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“Sana All”: Netizens’ Perception of Government Responses to COVID-19 Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2022-03-27 Leo Vicentino,Janah Zerina T. Doroteo,Lyn Angel V. Garcia,Nicole Myem S. De Jesus
Netizens posted views that contradicted the results released by research agencies about the Philippine government's responses to COVID-19. In this study, Twitter, which is a key communication channels, was the main source of data to explore the public’s perception of the Philippine government’s performance to the pandemic response. To limit tweets to be studied, sana all, a language phenomenon mostly
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Religious Advertising in Ukraine: Political and Social Contexts Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2022-03-27 Olena Vadymivna Klymentova
Religious advertising is a new phenomenon in the Ukrainian media space. Starting from 2019 to the time of writing, it has been right in the middle of political battles as a public platform that represents the idea of the Independent Ukrainian Church. Religious advertising with a strong political component has become part of the conflict discourse and is qualified by experts as manipulation. In religious
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From the Stands to the Arena of Social Movements: Post-2011 Football Terrace Chants in Tunisia Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2022-03-27 Soumaya Abdellatif,Safouane Trabelsi,Zahia Ouadah Bedidi
This paper discusses the evolution of social criticism reflected in the Tunisian Ultra groups’ football chants and investigates the Ultras’ involvement in social movements. To address this issue, we developed a database of mostly published Ultra songs found on social media which was analyzed using thematic analysis. Findings indicate that the Ultra phenomenon in Tunisia established its influence from
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Chosen Trauma, Emotions and Memory in Movements: The Ogoni and Ijaw in the Niger Delta Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2022-03-27 Zainab L. Mai-Bornu,Fidelis Allen
This paper presents a critical analysis of ‘Chosen Trauma’ theory and its applicability to social movement responses to oil resource extractive activities in Nigeria. Volkan’s (1985, 1997, 2005) formulations on ‘collective calamity of groups’ ancestors, defined in terms of shared pains suffered at the hands of an enemy is explored using the case of Ogoni and Ijaw movement activities against the Federal
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Think Tanks and Democratisation in South Africa Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2022-03-27 Bright Nkrumah
As policy and research institutes, think tanks have advisory and monitoring mandates that could be channelled towards consolidating democracy. Yet, although South Africa has some well-established think tanks (WETT), their presence has not translated into enhancing race relations and living conditions. There is therefore the need to explore why these institutions have been unable to sufficiently influence
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Voskopoja and Ioannina, two advanced centers of the European Enlightenment in the Ottoman West Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2022-03-18 Panajot Barka
This paper considers the impact of Enlightenment ideals before and during the Movement of the New Greek National Ideology during the 17th to 19th centuries. It is about Ioannina and Voskopoja, located today respectively in northwestern Greece and in southeastern Albania. In both centers, education was central to the spread of Western Enlightenment values, and attempts to communicate across the languages
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The Principles of Islamic Law and the Deradicalization of Convicted Terrorists Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-19 Ipandang,Umiarso
In dealing with terrorism cases in Indonesia, the government must develop a strategy to eradicate terrorism, be it the ideology of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or other terrorism ideologies through awareness of the importance of human rights and deepening of the values of the Indonesian nation. This study uses a legal norms approach, namely identifying the applicable laws and regulations
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Continuing the Limited Authority of the Majelis Rakyat Papua; a Missed Opportunity Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-17 A. Sakti R.S. Rakia,Hermanto Suaib,Kristi W. Simanjuntak
The Papuan People's Assembly (Majelis Rakyat Papua-MRP) is a cultural representation of the Papuan people, which has an important role in protecting the rights of the Papuan people in the fields of customs and culture, empowering women, and religious harmony. So far, the authority of the MRP is quite limited because it is not supported by a strong legislative function. In 2021, the Papua Special Autonomy
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Lived Experiences of Slovak and Czech Immigrants to Australia Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-17 Jozef Adamec,Kathomi Gatwiri,Jean Renouf
Abstract After World War II, an estimated five million people were on the move in Czechoslovakia. Between 1954 and 1970, over 16,000 of them immigrated to Australia. This paper is part of a larger research project that provides an in-depth inquiry of the lived experiences of 18 post-World War II emigrants from Czechoslovakia, who are now Australian citizens. Findings reveal emigrants’ significant emotional
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Coming of Age: Migrant Economies and Social Policies in Germany Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2022-01-17 Felicitas Hillmann
This paper analyzes the policies for migrant economies as part of broader social and labor market in Germany. It points out that the current fragmented and contradictory policy action can be identified as an outcome of former ambiguities and the delegation of responsibilities within a complex governance grid. Accordingly, its focus is on the inter-related dynamics of policy interventions, knowledge
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Bonsai in the time of COVID Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-01 Yazdan Mansourian
The study sought to find out to what extent engagement with serious leisure, in this case, bonsai growing, can help people deal with challenging times, such as a global pandemic. In particular, how bonsai enthusiasts use their hobbies to manage uncertainty and stress during the lockdown and how they have shared their lived experiences on this topic via social media. The researcher employed a user-generated
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Covid-19 Pandemic and its relation to the Unemployment situation in Malaysia: A Case Study from Sabah Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-01 Janice Lay Hui Nga,Wijaya Kamal Ramlan,Shafinaz Naim
Covid-19 not only exposed the vulnerability of most industries especially industries that relies on air travel and tourism but resulted in the exponential increase of unemployment in Malaysia. At the same time, online business or trade and ‘GIG’ economy increased exponentially. The sudden and unexpected loss of jobs had dire consequences for many people. This paper examines how policies enacted during
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Covid-19 and Sexual and Reproductive Health of Women and Girls in Nigeria Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-01 Fidelis Allen
Copious literature exists on how COVID-19 is affecting the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls in the world. Not much is known about the case of Nigeria. Using secondary data in peer-reviewed and grey literature, as well as insights from web searches, this paper explores the impact of measures such as lockdown, closure of schools, travel bans, and social distancing on the sexual and reproductive
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Social value orientations and public confidence in institutions: A young democracy under the imprint of COVID-19 Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-01 Sheena Moosa,Aminath Riyaz,Raheema Abdul Raheem,Hawwa Shiuna Musthafa,Aishath Zeen Naeem
Social value orientations (SVOs) of a society determine peoples' behaviour and are critical for young democracies in crises. This paper draws on the Maldives Values in Crisis survey, conducted during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic. SVOs assessed using the Schwartz Personal Values Questionnaire shows that Maldivian society weigh slightly towards prosocial. Urban-rural, age, and gender determine
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When Accurate Information Harms People Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2021-07-01 Hitoshi Kamada
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the generation of a large amount of information not just directly about the virus but also about its various societal impacts. This paper describes the atmosphere that the pandemic has created in the Japanese society and examines the information spread about infection clusters. Besides misinformation and disinformation, the paper highlights another problem in information
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On ‘being Australian’: Korean migrants in ‘post-multicultural’ Australia. Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-12 Ruth Phillips
This paper reports on the findings of research into what Korean Australians thought about the process of ‘becoming and being Australian’, drawing on measures of social cohesion and ‘Australianness’. The aim of the research was to find out what Korean Australian migrants valued or were uncomfortable with in relation to multiculturalism and processes of ‘being Australian’, or conformation with ‘Australianness’
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Moral Responsibility and Wholeheartedness: A Source of Cohesion in Javanese Society Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-12 Basir S,Maretha Ika Prajawati
In social life, humans cannot be separated from social interactions with others. This is based on the fact that humans are social creatures, which in their lives cannot live alone but need help from others. This makes people need help and assistance in solving problems in their lives. In Javanese culture, collaboration that is carried out collectively is known as soyo. Soyo is carried out as an effort
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Mapping local and regional governance: reimagining the New South Wales Aboriginal sector Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2021-05-12 Heidi Norman,Therese Apolonio,Maeve Parker
With reference to four case study localities in New South Wales, this paper offers new insights into calls from Indigenous Australians for recognition within the national political discourse. Examining the literature on the history of the Aboriginal sector that emerged following the 1970s self-determination policy era, this paper argues earlier conceptions of the ‘Aboriginal sector’ are insufficient
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Meaningful Evaluation: a holistic and systemic approach to understanding and assessing outcomes Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2020-11-25 Gianni Zappala
The concept and practice of Social Impact and Social Impact assessment has developed and matured over the last decade. Despite this growth, confusion still exists with respect to definitions of social impact as well as which tools and frameworks are most appropriate. Central to the concept and practice of social impact is a focus on outcomes. This paper argues that a discernible albeit problematic
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The Donor-Driven Model and Financial Sustainability: A Case Study from Palestinian Non-Government Organizations Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2020-11-25 Rabeh Morrar,Suhail Sultan
This study presents factors that encourage Palestinian NGOs to embrace financial sustainability employing modern ideologies that encompass community engagement, voluntarism, collaboration, and business-like practices in order to meet societal challenges. The study explores the reliance of Palestinian NGOs on external funds (donor-driven funds) and the environment impact of their attempts at financial
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Networked Technopolitics: Immigrant Integration as City Branding Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2020-07-20 Caio Teixeira
The article explores the role of network-led policymaking with a focus on immigrant integration. Drawing on the EUROCITIES Integrating Cities Charter, it sheds light on how immigration-related diversity governance plays a part in the city-branding strategies. The relevance of policy advocacy through the lens of cosmopolitan urbanism is instrumental for studying the governance of migration and diversity
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Patterns of social exclusion in mixed neighborhoods: Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-25 Ceren Kulkul
For a newcomer in a city, the process of getting familiar with urban places does not only refer to memorize the roads but to learn how to live as a local. In this article, I argue that the changing urban structure and discourse of locals may form subtle ways of social exclusion and discrimination which may have an impact on social positionality of the newcomers in a mixed neighborhood. This study reflects
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A Tale of Two Cities: Framing urban diversity as content curation in super-diverse London and Toronto Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-25 Mike Raco,Tuna Taşan-Kok
In major cities across the world policy-makers are searching for new ways to represent and govern their increasingly diverse populations. In this paper we analyse the ways in which authorities in two global cities, London and Toronto, have drawn on corporate, public management, strategies as their principal mode of diversity governance. In both we see a shift in policy making as a conscious attempt
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Urban inequalities and the identity-to-politics link in the Netherlands and Nigeria Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-25 Kingsley Madueke, Floris Vermeulen
This article examines the entanglements of diversity, urban inequalities, group politics and conflict in advanced and emergent democracies. Though advanced democracies are considered to be generally more egalitarian than their emergent counterparts, there is need for further understanding of the specific ways in which the dimensions and parameters of diversity and inequalities resemble or contrast
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Migration and Inequality Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2020-06-25 Ron Hayduk
Migrants are omnipresent in cosmopolitan societies. Propelled from their homelands by poverty, violence, and environmental disasters—and the promise of better opportunities and security—migrants have found their way into metropolitan regions. At the same time, we see steep increases in economic inequality. These changes, which are intrinsically connected to the rise of neoliberal polices, have pushed
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Resisting the Far-Right: Indigenous Perspectives, Community Arts and Story-Based Strategy Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2020-02-07 Chris D. Brown
This article explores how we might resist and confront anti-immigration and anti-refugee politics by addressing the social and historical well-spring from which these discriminatory and damaging politics emerge and take sustenance. In doing this, I draw upon the concept of story-based strategy and the idea that our potential to address this issue relies on our capacity to fundamentally shift the dominant
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Reducing smoking in Australia: how to include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2019-11-27 Martin Williams, John Allan
Australia has succeeded in lowering the overall prevalence of tobacco smoking in the last four decades and has enjoyed a worldwide reputation for innovative policy. However, this success has not extended to Indigenous Australians. Using a narrative review and critique of literature from government, public health, health promotion, marketing and communication on smoking cessation in Australia, we first
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‘I’m a Local…’ Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2019-10-14 Leticia Claire Anderson, Rob Cumings, Kathomi Gatwiri
This article discusses the impact and implications of ‘I’m a Local…’, an initiative developed in partnership between a regional university, a refugee resettlement community organisation and former refugees from African nations in a regional Australian community. The initiative sought to improve understandings about refugees, acknowledge their contributions to Australian society and support local, inclusive
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A Qualitative Study of the Interaction between Human Rights Defenders and Society in Russia: Assessing the Impact of the 'Foreign Agents' Law Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2019-10-14 Polina Malkova
In various world regions, human rights defenders (HRDs) often become targets for smear campaigns that seek to discredit and marginalise them. Russia’s “foreign agents” law which brands NGOs as “foreign agents” – a phrase that carries Soviet-era connotations of a spy or traitor – is just one example of states’ attempts to cultivate an unfavorable image of rights defenders in society. Yet, despite the
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Structures and Practices of Cross-Sector Engagement in Counter-Human Trafficking Coalitions in the Global South Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2019-03-27 Kirsten A. Foot, Helen Sworn, AnnJanette Alejano-Steele
Human trafficking is a violation of human rights that takes many forms (U.S. Department of State, 2017). Participation in same-sector and multisector coalitions and collaborative counter-trafficking efforts are being actively encouraged by the aid industry globally. Working in partnership with other organizations within and across sectors is increasingly perceived as necessary. There is a wide variety
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A Picture of Bias Crime in New South Wales Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2019-03-27 Gail Mason
Bias Crime is crime where the victim is targeted because of an aspect of their identity, including race, ethnicity, religion or sexuality. It is an extreme manifestation of cultural tension and conflict. Bias crime remains under-researched in Australia. While there has been some investigation into different types of bias crime, such as racist and homophobic offences, there is little analysis of the
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Building An Information Resilient Society: An Organic Approach Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2019-03-27 Ondrej Filipec
Fake news, disinformation and propaganda (FDP) present an important threat to modern democratic societies and has critical an impact on the quality of public life. This article presents an organic approach to understanding of FDP. The approach builds up on the various similarities with virology where FDP is compared to a hostile virus which is spread in a certain environment and may penetrate into
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The Ugliness of Trolls: Comparing the Methodologies of the Alt-Right and the Ku Klux Klan Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2018-11-25 Nathan Eckstrand
The alt-right claims it responsibly advocates for its positions while the Ku Klux Klan was “ad-hoc.” This allows them to accept the philosophy of white nationalism while rejecting comparisons with prior white nationalist organizations. I confront this by comparing the methodologies of alt-right trolls and the KKK. After studying each movement’s genesis in pranks done for amusement, I demonstrate that
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State Responsibility toward a Perpetual Minority: Amerasians in South Korea Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2018-11-25 Onjung Yang
My paper analyses historical processes to explore socially constructed discrimination and inequality against Amerasians, who were born to Korean women from U.S. Army service personnel in U.S. Military Camp Town (hereafter ‘Gijichon’) around Korean War, in the perspective of Korean Government policies. I shall discuss the elements which influenced the development of the situation of Amerasian by analyzing
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The Voices of Local NGOs in Climate Change Issues: Examples from Climate Vulnerable Nations Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2018-11-25 Ian M McGregor, Hilary Yerbury, Ahmed Shahid
The contributions of small local non-government organisations (NGOs) in countries at risk from climate change to knowledge creation and action on climate change are rarely considered. This study sought to remedy this by focusing on NGOs in member countries of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF). Analysing data from Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), NGO websites and email correspondence
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Third Sector Governance in Asia: Tracing hybridity Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2018-11-25 Jenny Onyx, Louise Coventry, Sue Kenny, Ismet Fanany
Starting with the premise that modern western notions of good governance may be misdirected within a context of traditional Asian civil societies, this article investigates third sector governance practices in Southeast Asia. Case studies from different data sources are presented to suggest that there is no one ideal form of governance or accountability in Southeast Asian third sector organisations
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Journalism during South Africa's apartheid regime Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2018-07-27 Vic Alhadeff
Vic Alhadeff was chief sub-editor of The Cape Times, Cape Town’s daily newspaper, during the apartheid era. It was a staunchly anti-apartheid newspaper, and the government had enacted a draconian system of laws to govern and restrict what media could say. The effect was that anti-apartheid activists such as Mandela were not 'merely’ imprisoned, they were also banned, as was the African National Congress
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At Cross roads: White Social Work in Australia and the discourse on Australian multiculturalism Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2018-07-27 Devaki Monani
The profession of social work intervenes in the lives of the vulnerable and marginalised. In the majority, social work policy and practice in Australia has been founded on a western practice paradigm. Recent and rapid developments in the migratory trends of migrants and refugees places additional demands on social workers to practice with and for diverse communities. This article argues that the profession
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Whither Standpoint Theory In A Post-Truth World? Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2018-07-27 Yin Paradies
This paper begins with a brief overview of the origins and continued use of standpoint theory in the social sciences. It highlights both historical and contemporary challenges to the utility of standpoint theory as a critical scholarly tool, including developments such as intersectionality and transgenderism / transracialism. Specifically, the implications of a post-truth era for standpoint theory
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Stranger in a Strange Land: reflections on my first fifty years in academia Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2018-07-27 Andrew Henry Jakubowicz
The author reflects on engaged sociology over the past half-century, exploring the political contradictions, and social and political change. The essay expresses thoughts on his retirement, and the importance of collaboration.
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Polish Migrants and Organizations in Australia Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2018-07-27 Zofia Kinowska, Jan Pakulski
The social profile and the organizational landscape of Polish diaspora, known as ‘Polonia’, in Australia has been undergoing a significant change: sociodemographic (ageing), sociocultural (diversification) and sociopolitical (integration and assimilation). The ‘wave-type’ immigration (1947-56 and 1980-89), combined with the sudden decline in immigration after Poland’s independence (1989) and accession
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A Multicultural Act for Australia Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2018-07-27 Ly Ly Lim
Multiculturalism as a public policy framework depends on states identifying cultural differences among their citizens as salient for resource allocation, political participation and human rights. The adoption of multiculturalism as a term and a framework signifies the recognition of a politics of difference within a liberal democratic framework of identities and aspirations. Yet the national government
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The Institutionalisation of the Public Intellectual Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2018-07-27 Hilary Yerbury, Nina Burridge
As the way academics work becomes increasingly specified and regulated, the role of the public intellectual, as championed by Burawoy and exemplified by Jakubowicz, is changing. Engagement with the professions and industry is being proposed as a requirement for a research-active academic. Prescriptions for the way this might happen have the potential to remove the sense of responsibility inherent in
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Building SMARTER Communities of Resistance and Solidarity Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2018-07-27 Andre Oboler, Karen Connelly
The Cyber-Racism and Community Resilience (CRaCR) project included an examination into features of online communities of resistance and solidarity. This work formed a key part of the project’s focus on resilience and produced a deeper understanding of a range of types of actors working in this space and how they might individually contribute effectively to creating resilience. The need for new synergies
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Navigating “Mixedness”: The Information Behaviours and Experiences of Biracial Youth in Australia Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2018-07-27 Indra Ayu Susan Mckie
It is generally understood that, ‘for those deemed white, the idea of race serves as a vast source of unearned privilege within all facets of life; for those deemed coloured, it means susceptibility to countless forms of prejudice and racism’ (Nuttgens 2010, p. 255). But what does this mean for a person with indistinguishable physical features, who is questioned daily, “where are you from?” or, even
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Estranged but not strangers: Challenging organisational norms of access for people with disability and people from a NESB Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2018-07-27 Vicki A Bamford
This research investigates organisations' ability to be inclusive. It seeks to isolate the conditions necessary for inclusion of the organisation's publics who identify with disability and who come from a non-English speaking background given they can be estranged. This is achieved through a case study of a service organisation that is obliged to engage with its publics and has a strategy to do so
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Europe is for being recognized for more than an ethnic background” : middle class British, Dutch and German minority citizens’ perspectives on EU citizenship and belonging to Europe’ Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2018-03-29 Ulrike M Vieten
The paper pinpoints some crucial themes of European belonging arising in the narratives of minority key activists with various hyphened legal national citi-zenship status, e.g. South Asian Brits, Moroccan-Dutch and Turkish/ Kurd-ish-Germans. The interviews capture how visible minorities’ perspectives on European belonging are influenced by structural racism, but also by national-ly specific discourses
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Contesting Accusations of ‘Foreign Interference’: New Agendas for Australian Civil Society Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2018-03-29 James Goodman
In 2017 the Australian Government announced a raft of measures designed to combat ‘foreign interference’ in the Australian political system. The measures propose new constraints on civil society advocacy and threaten to seriously curtail democratic rights. They form part of global trend towards the increased regulation of International Non-Government Organisations (INGOs), driven by fears of ‘foreign’
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Sparking a debate on coal: Case study on the Indian Government’s crackdown on Greenpeace Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2018-03-29 Ruchira Talukdar
Non-governmental organisations working on rights based issues in India have recently been in the firing line of the government. The controversial Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), originally instituted during national emergency in 1976, has been further amended in recent times to arbitrarily restrict groups speaking out against human rights abuses and environmental problems in a rapidly industrialising
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Poor understanding? Challenges to Global Development Education Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2018-03-29 John Buchanan, Meera Varadharajan
As members of a global community, we cohabit a metaphorically shrinking physical environment, and are increasingly connected one to another, and to the world, by ties of culture, economics, politics, communication and the like. Education is an essential component in addressing inequalities and injustices concerning global rights and responsibilities. The increasing multicultural nature of societies
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Citizenhood: Rethinking Multicultural Citizenship Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2017-12-01 Irit Keynan
In its comprehensive meaning, citizenship should ideally bestow a sense of belonging in the large social group, as well as a stake in the state's cultural, political and economic life, topped by a sense of solidarity, which transcends ethno-religious differences. Unfortunately, many nation states fail these tasks and not all of their citizens are offered such an embracing welcome. Because of the massive
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The onward migration of North Korean refugees to Australia: in search of cosmopolitan habitus Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2017-12-01 Kyungja Jung, Bronwen Dalton, Jacqueline Willis
Based on assumed common ethnicity, language and culture, South Korea is believed to be the best country for North Korean defectors to restart their lives. This is, however, not necessarily the case. Since the mid-2000s, 2000 to 3000 North Koreans have allegedly settled in the UK, Canada, the US, Australia and EU countries. Despite this trend and its broader implications, the onward migration process
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Alt_Right White Lite: Trolling, Hate Speech and Cyber Racism on Social Media Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2017-12-01 Andrew Henry Jakubowicz
The rapid growth of race hate speech on the Internet seems to have overwhelmed the capacity of states, corporations or civil society to limit its spread and impact. Yet by understanding how the political economy of the Internet facilitates racism it is possible to chart strategies that might push back on its negative social effects. Only by involving the state, economy and civil society at both the
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Australians’ Views on Cultural Diversity, Nation and Migration, 2015-16 Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2017-12-01 Alanna Kamp, Oishee Alam, Kathleen Blair, Kevin Dunn
Between July and August 2015, and in November 2016, the Challenging Racism Project team conducted an online survey to measure the extent and variation of racist attitudes and experiences in Australia. The survey comprised a sample of 6001 Australian residents, which was largely representative of the Australian population. The survey gauged Australians’ attitudes toward cultural diversity, intolerance
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Monday Mo(u)rning Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2017-07-21 Gary Levy
This piece presents an imaginary scenario taking place in any typical primary school around Australia. It was developed for the special issue of Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Journal, on fake news and alternative facts, to show how these may arise in everyday practices.
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Alternative facts and fake news entering journalistic content production cycle Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2017-07-21 Marju Himma-Kadakas
Processing information into journalistic content in contemporary news media creates a favorable environment for the distribution of misleading and fake information. This paper analyzes the distribution of alternative facts and fake news as a phenomenon characterizing post-fact society and how journalistic work processes may promote and legitimize the distribution of misleading content. The study looks
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Journalism, the pressures of verification and notions of post-truth in civil society Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2017-07-21 Nora Martin
‘Post-truth’ was not a new concept when it was selected as the international word of the year (2016) by Oxford Dictionaries. In the context of communications research, scholars were discussing journalism in the ‘post-factual’ age some thirty years ago (Ettema 1987). In the digital era, journalistic practice itself has changed; stories are generated by a multiplicity of actors in a participative and
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Disinformation Society, communication and cosmopolitan democracy Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2017-07-21 Jonathan Paul Marshall
This paper argues that ‘fake news’ is endemic to ‘information society’ as a whole, not just the internet or news media. It is part of daily experience, generated by established patterns of communication, social group categorisation, framing, and patterns of power. These disruptions are intensified though interacting with the dynamics of information capitalism, which values strategic effectiveness more
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Black France, Black America: Engaging Historical Narratives Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2017-07-21 John Anthony Berteaux
Abstract During the first quarter of the 20th Century a small group of black intellectuals, artists, and musicians abandoned the United States for Paris. The rumor was that the French did not believe in racist theories – that France offered blacks social and economic opportunities not available in the States. This paper critically examines that narrative as well as North America’s melting pot legend
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Afghanistan: Ethnocratic Militarism Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Pub Date : 2017-05-16 James Goodman, Wahid Razi
The 2001 invasion and subsequent occupation consolidated ethnicity as a political force in Afghanistan. Inter-ethnic elite bargaining instituted an ethnocratic oligarchy, grounded in the occupation. Against this, everyday politics in Afghanistan has centred on social clientelism, founded on kinship networks rather than ethnicity. At the same time, formal political structures, expressed in the 2004