Cantitate/Preț
Produs

Against Better Judgement: Rethinking Multicultural Society: Liber Amicorum: In Honour of Professor Dr Ruben Gowricharn

Jaswina Elahi, Sandra Trienekens Trienekens, Hans Ramsoedh
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 28 sep 2022
The topics addressed in this book varies from issues in multicultural society to scholarship. In fourteen short essays the authors discuss crucial topics, including (personal sociology, arts, policy making, creolisation, diaspora communities, minority empowerment, political exclusion, homemaking, practice of science). This liber amicorum offers a unique collection of essays that opens a fresh window for everybody interested in multicultural societies, history, arts and social science. The contributions to this book represents a fine scholarship dealing with contemporary issues in society and academia.

Contributors include: Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, Frank Bovenkerk, Miriela G.L. Carolina, Gürkan Çelik, Chan E.S. Choenni, Hans Crebas, Jaswina Elahi, Frits van Engeldorp Gastelaars, Roshni Ganpat, Halleh Ghorashi, Wiren Gowricharn, Rosemarijn Hoefte, Saira Jahangir-Abdoelrahman, Michiel van Kempen, Slawomir Magala, Brij Maharaj, Rinus Penninx, Artie Ramsodit, Hans Ramsoedh, Sandra Trienekens, Wilfred Uunk, and Tanya Wijngaarde.
Citește tot Restrânge

Preț: 50549 lei

Preț vechi: 59470 lei
-15% Nou

Puncte Express: 758

Preț estimativ în valută:
9681 9974$ 8110£

Carte indisponibilă temporar

Doresc să fiu notificat când acest titlu va fi disponibil:

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789004513860
ISBN-10: 9004513868
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill

Notă biografică

Jaswina Elahi, (PhD), is social researcher. Her expertise compromise digital culture, social inequality, cultural development and citizenship. Currently she is working on a book about hindustanis in Dutch colonial history.

Sandra Trienekens, (PhD), held positions at various universities in the Netherlands and the UK. From 2007 to 2011, she was Professor of Citizenship and Cultural Dynamics at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences of Amsterdam, after which she committed full-time to the research agency Urban Paradoxes, that which she founded in 2004.

Hans Ramsoedh, historian (PhD), worked as a staff member at faculty of Education of the HAN University of Applied Sciences in Arnhem (1990-2016), ). He regularly writes about the contemporary history of Suriname and the Caribbean. His latest book is Surinaams Onbehagen. Een sociale en politieke geschiedenis van Suriname 1865 – 2015 (Verloren, 2018).

Cuprins

Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors

1Introduction
Jaswina Elahi

Part 1: Personal Sociology, Idealism, and Leadership



2On Personal Sociology
Frank Bovenkerk

3Placidity: The Real Spiritual Infrastructure for Leadership
Frits van Engeldorp Gastelaars

4The Retreat of Idealism: Rethinking Engagement within Polarized Societies
Halleh Ghorashi

5Oh My Dismal, Dismal, Science!
Peter A. G. van Bergeijk

Part 2: Public Debate in Multicultural Society



6The Promotiekamer: An Instrument in the Dutch Public Debate
Jaswina Elahi

7Blood, Sweat, and Footnotes
Slawomir Magala

8On the Use of Dutch "Slaaf" and "Totslaafgemaakte"
Michiel van Kempen

Part 3: Migration, Integration, and Chances for Inclusive Policy



9We Are Not That Different: A Closer Look at Migrant and Non-Migrant Cultural Attitudes in the Netherlands
Wilfred Uunk

10"Integration While Preserving Your Own Culture and Identity"? Looking Back at the Framing of the Migrant's Culture and Identity in Integration Policies in the Netherlands Nineteenth-Century China
Rinus Penninx

11Slow Change, No Catharsis
Sandra Trienekens

12Conditions for Label Change in a Public Dialogue about Inclusive Public Service
Artie Ramsodit

13Peacekeeping in Holland 2001-2010. The Organization of Dutch Policy in the Light of the Polarization around Muslims
Hans Crebas

Part 4: The Multicultural Society in Suriname and in Caribbean SIDs



14Modernity and the Middle Class in Late Colonial Paramaribo
Rosemarijn Hoefte

15Creolization and Creole Hassle in Segmented Suriname
Hans Ramsoedh

16UFOs over Suriname: The Reception of an American Mythology
Tanya Wijngaarde

17The Promotiekamer Suriname-Nederland: Intellectual Capacity Building
Saira Jahangir-Abdoelrahman

18Encouraging Brain Gain in the Caribbean SIDs
Miriëla G. L. Carolina

Part 5: Diaspora Communities



19The Turkish Diaspora in The Netherlands
Gürkan Çelik

20Reflections on the Trials and Tribulations of the Indentured Diaspora
Brij Maharaj

21East Indians and Political Exclusion: The Case of Fiji, Guyana, and Suriname
Chan E. S. Choenni

Part 6: Homemaking



22Homemaking of the Second Generation
Roshni Ganpat and Wiren Gowricharn

Index