Search for dissertations about: "civic nationalism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words civic nationalism.

  2. 1. The Challenge from Nationalism : Problems of Community in Democracy

    Author : Per Helldahl; Jörgen Hermansson; Ulf Mörkenstam; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nationalism; Community; Theory of democracy; Political theory; United States of America; Germany; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : The dissertation examines the relationship between democracy and nationalism from a normative standpoint. A point of departure is the assumption that any democracy requires a referent community, or demos. Nationalism has, in practice, frequently provided democracies with this sense of community during the last two centuries. READ MORE

  4. 2. Re-Branding A Nation Online : Discourses on Polish Nationalism and Patriotism

    Author : Magdalena Kania-Lundholm; Vessela Misheva; Simon Lindgren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; nationalism; patriotism; nation branding; nation re-branding; cyberspace; Poland; post-socialist transformation; cultural national intimacy; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is two-fold. First, the discussion seeks to understand the concepts of nationalism and patriotism and how they relate to one another. In respect to the more critical literature concerning nationalism, it asks whether these two concepts are as different as is sometimes assumed. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Social Construction of Nationalism : Sweden as an Example

    Author : Patrik Hall; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; individualist and integrative nationalism; state; Nationalism; historicity; intellectuals; discourse; power knowledge; social organisation; genealogical; relational settings; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Abstract : In this thesis, nationalism is seen as a discourse constructed in social relations. Although socially constructed, nationalism still seems like having an impersonal character and the nation is commonly conceived of as a holistic system within which modern political relations are embedded. READ MORE

  6. 4. Crash Courses in Belonging : The Emergence and Progression of a National Orientation in Instructional Materials for Adult Immigrant Language Instruction in Sweden and Denmark ca. 1960-2005

    Author : William Wickersham; Historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; integration; assimilation; immigration; language instruction; policy; nationalism; national identity; belonging; textbooks; A.D. Smith; inclusion; exclusion; nation state;

    Abstract : This dissertation explores representations of Sweden and Denmark and how immigrants’ place in Sweden and Denmark are represented in instructional materials for adult learners in the period ca. 19602005. READ MORE

  7. 5. My people right or wrong? : a comparative analysis of national sentiments and their meaning

    Author : Mikael Hjerm; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; national sentiment; national identity; nationalism; attitudes; multiculturalism; nation; xenophobia; comparative research;

    Abstract : In a world of presumed nation-states, nation has been, and still is, an intrinsic part of political legitimization and identity formation. Thus, it is clear that the understanding of nationality and people's relationship too it is of great importance for our understanding of how a stable society, partly built on nationality, can prevail in a world of migration consisting of individuals with diverging moral, religious and cultural conceptions. READ MORE