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Université de Fribourg

Leaving peace for war : An exploratory study of Swiss men’s trajectories toward engagement in Arab conflicts

Ajil, Ahmed

In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2019, vol. 2, no. 3, p. Article: 2.3

While the issue of foreign fighting has been very present in Swiss public discourse in recent years, little is known about the actual trajectories of young men who engage in this particular form of political violence. Based primarily on face-to-face in-depth interviews with four Swiss male nationals who travelled to conflict zones in the Arab World, the present analysis offers insights into the...

Université de Fribourg

Editorial - Erosion of the Middle Class?

Budowski, Monica ; Schief, Sebastian

In: sozialpolitik.ch, 2019, vol. 1, no. 1, p. Article: 1.1

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Cities, Migrant Incorporation, and Ethnicity: A Network Perspective on Boundary Work

Dahinden, Janine

In: Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2013, vol. 14, no. 1, p. 39-60

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

Altruistic Individualists: Motivations for International Volunteering Among Young Adults in Switzerland

Rehberg, Walter

In: Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 2005, vol. 16, no. 2, p. 109-122

Université de Fribourg

Theorising Disability Care (Non-)Personalisation in European Countries : Comparing Personal Assistance Schemes in Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom

Tschanz, Christoph

In: Social Inclusion, 2018, vol. 6, no. 2, p. 22-33

This article examines four European countries (Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom) with respect to their degree of disability care personalisation. The approach is embedded in a broader theoretical analysis, which in turn is inspired by the notion of bivalent social justice as presented by Nancy Fraser (2003). The theoretical argument is that claims for personal assistance are...

Université de Fribourg

Participation and Sharing, or Peaceful Co-Existence? Visions of Integration among Muslims in Switzerland

Nollert, Michael ; Sheikhzadegan, Amir

In: Cogitatio, 2016, p. 95-106

At least three traditions in sociological thought address the question of social inclusion. In the systems theory proposed by Luhmann, inclusion means that individuals are able to adapt and gain access to functional subsystems, such as the labor market or the welfare state. In the tradition of Simmel, social inclusion is seen as an outcome of “cross-cutting social circles”. Both...