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.     

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.     

Developmental Changes in Adolescents’ Perceptions of Relationships with Their Parents

This 4-wave longitudinal study examines developmental changes in adolescents’ perceptions of parent–adolescent relationships by assessing parental support, conflict with parents, and parental power. A total of 951 early adolescents (50.4% boys) and 390 middle adolescents (43.3% boys) participated. Univariate and multivariate growth curve analyses showed that support declined from early to middle adolescence for boys and girls and increased from middle to late adolescence for girls, while stabilizing for boys. Conflict was found to temporarily increase during middle adolescence. Parental power (relative power and dominance of parents) decreased from early to late adolescence. Results indicated that: (1) parent–adolescent relationships become more egalitarian during adolescence, (2) parents perceived by adolescents as powerful are viewed as supportive, especially in early adolescence, and (3) perceived conflict with parents is related to but not an impetus for changes in parent–adolescent relationships towards more equality.

Linkages Over Time Between Adolescents' Relationships with Parents and Friends

This 5-wave longitudinal study examines linkages over time between adolescents’ perceptions of relationships with parents and friends with respect to support, negative interaction, and power. A total of 575 early adolescents (54.1% boys) and 337 middle adolescents (43.3% boys) participated. Path analyses mainly showed bidirectional associations between adolescents’ perceptions of parent–adolescent relationships and friendships with a predominantly stronger influence from parent–adolescent relationships to friendships than vice versa in early to middle adolescence and an equal mutual influence in middle to late adolescence. The findings support the theoretical ideas that perceptions of relationships with parents generalize to perceptions of relationships with friends and that relationship skills and principles of adolescent friendships generalize to relationships with parents. Furthermore, the results indicate that the influence of parents decreases, whereas the influence of friends increases, and that both social worlds become equally important and overlapping towards late adolescence.     

Spain

European Journal of Political Research -     

Spain

European Journal of Political Research -