Full Description
The topics addressed in this book varies from issues in multicultural society to scholarship. In fourteen short essays the authors discuss crucial topics, including (personal sociology, arts, policy making, creolisation, diaspora communities, minority empowerment, political exclusion, homemaking, practice of science). This liber amicorum offers a unique collection of essays that opens a fresh window for everybody interested in multicultural societies, history, arts and social science. The contributions to this book represents a fine scholarship dealing with contemporary issues in society and academia.
Contributors include: Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, Frank Bovenkerk, Miriela G.L. Carolina, Gürkan Çelik, Chan E.S. Choenni, Hans Crebas, Jaswina Elahi, Frits van Engeldorp Gastelaars, Roshni Ganpat, Halleh Ghorashi, Wiren Gowricharn, Rosemarijn Hoefte, Saira Jahangir-Abdoelrahman, Michiel van Kempen, Slawomir Magala, Brij Maharaj, Rinus Penninx, Artie Ramsodit, Hans Ramsoedh, Sandra Trienekens, Wilfred Uunk, and Tanya Wijngaarde.
Contents
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction
Jaswina Elahi
Part 1: Personal Sociology, Idealism, and Leadership
2 On Personal Sociology
Frank Bovenkerk
3 Placidity: The Real Spiritual Infrastructure for Leadership
Frits van Engeldorp Gastelaars
4 The Retreat of Idealism: Rethinking Engagement within Polarized Societies
Halleh Ghorashi
5 Oh My Dismal, Dismal, Science!
Peter A. G. van Bergeijk
Part 2: Public Debate in Multicultural Society
6 The Promotiekamer: An Instrument in the Dutch Public Debate
Jaswina Elahi
7 Blood, Sweat, and Footnotes
Slawomir Magala
8 On the Use of Dutch "Slaaf" and "Totslaafgemaakte"
Michiel van Kempen
Part 3: Migration, Integration, and Chances for Inclusive Policy
9 We Are Not That Different: A Closer Look at Migrant and Non-Migrant Cultural Attitudes in the Netherlands
Wilfred Uunk
10 "Integration While Preserving Your Own Culture and Identity"? Looking Back at the Framing of the Migrant's Culture and Identity in Integration Policies in the Netherlands Nineteenth-Century China
Rinus Penninx
11 Slow Change, No Catharsis
Sandra Trienekens
12 Conditions for Label Change in a Public Dialogue about Inclusive Public Service
Artie Ramsodit
13 Peacekeeping in Holland 2001-2010. The Organization of Dutch Policy in the Light of the Polarization around Muslims
Hans Crebas
Part 4: The Multicultural Society in Suriname and in Caribbean SIDs
14 Modernity and the Middle Class in Late Colonial Paramaribo
Rosemarijn Hoefte
15 Creolization and Creole Hassle in Segmented Suriname
Hans Ramsoedh
16 UFOs over Suriname: The Reception of an American Mythology
Tanya Wijngaarde
17 The Promotiekamer Suriname-Nederland: Intellectual Capacity Building
Saira Jahangir-Abdoelrahman
18 Encouraging Brain Gain in the Caribbean SIDs
Miriëla G. L. Carolina
Part 5: Diaspora Communities
19 The Turkish Diaspora in The Netherlands
Gürkan Çelik
20 Reflections on the Trials and Tribulations of the Indentured Diaspora
Brij Maharaj
21 East Indians and Political Exclusion: The Case of Fiji, Guyana, and Suriname
Chan E. S. Choenni
Part 6: Homemaking
22 Homemaking of the Second Generation
Roshni Ganpat and Wiren Gowricharn
Index
