74 research outputs found
The missionary role of mainstream Christianity: Towards a narrative paradigm for social integration of minorities in pluralistic post-apartheid South Africa
This article attempts to add to the existing approaches of practical theology and specifically
to the missionary approaches of mainline churches towards immigrants. This is an attempt
to enhance the mission amongst immigrants by critically engaging with the two approaches,
namely: mainstream and margins and pillarization. Notwithstanding the important
contributions that these two approaches make to tolerance, integration and cohesion of
differences I seek to point out some serious limitations of the two approaches. These limitations
include social coercion, co-option, relativism and loss of identity. Considering these limitations
a third approach, the narrative approach, takes serious community, tradition and symbol for
more effective mission amongst immigrants by mainline churches. Social cohesion, a more
realistic reality and integrated communities are some of the consequences of this approach
when doing missionary activities amongst immigrants.DHE
Public support for coercive diplomacy: Exploring public opinion data from ten European countries
Abstract.
Scholarship has increasingly acknowledged the importance of public attitudes for shaping the
European Union’s Common Foreign and Security Policy. Economic sanctions emerged as one of CFSP’s
central tools. Yet despite the emergence of sanctions as a popular instrument in the EU foreign policy
toolbox, public attitudes towards sanctions are yet to be studied in depth. This article explains public support
for EU sanctions, using the empirical example of sanctions against Russia. It looks at geopolitical attitudes,
economic motivations and ideational factors to explain the variation in public support for sanctions. The
conclusion suggests that geopolitical factors are the most important, and that economic factors matter very
little. Euroscepticism and anti-Americanism play an important role in explaining the support for sanctions
at the individual level
Looking back and going forward: what should the new European Commission do in order to promote evidence-based policy-making?
Is the European Union ready for foreign direct investment from emerging markets?
This chapter asks whether the European Union Member States are ready for inward Foreign Direct Investment from the Emerging Markets. It concludes that European Union Member States have relatively open Foreign Direct Investment regimes in the international context, and yet instances of protectionism have been apparent in the recent period. However, protectionism has occurred both vis-a-vis Foreign Direct Investment from the Global South as well as from within the European Union, particularly in the so-called 'strategic' industries
De-centring the securitization of asylum and migration in the European Union: Securitization, vulnerability and the role of Turkey
This article contributes to the debates on de-centring the analysis of migration governance in Europe by focusing on the potential role of external actors in the securitisation of asylum and migration in the European Union (EU). Although there has been a growing amount of literature on the securitisation of asylum and migration in the EU, the role possibly played by external actors in this securitisation process has not been considered to date. This article addresses this gap using the case of Turkey. Theoretically, it contributes to the development of the securitisation framework by de-centring the study of securitisation processes. It argues that, from the vantage point of an external actor, a securitisation process highlights the existence of a vulnerability to a specific phenomenon that is perceived to be threatening. An external actor can then decide to exploit this vulnerability for its own gain, notably by making threats that play on the fears of the other political actor. Empirically, the article demonstrates how the Turkish government has been able to exploit the vulnerability of European countries to migration flows, which had been highlighted by the social construction of asylum and migration as security issues. By repeatedly threatening to send more asylum-seekers and migrants Europe’s way, the Turkish authorities have managed to secure some significant financial and political benefits for themselves in the last few years
The Role of BRICS in Future Climate Change Regime: Why Their Commitment and Participation is Important and How to Achieve it
What Polish hospital healthcare workers and lay persons know about counterfeit medicine products?
European Energy Security Governance: Key-Challenges and Opportunities in EU-Russia Energy Relations
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