Search for dissertations about: "Arab"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 swedish dissertations containing the word Arab.
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1. How does the job applicants' ethnicity affect the selection process? : Norms, Preferred competencies and expected fit
Abstract : The present thesis aimed to study different factors influencing recruiters when recruiting from an applicant pool with applicants from an ethnic ingroup and outgroup. Ethnicity was predicted to influence recruiters’ perception and behaviour in different phases during recruitment. READ MORE
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2. Beyond Orientalism and Occidentalism : Identity constructions in Arab and Western news media
Abstract : This study examines how the media construct the identities of the Other by creating various ‘us’ versus ‘them’ positions (Othering) when covering non-violence-based intercultural conflicts in Arab and Western news media. Othering in this study is understood as an umbrella concept that in general terms refers to the discursive process of constructing and positioning the Self and the Other into separate identities of an ‘us’ and a ‘them. READ MORE
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3. “The Pathos of Past Time” : Nostalgia in Anglo-Arab Literature
Abstract : This study explores the theme of nostalgia in contemporary Anglo-Arab literature from the 1990s to the present. Examining the implications of nostalgic tropes in Anglophone novels by Arab writers, the study makes the case that nostalgia is a key strategy used by these writers in their critical engagement with national historiographies and diasporic identities. READ MORE
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4. Openness as Political Culture : The Arab Spring and the Jordanian Protest Movements
Abstract : This study is an exploration of the origins of the Arab Spring in Jordan and across the region. Based on ethnographic fieldwork among the leadership of the Jordanian protest movements, it suggests a new way of understanding why these movements fell apart. READ MORE
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5. Breaking digital firewalls : analyzing internet censorship and circumvention in the arab world
Abstract : This dissertation explores the role of Internet censorship and circumvention in the Arab world as well as Arabs’ views on the limits to free speech on the Internet.The project involves the creation of an Internet censorship circumvention tool named Alkasir that allows users to report and access certain types of censored websites. READ MORE