Multiculturalism

This book offers a unique glimpse into the world of culturally diverse psychotherapists by exploring the professional experiences of Latino clinicians. Through their narratives, these therapists provide distinct and essential case studies that emphasize the significance of their identities as catalysts for transformation within the field of mental health. Rich with real-world examples, this book captures pivotal moments in the lives of these therapists, presented in narrative or testimonio formats.By incorporating these personal experiences, the book contributes significantly to the processes of decolonization and the re-centering of power within marginalized communities. It acknowledges the complex dynamics these individuals navigate as they interact with various systems, offering fertile ground for growth and change. These clinicians represent a range of identities, including first-generation immigrants, individuals from low socioeconomic backgrounds, first-generation college attendees, Latinx individuals, bilingual practitioners, and those with bicultural backgrounds.

This book examines the language policies in the constitutions, legal statutes, and regulations of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland. In these countries and territories, modern descendants of Old Norse (North Germanic) are spoken today: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese. In addition, there are regions of Scandinavia where speakers of minority languages were conquered or incorporated, with their languages suppressed or neglected, as well as recent developments in the status and use of English, and immigrant populations who do not speak a Scandinavian language as their native language. This book adopts a comparative approach to trace the development of language policies and rights in Scandinavia, and it will be of interest to students as well as scholars of European and Scandinavian studies, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, education, political science, and law.

This book compares anti-immigrant attitudes across 8 countries on 5 continents. It develops a general framework that explores grievances, personal interactions, and entrenched beliefs that explain anti-immigrant attitudes. Using original survey research with 1,000 respondents per country, the authors test the salience of their theoretical expectations across eight very diverse cases: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Japan, South Africa, the USA, and Turkey. The empirical study allows to decipher the degree to which the drivers of anti-immigrant attitudes are universal or context-specific. One the one hand, they find that positive interactions between natives reduce critical attitudes toward immigrants in all 8 countries. On the other hand, there are some country specific differences in the influence of various grievances and the three proxy variables measuring entrenched beliefs populist attitudes, nationalism and social conservativism. This book appeals to scholars and students of political sociology, comparative politics, public opinion research and related fields.

Das Handbuch führt in den aktuellen Diskussionsstand der sozialwissenschaftlichen Entwicklungsforschung ein und liefert einen systematischen Überblick über die Vielfalt der vertretenen Paradigmen und Forschungsfelder. In die 2. Auflage wurden drei neue Kapitel aufgenommen. Die anderen Beiträge wurden aktualisiert. Ein Sach- und Personenverzeichnis vervollständigt den Band.

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracyIn the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency-a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation's highest office.Reflecting on the presidency, he offers a unique and thoughtful exploration of both the awesome reach and the limits of presidential power, as well as singular insights into the dynamics of U.S. partisan politics and international diplomacy. Obama brings readers inside the Oval Office and the White House Situation Room, and to Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, and points beyond. We are privy to his thoughts as he assembles his cabinet, wrestles with a global financial crisis, takes the measure of Vladimir Putin, overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds to secure passage of the Affordable Care Act, clashes with generals about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, tackles Wall Street reform, responds to the devastating Deepwater Horizon blowout, and authorizes Operation Neptune's Spear, which leads to the death of Osama bin Laden.A Promised Land is extraordinarily intimate and introspective-the story of one man's bet with history, the faith of a community organizer tested on the world stage. Obama is candid about the balancing act of running for office as a Black American, bearing the expectations of a generation buoyed by messages of "hope and change," and meeting the moral challenges of high-stakes decision-making. He is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad, open about how living in the White House affected his wife and daughters, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment. Yet he never wavers from his belief that inside the great, ongoing American experiment, progress is always possible.This beautifully written and powerful book captures Barack Obama's conviction that democracy is not a gift from on high but something founded on empathy and common understanding and built together, day by day.

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Anne Susann Rohn untersucht, welche Mechanismen multikulturelle Arbeitsgruppen häufig dazu zwingen, sich entweder für die kulturelle Vielfalt oder für den Gruppenkonsens zu entscheiden. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Zusammensetzung, Führung, Planung und Organisation solcher Arbeitsgruppen. Durch die Integration der drei relevanten großen Forschungsbereiche Kultur-, Gruppen- und Vielfaltsforschung in die dialektische Perspektive der lose gekoppelten Systeme löst sie den Konflikt zwischen Vielfalt und Konsens hin zur erhofften Synergie auf.

Verteidigen, was wirklich zählt'Demokratie und Freiheit stehen auf dem Fundament gemeinsamer kultureller Werte und historischer Erinnerungen', heißt es im Grundsatzprogramm der AfD. Doch von gemeinsamen Werten kann nicht die Rede sein: Vertreterinnen und Vertreter der Partei beweisen immer wieder, dass sie für den freiheitlich-demokratischen Rechtsstaat nur Verachtung übrighaben. Sie setzen alles daran, ihn lächerlich zu machen, zu untergraben und letztlich zu zerstören. Der Verfassungsschutz hatte die AfD 2025 in seinem Gutachten sogar als 'gesichert rechtsextrem' eingestuft, was derzeit Gegenstand eines laufenden Gerichtsverfahrens ist.Um den Demokratiefeinden das Handwerk zu legen, muss man verstehen, wie sie es anstellen, Fakten zu verbiegen, mit Lügen zu verwässern und auf ihre Mühlen zu lenken. Das Buch nimmt daher fünf Schlagworte unter die Lupe, die mittlerweile zum propagandistischen Tafelsilber der Neuen Rechten gehören: Nation, Freiheit, Familie, Demokratie und Widerstand. Alle fünf sind aufgeladen mit Emotionen und Symbolik aus 200 Jahren deutscher Geschichte. Alle fünf wurden durch rechte Populistinnen und Populisten systematisch umgedeutet und dienen nun als Vehikel für deren immer gleiche rassistische, sexistische und ausgrenzende Botschaften.Ruth Hoffmann seziert die Methoden rechter Aneignung und erklärt, welche Geschichten und Menschen in Wirklichkeit hinter den gekaperten Begriffen stehen. Ein kluger und kämpferischer Debattenbeitrag, der Lust macht, das zu verteidigen, worauf wir stolz sein können - und sein sollten: unsere demokratische und offene Gesellschaft.'Ruth Hoffmann ist eine Stimme, die ihre Themen nicht nur kommentiert, sondern wirklich durchdringt. Klug, konzentriert und unangenehm im besten Sinn, weil sie die richtigen Fragen stellt und keinen Platz für Ausreden lässt.' Matthias Brandt, Schauspieler und Autor

Ein köstlicher Bilderbuchtraum - voller Dumplings, Fantasie & Humor! Liddy kann es kaum erwarten: Morgen geht geht sie mit ihrer Familie in einen Palast! Den Dim-Sum-Palast! Doch vor lauter Vorfreude kann sie nicht schlafen - und landet plötzlich mitten in einem köstlichen Traum voller dampfender Dumplings, flauschiger Dumplings, flauschiger Buns und Küchenmagie. Ein Missgeschick später sitzt Liddy in einem Bambuskörbchen. Dieses fantasievolle Debüt mit traumhaften Illustrationen ist inspiriert von X. Fangs Kindheitserinnerungen an legendäre Dim-Sum-Feste. Zum Vorlesen, Staunen und Schmunzeln.

Auf einer Wiese, getrennt durch einen Zaun, grasen Zwergschafe und Bergschafe. Die Zwergschafe sind neu, aus dem Norden gekommen, um den Rasen im Garten zu mähen. Noch kennen die beiden Herden einander nicht, aber als sie sich begegnen und gegenseitig beeindrucken wollen, kommt es zum Eklat: Der Zaun fällt! Und jetzt? Streiten? Sich unauffällig unter die anderen mischen? Doch dann entdecken die Schafe etwas, das sie alle wollen und nur gemeinsam erreichen können - also arbeiten sie zusammen und stellen fest, dass man als große Herde krass über sich hinauswachsen kann.

A revelatory account of the racist conspiracy theory that now pervades global politics - from the prize-winning author of the million-copy bestseller How To Be an Antiracist'An essential framework for parsing current events . . . meticulously researched . . . worthwhile and accessible . . . also offers a modicum of hope' Arwa Mahdawi, GuardianThroughout the world, authoritarian movements are radically reshaping our politics and our lives. At the heart of them all lies 'great replacement theory', which insists that peoples of colour, migrants and minorities are being deliberately empowered to displace white majorities.In Chain of Ideas, Ibram X. Kendi shows how this conspiracy theory has mutated from the extremist fringe into a global ideology, embraced by leaders as varied as Marine Le Pen, Viktor Orbán, Narendra Modi, Jair Bolsonaro, Nigel Farage, Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump. He traces its historic roots in slavery, segregation, colonialism and Nazism, and shows how these age-old prejudices have been dressed in new language for a digital age.But this is not a book about extremists on the margins. From Anders Breivik's massacre to the chants of the Charlottesville marchers, from Brexit slogans to the Christchurch shooting, Kendi shows how these ideas have crossed borders, inspired terror and are now re-shaping parties of government. Chain of Ideas is a penetrating history of how reactionary ideas have been repackaged as common sense, and how they shape the globe today.PRAISE FOR IBRAM X. KENDI:'The most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind' The New York Times on How To Be an Antiracist'One of the pre-eminent intellectuals on race' Guardian'A kind, dignified, preternaturally wise teacher' GQ'One of today's most visible and sought-after public intellectuals' Wall Street Journal'One of the US's most respected scholars of race and history' Afua Hirsch'[Kendi] is not a historian fearful of upsetting orthodoxies or questioning fixed reputations' David Olusoga