Essays about: "politics and nation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 86 essays containing the words politics and nation.

1. 1. The Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion - A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Construction of the German National Identity in the Right-Wing Political Discourse on Refugees, Migrants, and Foreigners

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Hannah Shaw; [2023]
   Keywords : Germany; National Identity; Othering; Political Discourse; Refugees; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how the German right-wing political party AfD constructs a national identity in their political discourse around refugees, migrants, and foreigners. The rise of refugees and migrants worldwide has led to a renewed focus on the concepts of nation-states and national identity in defining who does and does not belong. READ MORE

3. 2. The renegotiation of Swedengate : A temporal and discursive examination of a viral phenomenon

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Felicia Lundstedt; [2023]
   Keywords : viral phenomenon; social media; discourse; articulation; floating signifier; antagonism; hashtag publics; nation branding;

   Abstract : This study examines the discursive development of the viral online phenomenon known by the hashtag #swedengate. Having originally revolved around Swedish dinner customs, the discussion and the meaning of ‘Swedengate’ soon came to encompass more serious themes, including various forms of criticism directed at Sweden. READ MORE

4. 3. Spår i jorden : en studie av ett extraktionslandskap

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Sebastian Hahn; [2023]
   Keywords : extraktionslandskap; nymaterialism; landskapshistoria; mosse; torv; torvtäkt; postindustriellt landskap; spårande; rumslighet;

   Abstract : Detta examensarbete utforskar torvtäkten som landsakap. Torvindustrin har en långtgående historia i Sverige, och de utdikade torvmossarna utgör några av de största landskapssåren i landet. Under påtryckningar från politik och samhälle har industrin minskat kraftigt, och många torvtäkter hotas nu av nedläggning. READ MORE

5. 4. The battle of national identity in foreign policy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Danial Sohail; [2023]
   Keywords : Brexit; National Identity; Individual Decision-Makers; Domestic Politics; Postcolonialism; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This paper endeavours to study whether Brexit could be Britain’s way to find its national role in the international arena by analysing three levels of theory analysis from foreign policy analysis operating discourse analysis in its different forms. Initially, individual decision-makers are scrutinised by operating psychological discourse analysis on three Prime Minister’s speeches to learn the primary actor’s construction of the world. READ MORE

6. 5. ‘Safeguarding moral decency’: A Queer discourse analysis of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s sexualized discourses and boundary-making in the Russian-Ukraine war

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Johanna Rasmusson; [2023]
   Keywords : Putin; discourse; gender identity; sexuality; national belonging; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The thesis investigates discourses on sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression in national addresses performed by Russian President Vladimir Putin since the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It applies an embedded approach of Critical Discourse Analysis and Queer Linguistics to disseminate how such discourses are produced by Putin in the war. READ MORE