Sökning: "multicultural societies"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 avhandlingar innehållade orden multicultural societies.

  1. 1. Hur mycket mångfald tål demokratin? Demokratiska dilemman i ett mångkulturellt Sverige

    Författare :Andreas Johansson Heinö; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; democracy; Swedish identity; multiculturalism; liberalism; nationalism; multicultural societies; tolerance; national identity; cultural diversity;

    Sammanfattning : How diverse, in terms of values, lifestyles and identities, can a society be without negative effects on democracy? To what extent does cultural diversity challenge democracy, and how should we respond to this challenge? These are theoretical and normative questions which are analyzed on a meta-level integrating several academic discourses. The arguments are developed with the help of numerous empirical examples, which are generated mostly, but not solely, from Sweden. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Flerkulturella identifikationer i ett svensk-uganda-indiskt sammanhang

    Författare :Catarina Nyberg; Charles Westin; Erik Olsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; multicultural context; social identity; ethnic identity; cultural identity; identification; social categorization; self accounts; meaning construction; Education; Pedagogik;

    Sammanfattning : Global integration and international migration has led to an increased ethnic and cultural diversity in contemporary societies, one consequence being that social identities are changing in these new multicultural settings. This is particularly evident for people who have been brought up with two or more ethnic and/or cultural contexts. LÄS MER

  4. 3. I historiekanons skugga : historieämne och identifikationsformering i 2000-talets mångkulturella samhälle

    Författare :Vanja Lozic; Historia; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; eurocentrism; ethnicity; identity; multicultural sociaty; multiculturalism; textbook; education; school; History; teaching; emigration; immigration; history;

    Sammanfattning : Sweden has on various occasions been described as a multicultural society. So-called multicultural social change has resulted in numerous implications regarding attitudes in respect of history as a subject taught at upper secondary schools. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Institutional Sources of Statehood - Assimilation, Multiculturalism and Taxation in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Författare :Anna Persson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Institutions; institutional theory; states; statehood; taxation; taxes; citizenship; assimilation; multiculturalism; ethnic diversity; ethnicity; identity; sub-Saharan Africa; Botswana; Zambia; Uganda;

    Sammanfattning : Today, almost all states are, or at least claim to be, nation-states. As such, they subscribe to the legitimating doctrine of national sovereignty and claim to derive state power from, as well as exercise it for, a nation. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Staden, våldet och tryggheten : Om social ordning i ett mångkulturellt samhälle

    Författare :Rolf Lidskog; Carl-Henric Grenholm; Sven-Ove Hansson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Ethics; social order; multiculturalism; late modernity; urban crime prevention; public space; discourse ethics; Seyla Benhabib; Will Kymlicka; Charles Taylor; Etik; etik; Ethics;

    Sammanfattning : The question of social order often arises during periods of social change. In the late-modern, multicultural, and urbanized societies of today, the question is often posed of how to create order in a society attempting to combine cultural diversity and social cohesion. LÄS MER