Essays about: "ethnic and national identity"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 69 essays containing the words ethnic and national identity.

1. 16. Nation-Building in Memory and Space : A Case Study of Memorial Sites in the Municipality of Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

   Author : Thomas Hammer; [2021]
   Keywords : Nationalism; Identity; Memorial sites; Space; Post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina;

   Abstract : Ethnic nationalism produces conflicts through constructing identities that include certain groups and exclude or marginalize others. This process often continues in post-war periods and hinders inter-ethnic reconciliation. READ MORE

3. 17. What is neutrality in a sectarianized context? : How the Lebanese Red Cross navigates sectarianism by claiming neutrality

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Daniella Dagher; [2021]
   Keywords : Sectarianism; Neutrality; Lebanon; Red Cross; Lebanese Red Cross;

   Abstract : In October 2019, massive protests formed all over Lebanon, calling for an end tosectarianism. Sectarianism is a process which operates multidimensionally, politicizingreligious beliefs to create collective identities. READ MORE

4. 18. A comparative analysis of the Norwegian and Swedish states Sami politics 1980-1999 : An examination of the two states view of Sami identities and how Sami politics was legitimised

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

   Author : Amalie Drage Habbestad; [2021]
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   Abstract : This thesis will analyse the framework of ideas that legitimised the new Sami politics from 1980-1990, and utilises a comparative analysis to explore how and why the similar states of Norway and Sweden, developed dissimilar Sami policies and had dissimilar official views of the Sami during this period. Sami policy and the states’ official view of Sami identity will be examined through three chosen themes: attitudes towards reindeer herding Sami identity, the establishment of the Sami Parliaments, and the different attitudes to the International Labour Convention no. READ MORE

5. 19. Latvian Language Policy : Unifying or Polarizing? Reconstructing the Political Debate on Language Reform in the Latvian Education System

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

   Author : Samuel Holm; [2020]
   Keywords : Latvia; language policy; nationalism; imagined community; national unity;

   Abstract : Languages are not just systems for communication, they are also often a marker of ethnic and/or national identity and sometimes a politically contentious issue. A country where this is the case is Latvia, which has a large Russian-speaking population. During the Soviet occupation of Latvia, Russian became the dominant language in public life. READ MORE

6. 20. Constructing the National Identity Discourse in Citizenship Education Policy: The Case of Citizenship Education in England

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Gunay Mammadova; [2020]
   Keywords : National Identity; Citizenship; Citizenship Education; Diversity; England; Post-structuralism; Governmentality; Discourse Analysis; WPR Method; Social construction;

   Abstract : The thesis examines the governmental construction of national identity through its citizenship education policy in England, the country with heightened tensions in diversity and identity re-construction aligning with its mandatory citizenship classes since 2002. Theoretically framing the study on the Foucauldian post-structuralism, the thesis utilises Foucauldian-influenced ‘What is the problem represented to be?’ (WPR) method by Bacchi that presents the government as a problem-producer. READ MORE