Essays about: "Parliament of Finland"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words Parliament of Finland.

  1. 1. "The Swedish road is not ours" : Narrating the Finnish community of value in parliamentary debate on youth crime and street gangs

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Senni Pulkkinen; [2024]
    Keywords : Finland; community of value; boundary-making; strategic narrative analysis; parliamentary discourse;

    Abstract : Taking the form of a case study on an interpellation on ‘youth crime and street gangs’ and its consideration in plenary debate in the Finnish Parliament in December 2022, the purpose of this study is to examine how politicians narrate the Finnish community of value and its boundaries. The methodological framework of this study consists of strategic narrative analysis, poststructural and critical research theoretical underpinnings, and the operationalization of the concept of ‘community of value’. READ MORE

  2. 2. A Critical Discourse Analysis on Finland's Rejection of The Reform of Sámi Parliament Act : A Critical Postcolonial Perspective

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Inka Ala-Iso; [2023]
    Keywords : The Sámi Parliament Act; Postcolonialism; Settler Colonialism; Finland; Sámi;

    Abstract : Finland is recognized as a country with high human rights standards including the rights of the indigenous people that are protected by various declarations, conventions, and international human rights laws. Finland first enacted a Sámi Parliament Act in 1995 and has most recently in 2019 received criticism from the UN Human Rights Committee for not guaranteeing the rights for the legally recognized indigenous Sámi people living within Finland’s borders. READ MORE

  3. 3. The future of the Sámi people in a developing modern world : A qualitative comparison of Sweden and Norway´s handling of Sámi land use and self-determination

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

    Author : Felicia Arvidsson; Andrea Fröberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Indigenous peoples; Indigenous rights; Sámi people; Norway; Sweden; Land use; Self-determination; Minorities; Sustainability; Climate change; Human rights;

    Abstract : Indigenous peoples are living all over the world. In Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, live the last indigenous peoples of Europe, the Sámi people. Just like many other indigenous peoples in the world they need to find a way to coexist with the majority population in their home state. READ MORE

  4. 4. Grindvakten

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Niclas Anneling; [2023]
    Keywords : NATO; Sweden and Finland; Türkiye; Established-Outsider; Gatekeeper; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : During the NATO application process for Sweden and Finland, Türkiye has halted the rapid pace of member states ratification through a set of conditions. This thesis’ aim is to examine the mechanisms behind the gatekeeping position upheld by Türkiye. READ MORE

  5. 5. “This is an attack on the whole of Europe, our values and our way of life" : Use of European Identity in the Finnish Parliament Discussions About the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Saara Ilves; [2023]
    Keywords : social identity; Finland; European union; Russo-Ukrainian war; European identity; qualitative content analysis;

    Abstract : The Russian invasion of Ukraine changed the security environment of Europe overnight. This study addresses how this affected the rhetoric regarding European identity and the threats to it, in the Finnish parliament insecurity related discussions. READ MORE