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2. 1. Strategic moral communication : A metatheoretical and methodological response to the normative perspective on strategic communication

   Author : Alicia Fjällhed; Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; strategic moral communication; moral discourse analysis; discourse ethics; discourse analysis; strategic communication; ethics; morals; discourse; moral communication; moral; kommunikation; etik; diskursetik; diskurs; diskursanalys; strategisk kommunikation;

   Abstract : Strategic communication has long suffered from a reputation of immorality, often being conflated with derogatory terms such as sophistry and propaganda. Scholars in the social sciences have been trained to accept this moralizing idea of strategic communication as a normative point of departure, through influential theories such as Habermas’ discourse ethics and methodological approaches such as critical discourse analysis. READ MORE

4. 2. The Road From Damascus : New Arrival Immigrant Families and The Swedish Preschool

   Author : Wiji Bohme Shomary; Anne-Li Lindgren; Elie Wardini; Millei Szuzsanna; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Early childhood education; new arrival immigrant families; preschool; criti-cal discourse analysis; state preschool political discourse; language learn-ing; belonging; agency; Förskoledidaktik; nyanlända invandrarfamiljer; förskola; kritisk diskursanalys; statlig förskolepolitisk diskurs; språkinlärning; tillhörighet; agens; Early Childhood Education; förskoledidaktik;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this doctoral thesis is to examine the perceptions that new arrival immigrant families have of Swedish preschool, and the perceptions of these families as expressed by the Swedish state preschool political discourse over the last fifty-year period. For this purpose, the study uses critical discourse analysis, as proposed by Norman Fairclough. READ MORE

5. 3. Narratives and Bilateral Relations : Rethinking the "History Issue" in Sino-Japanese Relations

   Author : Karl Gustafsson; Jan Hallenberg; Marie Söderberg; Linus Hagström; Martin Hall; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bilateral relations; Sino-Japanese relations; China; Japan; “history issue”; narrative; identity; Critical Discourse Analysis; Bilaterala relationer; sino-japanska relationer; Japan; Kina; narrativ; identitet; kritisk diskursanalys; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The overarching aim of the thesis is to present a framework that makes possible an understanding of bilateral relations that challenges mainstream International Relations (IR) approaches through a study of the “history issue” in Sino-Japanese relations. A secondary aim is to provide an alternative understanding of this issue. READ MORE

6. 4. Far right, right here : interconnections of discourse, platforms, and users in the digital mainstream

   Author : Mathilda Åkerlund; Simon Lindgren; Samuel Merrill; Jessie Daniels; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; far-right discourse; radical right; Sweden; internet; social media; online platforms; user-generated content; influential users; mixed methods; critical discourse analysis; CDA; radikalhögerdiskurser; radiklhögern; Sverige; internet; sociala medier; digitala plattformar; användar-genererat innehåll; inflytande; kombinerade metoder; kritisk diskursanalys; CDA; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : Background: This thesis explores the far right online beyond the study of political parties and extremist far-right sites and content. Specifically, it focuses on the proliferation of far-right discourse among ‘ordinary’ internet users in mainstream digital settings. READ MORE

7. 5. Learning To Be(come) A Good European : A Critical Analysis of the Official European Union Discourse on European Identity and Higher Education

   Author : Jonna Johansson; Geoffrey Gooch; Juliet Lodge; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Identity; higher education; European dimension; competitiveness; Knowledge Economy; language; citizenship; activity; mobility; neo-liberalism; flexibility; Lifelong Learning; Unity in Diversity; flexibilitet; språk; medborgarskap; Identitet; högre utbildning; enighet i mångfald; europeisk dimension; aktivitet; livslångt lärande; rörlighet; neoliberalism; konkurrenskraft; kunskapsekonomi; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : During the year 2007 when this thesis was completed the European Union could look back at fifty years of collaboration, which began with the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957 and which has developed from being mainly economic in character to incorporating a political as well as a social dimension at the European level. In 2007 the European Union also commemorated the twentieth anniversary of Erasmus, its higher education mobility programme. READ MORE