Sökning: "ethnic boundary-making"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 uppsatser innehållade orden ethnic boundary-making.

1. 1. Civil Society and Democratic Ideas : A Case Study Based on Sweden’s Young-Muslims, A Court-Verdict

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Författare :Ifrah-Degmo Mohamed; [2018]
   Nyckelord :Keywords: Power; Democratic ideas; Trust; Institutional Decision-Making Social Capital; Discriminating-Taste; Human Rights –Principles; Civil society and Equality;

   Sammanfattning : Abstract   This thesis explores the role of civil society organizations and the democratic participation of minority groups in Sweden. It is based on an analysis and interpretation of a major court decision that denied government support (MUCF) for a Muslim Youth organization (SUM) in 2016. LÄS MER

3. 2. “Joskus rajaton rikkoo rajan – Ibland bryter den gränslösa gränsen” : Religiös identitet hos första, andra och tredje generationens sverigefinländare

   Master-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/Religionsvetenskap

   Författare :Anoo Niskanen; [2017]
   Nyckelord :Religiosity; culture; language; national minorities; diversity; anomaly; generations; Swedish Finlanders; Sweden Finns; assimilation; revival movements; Nancy T. Ammerman; Lori Peek; Thomas Hylland Eriksen; Fredrik Barth; Religiositet; kultur; språk; nationella minoriteter; mångfald; anomali; generationer; sverige-finländare; sverigefinnar; assimilering; väckelserörelser; Nancy T. Ammerman; Lori Peek; Thomas Hylland Eriksen; Fredrik Barth;

   Sammanfattning : Syftet med denna studie har varit att undersöka vilka olika religiösa inriktningar som finns bland sverigefinländare idag och vilken religiös bakgrund de har. Ett annat syfte har varit att ta reda på om religionen spelar en primär eller en sekundär roll för identiteten jämfört med kultur och språk hos sverigefinländare, och om det finns skillnader i den religiösa identiteten hos första, andra och tredje generationens sverigefinländare, samt hur dessa förmodade skillnader kan förklaras. LÄS MER

4. 3. Resisting Assimilation: Ethnic Boundary Maintenance Among Jews in Sweden

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Författare :David Grobgeld; [2017]
   Nyckelord :Ethnic boundaries; Ethnic identity; Jews; Swedish Jews; Andreas Wimmer; Antisemitism; Holocaust;

   Sammanfattning : This paper applies the ethnic boundary making theory developed by Andreas Wimmer to understand the maintenance of Jewish ethnic identification in Sweden, as expressed in thirteen interviews with Swedish Jews. Wimmer’s theory holds that ethnic conflict and persecution routinizes and entrenches perceptions of ethnic difference; I argue that the antisemitic persecutions of the 20th century has entrenched the perception of the ethnic distinctiveness of Jews among Jews themselves. LÄS MER

5. 4. Uyghur Identity: Contestation and Construction of Identity in a Conflict Setting

   Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Författare :Fanny Olson; [2015-09-14]
   Nyckelord :Xinjiang Conflict; China; Uyghur; Identity; Text Analysis;

   Sammanfattning : This study explores and discusses the dynamics of identity in conflict through examining Uyghur collective identity in the specific context of China as an emerging power. Particular attention is paid to how this identity is constructed and contested by different actors of the Xinjiang Conflict. LÄS MER

7. 5. Ethnic boundary-making in a Latvian university

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Författare :Karl-Michael Svensson; [2014]
   Nyckelord :Ethnicity; ethnic boundary-making; ethnic groups; social exclusion; Post-Soviet; Latvia; educational institutions; university;

   Sammanfattning : This study explores experiences of division into ethnic groups of Latvians and Russians at Liepāja University in Latvia. The Soviet heritage has left a Russian minority that constitutes a quarter of the Latvian population. The Latvian and Russian groups are divided by opposed interpretations of the past Soviet domination in Latvia. LÄS MER