Essays about: "acts of citizenship"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words acts of citizenship.

1. 1. Irregularity meets integration : Conceptualising the agency and positionalities of irregular Filipino migrants navigating the (in)formal rules of a post-Brexit, mid-pandemic UK

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Patricia Eunice Miraflores; [2022]
   Keywords : Irregular migration; structure and agency; positionality; Brexit; UK; pandemic; self-integration; autonomy of migration; acts of citizenship; Filipino migrants; Philippines;

   Abstract : Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic are two recent crises whose combined effects exacerbated the exclusion of irregular migrants in Europe. In this thesis, I will explore the structure-agency linkages that shaped the everyday survival strategies of irregular Filipino migrants (IFMs) in navigating a post-Brexit, mid-pandemic UK. READ MORE

3. 2. The Wall: The Right to Liberty and Security at the US–Mexico Border

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Hanne Karlsson; [2021-07-01]
   Keywords : migration; US–Mexico border; migration; migrants; refugees; detention; asylum; non citizenship; securitization; social constructionism;

   Abstract : The migration and refugee situation on the US–Mexico border has been heavily debated and caused a lot of controversy in the last couple of years, much as a consequence of the Trump administration’s immigration policy and promise of a wall along the border. This thesis, therefore, aims to analyze how migrants’ and refugees’ right to liberty and security was affected by the way the Trump–government portrayed them, and the phenomenon of migration, as a security threat. READ MORE

4. 3. Justification for Transnational Environmental Civil Disobedience

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Author : Linus Håkansson; [2021]
   Keywords : Civil Disobedience; Climate Change; John Rawls; Political Obligation; Transnationalism;

   Abstract : The following essay argues that Transnational Civil Disobedience may be justified when it is applied to questions relating to global climate change. Civil Disobedience as a politically motivated form of lawbreaking posits questions regarding political obligation and citizenship and such questions are amplified when applied to the transnational level. READ MORE

5. 4. Language requirements for Swedish citizenship : Adult language learners' attitudes towards the Swedish language test for immigrants

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

   Author : Fredrik Johnsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Language tests; attitudes; investment; ideologies; capital; identity; participatory parity; linguistic citizenship.;

   Abstract : In line with the global trend of increased language requirements for naturalization, the Swedish government decided in 2019 to introduce a language test for citizenship. Drawing on Norton Peirce’s (1995) notion of investment and Fraser’s (2000) definition of participatory parity, this study investigates adult second language learners’ attitudes towards the test and analyzes how investment in language learning and perception of possibilities for participatory parity influence their views. READ MORE

6. 5. Reproductive Rights. A study of pro-choice activists in times of anti-gender ideology in Poland

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

   Author : Zuzanna Ewa Gutowska; [2020]
   Keywords : reproductive rights; abortion; activism; social movements; hard-to-reach population; Polish Women’s Strike; pro-choice; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Reproductive rights are an immanent part of human rights. In this thesis, I have conducted seven semi-structured interviews with Polish pro-choice and pro-abortion activists. READ MORE