UNLABELLED Our objective was to develop state and metropolitan area-based surveillance projects to describe the characteristics of those with ALS and to assist with evaluating the completeness of the National ALS Registry. Because the literature suggested that ethnic/racial minorities have lower incidence of ALS, three state and eight metropolitan areas were selected to over-represent ethnic/ra...

Abstract Previous research has shown that the public tends to see some groups as less deserving of social rights. Our focus in this article is whether they are also seen entitled engage political claims-making. Recent theorists inclusive nationalism argue minorities having right codetermine future may depend on majority believes morally committed nation. Drawing a unique survey experiment, we t...

CONTEXT Despite the importance of diversity of cancer trial participants with regard to race, ethnicity, age, and sex, there is little recent information about the representation of these groups in clinical trials. OBJECTIVE To characterize the representation of racial and ethnic minorities, the elderly, and women in cancer trials sponsored by the National Cancer Institute. DESIGN, SETTING,...

Growing evidence suggests that lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults may be at elevated risk for mental health and substance use disorders, possibly due to anti-gay stigma. Little of this work has examined putative excess morbidity among ethnic/racial minorities resulting from the experience of multiple sources of discrimination. The authors report findings from the National Latino and Asian Americ...

This paper examines the bases of opposition to immigrant minorities in Western Europe, focusing on The Netherlands. The specific aim of this study is to test the validity of predictions derived from two theories—realistic conflict, which emphasizes considerations of economic well-being, and social identity, which emphasizes considerations of identity based on group membership. The larger aim of...

Constitutional design – degradation Power sharing The rule of law Constitutionalism Constitution making transition Divided societies Role internal diversity Bosnia-Herzegovina Inherent Dynamic European Court Human Rights Sejdić and Finci Compliance issues with court judgments Repression the public sphere Electoral discrimination national minorities High Representative Lack local ownership

This study contributes with minority-centred perspectives to the policy trend of imposing majority language requirements on immigrants. With aim identify and explore (dis)connections value conflicts between policies national minority recognition immigrant integration, it develops applies four ideal types minority-linguistic integration regimes a mapping in 27 European Union (EU) member states. ...