Essays about: "multiculturalism"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 131 essays containing the word multiculturalism.

  1. 21. Party system design and nation-building efforts : A comparative study of Kenya and Nigeria

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Elin Olsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Party system design; consociationalism; integrationalism; nation-building; assimilation; multiculturalism; Kenya; Nigeria;

    Abstract : How can party system design contribute to managing ethnic relations? This thesis investigatesthe relationship between party system design and the type of nation-building efforts pursuedin a country. More specifically, whether a country allows ethnicity to be a source of politicalmobilization or not and how that relates to nation-building policies having an assimilating ora multicultural character. READ MORE

  3. 22. The Attitudes of Native Swedes Toward Refugees : A Case Study on the Role of Social Identity

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Eric Sonesson; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Refugee-host community relations is a topic of increasing relevance, and sois the need to understand what shapes such relations. Sweden, having ahistorically liberal refugee and immigrant policy, accepted the biggestnumber of refugees in its recent history during the 2015 refugee crisis - theamount of which was the biggest per capita ever recorded in an OECDcountry. READ MORE

  4. 23. Swimming Women : Discursive struggles over women's hours at municipal pools

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Magda Bergkvist Andersson; [2021]
    Keywords : Women s hours; frame analysis; swimming; new institutionalism; discursive institutionalism; feminist institutionalism; pools; multiculturalism; gender equality; Kvinnotider; frameanalys; damtider; badhus; institutionalism; multikulturalism; jämställdhet;

    Abstract : This thesis explores constructions of meaning, or frames, surrounding the policy of women’s hours in public debates and municipal settings, using newspaper articles and municipal documents as main empirical sources. Departing from the puzzle of how women’s hours are depicted as both gender equitable and gender inequitable in the debate, the thesis draws on previous research of how gender equality and multiculturalism relates to each other, potentially producing tensions in policymaking and discourse. READ MORE

  5. 24. Engaging with Diversity in Hospitable Spaces : A Study on Lived Experiences of Community Theatrewith Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Leeds

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Anne Svenstrup Grant; [2021]
    Keywords : refugees asylum seekers; community theatre; applied theatre; diversity; conviviality; hospitality; United Kingdom; Leeds;

    Abstract : An emphasis in political debates and much print media in the United Kingdom (UK) on perceived issues with ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity has contributed to a narrative of worry and fear. Despite such hostile discourse, people find ways of living together with diversity every day. READ MORE

  6. 25. Will Kymlicka’s Liberal Theory of Multiculturalism : A case study of Greenland

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    Author : Anne Cecilie Bechmann; [2021]
    Keywords : Greenland; Inuit; indigenous; identity; independence; multiculturalism;

    Abstract : The Inuit people in Greenland are internationally recognized as indigenous. They, therefore, have been granted protective measures, such as self-government rights in 2009. However, some scholars have started to question whether protective measures are still a necessity because of their increased autonomy rights. READ MORE