Essays about: "national solidarity"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 41 essays containing the words national solidarity.

  1. 26. The pervasiveness of nationalism: “How the world should be politically organised” : The rhetorical construction of European identity in the ‘Brexit’ debate.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Elisabeth White; [2016]
    Keywords : Brexit; nationalism; European identity; EU; discourse;

    Abstract : The June 2016 UK referendum on EU membership is indicative of the challenges facing the EU, in terms of an apparent lack of unity and solidarity among its component member states. The very fact of a potential ‘Brexit’, and the ramifications that it might have, call into question the concept of European identity, indicative of a sense of belonging and attachment to a community beyond the confines of the nation-state. READ MORE

  3. 27. The state, the curriculum and the nation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Otso Artturi Rajala; [2016]
    Keywords : Rwanda; nation-building; national identity; authoritarianism; curriculum; school-society nexus; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Republic of Rwanda has traditionally been a home to three ethnic groups: Hutus, Tutsis and Twas. Clear divides between the groups have been created over the centuries by both inside and outside forces. Each group shares among themselves a collective identity which can be used to rally masses to create tensions in society. READ MORE

  4. 28. When the Transnational Meets the Particular: Businesses as Actors of Transnational Governance in a Changing Myanmar

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Johan Krom; [2015]
    Keywords : transnational governance; cosmopolitanism; globalisation; retreat of the state; Myanmar; Burma; trade sanctions; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Following five decades of isolation and ruthless military rule, Myanmar authorities started implementing various nominally democratic reforms. In response to these developments Western governments scaled back sanctions that had made the country anathema to foreign business. READ MORE

  5. 29. Criminalisation of Humanitarian Assistance to Undocumented Migrants in the EU: A Study of the Concept of Solidarity

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Annica Ryngbeck; [2015]
    Keywords : Solidarity; Criminalisation; Undocumented Migrants; Humanitarian Assistance; Services;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the concept of solidarity and how it can contribute to the understanding of the criminalisation of those who provide humanitarian assistance to undocumented migrants in Europe. It also looks at acts of resistance against such criminalisation. READ MORE

  6. 30. Att erövra livets mening : hur två Leaderprojekt skapar samhörighet och mening i bygden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Therese Strimell Flodqvist; [2015]
    Keywords : livskvalitet; landsbygdsprogrammet; samhörighet; community; socialt kapital; tillit; symbol;

    Abstract : ”Förbättrad livskvalitet på landsbygden” är ett av flera mål som är angett av EU och som ska förverkligas via medlemsländernas nationella landsbygdsprogram. Programmet har arbetats fram för att åtgärda de ”brister” som må råda på landsbygden. READ MORE