Essays about: "Statelessness"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 26 essays containing the word Statelessness.

  1. 16. Citizenship used as an anti-terrorism tool : Denationalizaiton and its consequences

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lisa Erkander; [2017]
    Keywords : citizenship; denationalization; deprivation of citizenship; citizenship-stripping; terrorism; statelessness;

    Abstract : Denationalization, to deprive citizens of citizenship, is becoming an international trend – especially in order to fight terrorism. Public opinion is generally positive to these measures. However, few consider the consequences of denationalization. READ MORE

  3. 17. Who is left out? : Hidden Patterns of Birth Under-registration; A Case Study about Iran

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Sahba Samadi Dezfouli; [2017]
    Keywords : Birth registration; Legal identity; Statelessness; Iran; Bottleneck Analysis; Sustainable Development Goals; SDGs;

    Abstract : Universal full coverage of birth registration by 2030 is one of the sustainable development targets which itself is of great significance for the accomplishment of many development goals such as poverty eradication, inclusion, as well as improvement of several health factors. Despite the importance of this topic, not much academic attention has been paid to study the problem of birth under-registration from the perspective of development studies. READ MORE

  4. 18. "Where do I belong, when they call me a foreigner in my homeland?"

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Klara Nilsson Berge; [2016]
    Keywords : nation-state; citizenship; Arendt; Stateless; human rights; nationality; refugee; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the situation of people living in statelessness by asking 'What is statelessness?' With the aim of contributing to the contemporary understanding of the topic, the text reviews both the resonating theories of Hannah Arendt, as well as original interviews with people living in statelessness today. In accordance with recent critique directed towards the Arendtian school on statelessness, the readings of the interviews are done by the means of discourse analysis. READ MORE

  5. 19. Written in the Sand; The San people, statelessness and the Logic of the State

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jens Hansen; [2015]
    Keywords : San; Statelessness; James Scott; South Africa; Botswana; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The San people of the Kalahari Desert in Southern Africa remain stateless, in a region undergoing rapid modernisation. Like other stateless groups, they exist peripherally within the states that they legally and territorially belong. READ MORE

  6. 20. Torn Between Home and Homeland, Present and Future: Identity Formation Among Individuals With Assyrian Background in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Bernadet Mati; [2015]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : None of us are immune to the ongoing identity-processes. Identity formation is something that we are engaged in every day, both in our consciousness and our subconsciousness, from the society levels down to personal levels. This study examines how individuals with Assyrian background form their identities in Sweden. READ MORE