Essays about: "minority and majority language"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 21 essays containing the words minority and majority language.

  1. 6. Exploring the entrepreneurial barriers and coping strategies of highly academically skilled immigrant entrepreneurs in Sweden: ethnic minority perspectives

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Hannah Barker; Karl Yves Vallin; [2021]
    Keywords : Entrepreneurial barrier; Entrepreneurial Coping Strategy; Highly Academically skilled Immigrant Ethnic Minority Entrepreneur; Highly Academically skilled Entrepreneur; Immigrant Entrepreneur; Ethnic Minority Entrepreneur; Mixed Embeddedness Theoretical Framework; Social Embeddedness; Political-Institutional Embeddedness; Economic Embeddedness; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to explore the entrepreneurial barriers and entrepreneurial coping strategies that highly academically skilled ethnic minority entrepreneurs [EMEs] experience in operating a start-up in Sweden. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 10 participants to support the inductive nature of this study and to better understand the entrepreneurial experiences of this population group. READ MORE

  3. 7. The‌ ‌Role‌ ‌of‌ ‌Public‌ ‌Libraries‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌Promotion‌ ‌of‌ ‌Sami‌ ‌Rights‌ ‌in‌ ‌Sweden‌ : A Normative Perspective

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

    Author : Elin Lundin; [2021]
    Keywords : Public library; Sami minority; Sweden; minority language rights; minority culture rights;

    Abstract : According to 2§ of the Swedish Library Act, libraries shall work towards the development of a democratic society by spreading knowledge and providing people with the possibility to form their own opinions (SFS, 2013:801). It’s a natural consequence that Sweden’s national minorities are not provided with the same amount of services as the majority community, however the extent of how much space the minorities ought to be given in public libraries is a relatively unexplored research topic. READ MORE

  4. 8. Yiddish in Swedish public libraries : The relation between supply and demand of materials in a national minority language

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    Author : Torunn Oskarsdotter Pindamo; [2021]
    Keywords : Yiddish; Minority languages; Public libraries; Democracy; Supply and Demand;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explain the correlation between supply and demand of materials published in the national minority language Yiddish within the context of Swedish public libraries. It proposes to answer the questions of what the demand and supply look like at the time of the study, how supply and demand relate to each other, and if the supply satisfies the demand. READ MORE

  5. 9. A State of One's Own? - A Legal Study of the Right to Self-Determination and Secession with Focus on the case of Québec and Canada

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Hilda Hansson; [2020]
    Keywords : public international law; self-determination; secession; territorial integrity; human rights; democracy; sovereignty; minority rights; Quebec; Canada; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the right of a people to self-determination and the possibility of secession in a democratic context, focusing on the Québec-Canada case. To that end, it studies (1) the historic and contemporary relationship between Québec and Canada, (2) the meaning of the right to self-determination within international law, (3) possibilities for unilateral secession, and (4) secession by virtue of democracy. READ MORE

  6. 10. Implications for Sami Rights if Sweden Ratified ILO Convention No. 169

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Maja Perdegård; [2019]
    Keywords : ILO; International Labour Organization; Convention No. 169; Indigenous Peoples; Sami; Reindeer Herding; Reindeer Husbandry; Sami Parliament; Human Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Sweden has received substantial criticism from several international organs on how the Sami people is treated. These international organs often recommend Sweden to ratify ILO Convention No. 169, which is the only instrument concerning indigenous peoples specifically which is open for ratification today. READ MORE