Essays about: "Counter-democratic civic culture"

Found 1 essay containing the words Counter-democratic civic culture.

  1. 1. 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