alexandre afonso
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Associate Professor of Public Policy at Leiden University 🇨🇭 🇵🇹 | immigration | political economy | welfare states. I am from Lausanne, Switzerland.
Leiden, Netherlands
Joined June 2009
I won't really be posting here anymore. I can be found at
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Switzerland in the world top 3 of remittance-sending countries (ahead of Germany).
India receives over $100 billion annually in money sent home by migrants, about 3.3% of its GDP. The Philippines gets nearly 10% this way. The Netherlands (17 million people) ranks in the top 10 for sending countries. Source:
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Doesn't count, but the current prime minister of Portugal is called Luis Montenegro. Any other examples of country leaders whose last name is another country?.
Game time: national politicians with the names of their countries in their names. I nominate Pierre Mendès France.
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RT @DToshkov: Immigration from Central and Eastern Europe increased support for right-wing Eurosceptic parties in the West, North and South….
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RT @ValentimVicente: 🚨 My book is out today: 🚨. 2024 has been full of elections. In many, radical-right politicians….
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So widespread there is a handbook on it.
Book Review: The Palgrave Handbook of Imposter Syndrome in Higher Education edited by Michelle Addison, Maddie Breeze and Yvette Taylor. #ImposterSyndrome
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Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram recently arrested in Paris, is a citizen of .- Russia.- France.- St-Kitts & Nevis.- the UAE.
lemonde.fr
Le patron de l’application de messagerie controversée a été naturalisé en 2021 par le biais d’une procédure exceptionnelle, et très politique. Un choix surprenant de la part des autorités françaises,...
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RT @xruiztru: Map shows the European leaders at a crucial moment in history: the beginning of WWI.
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"The first modern Olympics would give out medals for painting, sculpture and music"
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Had never thought of noise-cancelling headphones in the context of exit, voice and loyalty.
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RT @ZTruchlewski: Super brain @NenaOana uses data from @ERC_SOLID to analyze the geography of solidarity in the EU. Should be interesting f….
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it's about an Indian man that tried to naturalize as a US citizen at a time when US citizenship was reserved for white or black people. As a Brahmin Indian, he tried to argue in court that he was white on account of the origins of the Aryan people in India.
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An instead of listening to Matt Goodwin, I recommend this very interesting througline ep on the battle for defining what "white" meant in the US
npr.org
In 1923, an Indian American man named Bhagat Singh Thind argued before the U.S. Supreme Court that he was a white man and was therefore eligible to become a naturalized citizen. He based his claim on...
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Actually, "English" is not an ethnic category in the US census. It takes about 10 seconds to look it up. Actually in the official definition "white" designates "origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa"
census.gov
Wow. You actually run something called "the Centre for English Identity" and you are asking us this. English as I'm sure you know is an ethnic category on the U.S. census. It refers to actual or subjective ancestral origins. Do you want me to revise your course reading list?.
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RT @JanRovny: We are hiring 2 assistant professors in European politics! Deadline still quite far away, but please spread the word. Feel fr….
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Very happy to have contributed to this (with @emilyannewolff and @SamirNegash1 ), great to see it out in the world!.
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