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Why Swiss-Germans dislike Germans On negative attitudes towards a culturally and socially similar group

This paper proposes to question two common assumptions and consistent empirical findings in the literature on xenophobia, namely that xenophobic attitudes can mainly be found among badly educated people of the host society and mostly concern immigrants from low social classes and from geographically and culturally far countries. These arguments will be discussed in the context of German migrati...

Germans ' tourist behaviour in Sweden

Introduction Tourism literature tends to convey the impression that tourists are exceedingly active during their holidays (Thornton, Williams & Shaw, 1997; Shaw & Williams, 2002; Walmsley, 2004). This is the case especially when non-academic studies are considered (see for example F.U.R., 2007; Nutek, 2007). However, this assumption might be influenced by the methodologies employed and the case...

VolkaufdemWeg:Transnational Migrationof theRussian-Germans from1763 to thePresentDay

This article traces the migration patterns of the Russian-Germans across international borders from their initial settlement in the Russian Empire starting in 1763 up to the present day. In particular it analyses the reasons behind these migration flows. Both push and pull factors motivated the immigration of ethnic Germans to the Russian Empire in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. ...

Comparison of weigh-suckle-weigh and machine milking for measuring ewe milk production.

Thirteen crossbred ewes were used to compare weigh-suckle-weigh (WSW) and machine milking (MM) methods for determining milk production of ewes that were rearing single or twin lambs. At parturition, ewes were 13 mo of age and produced six single lambs and seven pairs of twin lambs. Milk production estimates were initiated on d 6 of lactation and a 3-d rotation of the two techniques was implemen...