Search for dissertations about: "Swedish exceptionalism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words Swedish exceptionalism.

  2. 1. Anti-Jewish Racism : Exploring the Swedish Racial Regime

    Author : Hansalbin Sältenberg; Genusvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; antijudisk rasism; rasism; antisemitism; sverige; svenskhet; svensk exceptionalism; svensk jämställdhet; nation; nationalstat; protestantism; sekularism; religion; vithet; judar; judiskhet; kritiska rasstudier; anti-Jewsish racism; antisemitism; racism; Sweden; Swedishness; Swedish exceptionalism; Swedish gender equality; nation; nation-state; Protestantism; secularism; religion; whiteness; Jews; Jewishness; cirtical race studies; antisemitism;

    Abstract : The dissertation explores anti-Jewish racism as a structural phenomenon inherent to Swedish society. While research often has separated the study of anti-Jewish racism/antisemitism from other racisms, this dissertation is located within the field of critical race studies to explore anti-Jewish racism as part of larger social and racialised structures. READ MORE

  4. 2. Symbols and emotions in Swedish crime policy discourse

    Author : Klara Hermansson; Anita Heber; Felipe Estrada; Peter Scharff Smith; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Crime policy; Sweden; symbols; emotions; Nordic exceptionalism; welfare state; elections; political parties; kriminologi; Criminology;

    Abstract : The general public has assumed an increasingly prominent position in crime policy discourse, both in Sweden and internationally. Nowadays crime policy initiatives often acknowledge and respond to the presumed concerns of the general public, for instance through the promise of safety. READ MORE

  5. 3. Queering Images of Russia in Sweden : Discursive hegemony and counter-hegemonic articulations 1991–2019

    Author : Kirill Polkov; Teresa Kulawik; Ann Werner; Katharina Wiedlack; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Russia; Sweden; non-normative sexuality; queer theory; national image; hybridity; temporality; Swedish sexual exceptionalism; homonationalism; visibility; discourse; LGBT; LGBTQ; homosexuality; Ryssland; Sverige; icke-normativ sexualitet; queerteori; nationell bild; hybriditet; temporalitet; svensk sexuell exceptionalism; homonationalism; synlighet; diskurs; hbtq; hbt; homosexualitet; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : This study examines the role of non-normative sexuality in the construction of national images. It focuses on how non-normative sexuality affects and is affected by Swedish constructions of the image of Russia and, by extension, Sweden’s self-image. READ MORE

  6. 4. (Re)Inventing the Armed Forces: A Governmentality Analysis of Swedish Military Marketing and Outreach in the Era of Voluntarism

    Author : Sanna Strand; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Civil-military relations; Governmentality; Gender exceptionalism; Military recruitment; Military identity; Public relations;

    Abstract : In 2010, Sweden abandoned its century-old military conscription in favour of an All-Volunteer Force (AVF). The Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) was now exposed to competition over labour, and soldiering was no longer a duty connected to male citizenship. It was a job among many. READ MORE

  7. 5. On the Margins : Migrants, Status Mobility and Recent Turns in Swedish Migration Politics

    Author : Mona Hemmaty; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Status mobility; spårbyten; labour migration policy reform; Swedish migration politics; deservingness; work permits;

    Abstract : Many people believe that changes in Swedish migration politics in the last decade signal a turning point and perhaps the end of the well-reputed Swedish exceptionalism. In 2008, Swedish labour migration policy was transformed into one of the most open in whole OECD, whilst Swedish asylum migration policy, known for its humanitarianism, took a significant turn toward restrictiveness in 2016. READ MORE