Ethnicity and Everyday Life

Karner, Christian

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“…In two cases, they became so distressed that they made contact with mental health services. It might have been expected that young people who were NEET and viewed as ‘excluded’ might reject popular notions of inclusion or construct alternative ideas of what it means to be included in a similar way to other ‘nonconformist’ groups such as youth gangs (Mathews, ), kibbutz members (Kulik, ) and Gypsy‐Travellers (Karner, ). The young people in this study, however, did not report engaging in alternatives but rather experienced the discourse of inclusion as a forceful set of standards against which they were judged.…”

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Meaning of Social Inclusion to Young People Not in Employment, Education or Training

Rose

Daiches

Potier³

2011

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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The 'social inclusion' of young people, particularly those who are 'not in education, employment or training', is a contemporary concern in policy discourses. However, it has been argued that the term 'social inclusion' is defined by adults and imposed on young people, and there is little understanding of what 'social inclusion' means to young people themselves. Using a participatory methodology, this study investigated what 'being included' meant to young people. A qualitative approach with a thematic analysis was used to explore the accounts of 11 participants and yielded three main themes. '"Acceptance"-the building blocks of inclusion' reflected the power of interpersonal acceptance in determining young people's sense of inclusion. '"Learning why I don't matter"-when power and discourse shape inclusion' illustrated how social discourses and power dynamics influenced young people's experience of inclusion. '"Keeping up or falling behind"-internalising the discourse of inclusion' reflected how young people internalised some of these societal definitions of inclusion and responded to them. Those who felt 'accepted' or 'included' in a 'mainstream' sense articulated a sense of agency and hope. For those who did not, it appeared that agency dissolved as did a sense of hope for the future. Although the participants negotiated their 'inclusion' through close, trusting relationships with others, the application of the societal discourses of inclusion such as productivity, independence and career mindedness had the potential to leave them feeling excluded, isolated and distressed.

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Meaning of Social Inclusion to Young People Not in Employment, Education or Training

Rose

Daiches

Potier³

2011

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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“…Existing literature has employed Bourdieu's argument to cast light on the politicising effects of, for instance, migratory experiences or on perceptions of crises affecting cherished symbols of national identity (e.g. Karner, 2005Karner, , 2007Vertovec, 2000). The present volume also connects with this conceptual strand, by illuminating the contrasting politics À and their competing discursive uses of the category 'Europe' À formulated in contexts of, and often polarised responses to, various crises.…”

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National Identity and Europe in Times of Crisis

Karner¹,

Kopytowska²

2017

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“…Ethnicity – associated with culture, descent, group memories, and language – tends to draw and attribute group membership to boundaries (Karner :17). The group within the boundaries is expected to be united despite wealth, class, and status differences.…”

Section: Ethnic Migration and Urban Space: Theoretical Perspectives Amentioning

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“…Although Bourdieu's terms offer an instrumental theoretical framework for research on the Russian‐speaking ethnic migrants, they have rarely been used. ‘Capital’ in his theory is a ‘type of relationship’ among actors (Mahar ), while habitus denotes tastes, categories, and everyday practices that are taken for granted by individuals (Karner ). Habitus offers additional explanatory power compared to identity or culture in this case, since it captures the subtle mechanisms of recognizing one's ‘own people’ and communicating upon the presumption of which topics, attitudes, and experiences can be taken for granted.…”

Section: Ethnic Migration and Urban Space: Theoretical Perspectives Amentioning

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Forced Multiculturalism in the Neighbourhood: Ethnic Privilege and Boundary‐making in South Tel Aviv

Repečkaitė

2013

Studies Ethnicity & National

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Ethnic migration from the former Soviet Union to Israel is widely considered to be a 'laboratory of ethnicity'. Most of the research into this subject focuses on the cultural and linguistic factors of identity restructuring, whereas critical engagement with social status, class, and urban environment is a much newer development. Social, economic, and urban explanations of the remaining relevance of 'old' (ex-USSR) identifications are particularly needed in the face of increasing alienation among various disadvantaged groups in Israel and the mobilization of large numbers of Russian-speakers around nationalist political parties. On the basis of interviews, participant observations, and media analysis, this article argues that simultaneously deterritorialized and reterritorialized ideas of home and belonging shape this group's social and political mobilization patterns in contested city spaces. Further, I suggest that nationalist mobilization is a strategy to reach beyond ethno-politics and make majority rather than minority claims.

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Ethnicity and Everyday Life

Cited by 57 publications

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Meaning of Social Inclusion to Young People Not in Employment, Education or Training

Meaning of Social Inclusion to Young People Not in Employment, Education or Training

National Identity and Europe in Times of Crisis

Forced Multiculturalism in the Neighbourhood: Ethnic Privilege and Boundary‐making in South Tel Aviv

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