"Attempts to build a multicultural society in Germany have "utterly failed", Chancellor Angela Merkel says." Stephen Evans. BBC Berlin.Angela Merkel's recent statement about her perceived failings of multiculturalism in the news. Led our group to come up an idea for a programme to be broadcast on Radio 4's "Thinking Aloud" (tx Wednesday at 4pm.) presented by Laurie Taylor. This is a programme about new thinking in sociology.
Our initial idea was too broad, looking at too many factors and issues. So as a group we decided to focus on virtual social networks, such as Facebook, and ask the question
Does multiculturalism matter in today's virtual social networks?
Summary (60 words) of the programme idea.
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Reflect on the process of developing the story.
Thinking Allowed
ReplyDeleteEconomic migration and happiness - Hairdressing and emotional labour
Laurie Taylor asks whether migrants who move to another country for economic reasons are likely to increase their levels of happiness with higher incomes. Using the USA as a focus for his research, Dr David Bartram from Leicester University uncovers evidence that casts doubt on this assertion and he's joined by Bristol University researcher Dr Michaela Benson who has written widely about migration and happiness.
Laurie's second topic for discussion is 'being paid to be happy'. Rachel Cohen is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Warwick and her research paper "When it pays to be friendly: Employment Relationships and Emotional Labour in Hairstyling" is discussed by Laurie and by writer Michael Bywater, who explores the broader notion of being paid to be friendly.
DR DAVID BARTRAM
Senior Lecturer Dept of Sociology University of Leicester
Paper: Economic Migration and Happiness: Comparing Immigrants’ and Natives’ Happiness Gains from Income
Social Indicators Research
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9696-2
DR MICHAELA BENSON
Research Assistant at the University of Bristol
Title: Lifestyle migration: escaping to the good lie
Editors of Book: Michaela Benson and Karen O'Reilly
Title of Book: Lifestyle migration: expectations, aspirations and experiences
Publisher: Ashgate
ISBN: 9780754675679
RACHEL LARA COHEN
Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Surrey
Paper: When it pays to be friendly: Employment Relationships and Emotional Labour in Hairstyling
The Sociological Review
Volume 58, Issue 2, pages 197–218, May 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2010.01900.x
Department of Sociology, University of Surrey
MICHAEL BYWATER
Writer and broadcaster, a regular essayist for The Independent
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