Essays about: "discursive shifts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words discursive shifts.

1. 1. Examining Conservation Narratives : An Environmental Discourse Analysis of WWF Madagascar

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Félice Rubin; [2024]
   Keywords : Conservation; Discourse; Deforestation; Community management; Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Hegemony; Baselines; Environmental History; Miljövård; diskurs; avskogning; samhällsförvaltning; biodiversitet; ekosystemtjänster; hegemoni; miljöhistoria;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the conservation narratives of Madagascar the ambiguity of forest cover and deforestation estimates, and the difficulty in deconstructing the narratives linked to the idea of a once fully forested island. In particular, shifts in the conservation debate are related to the discursive power of a large-scale international NGO, the WWF. READ MORE

3. 2. Discursive Shift on Migration Policy in Swedish Politics and Press Media : A Critical Look at Securitization of Migration in Sweden

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   Author : Gözde Orhan Gül; [2023]
   Keywords : Refugee crises; migration; a welfare state; discourse analysis; securitization; CDA ; discursive shifts; social constructivism; Flyktingkriser; migration; en välfärdsstat; diskursanalys; värdepapperisering; CDA ; diskursiva skiftningar; socialkonstruktivism.;

   Abstract : The refugeecrisis was a turning point in Swedish exceptionalism a discursive shift has somehowoccurred within the Swedish policy debate and mainstream media whereby the '(im)migrant' isconstructed as a potential security threat. To achieve the goal of the 'security' concerns of thisthesis, a theoretical framework of the social constructivist perspective is to assess howsecuritization is discursively constructed within discursive power relations among differentsocietal actors an d to understand identifying conditions that potentially have enabled this shift. READ MORE

4. 3. Unravelling Energy Relations between Russia and Germany : The impact of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine since 2000 on German discourse

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap

   Author : Emily Nebot Pérez; [2023]
   Keywords : German-Russian energy relations; the Russian invasion of Ukraine; energy dependency; Nord Stream; discourse analysis;

   Abstract : The invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 has greatly impacted the political environment, especially, around energy and gas imports from Russia. As a country previously highly dependent on Russian gas and the Nord Stream 2 project underway, Germany’s position is particularly interesting. READ MORE

5. 4. The “threat from abroad” and the breaking of the Swedish “cordon sanitaire” : A critical discourse analysis of right-wing party-political, online communication in Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Hugo Ekström; [2022]
   Keywords : Radical right populism; immigration; criminality; political communication; Facebook; normalization; discursive shifts; moral panic; imaginaries; borderline discourse;

   Abstract : In the last decade, we have witnessed a new stage in the mainstreaming and normalization pro­cess of populist radical right policies and ideas in the Western world. This has resulted in in­creasing politicization of issues related to immigration. READ MORE

6. 5. Politics, problems, and populism : A study of the Swedish general policy debateson migration policy in 2010–2018

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Anna Olowsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Sweden; politics; populism; the populist radical right; discourse theory; WPR approach; the Sweden Democrats;

   Abstract : In 2010, the populist radical right party the Sweden Democrats were voted into the Swedish parliament, which rattled the mainstream parties. The Sweden Democrats’ stance on migration policy was clear from the start, with their MPs promoting a radical decrease, if not a complete stop, to all immigration. READ MORE