Essays about: "national minority"
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6. Fear Factor : A Cross-national Analysis of Fear of Crime Construction Among majority and Minority Populations
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : This paper investigates the influence of individual level factors and social capital on fear ofcrime construction amongst citizens and non-citizens in a cross-national context. Regressionanalysis of the European Social Survey (Round 9) demonstrated that the relative importanceof socio-economic individual level factors is stable across countries and consistent withprevious research. READ MORE
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7. When Religious, Civil, and National Representations Clash : A Decolonial View on Georgian Muslims as Internal Others
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för migration, etnicitet och samhälle (REMESO)Abstract : The othering and exclusion of religious minority groups in Georgia is often understood through the prism of religious nationalism, which is argued to have developed as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the respective need to fill up the leftover systemic void. Ethno-national and religious identity markers were used to create the image of true, pre-Soviet Georgian – Christian, ethnically Georgian group. READ MORE
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8. The Compatibility of Citizenship Re-conceptualization and Civic Integration Mechanisms with John Rawls’ Political Liberalism in a Scandinavian Context
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : The thesis revolves around the transformation of liberal citizenship to a higher degree of conditionality in the face of pluralist challenges revolving around achieving a shared common good. John Rawls’ Political Liberalism serves as the theoretical foundation for the argumentative analysis conducted, utilizing specific civic integration policies of Sweden and Denmark. READ MORE
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9. WHAT DRIVES ETHNIC PARTY MOBILISATION? Empirical Evidence from the Sorbs and Danish Minority in Germany
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The victory of the Südschleswigsche Wählerband (SSW) in the 2021 federal elections in Germany highlighted a striking gap in German politics – while some recognized national minorities are represented by an ethnic party in parliament, others are not. The aim of the thesis is to analyse this gap and understand why only some ethnic groups manage to successfully mobilise an ethnic party. READ MORE
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10. “Between Two Worlds” : The Racialisation of Femicides in German News Reports
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : Although femicide, the gender-related killing of females, is a phenomenon which cross-cuts societes and national borders, in European countries such as Germany, the news coverage of such cases differs according to whether victim and/or perpetrator are ascribed to belong to the 'majority society' or to 'migrant', in particular Muslim-marked, communities. This thesis aims to contribute to the discussion on femicide in connection with cultural racism by conducting a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to examine the representation of two recent femicide cases in four German newspapers. READ MORE