Essays about: "events and national identity"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 25 essays containing the words events and national identity.

  1. 21. The Epitome of a Lost People’s Home: Sweden Democrats’ Discourse of Ontological Security And National Identity Formation

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Erik Dalarud; [2013-11-05]
    Keywords : Sweden Democrats; Discourse; Ontological Security; Identity Formation; National Identity;

    Abstract : As globalization processes are continuously developing, and bringing the world in to every person’s backyard, many problems may arise. Insecurity in one’s self-identity, national belonging and cultural heritage may entail several shifts in the political discourse. READ MORE

  3. 22. The Hidden Face of Urbanity - Morphological Differentiation of Degraded and Restituted Towns in Poland in the Context of the Efficacy of the National Administrative System

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Mirek Dymitrow; [2012-10-04]
    Keywords : urbanity; urban morphology; rural-urban; degraded town; town privileges; civic rights; restitution; urbanization; revitalization; Poland; Congress Poland; 1869-70 administrative reform;

    Abstract : This master’s thesis deals with the concept of urbanity in Poland, where it coincides with a judicial, administrative understanding of urbanity. A specific of the Polish administrative system is that it utilizes town privileges – a mediaeval remnant – to symbolically define formally urban areas. READ MORE

  4. 23. Efter nolltoleransen : nyttan av laglig graffiti

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Oskar Rendel; [2012]
    Keywords : landskapsarkitektur; graffiti; funktion; nolltolerans; klotterpolicy; Stockholm;

    Abstract : Det här är ett examensarbete på 30 hp utfört 2012 på vid institutionen för stad och land på SLU i Ultuna. Bakgrunden är att Stockholm under flera års tid har haft en väldigt repressiv inställning gentemot fenomenet graffiti, det brukar kallas för nolltoleransen. READ MORE

  5. 24. Shaping Unity - National Identity Construction and Rewriting of the Past in Rwanda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anna Berglund; [2007]
    Keywords : National Identity; Rwanda; Narrative Theory; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In the aftermath of the genocide the Rwandan government is facing the difficult task of uniting Hutus and Tutsis that for generations has been hostile to each other. In this strive references to Hutu, Tutsi and Twa have been replaced by Rwandans in the public discourse, and the government has rewrited history in a way suitable for its goal. READ MORE

  6. 25. Repetitive Stability of Indian Muslim Identity - An Account from the Majority/Minority Nexus

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ted Svensson; [2005]
    Keywords : India; Muslim identity; communalism; majoritarianism; minorityism; state categorisation; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Muslims constitute the largest religious minority in contemporary India. During the last two decades the Hindu Right, with its notion of India as an essentially Hindu nation, has imposed grave external pressure on the Muslim population, both in terms of security and self-identification. READ MORE