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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné +3 more
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The Kazakhstani Youth’s Engagement in Politics
Studies of Transition States and Societies, 2017 Current research on the Kazakhstani youth’s political participation has usually been informed by a rather traditional understanding of the concept of political participation, without considering the impact of social media and other non-traditional forms of political engagement.
Kilybayeva, Shugyla +2 more
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Civil Society Engagement with Political Parties During Elections: Lessons from Ghana and Sierra Leone [PDF]
, 2013 This study examines the conditions that enable civil society organizations (CSOs) to influence political parties during election campaigns. Drawing on desk reviews and the experiences of CSOs during the 2012 elections in Ghana and Sierra Leone, the study
Oduro, Franklin +3 more
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, 2012 A number of studies have linked citizens’ involvement in user-generated content (UGC) on the internet to democratic engagement. Whereas previous research implies a view of UGC involvement as the processing of political information, this study ...
Östman, Johan,, Johan Östman
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Border harm and affective injustice: The politics of anger at the Melilla border, Spain
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines protests in a detention center in Melilla, Spain—a site where structural violence intersects with the everyday harms of confinement. Adopting a justice and dignity‐centered perspective, we analyze grassroots forms of resistance emerging at the border. The study focuses on the protests of Tunisian migrants and explores the
Corina Tulbure
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This study explores whether ideological polarization increases political engagement and trust, both of which are central elements of civic culture. Polarization can clarify political positions and thereby simplify the formation of opinions, increase the ...
Marquis, Lionel, Kuhn, Ursina
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Migrant transnational political engagement [PDF]
Migrant transnational political engagement is a long-standing phenomenon linking polities and policies in different locations. This chapter focuses on three main ongoing epistemological and methodological challenges related to how we frame and seek to ...
Østergaard-Nielsen, Eva
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Community action focused on sociocultural and environmental influences to prevent alcohol and other drug (AOD) use and related harms is a global priority. Despite this recognition, understanding of effective community‐level approaches is limited.
Peter Gates, Andrea Zocco, Sara Farnbach
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From Collectivity to Embodiment: Political Engagement in Eileen Myles’s Selected Poetry
CrossroadsThis paper examines how Eileen Myles’s poetry serves as a potent mode of political engagement. I analyze two poems, “An American Poem” (1991) and “I always put my pussy” (1993), to explore how poetry becomes a site of resistance.
Julia Wajdziak
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Are Social Networking Sites (SNS) effective platforms for political engagement? [PDF]
Based on a dataset by Pew Internet and American life project on the 2008 Post election results in the United States, this research aims to determine whether the frequency of SNS usage, the amount of SNS profiles, the number of SNS platforms and the use ...
van Jaarsveldt, Leon
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