Essays about: "Legitimization"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 65 essays containing the word Legitimization.

  1. 26. Deeming Damascus 'Safe': The Aspiration of Danish State Actors to 'Return' Syrian Nationals to the Damascus Region

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Emma Gade Nielsen; [2020]
    Keywords : Deportation; Governmentality; Non-Deportability; Discourse; Danish asylum policy;

    Abstract : This paper examines the intensified focus on ‘return’ in Danish asylum policy and the changed approach to the assessment of revocation of residence permits and asylum claims made by Syrian nationals. The aim of the study is to understand the interplay between Danish state actors and the Refugee Appeals Board and their tactics of legitimization in adopting this new approach and rejecting asylum protection to three Syrian nationals. READ MORE

  3. 27. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown : How the Rwandan government has legitimized its rule 2010-2019

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sara Kjellström; [2020]
    Keywords : electoral authoritarian regimes; Rwanda; securitization; legitimization;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study how electoral authoritarian regimes remain resilient over time, by observing how they handle challenges to their rule. More specifically, the thesis will focus on the strategies used to legitimize further rule. READ MORE

  4. 28. Do It Yourself Hormone Replacement Therapy In Dissonance With State-Sanctioned Constructions of Gender

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Edwin Fondén; [2020]
    Keywords : Cisnormativity; Transgender; Biopolitics; Public Health; Social Anthropology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Although the field of transgender studies has grown exponentially during the last decades, little is still known about gender affirmative medication outside institutionalized settings. Based on group interviews and autoethnographic accounts, this thesis sheds light on the experiences of practitioners of unprescribed hormone replacement therapy. READ MORE

  5. 29. In the Name of God : The Role of Religion in Rebel Groups' Violence Against Civilians

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

    Author : Amanda Löfström; [2020]
    Keywords : religion; religious armed conflict; violence against civilians; one-sided violence; intrastate armed conflict;

    Abstract : Violence against civilians and religion are two common characteristics in today’s armed conflicts. This study examines the role of religion in rebel group’s use of violence against civilians in intrastate armed conflicts between 1989 and 2015. READ MORE

  6. 30. "Just Because It's Legal Doesn't Make It Moral" : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Communication in the Anti-Abortionist Activism of Sidewalk Counseling in the United States

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Moa Lidström; [2020]
    Keywords : Critical discourse analysis; legitimization; abortion discourse; sidewalk counseling;

    Abstract : Anchored theoretically in critical discourse analysis and by using analytical tools from legitimization theory, this essay explores the communication within one particular kind of anti-abortion activism, called sidewalk counseling. Informed by previous research on abortion discourse, this study critically analyzes transcribed, authentic video material and accounts for legitimization strategies employed in sidewalk counselor language. READ MORE