...This chapter considers the full range of labor-migrant groups in Switzerland; some of these groups hail from nearby, “culturally close” countries such as France and Italy, whereas others originate in more distant countries such as Turkey. There are complex patterns of educational attainment...

... specifically around the issue of gender equality, and recognition of gender in the social justice rhetoric of various groups is widespread. The chapter suggests that the complex and multidirectional mobilizations by women in the region challenge four hegemonies: (1) the nation-state; (2) patriarchal culture...

...This chapter analyzes the fragmentation and diffusion of the PDE church through the small group. In members' homes every week, thousands of Saddleback members meet and enact their own performances and counterperformances of an evangelically inspired postsuburban life. This weekly diffusion...

...This chapter provides an overview of HIV/AIDS policies as well as how sexually marginalized groups are drawn into biopower programs as “high-risk” groups. In 1983, when HIV/AIDS was first detected among sex workers in India, the state’s initial response was to blame the sex workers themselves...

... of RCCs with criminal justice institutions produce a climate in which advocates are sanctioned for calling themselves feminists, and rewarded for distancing themselves from confrontational or public tactics that law enforcement actors associate with feminist activism. The success of feminist groups...

...The book concludes with a summary of its main contributions. This workplace ethnography provides the reader with a gendered account of the racial dynamics in multiracial schools and finds that there are larger racial/ethnic stereotypes and hierarchies that emerge among racial/ethnic minority groups...

... group faces low levels of competition, violence against civilians tends toward the low (contractual) end of the spectrum. The existence of rivalry, not resources, is central to the insurgent–civilian dynamic. Rivals play a crucial role because competition threatens resources, and the lack of resources...

...This chapter illuminates how the identities of those involved in intergroup domestic partnerships are affected by living daily with someone from another cultural group. Conceiving of identity in relational terms, or as actively constructed by partners in a couple relationship within their social...

... motivation for military service Free Market of New Orleans riots memory Civil War ethnic groups German immigrants Southern Germans slavery Confederacy German Americans Due to an extremely difficult source situation, a monographic discussion of the position of Germans or German Americans...

...This chapter presents empirical data to address the range of allegations against undocumented immigrants; for example, they drain the national economy. The data come from various sources, including the federal government, conservative think tanks, and leading immigrant rights advocacy groups...

... flourished among Jewish women's groups. The American Jewish press also devoted time and space to suffrage, and rabbis aired the issue within the community. Once the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified in August 1920, Jewish women moved to apply their new rights to their sense of Jewish communal status as well...

... is the oldest U.S. religious pacifist organization, has over the decades been joined by a diverse array of other religious peace-making groups. These include Catholic, Jewish, Buddhist, and Muslim peace organizations as well as a younger generation of evangelicals who are important new voices within a religious...

... and that religious beliefs and social influences on religious participation vary substantially across ethnic groups. Religious beliefs Socialization Belief and belonging Church attendance Prayer and religious identification Supply side perspective Atheism and nontheism Fundamentalism Greeley Andrew Hout...

...This chapter talks about how moving pictures have become an evangelistic complement for many churches. For Protestant fundamentalists and conservatives, the films preach repentance and conversion. For the more liberal groups, films sought to promote social justice and to bring a global...

... of films by various Protestant groups. Their general evangelical film work would spark studios with greater economic resources, commitment to film ministries, and innovative scholarly visions to serve as master filmmakers for wider Christian audiences. Baptista Carlos O Broadman Films Family Films...

... consists of reservists, citizens from privileged groups, secular middle-class conscripts, conscripts from religious and lower-status groups, and peripheral citizens. It argues that the death hierarchy governs the degree of exposure to risk of the different social groups and is shaped by the bargaining...

...This chapter turns to the tension and distribution of power between global civil societies and governments. Since the Internet became a global phenomenon, civil society groups such as NGOs and other activist groups have been very quick to adapt to the new communications technology. They have...

... and Industrial Union Labourers Ireland Act 1883 Mann Tom charity Diaspora Return migration Radicalism Humanitarianism Transatlantic Indigenous groups Colonization Socialism Trade unionism In October 1881 the Irish World announced that “America’s Greatest Economist” was on his way...

... to congregations or faith groups for faith-based activities. These activities help religious students build stronger social networks outside of the bubble of their graduate programs. The prominent role of alcohol in the college life is well known. Indeed, television and movie portrayals of college life...

...By tracing coalition building among grassroots community organizations, chapter 4 identifies the high level of mistrust among the lead agencies, the intermediary, and grassroots groups unaffiliated with the New Communities Program. Still, this chapter explains, these organizations collaborated...