340 research outputs found
sj-docx-1-usj-10.1177_00420980231162774 – Supplemental material for Change or stability in educational inequalities? Educational mobility and school effects in the context of a major urban policy
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-usj-10.1177_00420980231162774 for Change or stability in educational inequalities? Educational mobility and school effects in the context of a major urban policy by Gijs Custers, Marjolijn Das and Godfried Engbersen in Urban Studies</p
The Influence of Religious Involvement of Turkish Migrants in the Netherlands on Their Political Participation: The Role of Group Identity and Perceived Discrimination
Full text linkThe aim of this study is to research to what extent religious involvement of Turkish migrants in the Netherlands affects their readiness to vote and whether this effect can be explained by group identity and perceived discrimination. Firstly, two aspects of religious involvement are investigated, namely mosque attendance and membership of a religious organization. It is hypothesized that both types of religious involvement have a positive effect on readiness to vote. Secondly, the mediating influence of two types of group identity is examined, namely Muslim and Turkish identity, and perceived discrimination is measured on the personal level. Furthermore, progressive and traditional norms and values and group discrimination were also included in the theoretical framework, however, these mediators could not be tested. The first wave of the NELLS dataset (2009) is analyzed using a mediation model. Firstly, the results show that religious involvement of Turkish migrants positively impacts their readiness to vote. Active involvement, i.e. membership of a religious organization, plays a larger role than passive involvement, i.e. mosque attendance. Secondly, none of the mediators explain the relationship between religious involvement and readiness to vote. Therefore, future research should include more mediators, such as progressive and traditional norms and values and group discrimination. Moreover, future studies should focus on the different Islamic branches and other active forms of religious involvement, and use a larger and more representative sample
Ethnic Diversity and Social Cohesion across Ethnic Groups in Rotterdam
Full text linkThis study examines the effects of neighbourhood ethnic diversity on the experiences of social cohesion for the different ethnic groups living in Rotterdam. While previous literature has demonstrated that higher levels of ethnic diversity generally lead to lower levels of social cohesion, this relationship had rarely been studied across different ethnic groups. This theoretical caveat was studied by applying linear regression analyses to the Neighbourhood Profile survey data (N=11739). It was found that native Rotterdam citizens and ethnic groups who arrived in the city relatively recently experienced equally strong, negative effects of ethnic diversity on their perceived levels of social cohesion. In contrast, traditional ethnic groups were generally found to only experience small negative effects, with certain ethnicities even seeing positive effects of ethnic diversity on their experience of social cohesion. This thesis thus demonstrates that while ethnic diversity often leads to more negative experiences of social cohesion, this is not a given. Future research should explore the ways in which ethnic diversity may positively contribute to inter-group interactions within neighbourhoods and cities
The urban class structure: Class change and spatial divisions from a multidimensional class perspective
Full text linkSocial class plays a central role in understanding the urban structure, yet its conceptualization and operationalization in urban studies are limited. We have used the Bourdieusian conception of social class, which conceives of class as the possession of economic, social and cultural capital, to establish the class structure of Rotterdam. We make a theoretical contribution to the literature by discussing how this conception provides new insights into the professionalization-polarization debate. Furthermore, we examine the spatial distributions of different class fractions, known as the geography of class. Based on two waves of a comprehensive city survey, we applied latent class analysis to develop an elaborate class typology consisting of seven social classes. We investigate how the class structure developed between 2008 and 2017 and analyze the changes in spatial class divisions. Our findings show that the transformation of the class structure is mainly driven by changes in cultural capital, that is, middle classes with high cultural capital replacing lower and middle classes with low cultural capital. Spatial analyses further reveal that classes are dispersed in specific ways and that these patterns of dispersion change over time. Finally, we reflect on the relevance of Bourdieu’s work in studying the urban class structure
Neighbourhood ties and employment: a test of different hypotheses across neighbourhoods
Full text linkThis study examines to which extent neighbourhood ties relate to employment status for the less-well educated inhabitants of 71 neighbourhoods in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. Previous research has produced different expectations as to whether having contact with neighbours is either positively or negatively related to being employed and how this relation differs across neighbourhoods. Two waves from the Neighbourhood Profile survey (N = 8507) were used, which included measures of the contact frequency with neighbours and their willingness to help. We find that for the less-well educated neighbourhood ties have a modest negative relation to employment. Moreover, this relation does not vary across neighbourhoods with different socioeconomic statuses, with the exception of part-time working men. Our research implies that neighbourhood ties in mixed neighbourhoods do not positively relate to employment for the less-well educated, thereby questioning policy assumptions about ‘social mix’. Contributions to the field of neighbourhood studies are made by employing measures of the social networks mechanism and taking into account the conditionality of effects across neighbourhoods
Waarom hoger opgeleiden zich tegen het politieke systeem keren: Een onderzoek naar de motieven van hoger opgeleiden om te stemmen op populistisch radicaal rechtse partijen
Full text linkThe majority of the voting electorate of Populist Radical Right Parties (PRRPs) generally consists of lower educated citizens. However, Forum for Demo- cracy and JA21 have succeeded in attracting higher educated voters to their electorate. Little scientific research has been performed on the motives of higher educated citizens to vote for these parties, as traditional explanations often focus on the lower educated. The focus of this inquiry will, therefore, be on understanding the deliberations of higher educated citizens and how these have incentivised them to vote for Populist Radical Right Parties. 12 semi-structured interviews were held with higher educated PRRP voters. The results show that cultural factors and political distrust were most relevant in higher educated citizens’ choice to vote for these parties. Especially po- litical distrust seems important, which is shaped by the perceived political knowledge and sophistication of the higher educated. This research shows that the underlying motives of the higher educated to vote for these parties may differ from existing explanations that focus on lower educated voters
The new divided city: Class transformation, civic participation and neighbourhood context
Full text linkThe dissertation investigates contemporary transformations in the class structure of Rotterdam. In addition, it is studied to what extent changing societal conditions affect levels of civic participation
Anammox: The cleaning creature that could not exist
No full textIn 1986 Gijs Kuenen discovered a microbe that his colleagues thought could not exist. Recently it was discovered that the creature is responsible for half the worlds marine nitrogen production. Farewell portrait of the discoverer. Gijs managed to put the Delft School of Microbiology back on the map again.Applied Science
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