1,297 research outputs found
Trots en uitsluiting
No full textIs de vraag ''Waar kom je vandaan'' altijd even onschuldig? Marieke Slootman laat zien dat de nadruk op etniciteit in veel gevallen bijdraagt aan uitsluiting
Diversity does need categorical thinking
No full textZorgt diversiteitsbeleid voor meer inclusiviteit? Of staat het ‘verschildenken’ dat aan veel diversiteitsbeleid ten grondslag ligt een rechtvaardiger samenleving juist in de weg? Hoewel de uitvoering van beleid vaak veel te wensen overlaat, is Marieke Slootman hoopvol over het streven naar ‘diversiteit’. Mits weloverwogen uitgevoerd
Ethnic Identity, Social Mobility and the Role of Soulmates
No full textThis open access book demonstrates the complexity of identifications and provides guidelines on how to study it (1) Combines the exploration of individual mechanisms with indications of generalizability, and (2) Shows that qualitative and quantitative methods do not necessarily belong to separate paradigmatic domains. Based on a study among higher-educated adult children of lower-class Turkish and Moroccan immigrants in the Netherlands, this open access book explores processes of identification among social climbers with ethnic minority backgrounds. Using both survey data and open interviews with these ‘minority climbers’, the study details the contextual and temporal nature of identification. The results illustrate how ethnicity is contextual but have tangible and inescapable effects at the same time. Also the findings call for a more reflexive use of terms like ethnic ingroup/outgroup and bonding/bridging. Overall, the book helps us understand the emergence of middle-class segments that articulate their minority identities and as such it will be of great interest to academics, policy makers and all those interested in processes of integration and/or diversity
Social mobility allowing for ethnic identification: reassertion of ethnicity among Moroccan and Turkish Dutch
No full textThe emergence of middle‐classes that articulate their ethnic distinctiveness leads to discomfort and bewilderment in many societies. This rejection arises from assimilationist demands and straight‐line integration assumptions which dominate the integration discourse. Relying on social‐psychological theories, this mixed‐methods study explores the ethnic identification of university‐educated second‐generation Moroccan and Turkish Dutch. The findings once more underscore that ethnic and national identifications are not mutually exclusive, nor are ethnic identifications mere acts of ethnic retention. The findings suggest that social mobility shapes processes of ethnic identification in particular ways, in the sense that the belonging and self‐esteem that come with achieving an advanced socio‐economic status allow for (and even encourage) assertion of the ethnic‐minority identity; an ethnic identity that is partially reinvented. The insights of this study can help nuance the increasingly polarizing and exclusionary integration debates
Substantive signifiers? Ethnic and religious identifications among second-generation immigrants in the Netherlands
No full textIn the context of increasingly ‘culturalised’ discourses on immigrant integration in Europe, this article aims to contribute to a de-essentialised understanding of ethnic and religious identity. Based on the analysis of quantitative data, it reveals the multifarious relationship between identification and culture among second-generation Turkish and Moroccan Dutch in the Netherlands. Some instances of self-identification with nominal labels (‘Turkish’ and ‘Muslim’) appear to go hand in hand with stronger sociocultural orientations in daily life and are more substantive; others (‘Moroccan’) do not. These findings point to different social mechanisms at work in shaping identifications with certain identity labels and once more illustrate that ethnic and religious identifications do not necessarily reflect cultural ‘otherness’
Ethnic-minority climbers: Evaluating “minority cultures of mobility” as a lens to study Dutch minority student organizations
Full text linkThe increasing discomfort with ethnic diversity in many countries is paralleled by the emergence of middle classes consisting of second-generation immigrants who articulate their minority identities. This calls for an enhanced understanding of the experiences and identifications of social climbers with minority backgrounds. In this article, I explore the relevance of the idea of a “minority culture of mobility” (MCM) as a lens to look at these processes of integration, using the case of Dutch student organizations with ethnicminority signatures. Based on parallels with the literature, I conclude that the MCM is a useful framework, also for contexts outside the United States. At the same time, observed variations between ethnic groups and changes over time within the Dutch context lay down a research agenda in order to further refine the model
Diversity Monitor 2017 Enrolment, dropout and graduation at three universities (EUR, VU and UL). A Synthesis
No full textOver ‘Diversiteit is een werkwoord’: Resultaten en aanbevelingen van de Commissie Diversiteit, Universiteit van Amsterdam
No full textProtesten aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam leidden in 2016 tot de instelling van drie onderzoekscommissies, die oplossingen moesten formuleren voor de voornaamste problemen aan de universiteit. Naast een Commissie Financiën en Huisvesting en een Commissie Democratisering en Decentralisering, kwam er ook een Commissie Diversiteit Deze laatste commissie heeft, aan de hand van een bottom-up opgesteld mandaat en gebruik makend van een arsenaal aan kwalitatieve en kwantitatieve methoden, ‘diversiteit en inclusie’ aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam in kaart gebracht. In dit artikel bespreken wij de theoretische en methodologische uitgangspunten van het onderzoek. Tevens presenteren wij aan de hand van een vijfpunts-raamwerk de resultaten, aangevuld met enkele conclusies en aanbevelingen. Achtereenvolgens bespreken we (1) de samenstelling van studenten en staf, (2) processen van in- en uitsluiting, (3) het diversiteitsdiscours, (4) kennis- en onderwijspraktijken en (5) organisationele verankering. Dit artikel schetst niet alleen een beeld van de huidige diversiteit aan een grote Nederlandse onderwijsinstelling, maar illustreert ook hoe een onderzoek naar diversiteit binnen het hoger onderwijs opgezet kan worden. In het onderzoek van de Commissie zijn de theoretische perspectieven van dekolonialiteit en intersectionaliteit richtinggevend geweest
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