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1. 1. Accidental Citizens: Etherealizing Securitized Identities of Somalis in Kenya; Contesting Representation, Identity and Belonging

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Shamsa Birik Abdi; [2016]
   Keywords : Securitization; Identity; Othering; Belonging; Postcolonial; Al-Shabab; Terrorism; Laclau Mouffe; Discourse Theory; Hegemony; Ideology; Antagonism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The Kenyan security apparatus has undergone immense transformations particularly after Kenya’s military incursion into Southern Somalia in 2011. The intervention dubbed ‘Operation Linda Nchi’ was an attempt to protect Kenya’s territorial sovereignty and create a buffer zone against the Somali linked Al-Shabab insurgency. READ MORE

3. 2. Multi-Layered Chinese Citizenship: Policy Analysis on the Educational Rights of Internal Immigrants’ Children

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Shuangyan Liang; [2012]
   Keywords : multi-layered citizenship; educational rights; hukou; migrant children; non-local hukou children; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Internal immigration in China has experienced a huge increase since the economic reform was launched in the late 1970s. While contemporary Hukou (household registration) system has contributed to stop the immigrants from sharing the local welfare benefits, especially the public education resources. READ MORE