Essays about: "Sovereignty impulse"
Found 1 essay containing the words Sovereignty impulse.
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1. Subjects of the Sovereignty Impulse
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis explores the state of refugeehood in the political order of the nation-state system through a case study study of the Tamil refugee population in Tamil Nadu, India. How, and in what ways, does refugeehood affect peoples’ lives as political subjects? And what is the role of the refugee figure in the political order of the nation-state system? The research questions are explored through a theoretical framework based on the concepts of: Citizenship (or the lack thereof); the Sovereignty impulse; State-thinking; the State/Space of Exception, Bare Life; Political Action; the Space of Appearance. READ MORE