Sökning: "transnational ethnic groups"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden transnational ethnic groups.

  1. 1. Neighbors at Risk : A Quantitative Study of Civil War Contagion

    Författare :Erika Forsberg; Mats Hammarström; Håvard Hegre; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conflict contagion; internationalization of conflict; civil war; ethnic conflict; transnational ethnic groups; ethnic polarization; refugee flows; domino effects; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and Conflict Research; freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Sammanfattning : While previous research shows that civil wars can spread to neighboring states, we do not know why certain neighbors are more at risk than others. To address this research gap, this dissertation proposes a contagion process approach that can identify the most likely targets of contagion effects from an ongoing conflict. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Deterritorializing Conflict, Reterritorializing Boundaries : Diaspora and Conflict in the "Homeland"

    Författare :Sofiya Voytiv; Jens Rydgren; Rickard Sandell; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; diasporic groups; ethnicity; ethnicized armed conflict; conflict deterrito-rialization; conflict reterritorialization; Ukrainian-Russian conflict; Ukrainians; Russians; Sweden; collaboration networks; group boundary making processes; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : Ethnicized armed conflicts are usually studied in their territorial dimension and analyzed through the patterns of involvement of different direct and indirect actors. Mostly the focus lies on the multiple ways these direct and indirect actors affect the processes and outcomes of such conflicts. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Borders and Barriers : Studies on Migration and Integration in the Nordic and Mexico-U.S. Settings

    Författare :Rosa Weber; Marie Evertsson; Magnus Bygren; Ognjen Obucina; Frank Kalter; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; migration; integration; policy context; free mobility; circular migration; social capital; labour market entry; transnational ties; deportations; remittances; savings; educational achievement; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : International migration engages large numbers of people. Men, women and children break up from their homes and move to another country temporarily or permanently. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Lovers of Muhammad : A Study of Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufis in the Twenty-First Century

    Författare :Simon Stjernholm; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sufism; Islam; Britain; Naqshbandi-Haqqani; Shaykh Nazim; Hisham Kabbani; Sufi Muslim Council; transnationalism; discursive tradition; narrative; hagiography; dhikr;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to contribute, both empirically and theoretically, to the field of study within Islamology that concerns contemporary Sufism in non-Muslim majority societies. It does so by investigating how activities and narratives provide meaning and identity for participants in the transnational Sufi movement Naqshbandi-Haqqani. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The (re)construction of home : Unaccompanied children’s and youth’s transition out of care

    Författare :Åsa Söderqvist; Yvonne Sjöblom; Pia Bülow; Carin Björngren Cuadra; Jönköping University; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; unacccompanied; children; youth; culture; ethnicty; transitions; out-of-home care; home;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation focuses on how perceptions of ethnicity and culture become meaningful in relation to the transition from care into independent living, studied from unaccompanied youths’, professionals’, and a methodological perspective. The findings from interviews with unaccompanied youth with experience of leaving care showed that thoughts about their ethnic minority background are constantly present in the young men’s lives. LÄS MER