Essays about: "the Swedish self-image"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words the Swedish self-image.

  1. 1. Saviours : The opinionated and dangerous students at Uppsala university in 1793

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Louise Ingemarsson; [2023]
    Keywords : history; student history; student politics; political history; identity; student identity;

    Abstract : This thesis sets out to investigate the students at Uppsala university’s self-image and the image that they had of the Swedish population at the start of the 1790s. During this time the Swedish state was fearful of the Swedish students and their political opinions due to, amongst several reasons, the involvement of French students during the French revolution. READ MORE

  3. 2. Black in the Ivory Tower: The Subversiveness of Black Women at Lund University

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Elsa Mertala; [2022]
    Keywords : Academia; Black women; labour; subversiveness; Lund University; Swedish Exceptionalism; Akademin; svarta kvinnor; arbete; subversiv; Lund universitet; svensk exceptionalism; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In Sweden the research about Black people’s experiences in academia is quite limited, because of a self-image that is colourblind which prevents the acknowledgement of Black existence (practice, thought, bodies). This thesis is a cultural analytical attempt to contribute and widen the research field of critical studies in Swedish academia, through exploring Black female’s emotional and body experiences in the spatiotemporal space of Lund University. READ MORE

  4. 3. "They can't become the enemy"

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ninn Laxén; [2022]
    Keywords : Climate refugee; WPR; Good International Citizen; Securitization; discourse analysis; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Climate refugees are becoming increasingly common due to increased global warming as a result of excess emissions, the vast majority of which come from the Global North. The aim of this thesis is to examine how the climate refugee issue is described in Swedish media against a backdrop of a potential conflict between a Swedish self-image as progressive in humanitarian matters, and the recent stricter migration policies. READ MORE

  5. 4. The (S)wedish idea of security: idealism or realism?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Leo Arnér; [2022]
    Keywords : NATO; Socialdemokraterna; security policy; foreign policy; Sweden; national identity; historical consciousness; neutrality; military non-alignment; use of history; processual relationalism; dramaturgy; European Studies; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Since regaining power in 2014, the Swedish Social Democratic party has pushed a security policy line combining increased spending on the Swedish armed forces and deepened international cooperation while at the same time maintaining the policy of military non-alignment. This tripartite strategy has been nicknamed the “Hultqvist Doctrine" after the current Swedish Minister for Defence. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Swedish approach towards Covid-19 : A qualitative document analysis of the underlying causes of Sweden’s deviating measures towards Covid-19.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Linda Essby; [2022]
    Keywords : Covid-19; Sweden; the Swedish Model; identity politics; identity; welfare state; constructivism.;

    Abstract : The aim of the study has been to provide a further understanding to the underlying mechanisms and principles that has shaped the Swedish governmental measures towards the pandemic of Covid-19 in Sweden. Throughout the pandemic of Covid-19, Sweden has been considered as deviating in its national and domestic approach towards the pandemic where Sweden has been pointed out as controversial in its measures that heavily has relied upon trust and common sense of the citizens. READ MORE