2008), The Discursive Construction of History. Remembering the Wehrmacht's War of Annihilation(with H. Heer, W. Manoschek, A. Pollak, 2008), The Politics of Exclusion(with M. Krzy?anowski, 2009), Gedenken im Gedankenjahr(with R. de Cillia, 2009) and The construction of politics in action:'Politics as Usual'(Palgrave, 2009), revised edition (2011).For a list of publications, recent articles, resources for discourse studies and other information, see http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/profiles/265.
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Migrations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives; Preface; Ideas, Innovation and Communication - IDee; References; Acknowledgements; Contents; Part I: Interdisciplinary Approaches: Theories and Methodologies; Constellations and Transitions: Combining Macro and Micro Perspectives on Migration and Citizenship; From Comparative Analysis to Studying Citizenship Constellations; Explaining and Evaluating Citizenship Policy Trends; Modelling Citizenship Transitions; References; The Role of the Press in the Reproduction of Racism; Introduction; Racism; Discourse; Elite Discourse and Racism; The Media
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
The PressContextual Variation; News Production; Selection of Sources and Source Texts; Discrimination of Minority Journalists; News Structures; Topics; Local Meanings; Rhetorical Figures; Quotation; Reception; References; The Migration Imaginarymigration imaginary and the Politics of Personhood; Introduction; When Two Imaginaries Meet: Face of Britain and Genetic Indigenisation; Citizenship as Technology of Personhood; References; Multilingualism, Heterogeneity and the Monolingual Policies of the Linguistic Integration of Migrants
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Which Languages for Integration: `When I Leave My House It Is Like Going to War´The Linguistic Status of Migrants: `German Is Devouring My Croatian Language´; The Importance of Language Biographies: `Just Beyond Borders ´; Conclusion: Consequences for Programmes of Linguistic Integration; References; Part II: Peer Relations Among Immigrant Adolescents: Methodological Challenges and Key Findings; Peer Relations Among Immigrant Adolescents: Methodological Challenges and Key Findings; Introduction; Developmental Perspectives; Acculturation Psychology; The Importance of Peer Relations
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Positive Peer RelationsNegative Peer Relations; References; Methodological Challenges in an Immigrant Study in Norway; Introduction; Theoretical Framework; Method; Data Sources; Measurements; Depressive Symptoms; Bullying Others and Victimization; Reactive and Proactive Aggressiveness; Main Results; Methodological Challenges; Small Sample Size; Depression: A Cultural Category?; The Measurement of Ethnic Versus Native Peer Contact; Acculturation Strategies in Relation to Bullying; References; Bullying and Victimization in Ethnically Diverse Schools; Introduction; Austrian Context
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Bullying in SchoolsThe Present Study; Method; Sample and Procedure; Measures; Results; Descriptive Statistics; Multiple Regression Analysis; Discussion; Limitations and Future Studies; References; Aggressive Behaviour in Native, First- and Second-Generation Immigrant Youth: Testing Inequality Constrained Hypotheses; Introduction; Example: Aggressive Behaviour in Native, First- and Second-Generation Immigrant Youth; Testing Inequality Constrained Hypotheses; Method; Sample; Instruments; Results; Traditional Results; Inequality Constrained Parameter Estimation
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Inequality Constrained Hypothesis Testing
Anmerkung:
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DOI:
10.1007/978-3-7091-0950-2
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