Germ Janmaat. The popular revolt against open borders that swept across Great Britain and the United States last year has not, so far, crossed the Channel. In The Netherlands and France mainstream parties and candidates backing the EU and globalization…
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EU and me: why are British pensioners more likely to vote against open borders than their peers across the channel?
Tagged with: EU referendum, Germ Janmaat, nationalism, voting patterns
Posted in Social sciences and social policy
Posted in Social sciences and social policy
Why higher levels of education don’t necessarily mean higher levels of tolerance
Jan Germen Janmaat*. It’s often said that a person’s tolerance rises with their education level. So on this basis, the higher a person’s educational attainment is, the more likely they are to accept racial or ethnic minorities. Studies often show…
We must listen to young people’s overwhelming vote to remain
Germ Janmaat. Time and again the opinion polls of the last few weeks have shown that the vast majority of young people wanted Britain to stay in the EU. On the day of the vote 73% of the 18 to…
Tagged with: Brexit, Germ Janmaat, higher education, youth vote
Posted in Further higher and lifelong education
Posted in Further higher and lifelong education
Russell Brand is wrong: young people should vote and schools should do more to encourage them
Germ Janmaat Britain has the dubious reputation of topping the league table on the generation gap in voting. In no other western country is the difference between old and young people so large. While only 44 per cent of people in their…
Research shows why anti-immigrant attitudes can fan the flames of ethnic intolerance
Germ Janmaat The row over Home Office vans telling illegal immigrants to “go home or face arrest” has once more put immigration in the spotlight. In the run up to the 2015 general election, the Tories will undoubtedly come up…
Tagged with: British Social Attitudes Survey, ethnic tolerance, Germ Janmaat, immigration
Posted in Social sciences and social policy
Posted in Social sciences and social policy
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