Essays about: "ontological insecurity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words ontological insecurity.

  1. 1. A Balancing Act : Understanding the Gap Between Experienced Realities and The EU Policies Towards the Eradication of Trafficking in Human Beings Through an Ontological (In)Security Lens

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

    Author : Lisa Vervoort; [2023]
    Keywords : Human Trafficking; Ontological Security; European Union;

    Abstract : The issue of human trafficking is, as stated by the EU, a crime that alters the fabric of our society and is a severe violation of human rights. However, the migration crisis within the EU has fueled a rise of the right across the continent. READ MORE

  3. 2. Wake the Sleepwalkers! An Exploratory Analysis of Ontological (In)Security in Czechia and Slovakia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Kathryn Rose Dolan; [2023]
    Keywords : Ontological Security; Critical Situations; Biographical Narrative; Czechia; Slovakia; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In light of the current situation in the EU, after the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine, Europe is undoubtedly facing a critical situation. This thesis conducts an exploratory analysis of ontological (in)security in Czechia and Slovakia to investigate a region where very few academics have analyzed it from an ontological security perspective. READ MORE

  4. 3. From Non-Alignment to NATO : Examining the Effects of Crisis on Sweden’s Ontological Security and Identity following the Russian Invasions of Ukraine in 2014 and 2022

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anna Ebadian; [2023]
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    Abstract : Sweden’s policy of neutrality and non-alignment has long defined its collective identity and stance on formal alliances. And yet, a rapid shift in 2022, when Sweden applied for a NATO membership following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, marked a historical change in its foreign policies and identity. READ MORE

  5. 4. Colonial karma? Identity and failed postcolonial reconciliation in Europe - Understanding ontological insecurity as shaped by narratives of colonial societal beliefs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Hanna Bergman; [2022]
    Keywords : postcolonialism; European identity; sociopsychological reconciliation; ontological security; narrative analysis; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Following postcolonial thought, this thesis argues that colonialism can be reconceptualized as an identity conflict. Consequentially, reconciliation theories concerned with identity creation and societal beliefs can be applied to better understand postcolonial relations. READ MORE

  6. 5. Sámi people belong in Umeå: A qualitative research of institutions ontological security provision for the Sámi community in Umeå

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Alicia Barkström; [2022]
    Keywords : Ontological security; Sámi; Identity; Belonging; Decolonial theory; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : For many years, indigeneity has been conceptualized as rural, making Indigenous communities and people in cities invisible globally. For the Sámi people, Europe’s only indigenous people, security is mainly understood as physical-centering extraction and environmental degradation. READ MORE