Search for dissertations about: "mobilisations"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word mobilisations.

  2. 1. Affective Borderscapes : Constructing, Enacting and Contesting Borders across the Southeastern Mediterranean

    Author : Ioanna Wagner Tsoni; James W. Scott; Malmö universitet; []
    Keywords : Migration; Affect; Borders; Borderscapes; Mediterranean; Greece; Aegean Sea; Lesvos; Refugees;

    Abstract : In the wake of a sociopolitically volatile era, which is increasingly characterized by the intensive and extensive proliferation of borders, the management of borders and migration are considered as predominantly rational and dispassionate processes. Their functions and filtering mechanisms, however, are increasingly underpinned by the instrumental top-down exertion of affective power and by the cultivation of emotional dispositions among political communities. READ MORE

  4. 2. Solidarity in Diversity : Activism as a Pathway of Migrant Emplacement in Malmö

    Author : Christina Hansen; Bridget Anderson; Malmö universitet; []
    Keywords : Activism; Solidarity; Pro-asylum; Migrant emplacement; Gentrification; Malmö; Möllevången;

    Abstract : Written at the intersection of migration studies, urban studies, and research on activism, this thesis contributes to the exploration of solidarities born on the ground in an urban context marked by immigration and economic restructuring. Based on ethnographic material collected 2013­–2016 in Malmö, Sweden, it examines alliances and friendships generated across social, cultural, ethnic, and legal divides through a particular political practice—activism as carried out by the extra-parliamentarian left. READ MORE

  5. 3. Radical Online Video : YouTube, video activism and social movement media practices

    Author : Tina Askanius; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; video activism; YouTube; social movement media practices; political engagement; radical politics;

    Abstract : This thesis explores contemporary modes of video activism for a radical politics of the Left. It offers an analytical contribution to media and communication that promotes an understanding of radical online video as modes of political engagement in contemporary online environments. READ MORE

  6. 4. Understanding regional renewal and industry cluster emergence processes within the Swedish periphery

    Author : Andrew Arbuthnott; Joakim Wincent; Jessica Eriksson; Peter Zettinig; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; industry emergence processes; regional renewal; industry clusters; periherial regions; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : There are many insightful writings revealing that regions within industrialised nations are able to renew their local business environments through building and supporting industry clusters. Such knowledge stems from research based on how to maintain and develop successful industry clusters located within central regions. READ MORE