Essays about: "POLITICAL SYSTEM GERMANY"

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  1. 1. The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion - A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Construction of the German National Identity in the Right-Wing Political Discourse on Refugees, Migrants, and Foreigners

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Hannah Shaw; [2023]
    Keywords : Germany; National Identity; Othering; Political Discourse; Refugees; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how the German right-wing political party AfD constructs a national identity in their political discourse around refugees, migrants, and foreigners. The rise of refugees and migrants worldwide has led to a renewed focus on the concepts of nation-states and national identity in defining who does and does not belong. READ MORE

  2. 2. Creation as Resistance: How small-scale farmers and food artisans collaboratively respond to the global food system by recultivating a traditional rye variety in Northeast Germany

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Leo Baumgärtner; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how small-scale farmers and food artisans in Germany are impacted by and respond to the pressures of the global food system. It is based on the in-depth analysis of a case study of a recultivation effort of the traditional rye variety ‘Mecklenburger Marienroggen’ in Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Northeast Germany. READ MORE

  3. 3. Climate Justice Movement as Norm Entrepreneur in Global Politics : Creating an Alternative Future in Lützerath to Protest Coal Mining

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Sara-Lorena Mehl; [2022]
    Keywords : Social Movements; Global Norms; Norm Entrepreneurs; Everyday Utopias; Prefiguration;

    Abstract : This thesis argues that contemporary climate justice actions can present a case for how social movements and activists engage as norm entrepreneurs with global politics. Following a case-based approach (McKee, 2003) and combining perspectives of political science with anthropology, theoretical concepts of everyday utopias (Cooper, 2014) and prefiguration (Maeckelbergh, 2011b; 2014) are applied to the case of a village occupation in Germany against a lignite coal mine expansion. READ MORE

  4. 4. Prevention of child endangerment in deportation processes in Germany : Understanding the processes from a street-level bureaucrats' perspective

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Ann-Marie Sander; [2022]
    Keywords : deportation processes; Germany; child endangerment; street-level bureaucrats; institutional logics; prevention; social welfare professionals;

    Abstract : The aim of this qualitative study is to understand the processes around the prevention of child endangerment in deportation processes in Germany focusing on street-level bureaucrats. Eight social welfare professionals directly working with refugee minors and having experiences with deportation processes where refugee minors are or were involved distributed along three Federal States participated in this study. READ MORE

  5. 5. Are Forest Occupations only about Protecting Forests? Exploring Forest Occupiers´ Plural Valuation of Forests in Germany

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Hannah Wahler; [2022]
    Keywords : Forest occupation; value pluralism; relational values; instrumental values; ecological economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Forests are vital for life on Earth. However, they are increasingly threatened, mainly by economic growth. Valuation of forests is dominantly viewed through instrumental values, which is highly problematic as forests are not seen in their complexity. READ MORE