Essays about: "the strangers"

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  1. 1. “It doesn’t usually turn out well when you’re stuck with a book you don’t like.” A Study on Swedish Upper Secondary School Students’ Experiences of Reading English Fiction

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Erik Hed; [2023]
    Keywords : English literature instruction; Swedish upper secondary school; students’ experiences; English fiction; English as a foreign language EFL ; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This research project investigates Swedish upper secondary school students’ experiences of engaging with English fiction, both within and outside of the context of their English language classroom. Three focus group interviews were conducted with 18 upper secondary school students from the southern parts of Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 2. The dilemma of choosing between work and family: The role of social distance in advising friends or strangers

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för psykologi (PSY)

    Author : Clara Ruoff; [2023]
    Keywords : Work-family conflict; dilemma; moral decision-making; construal level theory; time perspectives; work-family centrality;

    Abstract : The prevalence of work and family in people’s lives combined with limited time and resources often results in a moral decision between work and family, posing a dilemma between hedonistic values for work and altruistic values for family. This study aimed to understand the processes of decision-making in work-family dilemmas and tested three approaches. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Incompatibility of Citizenship Revocation with Liberal Nationalism : A Critique of David Miller

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Emma Lindh; [2023]
    Keywords : Citizenship; denationalisation; citizenship revocation; liberal nationalism; David Miller;

    Abstract : In his seminal work Strangers in Our Midst (2016a.), David Miller develops his version of liberal nationalism, where he argues for liberal states being justified in requiring immigrants to integrate themselves culturally before giving them access to formal citizenship equal to native citizens. Elsewhere, Miller (2016b. READ MORE

  5. 4. What’s the matter with M? : One young asylum seeker’s fall from grace, in Sweden between 2015 - 2022

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

    Author : Gustaf Grapengiesser; [2023]
    Keywords : The Refugee Figure; Performativity; Relational Interviewing; Life in the exception; constructed others; irregular mobility; right to appear; knowing strangers;

    Abstract : M arrived in Sweden as a hopeful and aspiring adolescent minor in 2015. By 2022, he instead finds himself living on the streets as a drug addict, homeless, with his residency permit rejected and his asylum application declined. READ MORE

  6. 5. Challenges of Online Security for Senior Citizens

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap

    Author : Sinthujan Sivagumaran; [2023]
    Keywords : senior citizens; elderly; cyber security; online security; challenges; remedies;

    Abstract : Senior citizens are among the most vulnerable groups of cyber victimization in today’s contexts. Ensuring online security for the elderly has become extremely critical as the global elderly population is on the rise and the incident of cyber victimization is rapidly growing causing financial and societal problems for them. READ MORE