Essays about: "ethnic boundary-making"

Found 5 essays containing the words ethnic boundary-making.

1. 1. Civil Society and Democratic Ideas : A Case Study Based on Sweden’s Young-Muslims, A Court-Verdict

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Ifrah-Degmo Mohamed; [2018]
   Keywords : Keywords: Power; Democratic ideas; Trust; Institutional Decision-Making Social Capital; Discriminating-Taste; Human Rights –Principles; Civil society and Equality;

   Abstract : Abstract   This thesis explores the role of civil society organizations and the democratic participation of minority groups in Sweden. It is based on an analysis and interpretation of a major court decision that denied government support (MUCF) for a Muslim Youth organization (SUM) in 2016. READ MORE

3. 2. Resisting Assimilation: Ethnic Boundary Maintenance Among Jews in Sweden

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : David Grobgeld; [2017]
   Keywords : Ethnic boundaries; Ethnic identity; Jews; Swedish Jews; Andreas Wimmer; Antisemitism; Holocaust;

   Abstract : This paper applies the ethnic boundary making theory developed by Andreas Wimmer to understand the maintenance of Jewish ethnic identification in Sweden, as expressed in thirteen interviews with Swedish Jews. Wimmer’s theory holds that ethnic conflict and persecution routinizes and entrenches perceptions of ethnic difference; I argue that the antisemitic persecutions of the 20th century has entrenched the perception of the ethnic distinctiveness of Jews among Jews themselves. READ MORE

4. 3. Uyghur Identity: Contestation and Construction of Identity in a Conflict Setting

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Fanny Olson; [2015-09-14]
   Keywords : Xinjiang Conflict; China; Uyghur; Identity; Text Analysis;

   Abstract : This study explores and discusses the dynamics of identity in conflict through examining Uyghur collective identity in the specific context of China as an emerging power. Particular attention is paid to how this identity is constructed and contested by different actors of the Xinjiang Conflict. READ MORE

5. 4. Ethnic boundary-making in a Latvian university

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Karl-Michael Svensson; [2014]
   Keywords : Ethnicity; ethnic boundary-making; ethnic groups; social exclusion; Post-Soviet; Latvia; educational institutions; university;

   Abstract : This study explores experiences of division into ethnic groups of Latvians and Russians at Liepāja University in Latvia. The Soviet heritage has left a Russian minority that constitutes a quarter of the Latvian population. The Latvian and Russian groups are divided by opposed interpretations of the past Soviet domination in Latvia. READ MORE

6. 5. Suburban Swedish maturing : Examining variation and perceptions among adult speakers of Swedish contemporary urban vernacular

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Nathan Young; [2014]
   Keywords : Rinkeby Swedish; slang; Suburban Swedish; contemporary urban vernacular; normalized pairwise variability index; nPVI; prosodic rhythm; linguistic artifacts; sociophonetic variation; meta-pragmatic stereotypes; prestige forms; rinkebysvenska; förortsslang; förortssvenska;

   Abstract : Up to now, adolescent speakers have been the primary focus when researching contemporary variation in the language of Sweden’s urban areas. This study contributes to the growing body of research on the topic by examining and reporting on adult speakers of what is here referred to as förortssvenska (English: Suburban Swedish). READ MORE