Citizens Research Articles

IMAGES OF THE URBAN IDENTITY OF THE REPUBLIC’s CAPITAL CITY IN THE STRUCTURE OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION (THE CASE OF SARANSK)

The article based on the data of qualitative and quantitative res earch undertaken by the authors in the capital of the Republic of Mordovia - Saransk, identifies and analyzes the symbolic components of the social identity of the population of the administrative center of the repub lic in structure of the Russian Federation - the images of a capital city on the example of Saransk. There are such levels of metropolitan identity as the level of representations (ideas about the territoriality of the city as a "space of belonging" and its visual images) and the level of social practices, including a set of ideas, assessments and attitudes for the use (individual and shared with other citizens) of urban social sp ace in those spheres of activity and in those territories that are the residence of individuals and groups of the urban population (for example, in certain urban areas). The "representative" components of the identity of citi zens include integral visual images of the city, artistic and architectural sights that perform the fu nctions of "places of memory" and asso ciated performative rituals, traditional "folk" toponyms in the "mental maps" of citizens. The level of representations, as more superficial, is most likely a product of urban and regional symbolic identity politics, while the formation of metropolitan identity at the level of social practices depends on the results of urban development and the degree of participation in it of individuals and population groups that are subjects of urban identity. The soci al construction and transformation of the "practical" level of the capital's identity are mediated by the satisfaction of the population of the capital with the state of the urban environment as a means of meeting various needs, as well as the personal experience of citizen s, in particular, the experience of staying in larger cities, acting as a comparison criterion. Such experience creates limitations to the influence of republican symbolic politics, giving grounds for assessing the status of Saransk as a peripheral city and becomes the basis for a critical assessment of the authorities' activities in th e development of the capital city and the very concept of the capital's identity.

CINEDEAF SCUOLE. Laboratorio permanente di diffusione della conoscenza sulla sordità

Arianna Accardo (Istituto Statale Sordi, Rome) focuses on the Cinedeaf Scuole project, a special section of Cinedeaf Festival dedicated to young people. Both deaf and hearing students of primary and secondary schools are involved in the development of audiovisual products and other didactic activities aimed at the valorisation of diversity and the promotion of active citizenship and social inclusion through cooperative learning.

A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION OF CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT IN LIGHT OF THE EXAMPLES IN THE WORLD

Yatırım yoluyla vatandaşlık kavramı yabancı kişinin ülkeye yaptığı doğrudan veya dolaylı yatırım veyahut bağış karşılığında, yatırım yapılan devlet tarafından verilen vatandaşlık olarak tanımlanabilir. Yatırım yoluyla vatandaşlık verilmesi konusunda geleneksel uygulama, ülkeye belli bir yatırım getirilmesine ilave olarak, yatırım yapan kişinin girişimcilik ve istihdam oluşturma gibi belli vasıflara haiz olmasını aramaktadır. Yatırım yoluyla vatandaşlık verilmesi uygulamaları son 30 yılda ise yatırımcının vasfını göz ardı eden, buna mukabil getirilen ekonomik katkıyı ön planda tutan yatırımcı programları çerçevesinde gelişmiştir. Başlangıçta Karayip bölgesinde yer alan küçük ada devletlerince yürütülen yatırımcı programları zamanla ABD, bazı AB ülkeleri ve Türkiye de dahil olmak üzere geniş bir coğrafyada uygulanır hale gelmiştir. Bununla birlikte, getirilen ekonomik katkının tek kriter olarak arandığı programlar, güvenlik, vergi, seçme ve seçilme hakkı, askerlik yükümlülüğü ve ekonomik fayda başlıkları altında ulusal ve uluslararası düzeyde ciddi eleştirilerin gündeme gelmesine neden olmuştur. Söz konusu eleştirilerin temelinde ise vatandaşlığın metalaştırılması ve aidiyet bağı tesis edilmeden vatandaşlığın verilmesi yatmaktadır.

The Citizenship Act: Unmeasured Mass Protests Within the States

The Citizenship Act: Unmeasured Mass Protests Within the States

Global Citizenship Education in the 2015 Revised Elementary Pysical Education Expression Textbooks

Global Citizenship Education in the 2015 Revised Elementary Pysical Education Expression Textbooks

Promoting Citizenship and Access to the Right to Health: a Look of Caregivers

Promoting Citizenship and Access to the Right to Health: a Look of Caregivers

The Effects of Global Citizenship through Overseas Taekwondo Teaching Experience on Cultural Openness and Multicultural Competency

The Effects of Global Citizenship through Overseas Taekwondo Teaching Experience on Cultural Openness and Multicultural Competency

A Qualitative Case Study on the Meaning of Inclusive Education for Elementary School Students : Implications for democratic citizenship education

A Qualitative Case Study on the Meaning of Inclusive Education for Elementary School Students : Implications for democratic citizenship education

A Study on the Frame Model of Christian Citizenship Competency Education for Improving Communication Competency

A Study on the Frame Model of Christian Citizenship Competency Education for Improving Communication Competency

Review of Cooke & Peutrell (2019): Brokering Britain, educating citizens: Exploring ESOL and citizenship

Review of Cooke & Peutrell (2019): Brokering Britain, educating citizens: Exploring ESOL and citizenship

The January 1966 Military Revolt in Nigeria and the Ethnic Conundrum

There have been conflicting accounts over the motives and goals of the conspirators of the January 1966 military coup that toppled Nigeria’s first civilian regime. What is more worrisome is the ethnic interpretation of the coup and the lingering enemy image it has created in the country. The coup generated a stark fault line that led to the July 1966 countercoup, series of massacres of Eastern Nigerians and the eventual outbreak of the Nigeria-Biafra War in 1967. Despite its importance in Nigeria’s political history, scholars have failed to adequately interrogate the January 1966 coup. This paper aims to deconstruct the ethnic interpretation of the revolt. It argues that the coup was neither motivated by ethnic chauvinism nor an ambition to privilege any ethnic group over the other. It was, in fact, precipitated by the insensitivity of the political class to national issues and their failure to deliver political goods to the citizenry.

Place attachment and political orientation: The case of localists in Hong Kong

Abstract This study extends the application of place attachment, which is widely used in environmental science research, to the field of political and civic studies. It compares place attachment between citizens with different political orientations and citizenship identities. In addition to its “cognitive” aspect, this study includes an “affective” dimension that has rarely been featured in the extant literature. Our findings, based on a telephone survey of 607 Hong Kong residents, confirm that place attachment is composed of both cognitive and affective dimensions. Besides, the mean score of self-identified “localists” and “Hong Kongers” on place attachment was significantly lower than that of “centrists” and those with no political orientation, as well as those who identified themselves as “Chinese Hong Kongers,” respectively. The weak place attachment among the localists amid Hong Kong's tremendous social and political challenges is most alarming, which highlights the need for policy makers to quickly address the issue.

Brokering Britain, Educating Citizens: Exploring ESOL and Citizenship

Brokering Britain, Educating Citizens: Exploring ESOL and Citizenship

Does Health-IT Improve People Centered Care?

Patient involvement can be supported in many ways, some of these through health IT (HIT). Health care practice is changing with digitalization and technologies that patients can use to generate data outside the formal health facilities are growing. Inequality affect citizens ability to participate. There is a need to be mindful of the perceptions and the willingness of citizens and the health care professionals to meet this change. Selected data from two Danish surveys, highlight the citizens and health care professional's perspective on health IT. From the analysis emerge central considerations on what to be aware of in the future development of HIT.

Citizenship beyond Nationality: Immigrants’ Right to Vote across the World

Citizenship beyond Nationality: Immigrants’ Right to Vote across the World

홍익인간의 장수시민성 함양가치

홍익인간의 이념은 환인(桓因)께서 최초로 설파하였다. 『환단고기(桓檀古記)』 ｢삼성기전(三聖紀全)｣ 상편에 “환웅이 계속 천신의 뜻을 받들어 백산과 흑수 사이에서 내려왔다. 사람 모이는 곳을 ‘천평(天坪)’ 영역에 마련하고 그곳을 ‘청구(靑邱)’로 정하게 되었다.”고 한다. 근대에는 홍암이 이끈 중광운동이 홍익인간을 장수시민성과 접목시킨 동인(動因)이 되어 겨레의 홍익인간을 ‘자리이타’의 공공가치로 살린 사례이다. ‘세계화’는 계층 간 소득배분의 불균등을 초래시키고 근로자의 생존을 위협함으로써 심각한 재앙을 초래했다. ‘장수시민성 함양’은 장수시대에 부합한 ‘깊은 시민성 함양’으로, ‘생명경외심 갖기’, ‘정직하게 언행하기’, ‘정의롭고 공정하게 행동하기’ ‘서로 존중하고 사랑하기’를 일상에서 실천하기 위해 내면의식으로 함양함이다. 홍암의 삼일정신은 장수시민성 함양으로 나아가 홍복의 평화의식을 고취한다. ‘세계화’가 힘에 의해 불평등과 세대격차를 야기한다면, 장수홍익가치는 상호주체성에 근거하여 세계평화의 구현전망을 밝게 하고 있다. 이에 따라 ‘세계주의(世界主義)’에 기초하여 홍암의 홍익인간 중광으로 장수홍익가치를 살려야 할 것이다. 특히 ‘성통공완(性通功完)’은 장수홍익가치를 공공으로 매개하여 장수시민성 함양으로 인격존중 공공가치를 함양한다.

Connected Sociologies of Migration and Citizenship: An interview with Gurminder K Bhambra

Connected Sociologies of Migration and Citizenship: An interview with Gurminder K Bhambra

The Relationship between Self-critical Perfectionism and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Investigating the Roles of Gender Effect

The Relationship between Self-critical Perfectionism and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Investigating the Roles of Gender Effect

Citizen education to learn agentic citizenship

Citizen education to learn agentic citizenship

A Study on the Characteristics and the Cultivation of Citizenship of Communitarianism

A Study on the Characteristics and the Cultivation of Citizenship of Communitarianism