Search for dissertations about: "language politics and language policy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words language politics and language policy.

  2. 1. Logics and politics of professionalism : the case of university English language teachers in Vietnam

    Author : Mai Trang Vu; Asbjörg Westum; Nafsika Alexiadou; Carin Jonsson; Pavel Zgaga; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; professionalism; professionalisation; university English language teachers; higher education management; policy; embedded case study; Vietnam; Education; pedagogik;

    Abstract : Set against a changing backdrop of reforms in higher education and English language teaching (ELT), the thesis explores the notion of professionalism for university English teachers in Vietnam: What is defined as professionalism in this particular period of time? How is professionalism constructed in this context?The research approaches professionalism as a critical concept: A list of aspired traits and features are always value-laden and concern the question of power. From this premise, the thesis discusses a “kaleidoscope” relationship between different actors in the making of professionalism. READ MORE

  4. 2. Towards a minor bilingualism : Exploring variations of language and literacy in early childhood education

    Author : Anna Martín-Bylund; Polly Björk-Willén; Eva Reimers; Diana Masny; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; minor; bilingualism; variations; language; literacy; Deleuze and Guattari; materialsemiotic; early childhood education; il literacy; language politics and language policy; minor; tvåspråkighet; variationer; språk; litteracitet; Deleuze Guattari; materialsemiotisk; förskola; il literacy; språkpolitik och språkpolicy;

    Abstract : The aim of this compilation thesis is to explore variations in bilingualism with the help of everyday specific situations at a Spanish-Swedish early childhood institution in Sweden, and by means of a ‘material-semiotic theorizing’. This means that material and semiotic elements are treated equally and entwined. READ MORE

  5. 3. Political corrections : Language activism and regimentation among high school youth

    Author : Henning Årman; Rickard Jonsson; Tommaso Milani; Sari Pietikäinen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Youth studies; language activism; school ethnography; language policy; linguistic landscapes; language socialization linguistic anthropology; affect; language ideology; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap; Child and Youth Studies;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with senior high school students’ language activism and their efforts to navigate linguistic norms and language ideological geographies in contemporary Sweden. Guided by the traditions of child and youth studies (e.g., James & Prout, 1990) and linguistic anthropology (e. READ MORE

  6. 4. One Nation, One Language? : National minority and Indigenous recognition in the politics of immigrant integration

    Author : Nina Carlsson; Karin Borevi; Emil Edenborg; Anna Triandafyllidou; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; immigrant integration; nation-building; national minorities; Indigenous peoples; recognition; language policy; Bulgaria; Sápmi; Finland; Sweden; liberal multiculturalism; settler colonialism; belonging; boundary-making; integration; nationsbyggande; nationella minoriteter; urfolk; erkännande; språkpolitik; Bulgarien; Sápmi; Finland; Sverige; liberal mångkulturalism; bosättarkolonialism; tillhörighet; gränsdragande; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : Policies regulating immigrant integration constitute a core element of nation-building through the compliance they prescribe with cultural and linguistic norms. The recognition of multiple national belongings in states with national minorities and Indigenous peoples nevertheless challenges majority-centred notions of what integration should entail. READ MORE

  7. 5. Europeanization and Governance in Defence Policy : The Example of Sweden

    Author : Arita Eriksson; Jan Hallenberg; Ulrika Mörth; Hanna Ojanen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Europeanization; europeanisation; governance; defence policy; Sweden; European Union; EU; ESDP; policy process; policy analysis; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the Swedish Europeanization process with respect to defence policy with the help of analytical tools from policy analysis. The time period studied is 1999–2004. READ MORE