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Understanding the factors that create and maintain social inequalities is a core question in social psychology. Research has so far mainly focused on the role of individual stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination. However, there is growing evidence that, beyond the “biased” acts of prejudiced individuals, structural factors related to the very functioning of institutions and organizations can play a role in the reproduction of social inequalities. Indeed, in industrialized countries, society is structured in a way that reflects the perspective of, is organized by, and benefits the dominant groups. In this Research Topic, we propose to bring together researchers who study how institutional ideologies and practices promote norms, rules and opportunities that favor dominant groups and disadvantage dominated groups. This question can be tackled by work investigating how institutional practices (e.g., grading, tracking, recruitment, …) and ideologies (e.g., meritocracy, individualism, protestant work ethic, …) shape the psychological experience of (dis)advantaged people. Moreover, another interesting venue is represented by work investigating how the institutional practices and ideologies are enacted by the agents (e.g., teachers, recruiters, leaders, …). Taking the perspective of agents allows to investigate how institutional functioning constrains the actual opportunities they provide to (dis)advantaged individuals. This could also highlight how institutional ideologies and practices are incorporated by agents, thus revealing mechanisms of change vs. perpetuation of the institutional functioning.

social inequalities --- Institutions --- Education --- Social reproduction --- Structural barriers --- gender --- Social Class --- immigrant

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In October 2005, Jason Foster, then a staff member of the Alberta Federation of Labour, was holding a picket line outside Lakeside Packers in Brooks, Alberta with the members of local 401. It was a first contract strike. And although the employees of the meat-packing plant—many of whom were immigrants and refugees—had chosen an unlikely partner in the United Food and Commercial Workers local, the newly formed alliance allowed the workers to stand their ground for a three-week strike that ended in the defeat of the notoriously anti-union company, Tyson Foods. It was but one example of a wide range of industries and occupations that local 401 organized over the last twenty years. In this study of UFCW 401, Foster investigates a union that has had remarkable success organizing a group of workers that North American unions often struggle to reach: immigrants, women, and youth. By examining not only the actions and behaviour of the local’s leadership and its members but also the narrative that accompanied the renewal of the union, Foster shows that both were essential components to legitimizing the leadership’s exercise of power and its unconventional organizing forces.

unions, trade unions, strikes, labour force, immigrant labourers, Doug O'Halloran, XL Fine Foods

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Based on a research project funded by the Swedish Research Council, this book analyses 40 years of post-war independent immigrant filmmaking in Sweden. John Sundholm and Lars Gustaf Andersson consider the creativity that lies in the state of exile, offering analyses of over 50 rarely seen immigrant films that would otherwise remain invisible and unarchived. They shed light on the complex web of personal, economic and cultural circumstances around migrant filmmaking, and discuss associations that became important sites of self-organization for exiled filmmakers: The Independent Film Group, The Stockholm Film Workshop, Cineco, Kaleidoscope and Tensta Film Association.

Media & Communications --- immigrant --- minor cinema --- Transnational Film Historiography --- Public Sphere --- Film and Migration --- Accented cinema --- exilic cinema --- diasporic cinema --- film policy --- Swedish film history --- fabulation --- film curating

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This Special Issue of Children will focus on the migration arc of children from their country of origin through the experience in refugee camps and, finally, to their arrival in in a new home. It will examine the impact experiencing migration as refugees, immigrants or those internally displaced due to war and conflict has on children’s health. Explored topics include adverse health conditions, trauma and mental health, best practice and care coordination. It explores specific populations, such as children with disabilities, unaccompanied minors and child separation at international borders. This Special Issue also includes an examination of new clinical guidelines, the development of new care systems and advocacy for new policies. It also provides a summary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child’s specific mandate to provide for the most vulnerable children in need.

migration --- refugee --- internally displaced persons (IDP) --- immigrant --- children’s rights --- Budapest Declaration --- war --- migration --- resettlement --- refugee --- youth --- exclusion --- cultural norms --- Quebec --- Canada --- child morbidity --- disease burden --- refugee crisis --- immigrant families --- food insecurity --- supplemental nutrition assistance program --- refugee --- children --- anemia --- burns --- trauma --- foreign bodies --- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus --- Multidrugresistant gram negative bacteria --- climate change --- migration --- immigration policy --- children’s rights --- age assessments --- migration --- child-protection --- medico-legal ethics --- forensic evaluations --- limited English proficiency (LEP) --- linguistic minorities --- medical interpreters --- immigrants --- refugees --- Mayan --- youth --- refugee --- immigrant --- trauma --- health care --- children on the move --- refugees --- immigrants --- trauma informed care --- children’s rights --- oral health --- immigrant and refugee children --- culturally responsive care --- acculturation --- refugee --- gender --- trauma --- educational intervention --- Convention on the Rights of the Child --- child rights --- refugee --- asylum-seeking children --- child health --- child development --- Article 22 of the CRC --- children on the move --- refugee --- migrant --- children --- infectious diseases --- screening --- immunizations

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This third and last open access volume in the series takes the perspective of non-EU countries on immigrant social protection. By focusing on 12 of the largest sending countries to the EU, the book tackles the issue of the multiple areas of sending state intervention towards migrant populations. Two “mirroring” chapters are dedicated to each of the 12 non-EU states analysed (Argentina, China, Ecuador, India, Lebanon, Morocco, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey). One chapter focuses on access to social benefits across five core policy areas (health care, unemployment, old-age pensions, family benefits, guaranteed minimum resources) by discussing the social protection policies that non-EU countries offer to national residents, non-national residents, and non-resident nationals. The second chapter examines the role of key actors (consulates, diaspora institutions and home country ministries and agencies) through which non-EU sending countries respond to the needs of nationals abroad. The volume additionally includes two chapters focusing on the peculiar case of the United Kingdom after the Brexit referendum. Overall, this volume contributes to ongoing debates on migration and the welfare state in Europe by showing how non-EU sending states continue to play a role in third country nationals’ ability to deal with social risks. As such this book is a valuable read to researchers, policy makers, government employees and NGO’s.

Social Sciences, general --- Microeconomics --- Social Policy --- Sociology of Migration --- Open access --- Non-EU countries --- Immigrant social protection --- Migrant populations --- Argentina, China, Ecuador, India --- Lebanon, Morocco, Russia --- Senegal, Serbia, Switzerland --- Tunisia, Turkey --- Health care --- Unemployment --- Old-age pensions --- Guaranteed minimum resources --- Family benefits --- Migration and integration --- Sending states --- Society & Social Sciences --- Sociology --- Political economy --- Social & ethical issues