Essays about: "migration transnationalism"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words migration transnationalism.
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1. “It’s like my blood, like my oxygen” : Life in a Kimbanguist community in Stockholm
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleAbstract : The aim of this work is to discuss the religious life of the Kimbanguist community in Stockholm; more specifically, it analyses the ways in which religion (in particular Kimbanguism) allows the members of a small religious community, originated by migration, to maintain sense of belonging and to give meaning to their experiences. In order to do this, I focus on the concept of community to define the ways in which a group of people, embedded in a much wider social field, can be defined with this analytical term: community emerges as a social group whose members share a specific inventory of symbols; symbols include representations and narratives, but also practices, artifacts and images. READ MORE
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2. Law Beyond Borders: Transnational Legal Pluralism Following Hong Kong’s New Reality
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : Hong Kong is a region undergoing rapid social, political, and legal change as mainland China seeks to increase its control over the previously largely autonomous region with laws such as the national security law which asserts its jurisdiction beyond borders, complicating matters for Hong Kongers living abroad. The effects of law asserting its jurisdiction beyond borders is contingent on the relative dependency of states, as can be seen in the South Korean strategy with regards to the national security law where the state has sought to maintain “strategic ambiguity” in order to balance US and Chinese relations. READ MORE
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3. Transnational Experiences of Ugandan Students in Gothenburg, Sweden; Challenges and Adaptation strategies
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbeteAbstract : The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the transnational experiences of Ugandan students in Gothenburg; Sweden. The focus was to understand how cultural differences affect the academic and social life of these students, the ways in which they adapt to the new host country Sweden, challenges they might have encountered and how they have managed to overcome them. READ MORE
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4. "If I do not provide for my family, who else will?" : A qualitative study on motives behind remittances and the impact it has on Iraqi and Somali migrants in Sweden
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : According to the World Bank’s (2019) latest Migration and Development Brief, remittances to low and middle-income countries reached a record high in 2018. This study examines Swedish migrants’ motives behind remittances and their experience with the social and economic impact of sending remittances. READ MORE
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5. The Vietnamese people in Poland - From Experiences in Mobility within Air Travel to Transnationalism
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to achieve an in-depth understanding of how the Vietnamese people in Poland are involved in mobility within air travel (aero-mobility) for their transnational endeavors. This qualitative study is based on 4 semi-structured face-to-face interviews, 3 text-based interviews with the Vietnamese people living in Poland (VP), and on content analysis of texts and images. READ MORE
