Essays about: "Civic Culture"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 51 essays containing the words Civic Culture.

  1. 26. Regionens Hus Skövde : An Architectural Intervention

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Frej Jakobsson; [2018]
    Keywords : civic architecture; skövde; culture; office;

    Abstract : This project is based on the idea that something called "Regionens hus" should be giving something back to the region and city it's placed in, and definitely not totally close of a strategically important site with a Likewise closed program. The propositon is to inject a cultural and educational program of equal size to the suggested office, and at the same time relieve and give more space to the nearby University and Cultural house. READ MORE

  3. 27. Countering pro-violent extremism – compromising contentious political engagement : a critical discourse analysis of the Swedish counter extremism initiative and its impact upon local political practices and contentious left wing political engagement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Rebecca Asmundsson Fristedt; [2017]
    Keywords : CDA; Pro-violent extremism; Antagonism; Counter-democratic civic culture; Power; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis builds upon a critical discourse analysis and ethnographic methods such as interviews and participatory observation, in an effort to contribute with original research about how the Swedish counter radicalization project discursively constructs political engagement as “pro-violent” and “anti-democratic”, and how these constructions impacts local political practices. The analysis reveals contradicting discourses within the core concepts used by the preventative project, and that these have various forms impacts within a variety of dimensions. READ MORE

  4. 28. Centralising citizenship for media reform : local news audiences of Brexit

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Isabella Lopez-Smith; [2017]
    Keywords : News; Audience; Media; Reform; Citizen; Discourse; Brexit; EU Referendum; Wales; UK; Citizenship; Power; Regulation; Engagement; Resource; Political Communication; Democracy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The primary aim of this thesis is to critically examine news media as a resource for political engagement. A secondary aim is to demonstrate the importance and vitality of qualitative audience research to studies of news and democracy and wider democratization of society alongside media reform. READ MORE

  5. 29. "We the people..." : A case study into Arab Monarchies during the Arab Spring

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Anton Sharbin; [2017]
    Keywords : Civic Culture; Monarchies; Almond Verba; Putnam; Democracy; Authoritarianism;

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  6. 30. Nationalism in Europe : A quantitative study about the relationship between different kinds of nationalism and liberal democracy

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Daniel Gabrielsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Nationalism; collective identity; political culture; democracy; ethnic; civic; LCA; ISSP;

    Abstract : This article sets out to examine how different types of nationalism are correlated with the level of democracy in a country, a relationship that has not received much attention in previous research. I aim to investigate this relationship by examining how five forms of nationalism affect democracy in 23 European countries. READ MORE