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1. 1. Ontological (In)securities in Turkey and Israel: Unpacking the Nation-Building, Security Culture, and Conflict Resolution Triangle

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Umut Can Adisönmez; [2017]
   Keywords : ontological security theory; nation-building; security culture; mistrust formation; strategic communication; Turkey; Israel; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study explores two intertwined stages: a) the various processes contributing to Turkey’s and Israel’s historical development of national self-images and security cultures, b) how these conflictual dynamics and processes playing themselves out vis-à-vis two key conflict resolution initiatives taken in both countries. In order to study these stages, ontological security theory is applied to grasp: a) the impact of the psychological driving forces in the shaping of Turkish and Israeli national identities and security routines, b) and the leverages of these historically shaped notions on Turkey’s and Israel’s preferred conflict resolution agendas and mistrust perception towards the minorities, namely Kurds and Palestinians. READ MORE

3. 2. Cultural Integration in the European Union - and the future of Sweden's past in Europe

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

   Author : Natali Isaksson; [2014]
   Keywords : Cultural integration; identity politics; EU; The European Heritage Label; the Swedish self-image; Europeanisation; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : Cultural integration has been recognized as an inevitable feature in the making of a coherent European Union, and for further approval of systematic integration. The initial cultural policy of the Union was based on normative assumptions and essentialist views on a European civilization. READ MORE

4. 3. "We agree to disagree" : a Study of Ghanaian University Students' National Self-Images

   University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

   Author : Hanna Matei; [2011]
   Keywords : Ghana; National Self-Images; Nationalism; University Students; Bo Petersson;

   Abstract : This thesis is based on a field study conducted in Ghana's capital Accra between September and November 2010 where data, in the form of inter alia interviews with Ghanaian university students, was collected. The underlying aim for the study is to gain a deeper understanding for the many times troublesome nation-building process in the African context. READ MORE