Sökning: "Eric Hartshorne"

Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade orden Eric Hartshorne.

  1. 1. The making of a terrorist : A discourse analysis of the expert construction of violent Islamic extremism in Sweden

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Författare :Eric Hartshorne; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Terrorism; Violent Extremism; Discourse; Expert; Sweden;

    Sammanfattning : This study focuses on the ontological and epistemological assumptions within the construction of expert knowledge regarding violent Islamic extremism in Sweden. Setting out from the academic field of critical terrorism studies, previous research highlights how following the 2001 attacks against the United States (9/11) Islam and terrorism have been presented as codependent. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Immigrant members of the Swedish Democrats : A qualitative study regarding the process in which immigrants become politically active within the Swedish Democrats.

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Författare :Eric Hartshorne; [2015]
    Nyckelord :Political Socialization; Sverigedemokraterna; Outsiders; Powerlessness; Organizational change;

    Sammanfattning : This study focuses on the process that individuals who have migrated to Sweden go through when joining the Swedish Democrats (SD), a nationalistic and anti-immigration party. SDs history is filled with Racism and violence, since the parties remodelling in 1988, where the party removed its more extremist and violent grouping, SD have become the third largest political party in Sweden. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Al Qaeda, the Islamic State and the Terrorist Identity : A Qualitative Comparatative Case-study on the Strategic Self-Presented Identities of the Global Jihadist Groups

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Författare :Eric Hartshorne; [2015]
    Nyckelord :Terrorism; Identity; Strategic Self-presentation; Al Qaeda; the Islamic State;

    Sammanfattning : This study focuses on the Strategic Self-presented identity of Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, two global militant Islamic groups. Parallels are often drawn between the two groups creating a generalized image of global jihadists. This thesis argues that although certain comparisons may be made, the two groups differ in their identity and tactics. LÄS MER