Essays about: "Border Controls"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 29 essays containing the words Border Controls.

  1. 16. Refugee Biopolitics: A discourse analysis of the Swedish government’s recent shift in the speech on refugees

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Jakob Gometz; [2016-08-25]
    Keywords : Refugee; Sweden; biopolitics; biopower; bare life;

    Abstract : The increased movement of people across nation borders of recent years further complicates the relation between nationality and citizenship, thus challenging the nation state’s project of controlling its population. One group that perhaps provide the starkest contrast between birth and nation are refugees, who are forced to flee their homes and whose juridical status in practice is ambiguous. READ MORE

  3. 17. Are you Closing your Borders? A study on the impact of the migration crisis on the work with promoting the image and interests of Sweden abroad

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Alexandra Olofsson; [2016]
    Keywords : nation branding; public diplomacy; migration crisis; refugee crisis; Brand Sweden; the Image of Sweden; the Ministry for Foreign Affairs; the Swedish Institute; strategic public relations; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Image of Sweden abroad usually comes with positive connotations. Some of Sweden’s perceived strengths, e.g. being open, authentic, caring, and innovative, are represented in the Strategy for the Image of Sweden (2013). READ MORE

  4. 18. Policing Swedishness: Analysing discourses of suspicion in police narratives on internal controls of foreigners

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sarah Philipson; [2016]
    Keywords : Internal controls of foreigners; Sweden; border control; mobility; ethnic profiling; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Based on a discourse analysis of police narratives on internal controls of foreigners, this thesis examines how discourses of suspicion are produced within policing. Methodologically and empirically engaging with interviews with police officers operating throughout Sweden, and theoretically drawing on the diffused practices of mobility management, the analysis shows that the police officers practice of internal controls of foreigners are guided by an insufficient frame of regulation. READ MORE

  5. 19. The Right of Free Movement and the Borderlands in Europe: Perceptions, Practices and Perspectives in the Context of the Refugee Crisis and the Terrorist Attacks in Paris

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Elen Kerobyan; [2016]
    Keywords : refugee crisis; passport; the Schengen Agreement; border control; border; mobility; freedom of movement; migration; terrorism; security; MACA; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how the right of free movement and the borders are perceived and practiced by Europeans, and how they affect the everyday lives of Europeans in the context of the current refugee crisis and Paris attacks. It claims that EU, EEA, CH and the Schengen area constitute a cultural construction within Europe based on inclusion and exclusion, belonging and citizenship. READ MORE

  6. 20. 20 years with the Schengen Area - Does it boost trade?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Amanda Ring Eggers; [2016]
    Keywords : Schengen; Trade; SITC; Border Controls; Gravity Model; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The Schengen Agreement was implemented 1995 between seven nations, making it easier for Europeans to travel and work by removing internal borders. The area has expanded since its inception and today includes 26 nations. Internal borders have, however, been reintroduced in the aftermath of the refugee crisis. READ MORE