Die Demokratie ist heute mit einer außergewöhnlichen Verdichtung an externen Krisen konfrontiert: Klimawandel, Migration, Pandemie, Krieg und entgrenzter Kapitalismus. Doch was meinen wir eigentlich, wenn wir von „der“ Demokratie sprechen?
Theoretical background and objectives
Theoretical background and objectives
With few exceptions, research on the consequences of immigrants' relations with host society members has focused on the structural outcomes of such interethnic contacts, e.g. immigrants' placement in the job market. To expand upon this limited theoretical and empirical scope, this research examines the cultural consequences of immigrants' interethnic contacts with host society members. It will investigate (a) to what extent, (b) under which conditions and (c) how interethnic contacts with host society members shape the cultural beliefs (e.g. gender role attitudes, religious orientations) and values of immigrants, which all represent important facets of immigrants' acculturation in host societies.