Juan Carlos Checa

Juan Carlos Checa
University of Almería | UAL · Center for Migration Studies and Intercultural Relations (CEMyRI)

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Binge eating disorder is considered the most prevalent disorder in the athletic population (compared to anorexia and bulimia nervosa), however, there is still a lot of research to be done, especially from an interdisciplinary perspective. For this reason, in this article we present the most updated research on genetic predisposition, eating b...
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Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic gastrointestinal disorder that is most frequently found in Western countries, and the only treatment available today is a lifelong gluten-free diet (GFD). The main aim of the present study is to compare the self-care practices and body mass index (BMI) of adolescents with CD and without CD in different dimensions (p...
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Since psychological and social factors are especially prominent among the multiple causes of eating disorders, we argue that school, a meeting place among equals and thus a locus for the transmission of values and attitudes, can play an important role in preventing these disorders. This article’s main objective is to verify whether the physical edu...
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La satisfacción sexual se expresa como una evaluación, para manifestar el nivel de agrado a la vidasexual. Los estudios en la sexualidad de la población LGBTIQ han sido poco profundizados, gruposrodeados de tabúes, víctimas de una represión y condenas sociales; afectando las diferentes dimensionesde la salud, como la satisfacción sexual. Este traba...
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Eating disorders in adolescents are an increasingly important issue nowadays. Although they have been shown to be a pathology with multifactorial causes, the objective of our study is to determine the degree of influence that body dissatisfaction and the use of social media (time and type) might have on the risk of manifesting eating disorders. To...
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El objetivo de este trabajo consiste en analizar las percepciones de profesoras y profesores de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria, sobre el autocuidado de los/as jóvenes así como sobre las intervenciones que se están desarrollando en los centros educativos. La investigación tiene lugar en centros tanto públicos como concertados de zonas rurales...
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Existen varias razones de relevancia por las que es importante disponer de instrumentos y técnicas de análisis e intervención para ayudar a reducir el estrés en el profesorado universitario. Primera, en España la investigación sobre el estrés laboral en el sector educativo centrada en el profesorado universitario es escasa hasta la fecha. Considera...
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Introduction Vigour at work is characterized by high levels of energy and high desire to make an effort at work. This article is the result of a research carried out with university teachers in Spain whose main objective is to show what type and frequency of physical exercise and diet influence Vigour. Methods The sample consisted of 121 subjects,...
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The university experience can cause academic stress that, in turn, can lead to comorbidities. Students increasingly face demands and challenges that require a large amount of physical and psychological resources. These circumstances can make them experience physical and mental fatigue, lower their interest in studying, and even lead them to lose co...
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Eating disorders are a growing societal problem, especially among young people. This study aims to determine the individual and social factors that support and perpetuate the risk of eating disorders (ED) and their possible consequences on an individual’s athletic and academic performances. The sample consisted of 395 athletes between 12 and 16 yea...
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The Mediterranean Diet (MedD), which UNESCO recognizes as an Intangible Cultural Heritage, constitutes a healthy eating pattern that helps prevent illness. The aim of this work is to know how well the university community of Almeria (Spain) adheres to MedD as a healthy lifestyle standard. For this purpose, the authors administered a survey to stude...
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Unlabelled: Eating disorders (ED) in adolescents represent a significant problem in today's society, with multiple factors influencing them, such as predisposing factors, precipitating factors and perpetuating factors. Objective: This paper aimed to determine the relationships between some of the factors considered to be predisposing and precipi...
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The social changes we have been experiencing in recent years are generating anxiety that, together with sedentary lifestyles and poor health habits, are leading to premature ageing of society, in addition to the high rates of obesity and associated morbidity. In order to improve the lifestyles of the university community, the objective of this rese...
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La contaminación acústica es una de las principales problemáticas medioambientales actuales, y concretamente en Andalucía dentro de ellas, el exceso de ruido ocupa el sexto lugar. Mediante este trabajo se pretende conocer cuál es la percepción acústica de la ciudadanía andaluza, tanto antes, como durante el desarrollo de la pandemia por COVID-19. P...
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The purpose of this paper is to understand the role that physical activity and sport plays during leisure time (LTPAS) in the social integration of young immigrants (Africans, Latin-Americans, and Eastern Europeans) in Andalusia, Spain. Method: With this aim, Physical Activity and Sport Acculturation Index (PASAI) data were collected through a surv...
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El presente artículo versa sobre los usos que, del cuerpo, hacen las trabajadoras sexuales en el desempeño de su actividad laboral con clientes masculinos. Trataremos de analizar, desde una perspectiva interpretativista, cómo las tramas culturales in-corporadas en su propio cuerpo inciden sobre sus prácticas. La investigación se abordó mediante téc...
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Current studies show an increase in the risk of eating disorders in runners. Since it is known that abusive exercise can be both a cause and a consequence of such developments, the main objective of the present study was to examine the risk and possible relationships between negative running addiction (NRA), as measured by the reduced and validated...
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El presente artículo parte de una inquietud docente; visibilizar la desigualdad y violencia de género inserta en el imaginario cultural romántico a través de los recursos cinematográficos en el aula. El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar un instrumento de análisis que pueda ser utilizado en los centros educativos para descubrir las posibles desi...
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p align="left"> Resumen La serie You (2018) de Netflix (como ejemplo de éxito de audiencia en una gran plataforma streaming ) narra la historia del “amor romántico” de un acosador obsesionado por una joven que desea ser escritora. A partir de este argumento, el objetivo principal de esta investigación se centra en analizar cómo están representado...
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RESUMEN El presente artículo actualiza parte de una investigación que, desde 2010, venimos realizando sobre diversos aspectos del trabajo sexual. El objetivo principal aborda la posibilidad de una caracterización diferencial de los hombres que consumen sexo de pago a partir de tres tipos de rasgos: sus peculiaridades sociodemográficas, sus rasgos p...
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There are a number of objectives that guide this work. First, we aimed to identify the general characteristics of Andalusian companies in terms their approach to social responsibility, particularly in the area of human resources and environmental impact. Second, we aimed to identify the particularities of social responsibility within the productive...
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Bajo el lema "SOCIEDADES EN TRANSICIÓN", Almería afrontó la VIII EDICIÓN DEL CONGRESO ANDALUZ DE SOCIOLOGÍA. Con este título, la organización trató de llamar la atención de académicos e investigadores sobre algunos de los desafíos que nuestras sociedades globalizadas están afrontando en el Siglo XXI. Escogimos la idea de “transición” porque creíamo...
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The the aim of this paper is to identify the main marriage patterns that develop between people of Spanish and Brazilian nationality. The data are obtained from Natural Population Movement (MNP). The results show that unions between nationals of Brazil residents in Spain and Spaniards are a growing phenomenon since 2005. Particularly noteworthy are...
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In Spain, researchers estimate that 80 percent of women who practice prostitution are immigrants1 and that a significant number of them are in the country illegally, having turned to sex work as a means of subsistence (Solana 2007: 40–43). Moreover, sex work is not regulated in Spain,2 which means that sex workers are not guaranteed access to basic...
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El objetivo del artículo es comprobar si las prácticas escolares físico-deportivas, que se realizan en centros educativos, actúan como instrumentos de interculturalidad e integración social de jóvenes inmigrados. Para ello, se ha tomado como referencia el Modelo de Responsabilidad elaborado por Hellinson (2003), el cual establece cuatro principios:...
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The aim of this paper is to check whether the physical sports school practices, which are conducted in schools, act as an instrument of intercultural and promoting social integration of young immigrants. To do this, it is taken as a reference Responsibility Model developed by Hellinson (2003), which establishes four principles: relationship, know t...
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El objetivo principal de este artículo fue estudiar el proceso de integración social en Almería (España) de hijos de inmigrantes, llegados de África, Latinoamérica y Europa del Este. Se estudió la integración social a partir de las siguientes dimensiones: aspectos socioeconómicos, relaciones mixtas, referentes culturales, normas, transnacionalidad...
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The aim of this article is to analyze and frame the level of efficacy and adequacy of publicity campaigns for the prevention of drug use in Spain. To this end, the contents of the messages used by the FAD (Antidrug Foundation) in television campaigns broadcast between 1987 and 2007 have been reviewed. The content of these campaigns has also been li...
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En España existe una realidad multilingüe que se ha visto multiplicada con la llegada de extranjeros. Con este trabajo pretendemos realizar un análisis de dicha realidad, tras la construcción del Índice de Competencias Lingüísticas en Español (ICLE) a partir de las distintas destrezas de producción y comprensión, haciendo un especial hincapié en el...
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Este trabajo analiza las condiciones residenciales de los inmigrados en Andalucía. Tomando como referencia los conceptos de habitar y de vivienda digna medimos la situación a partir de los indicadores de estabilidad, adecuación, habitabilidad y accesibilidad. Los datos se obtienen de la aplicación de una encuesta en 1 738 viviendas y el registro ex...
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The aim of this paper is to understand the reasons for the mass abandonment of the educational process among immigrants in Spain, especially regarding access to college. We analyse the influence of the different elements of the opportunity structure for immigrants in the educational process, with reference to the province of Almería. A total of 150...
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This article studies residential satisfaction among the inhabitants (immigrants and Spanish-born) of El Puche, a neighbourhood immersed in a process of exclusion located on the outskirts of the city of Almeria. For this purpose, a survey was administered to compile objective and subjective attributes of the residential environment, variables relati...
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The dual purpose of this article is to find out the importance and characteristics of marriages between foreigners and Spaniards and to study the opinions of the Spanish population on the possibility of their children having affective relationships with foreigners, since this is becoming an important element in the definition of the marriage market...
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The aim of this article is to analyze the attitude of the Spanish population towards immigration from 1997 to 2007. The information is obtained from the survey of attitudes and opinions regarding immigration in Spain administered by ASEP. The results show that, with the passage of time, an increase in anti-immigrant feelings has taken place. The ma...
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This paper analyzes the residential conditions of immigrants in Spain. Drawing on the concepts of living and housing measure the situation from the indicators of stability, adaptation, livability and accessibility. Data were obtained from the application of a 1738 housing survey and registration of expert housing conditions. The results show a poor...
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El objetivo de este artículo es medir la actitud de la población española ante la inmigración desde 2004 a2007, período que coincide con una época de gran esplendor económico. Los datos se obtienen a partir de la encuesta de actitudes y opiniones sobre la inmigración en España administrada por ASEP. Los resultados muestran que con el paso del tiemp...
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The objective of this article is to measure the attitude of the Spanish population toward immigrants from 2004 to 2007, a period that coincides with great economic growth in Spain. Data was obtained from a survey of attitudes and opinions about immigration in Spain administered by ASEP. Results show that, with the passage of time, an increase in an...
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Spanish attitudes towards immigration (1997-2007). The role of political parties.The aim of this paper is to examine the overlap that exists between the measures and political discourse on migration and the view that Spanish society has of the phenomenon. To do so, different methodological strategies were used. First, an exploration was conducted o...
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El objetivo del artículo es conocer el papel que juega la actividad físico-deportiva en la integración social de los jóvenes inmigrados de la provincia de Almería (España). Para ello, se construyó, teniendo en cuenta cuatro dimensiones (relaciones mixtas, referentes culturales, normas y transnacionalidad), el Índice de Aculturación de la Actividad...
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The aim of this paper is to understand the role of physical activity and sport in the process of acculturation of immigrant students in secondary schools enrolled in formal education in the province of Almeria (Spain). For this purpose, we have created the Physical Activity and Sport Acculturation Index (PASAI), following the main dimensions that d...
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Andalucía has been, traditionally, a starting point for emigration. Nowadays, the phenomenon has reversed and it receives populations from different parts of the world. To the foreign migrants we have to add the people who have returned to Andalucía. Here, we are going to study the return process from Belgium and Argentina. The results of the inves...
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Entrepreneurship is a main driver of economic growth and of social dynamics. However, some basic characteristics like the gender of the entrepreneur, the geographical location, or the social context may have a tremendous impact on the possibility to become an entrepreneur, to create a firm and to prosper. This book is a collection of papers written...
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El objetivo de este artículo es conocer la visión, tanto de los usuarios como de los profesionales, sobre determinados aspectos de la gestión del Sistema Nacional Español de Salud (SNS), especialmente, en la atención a la diversidad. Para ello, se analiza el modelo de acceso al sistema, los recursos empleados en la atención y la demanda sanitaria q...
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Immigration in recent decades has configured a more multilingual space than there has ever been before in Spain. The double purpose of this study was to discover self-reported use of language by foreigners and their linguistic competence in both formal and informal Spanish environments. An Index of Linguistic Competence in Spanish (ILCS) based on o...
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La presente investigación está fundamentada en cuatro investigaciones previas acerca de la importancia de la densidad de inmigrantes en el análisis de la xenofobia. Las dos primeras (Herranz, 2008) fueron financiadas por dos organismos de la Junta de Andalucía: la primera, por el Centro de Estudios Andaluces y la Dirección General de Políticas Migr...
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La colección Actualidad forma parte del catálogo de publicaciones científicas de la fundación y está destinada tanto al lector especializado como a la opinión pública en general. Cada una de sus ediciones se estructura como informes monográficos para el fomento de la reflexión y el análisis sobre aspectos de relevancia para la sociedad andaluza del...
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Marriage between homosexuals has been legally recognised in Spain since 2005. This phenomenon has made visible many couples who lived "underground", regardless of the nationality of the spouses. The purpose of this article is to discover the main patterns of same-sex marriage in which one spouse is Spanish and the other foreign. The Movimiento Natu...
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In just a few decades, with the arrival of immigrants from many different places, Spain has become a multi-ethnic society. Facing these increased streams has been a huge challenge to Spanish society. This article examines the evolution of feelings toward immigration in Spain (2000-2007) with data from a country-wide survey. The results show increas...
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The aim of this paper is to examine the overlap that exists between the measures and political discourse on migration and the view that Spanish society has of the phenomenon. To do so, different methodological strategies were used. First, an exploration was conducted of the major decisions taken by both the Socialist Party and the Popular Party dur...
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The aim of this paper is to understand the role of physical activity and sport in the social integration of young immigrants in Almeria (Spain). The Physical Activity and Sport Acculturation Index (PASAI) was designed for this purpose, taking four dimensions into account (i.e., mixed relationships, cultural references, norms and transnationality)....
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The management of cultural diversity is approached in the educational context. Host societies such as France or Spain seek to cope with migration in the educational field with action plans for diversity, which happen to be different, as shown by their institutional production and scientific literature. From an ethnographic perspective, we have anal...
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The aim of this paper is to understand the view of both users and professionals on certain aspects of the management of the Spanish National Health System, especially with regard to dealing with diversity. In order to do so, the model of access to health care is analyzed, as well as the resources employed in health care and the sanitary demand made...
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The article discusses, first, the spatial segregation experienced by immigrants in Andalusia (Spain), and then the main causes for this. For those questions are used to measure the index of dissimilarity and interaction. In addition, we completed the research to explore the elements that determine the segregation process, for this purpose there was...
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Introduccion Andalucia ha sido, tradicionalmente, expulsora de poblacion en migraciones que han tenido como destino tanto el exterior: America Central y Sur, Europa y norte de Africa, como el interior: Cataluna, Madrid y Pais Vasco. Pero en las dos ultimas decadas se ha convertido en una de las comunidades autonomas que mayor numero de extranjeros...
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With the transformation of Spain into an immigration country, society has become a major change by setting up a social space characterized, increasingly, by cultural, ethnic and religious diversity. In this new frame is interesting to investigate the overall value of diversity into the Spanish society. The two aims for of this paper are, on one han...
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The article discusses, first, the spatial segregation experienced by immigrants in Andalusia (Spain), and then the main causes for this. For those questions are used to measure the index of dissimilarity and interaction. In addition, we completed the research to explore the elements that determine the segregation process, for this purpose there was...
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El objetivo de este artículo es conocer el tipo de Islam que se difunde en la página de Facebook: Islam en español. Para comprobarlo se parte de una definición de fundamentalismo que tiene en cuenta dos elementos del fenómeno: el religioso y el político. El método utilizado ha sido el análisis crítico de discurso. Los resultados muestran que en esa...
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Con la transformación de España desde hace unas décadas en país de inmigración, la sociedad ha experimentado un importante cambio configurando un espacio social caracterizado, cada vez más, por la diversidad cultural, étnica y religiosa. En este escenario novedoso es de gran interés indagar sobre la valoración que de dicha diversidad tiene la socie...
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Abordar la integración social delas poblaciones migrantes en una situación de igualdad de oportunidades para hombres y mujeres en ámbitos esenciales como el familiar, social y laboral constituye uno de los retos más interesantes para las sociedades actuales. Se trata de un complejo desafío, pues, para empezar, la sociedad española no se caracteriza...
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En este artículo se estudia la satisfacción residencial de los vecinos (inmigrantes y autóctonos) en El Puche, un barrio en proceso de exclusión situado en la periferia de la ciudad de Almería. Para ello, hemos administrado una encuesta donde se recogen variables de movilidad residencial, atributos objetivos y subjetivos del ambiente residencial y...
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El objetivo de este artículo es conocer las actitudes hacia los inmigrantes en la ciudad de El Ejido (España) transcurridos casi diez años desde el episodio más violento contra los inmigrantes magrebíes en Europa. Los resultados de la encuesta muestran que la actitud hacia el conjunto de los inmigrantes es negativa, sentimiento que está determinado...
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The increase of the migratory flows supposes a great challenge in the reception contexts, especially in the local environments. For that reason, in this article we examine the evolution of the feeling toward the immigration in the city of El Ejido (Almería) from the year 2000 until the present time (2008). With the intention of knowing if are repea...
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This article studies the importance of international theoretical and empirical analyses and the extent to which they can be applied to explain residential segregation of foreign immigrants in one of the most multi-ethnic areas of Spain, the province of Almería. To find out the processes leading to segregation, we have analysed urban growth and the...
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The objective of this article is to know the integration process of “second-generation” inmigrant integration in the countryside of Almería (Spain). We analyze the adaptation that the youths are experiencing in the following dimensions: socioeconomic, mixed relationships, relating cultural, norms and transnationalism. The data are obtained with the...
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Theoretical Overview of Immigrant Entrepreneurship. In this article we review several different concepts related to immigrant incorporation in the labour market through self-employment. We also examine the main theoretical currents concerned with explaining the phenomenon, occasionally with particular attention to culturalist, ecological and intera...
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Uno de los retos más interesantes para la sociedad española actual es cómo abordar la integración social de las poblaciones migrantes en una situación de igualdad de oportunidades para hombres y mujeres en ámbitos esenciales como el familiar, social y laboral. Las representaciones culturales de las mujeres inmigradas en la prensa, por ejemplo, mues...
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The objective of this work is to measure and to analyze the processes of residential segregation of the gypsies that live in Almería. For it, we have used the main measure indexes: segregation and isolation. In the same way, they have been carried out two surveys. The first one was administered to the gypsy population, in which register socioeconom...
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In Almeria it's frequently common for businesses to be run by immigrants. They have created an economical system that has been changing the city's scenery. This is due to the previously mentioned concentration of different communities within certain areas. The installation of their businesses has been assumedly due to a responsive demand in product...
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Research on segregation has tended to focus on relations located at a macro-spatial level of analysis and unfolding in contexts where boundaries to interaction are formally established. This research, by contrast, investigated segregation as a micro-ecological process by observing patterns of seating in a bus. A total of 11 000 seating positions we...
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La integración de los inmigrados en las sociedades de destino pasa por una adecuación a los modelos de convivencia basados en la interculturalidad. El acceso a la universidad de los jóvenes extracomunitarios supondría la oportunidad de equiparar la incorporación al mercado de trabajo en igualdad de condiciones y sin que se produzca una asimilación...
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Immigrants going to Almería (Spain) are mainly joining the intensive farming sector such as greenhouses, though nowadays they are present in other areas such as construction and restaurant industries as well as domestic service. Some immigrants in order to escape and overcome market segmentation run their own ethnic businesses in the county. The ru...
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Los estudios sobre la segregación étnica han tenido tradicionalmente un enfoque y análisis macroespacial, donde los límites para la interacción están formalmente definidos y establecidos. Sin embargo, en esta investigación se estudia la segregación en el ámbito microecológico a través de la ocupación de los asientos de un autobús. Se ha analizado l...
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This article studies the importance of international theoretical and empirical analyses in order to explain residential segregation of foreign immigrants in one of the most multi-ethnic areas of Spain, the province of Almeria. To find out the processes leading to segregation, we have analysed urban growth and the context of reception as the key ele...
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This article studies the importance of international theoretical and empirical analyses in order to explain residential segregation of foreign immigrants in one of the most multi-ethnic areas of Spain, the province of Almería. To find out the processes leading to segregation, we have analysed urban growth and the context of reception as the key ele...
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Resumen En este artículo se describe la situación residencial de los inmigrantes procedentes de Áfri-ca en la provincia de Almería. Tomando como referencia los conceptos de habitar y vivien-da digna, medimos la situación a partir de los indicadores de estabilidad, adecuación, habi-tabilidad y accesibilidad. Los datos se obtienen de la aplicación de...
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In this article, the residential situation of the immigrants coming from Africa to the province of Almería is described, analyzing mainly two aspects. Firstly, the residential segregation starting from the indexes of dissimilarity, isolation and absolute centralization. Secondly, the characteristics of the lodgings inhabited by the immigrants, taki...
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En este artículo tratamos de defi nir el sistema de elementos culturales de la población inmigrada que provocan choque cultural en los jóvenes andaluces. La interpretación de las culturas foráneas es la base para analizar el origen del posible confl icto, ya que ofrecen un marco de refl exión ante la necesidad de una nueva visión de la comunicación...
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La presente obra recoge los resultados de una investigación llevada a cabo por el área de Sociología de la Universidad de Almería y auspiciada por el área de Participación ciudadana del Ayuntamiento de Almería. El objetivo del estudio fue conseguir un diagnóstico preciso de la realidad asociativa en el municipio de Almería, deteniéndose especialmen...
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In this article we review theoretical proposals, delimit concepts and advance in research on matters of the transnational economy that immigrant groups have created for themselves. Furthermore, we propose a new theoretical model appropriate for the Spanish case. To find out how immigrants are incorporated as self-employed labour, some theories prop...
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In this article we review theoretical proposals, delimit concepts and advance in research on matters of the transnational economy that immigrant groups have created for themselves. Furthermore, we propose a new theoretical model appropriate for the Spanish case. To find out how immigrants are incorporated as self-employed labour, some theories prop...
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Las migraciones siempre han producido un impacto en la configuración del espacio urbano. En este artículo se analiza este fenómeno en la configuración de la ciudad de Roquetas de Mar. Utilizamos la ecología factorial para dos fechas 1991 y 2001, las variables utilizadas son similares a las empleadas en la literatura internacional y nacional. Los re...
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This article analyzes the impact that the foreign migrations have in the configuration of the urban territory of Roquetas de Mar. We use the factorial ecology for two dates 1991 and 2001. The variables chosen are similar to those used in the international and national literature. The results demonstrate, on the one hand, that in both dates four axe...
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Este trabajo se centra en analizar el origen, particularidades y movilización de recursos del empresariado étnico en Almería. Para ello utilizamos el modelo interactivo de desarrollo de negocios étnicos, ideado por Waldinger, Aldrich y Ward (1990). Este modelo aúna dos importantes elementos de análisis: las estructuras de oportunidad y las caracter...
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En este artículo se analiza la situación residencial de los inmigrantes africanos en la provincia de Almería, en España. Para ello se estudian dos aspectos: por un lado, la segregación residencial; por otro, las condiciones de los alojamientos habitados por los inmigrantes, con base en los indicadores de estabilidad, adecuación, habitabilidad y acc...
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LA situación del consumo de diferentes drogas en la provincia de Almería llama la atención según los estudios del equipo EDIS en la publicación periódica Andaluces ante las drogas. Según los resultados de los dos trabajos del 2001 y 2003, Almería no sólo ha aumentado en la mayoría de los tipos de drogas, sino que además se coloca en el primer puest...
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Este trabajo se centra en analizar el origen, particularidades y movilización de recursos del empresariado étnico en Almería. Para ello utilizamos el modelo interactivo de desarrollo de negocios étnicos, ideado por Waldinger, Aldrích y Ward (1990). Este modelo aúna dos importantes elementos de análisis: las estructuras de oportunidad y las caracter...
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Article analyses integration process of immigrants coming from non-member states of the EU into the labour market in the Spanish province of Almeria. A main characteristic of the labour market the immigrants enter into is its segmentation. The immigrants are engaged in labour that is regarded by the majority society as less valuable due to its prec...
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The Not Accepted Neighbour. The African Immigrant’s Residential Situation in Almería (Spain).In this article the residential situation of the immigrants coming from Africa to the province of Almería is described, analyzing mainly two aspects. Firstly, the residential segregation starting from the indexes of dissimilarity, isolation and absolute cen...
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In the county of Almería (Spain) the labor incorporation of the non-Communitarian foreigners is a reality since the expansion of the agricultural production system based in hothouses, by the middle of 80s. This labor incorporation in the agriculture is based on precariousness and uncertainty. Some non-Communitarian foreigners have opted, after year...
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With globalization migrations have become one of the main focuses of attention for social scientists, although the so-called economic migrations from south to north is concentrate the maximum interest. However, in the current analyses the processes of the return of the emigrants derived there of are taking place more inadvertently. Return is also a...
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En el año 2002 el Área de Sociología de la Universidad de Almería firmó un convenio de Colaboración con la Agencia Andaluza del Voluntariado de Almería, perteneciente a la Junta de Andalucía, para realizar distintas actividades, entre ellas una investigación empírica, a través de la técnica de encuesta, para saber, en términos generales, el grado d...
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This essay defends the hipothesis that the persons and ethnic groups can maintain, confirm and recreate their ethnic identity, even though they were for away of their territory, of identity external signs and the more basic cultural elements. This cultural recreation embrace from material culture (material elements it express with) public and priva...

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