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1. Constructing a civilized wilderness. An intersectional discourse analysis of the Sierra Club 1893-1910
University essay fromAbstract : This study investigates if and how the Sierra Club adapted complex and contradictory rationalizations to legitimize their authority in wilderness and civilization. The study aims thereby to enhance our understanding of the origin narrative of the American preservation and conservation movement at the turn of the twentieth century which depicted white male heroes as discoverers and protectors of a pristine wilderness. READ MORE
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2. When Religious, Civil, and National Representations Clash : A Decolonial View on Georgian Muslims as Internal Others
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för migration, etnicitet och samhälle (REMESO)Abstract : The othering and exclusion of religious minority groups in Georgia is often understood through the prism of religious nationalism, which is argued to have developed as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the respective need to fill up the leftover systemic void. Ethno-national and religious identity markers were used to create the image of true, pre-Soviet Georgian – Christian, ethnically Georgian group. READ MORE
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3. The Nature of the Far-Right's Nature: ‘Nature’, ethno-nationalism and the Finns Party
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The thriving far-right has been transforming social and political space in Western Democracies for decades. Yet despite the contemporary ecological crisis and other environmental problems, there is a considerable lack of research on the far-right’s positions on nature. READ MORE
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4. Aggressive Measures for Aggressive Schemes: Human Rights Perspectives
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : The focus of this thesis is the EU Directive on mandatory disclosure rules on intermediaries that make available potentially aggressive cross-border tax arrangements. Its avowed purpose is to arrest base erosion and to address fairness in taxation. READ MORE
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5. Cartoon representations of the migrant crisis in Greek new media
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : The increasing and irregular flow of migrants in Europe had lead to an unprecedented crisis which European and International stakeholders have been struggling to manage in a challenging context of financial insecurity, political instability, fragile foreign relations and controversial steps and policies. This current context questions Europe’s image as a powerful global key-player and a civilized privileged space/entity and also shutters migrants’ dreams and illusions of a promise-land. READ MORE
