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Wijk, Jonna. "National – Local – Ethnic or Religious Identity?" Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för livsvetenskaper, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-4181.
Full textArslan-akfirat, Serap. "Strategic National/ethnic Identity Construction: The Northern Cyprus Case." Phd thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12609735/index.pdf.
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actively try to re-define the limits and the contents of the social categories. For this purpose social political milieu of Northern Cyprus is chosen as it is intended to achieve the ingroup members&rsquo
support by portraying national/ethnic identity constructions of National Unity Party, which acknowledges supporting the independence of Turkish Republic of North Cyprus and the Republican Turkish Party, which acknowledges supporting the unification of Cyprus. In accordance with the first objective, the official documents of two parties were analyzed by Structural Analysis of Group Arguments (SAGA) technique. The results confirm that the definitions of Northern Cypriots, the Cyprus Problem, the solutions of the problem, and collective threats and interests were constructed by these parties in the service of their own political projects. Second study purposes to explore the identity constructions of lay Northern Cypriots in order to investigate the relationship between political and lay constructions. By the second objective 19 Turkish Cypriots who were not involved in politics actively (classified as anti and pro-integrationists iv based on their votes at the Referenda of Annan Plan) were interviewed. The results indicate that the lay Northern Cypriots narrated three identities when defining themselves as &lsquo
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, each of which implicated different constructions of the Cyprus problem, its possible solutions, and perceptions of collective threats and interests. All the constructions were made in accordance with their identity definitions and their votes at the referenda. The analysis also shows that the political and lay constructions are convergent at a great extent. Lastly, present work aims at investigating the relationship between national/ethnic identities and collective projects, quantitatively. Regarding the third objective a questionnaire study was conducted in North Cyprus, with 206 participants. The data confirmed the model, which proposed that social identities (Turkish, Turkish Cypriots and Cypriots) influenced attitudes towards unification through perceived collective interests and threats.
Ling, Hock Shen. "Negotiating Malaysian Chinese Ethnic and National Identity Across Borders." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1226957088.
Full textFleming, Michael. "National minorities in post-Communist Poland : constructing identity." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.391058.
Full textNylund, Jukka. "Yugoslavia: from Space to Utopia : Negotiating national and ethnic identity amongst Serbian migrants from former Yugoslavia." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Religion and Culture, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-5638.
Full textIn the 60’s and 70’s a large group of Yugoslav migrants came to Sweden in search for jobs. These people mostly belonged to the generation born after the Second World War, a generation brought up in the official discourse of “Brotherhood and Unity”. A discourse downplaying ethnic differences in favour of a national identification. With the break-up of Yugoslavia in the early 1990’s their Yugoslav national identity was beginning to be contested. The Serb migrants had to redefine themselves due to the changing situation and to replace or redefine their Yugoslav identities. This paper presents a case study for three individuals in this group and how they defined themselves before the break-up and how they handled the break-up. It presents how they today look upon Yugoslavia and how that place has changed meaning in their everyday narratives. The question I try to answer is whether someone can call himself Yugoslav when Yugoslavia no longer exists, and how the image of Yugoslavia has changed due to the break-up. I show that the image of Yugoslavia is still very much alive but this image has turned from a place in physical space to a place in their narratives, close to Foucault’s definition of a Utopian place. A place in their minds, perfected in form. They still call themselves Yugoslavs, if the social context allows that, they still use the term to relate to their origin and in discussions of place.
Batterton, Jessica. "Contextual Identities: Ethnic, National, and Cosmopolitan Identities in International and American Student Roommates." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1428683632.
Full textMartin, Nicole. "Discrimination and ethnic group identity as explanations of British ethnic minority political behaviour." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:22c28eef-4f30-4174-89f9-392b4ab7bc1d.
Full textPelletier, Robert. "Becoming Taiwanese Muslims: Ethnic, National, and Religious Identity Transformations in a Muslim Minority." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/31554.
Full textKoroma, Charles, and Umaru Kamara. "Understanding Ethnic Identity in relation to National Identity : From the perspective of second generation young adults with foreign background." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-20941.
Full textJaspal, Rusi. "The construction and management of national and ethnic identities among British South Asians : an identity process theory approach." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2011. http://repository.royalholloway.ac.uk/items/9040ef6f-bf26-bdbd-d136-475a01758123/9/.
Full textBoikhutso, Keene. "Ethnic identity in a 'Homogeneous' Nation State." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7768.
Full textMasella, Paolo. "The role of ethnic diversity and education in determining national identity and political behaviour." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2008. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/2014/.
Full textLitsure, Henrique Francisco. "A identidade TSONGA-CHANGANA no contexto da identidade Nacional Moçambicana:construção e representação." Doctoral thesis, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/20221.
Full textEsta tese sobre a identidade tsonga-changana no contexto da identidade nacional moçambicana, procura interpretar criticamente o processo de integração da diversidade social de natureza étnica, no projecto nacional moçambicano moderno em definição. A mesma toma como base o construtivismo social, adicionando-lhe ecleticamente várias contribuições teóricas desenvolvidas nas ciências sociais. Foram cruzados vários métodos qualitativos, especificamente os métodos histórico, sociológico e etnográfico, numa abordagem holística da realidade estudada. A pesquisa mostra que o processo de integração das diferentes identidades de natureza étnica no projecto da construção da nação ocorre a ritmos bastantes desacelerados. Da independência até 1990, verificou-se uma certa estagnação no processo da integração nacional, resultante das falhas da estratégia adoptada no processo da modernização do país, através da colectivização do campo, acompanhado pela ilegalização das instituições tradicionais. A estratégia de controlo social através da institucionalização dos Grupos Dinamizadores e implementação de guias de marcha pelo governo, também limitou a movimentação dos cidadãos dentro do território nacional, provocando a estagnação do processo de integração social horizontal muito importante para a unidade nacional. Depois desse período de hostilização das instituições tradicionais pelo Estado, no início da década de 1990 verifica-se uma mudança. O Estado iniciou um processo, embora lento de reconhecimento das autoridades comunitárias, através da Lei nº 3/94, revogado pela Lei nº 2/97 e, depois pelo Decreto 15/2000. Porém, aqui não se trata da integração destas autoridades no aparelho do Estado, mas apenas seu reconhecimento como entidades que existem, como órgãos de consulta. E, ao se deixar as instituições locais à margem do aparelho do Estado, deixa-se igualmente as culturas dos grupos que as reproduzem, à margem do projecto nacional. Assim sendo, a integração da identidade étnica tsonga-changana no projecto da construção da nação continua ainda em processo de definição.
This thesis on Tsonga-Changana identity in the context of Mozambican national identity intends to critically interpret the process of integrating ethnic social diversity into the modern Mozambican national project in definition. It is based on social constructivism, eclectically adding to it, several theoretical contributions developed in the social sciences. Several qualitative methods were combined, specifically the historical, sociological and ethnographic methods, in a holistic approach to the studied phenomenon. The research shows that the process of integrating different ethnic identities into the nation's construction project occurs at very depressed paces. From the independence until 1990, there has been some stagnation in the process of national integration resulting from the failures of the strategy adopted in the process of modernizing the country through the filed collectivization, accompanied by the illegalization of the traditional institutions. The social surveillance strategy through the institutionalization of the Dynamising Groups and the implementation of the route plans by the government also limited the movement of citizens within the national territory causing the stagnation of the horizontal social integration process, which is very important for national unity. After this period, in the early 1990s, the state initiated a process, although slow, of the recognition of community authorities, through Law No. 3/94, repealed by Law No. 2/97 and then by Decree 15/2000. However, this is not about the integration of these authorities into the state apparatus, but only their recognition as entities that exist, such as advisory bodies. And when leaving the local institutions on the sidelines of the state apparatus, the culture of that group is also left on the margins of the national project. Therefore, the integration of ethnic identity tsonga-changana in the project of the nation's construction still continues in the process of definition.
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Iqbal, Sahira. "Cultural identities of people of "mixed" backgrounds : racial, ethnic and national meanings in negotiation." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=98937.
Full textLampert, Jo Ann. "The whole world shook: shifts in ethnic, national and heroic identities in children's fiction about 9/11." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16550/.
Full textDavis, Robert Chris. "Certifiably Romanian : national belonging and contested identity of the Moldavian Csangos 1923-85." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.669924.
Full textLampert, Jo Ann. "The whole world shook: Shifts in ethnic, national and heroic identities in children's fiction about 9/11." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2007. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16550/1/Jo_Lambert_Thesis.pdf.
Full textBaba, Zain Haida Binti. "Television news and building of national identity in Malaysia : a study on multi-ethnic youth and 1Malaysia." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/38820.
Full textGonzales, Rey Carlo Tan. "Filipino martial arts and the construction of Filipino national identity." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/filipino-martial-arts-and-the-construction-of-filipino-national-identity(62dc3e99-ad1a-46ea-936f-9a0c4bf196c0).html.
Full textMesbah, Roya. "French National Identity At The Dawn Of Globalization Searching For A New Cohesion." The Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1206378121.
Full textSabater, Albert Coll. "Estimation of ethnic groups in sub-national areas for analysis of population change, England and Wales 1991 - 2001." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2007. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.673859.
Full textLee, Min-Dong Paul. "Contending for national identity, a close examination of China's ethnic relations with Chaoxianzu minority as a test case." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ54245.pdf.
Full textYiangou, George S. "Forms of nationalism and national identity : a comparative study of civic and ethnic nationalism in Switzerland and Cyprus." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.620575.
Full textMacKenzie, Scott. "A screen of one's own : québéçois cinema, national identity, and the alternative public sphere." Thesis, McGill University, 1997. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=35007.
Full textAlmarhabi, Maeed. "CULTURAL TRAUMA AND THE FORMATION OF PALESTINIAN NATIONAL IDENTITY IN PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN WRITING." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1605614421967042.
Full textGebel, Konstanze. "Language and ethnic national identity in Europe : the importance of Gaelic and Sorbian to the maintenance of associated cultures and ethno cultural identities." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2002. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/6353/.
Full textMaltempi, Anne R. "SICILIANITA IN THE RENAISSANCE: SICILIAN NATIONAL IDENTITY IN THE WRITINGS OF SICILIAN HUMANISTS TOMMASO SCHIFALDO AND LUCIO MARINEO SICULO." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1470071933.
Full textAdeney, Katharine Saskia. "Federal formation and consociational stabilisation : the politics of national identity articulation and ethnic conflict regulation in India and Pakistan." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2003. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/428/.
Full textRuedin, Didier. "Symbolic and ideological representation in national parliaments : a cross-national comparison of the representation of women, ethnic groups and issue positions in national parliaments /." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2009. http://ora.ouls.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:94320eba-9ccd-4bfa-90c8-230462fe2eb8.
Full textMorpaw, May. "Antonio Skármeta's Narratives of Ethnicity: Rewriting Chile's Discourses of Identity." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/35559.
Full textGabrielsson, Daniel. "Nationalism and Democracy : A quantitative study about the relationship between national identity and attitudes towards democracy." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-145311.
Full textau, a. meerwald@yahoo com, and Agnes May Lin Meerwald. "Chineseness at the crossroads : negotiations of Chineseness and the politics of liminality in diasporic Chinese women's lives in Australia." Murdoch University, 2002. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20080116.113947.
Full textЧетвертак, Є. О. "Національна ідентичність у мовній картині світу." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/30858.
Full textChristensen, Eric. "The glory of the nations| Ethnic culture and identity in Biblical perspective." Thesis, Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Intercultural Studies, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3557228.
Full textChristians engaged in mission and worship have been dealing with the issues of culture and contextualization since long before the word 'culture' was even used to describe what it does today in the the social sciences. Christian discussions about the importance of context for mission and worship employ the term 'culture,' 'cultures,' and their corresponding concepts in nearly identical ways to how the social sciences use them. Mission and worship proceed from Christian understandings of salvation history, the mission of God, and the role of the church which derive from theology rooted in Scripture. The terms 'culture' and 'cultures,' are usually defined, however, in ways that exclude any specific reference to Yhwh's involvement in them, from their origins to their destiny. This fundamental dissonance between common assumptions about culture and the biblical record may obscure important aspects of the uniqueness of human societies pertaining to mission and worship from our discussion.
This study raises the question of whether Christians are adequately served in these discussions by the meaning invoked with the words 'culture' and 'people group.' If the concepts of mission and worship themselves proceed from Christian understandings of Scripture, then Scripture is a natural place to look for guidance about how mission and worship have taken place and are to take place in the present day. Here I emphasize certain categories that emerge by hermeneutical tracing of biblical themes related to the topic of ethnic cultures.
I present the study in three parts. First Part I addresses questions about biblical theological views of ethnicity and ethnic cultures in Christian identity and worship. The studies center around the biblical theme of the glory of the nations with the research questions 1) What are the specific meanings of glory ([special characters omitted]) and nations ([special characters omitted]) as they appear in Revelation 21:24, 26 in canonical perspective? 2) What are the origin and destiny of the nations ([special characters omitted]) in Scripture? And 3) How does the narrative of Salvation History clarify the development of the glory of the nations?
In Part II an ethnographic case study of Sundanese Christian churches presents ethnographic data gathered with the following two questions in mind: 4) How have elements of traditional ethnic culture shaped the distinctively Sundanese Christian church movement? And 5) How do distinctive aspects of Sunda Christian identity and worship affect the appeal of the movement?
Finally in Part III I seek to integrate the thematic biblical and ethnographic streams to expose the missiological significance of the glory of the nations as a distinctively Christian concept and category for understanding ethnic cultures. The study culminates with practical recommendations for the re-examination and incorporation of the biblical concepts of [special characters omitted] and [special characters omitted] and a focus on the Hebrew identity within Scripture into mission practice and application to worship and church formation in multicultural congregations.
Sehovic, Armin. "Kampen om erkännande : En kvalitativ studie om hur elever från en förberedelseklass på gymnasiet presenterar sina identiteter i sina berättelser om sin skolsituation." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-360167.
Full textAn overarching perspective regarding the mapping of newly arrived pupils's needs characterizes the Swedish society and school system. This leads to a breakdown of pupils in so-called “Language Introductory Preparation Classes” which separates newly arrived pupils from pupils in ordinary classes and complicates integration. The purpose of this study is to capture the pupils`s perspective through a so-called narrative identity analysis aimed to investigate how 7 pupils from a Language Introduction- class at a high school in Stockholm, Sweden present their identities through their stories about their school situation. This has been implemented using interviews about the pupils' experiences and interpretations of events that has taken place at their school and class. Stories regarding the change of school system, the meeting with the class and future hopes have been presented in different ways by the students. The most prominent stories consist of ontological narratives based on the individual's subjective experiences and self-image, public stories about integration, and conceptual stories about racism. The students portray a similar picture of the roles of teachers and students at the school, a community with their fellow classmates, a struggle for recognition from the other students and the rulers of the school, as well as a hope for a happy ending and a resolution of the fight for recognition. The happy end also depicts an uncertainty about the future where an uncertainty regarding the ongoing struggle for recognition appears.
Haug, Sarah Woodbury. "From many cultures, one nation : ethnic and nationalist identity in Belizean children /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6508.
Full textSavaskan, Durak Nuran. "Non - Muslim Minorities And Turkish National Identity: A Research Through Armenian And Greek Literary Works." Phd thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12605349/index.pdf.
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image of the minorities, i.e., Armenians and Greeks, the Turks being other. The research is carried out on the basis of the literary works produced by the intellectuals / authors of these minorities. The historical context, which is taken as the reference point for these discourses, covers the period from the late Ottoman Period up to the early 1960s. Furthermore, the study explores how the ethnic minorities constructed their identities in the last century. This study also seeks to find out which discourses have been the leading ones through history and to determine the continuities and ruptures in the use of themes by these ethnic groups to construct their identities. In addition, policies and ideologies attributed to the state by the minorities are tackled with the literary works and main discursive elements used by minority groups to (de)construct Turkish national identity are explored.
Wu, Chen. "Analyzing the portrayal of the desired national identity of the Tibetan ethnicity in China's propaganda." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2011. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1219.
Full textMulimbi, Bethany. "Botho – “I Am Because We are.” Constructing National Identity in the Midst of Ethnic Diversity in Botswana’s Junior Secondary Schools." Thesis, Harvard University, 2017. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33052851.
Full textFraser, Kimberly A. "The relationship between ethnic identity and factors of attrition among First Nations students." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ58871.pdf.
Full textSadeghi, Sahar. "National Narratives and Global Politics: Immigrant and Second-Generation Iranians in the United States and Germany." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2014. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/274683.
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This dissertation project examines the lived experiences of immigrant and second- generation Iranian immigrants to uncover the factors that shape their perceptions of belonging in two differ western nations. It is a qualitative methods study that utilized in-depth interviews. I address the limitations of past research by highlighting that Iranians' experiences of belonging and membership in western nations are greatly influenced by the national narratives of their host societies and the global politics surrounding Iran. My central research questions are: How do America's and Germany's national narratives of immigration influence Iranians' sense of belonging? and How do Iranians perceive the global politics surrounding Iran as impacting their lives in the West? Research on Iranians in the United States and Europe underscores Iranians' proclivity to become entrepreneurs in their new nation, the lack of solidarity and community among Iranians, and the discrimination that they experience due to their ethnic and religious identities. However, we lack comparative scholarship that examines Iranian immigrants' experiences in two nations where the national narratives are different. Moreover, there is an absence of research that addresses whether, and how, global politics influence perceptions of belonging. The three empirical chapters examine the data from sixty-four in-depth interviews with immigrant and second-generation Iranians living in northern and southern California, and Hamburg, Germany. In the first interview data chapter, I examine the motivations of Iranians' migration to the US and Germany, their settlement experiences, and their expectations of their lives in their new nation. Specifically in this chapter, I reveal that the lack of foreign policy considerations for post-Revolution Iranian exiles in the US and the institutionalized nature of refugee policy, and lack of it, in each nation helps explain the varying settlement experiences of immigrant-generation Iranians in the US and Germany. It is noteworthy that these experiences also helped shape Iranians' understanding of each nation's main values and characteristics. In the second empirical chapter, I show that national narratives of immigration are important in shaping Iranian immigrants' understandings, expectations, and experiences of belonging and membership in the US and Germany. These narratives inform their interpretations of not just the prospects of belonging, but the indications of whether they have accomplished it. In the last data chapter, I explore how Iran's global political standing influences the lives of Iranian immigrants living in the US and Germany. In both the US and Germany, the dominant negative discourse surrounding a highly politicized homeland stigmatizes Iranians' identities, and makes them more subject to experiences of marginality and discrimination. Specifically, in the US, global politics puts a cap on Iranians' quality of middle class experiences, and facilitates the construction of social marginality and discrimination against them. In Germany, it helps solidify a boundary that is already there. Ultimately, this dissertation research uncovers three important aspects in regards to perceptions of belonging among Iranians in the US and Germany: First, a comparison of Iranian immigrant experiences in two western nations where the narratives of belonging are considerably different demonstrated that the national narratives of an immigrants' host society greatly shape and mediate perceptions and experiences of belonging and membership. Specifically in the US, Iranians perceive belonging when they can obtain opportunities for social mobility, when their ancestry is not marked or stigmatized, and when they can place themselves in the `nation of immigrants' narrative. In Germany, Iranians perceive that they can come close to belonging once they are perceived as having culturally accommodated to German society, can access greater opportunity structures, and are perceived and accepted as `good foreigners and immigrants'. Second, an examination of how global politics surrounding Iran impact Iranians' lives in western nations revealed that their identities are stigmatized; they encounter marginality and exclusion, and ultimately feel that they do not belong or have full membership in the US and Germany. Interestingly, Iranians in both nations hypothesized that an improved Iranian standing would help facilitate belonging and membership. What is more, their perceptions of how their lives would change, and how belonging would take shape, if they did not live with the stigmas created by Iran's global politics, were inextricably linked to the national narratives of their host societies. Third, there were significant generational differences in how the second-generation in each nation assessed belonging. In the US, the second-generations' ability to access the educational resources needed for professional careers, despite their perceptions of the existence of anti-Iranian prejudice, legitimized both the US national narrative and proved to them that they can secure a good quality of life and be a part of US society. In Germany, the second generation experienced generational lag with regard to belonging. Their ability to belong is not resolved by length of residence, German citizenship, German educational attainments, or their adherence German cultural norms and practices. Rather, second generation believed that being marked as foreigners was perpetual, and not an identity that one loses after a few generations. Ultimately, among the US second-generation US sample there were more significant/powerful declarations of the ability to acquire social mobility and belonging, while those in Germany experienced a more generalized feeling of not belonging. This research contributes to ongoing conversations regarding immigrant belonging and membership. It adds the comparative dimension of belonging and membership by examining evaluations of belonging in two western nations where the national narratives are different. Furthermore, it takes into account how the contentious and antagonistic political relationship between Iran and western nations has impacted Iranians' lived experiences, and ability to belong, in the US and Germany. Ultimately, the inclusion of national narratives and global politics contributes to our understanding of the sociological processes that facilitate, and disrupt, experiences of immigrant belonging and membership in their host society, and provides us with a deeper understanding of the layered and complex dynamics that shape immigrant experiences.
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Gavrielides, Stala M. "Kurdish ethnonationalism : a threat to Turkish security." Thesis, McGill University, 1997. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=28274.
Full textAs such, placing security in the military sphere alone, ignores these contradictions which lead to an insecurity dilemma. Thus, the concept of security needs to be broadened to include, not merely the military but also the political, societal and economic factors. The threat posed to state security from dissenting ethnic groups is both a domestic and foreign policy issue. It is within this discussion, that the thesis examines Turkey's security predicament with regards to her Kurdish minority.
Wolters-Fredlund, Benita. "Ethnic, Political and National Identity as Expressed in the Singing of World Music by the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir, 1939–1959." Bärenreiter Verlag, 2012. https://slub.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A72041.
Full textWebster, John A. "Parliamentary majorities and national minorities : Moldova's accommodation of the Gagauz." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2008. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:c266878a-7666-4be8-a139-1bb8fdaad664.
Full textEmery, Meaghan Elizabeth. "Writing the fine line : rearticulating French National Identity in the divides. A cultural study of contemporary French narrative by Jewish, Beur, and Antillean authors /." The Ohio State University, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1382548822.
Full textTobin, David. "Nation-building and ethnic boundaries in China's northwest." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/nationbuilding-and-ethnic-boundaries-in-chinas-northwest(d75ce02e-0d82-4a88-b2e4-3b17f876f8a8).html.
Full textSasaki, Kazuyuki. "Beyond dichotomies : the quest for justice and reconciliation and the politics of national identity building in post-genocide Rwanda." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4891.
Full textCoymak, Ahmet. "Associations Of Religious Identification, Secular Identification, Perceived Discrimination, And Political Trust With Ethnic And Societal (national) Identification." Master's thesis, METU, 2009. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610734/index.pdf.
Full textstructure. Supporting hypothesis stemming from Social Identity Theory and Optimal Distinctiveness Theory, political trust and perceived discrimination have roles of mediation in the relationship ethnic and societal identification, by contrast with secular and religious identities in the relationship. Results were discussed for their implications to politic context of the Turkey.
Macelaru, Marcel Valentin. "From divine speech to national/ethnic self-definition in the Hebrew Bible : representation(s) of identity and the motif of divine-human distancing in Israel's story." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.670054.
Full textHoominfar, Elham. "Challenges of Monolingual Education." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1404055112.
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