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Constructing citizenship: framing unauthorized immigrants in market terms

We show how conceptions of ‘market citizenship’ hold a central place in three distinct arenas: political theory; mainstream cultural narratives, and the views expressed by middle class Latino immigrants. Our analyses of both print media coverage and interviews with middle class Latino immigrants demonstrate that the narrative of market citizenship has heavily influenced the collective US understanding of state membership. This project not only finds a clear market framing in news coverage of the immigration issue, but finds that members of the Latino community have directly engaged with this frame and use it to refute the largely negative contentions of the popular press.     

Food insecurity negatively impacts academic performance

Recent research has documented high rates of food insecurity among university students, particularly students in their first year. Food insecurity among university students has been linked to poorer self‐reported health and academic outcomes. However, few studies have linked reports of food insecurity to objective student outcomes. In this study, we examine how food insecurity is associated with first‐year university students' (n = 591) academic performance, adjusting for objective measures of high school academic performance and self‐reported indicators of socioeconomic background. Zero‐ and one‐inflated beta regression was used to examine if food insecurity predicted grade point average (GPA) in the fall 2015 and spring 2016 semesters. Logistic regression was used to determine if food insecurity at the end of the fall 2015 and spring 2016 semesters was a predictor of retention to fall 2016. Food‐insecure students had a significantly lower GPA than food‐secure students. In fall 2015, 59% of food‐insecure students obtained at least a “B” grade (GPA = 3.00); our models suggest this percentage would increase to 72% if these same students were food secure. Food‐insecure students were less likely to be enrolled in fall 2016 than food‐secure students (OR = 0.72, 95% CI [0.41, 1.27]), though this difference was not statistically significant. These results indicate that food insecurity negatively impacts first‐year university students' academic performance, even after adjusting for high school academic performance and socioeconomic background. Students GPA, and potentially university retention rates, may increase if food insecurity on campus is minimized.     

10 Jahre danach: Geschlechterverhältnisse in Veränderung

Die aktuellen Umbauprozesse moderner Gesellschaften sind mit Veränderungen in den Organisationsforrnen des Geschlechterverhältnisses, von Geschlechterregimen und -arrangements verbunden. Im Artikel werden diese Veränderungen unter drei Gesichtspunkten diskutiert: Erstens werden in einem Rückblick auf Veränderungen in der Situation ostdeutscher Frauen bzw. in den ostdeutschen Geschlechterarrangements deren ambivalente Wirkungen in den veränderten gesellschaftlichen Kontexten aufgezeigt. Zweitens werden Entwicklungen skizziert, die zu neuen sozialen Grenzziehungen und Ungleichheiten führen und gefragt, ob und wie diese mit der Geschlechterdifferenz bzw. mit einer Neufiguration von Geschlechterarrangements verknüpuft sind. Drittens wird auf konzeptionelle Herausforderungen eingegangen, die sich aus diesen Entwicklungen für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung abzeichnen.     

Food security and human rights in Indonesia

Food is crucial to an adequate standard of living. The acknowledgement of the right to food in government policies is fundamental to the protection of human dignity, particularly in relation to food insecurity. It allows the right-holder to seek redress and hold government accountable for non-fulfilment. With reference to Indonesia, the article highlights deficits in meeting obligations to the right to food as stipulated in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The state links food policy to the issue of national stability, with a resulting focus on the national rather than household or individual levels, and the inhibition at the grassroots of the right to food.