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Tales of transit : Sub-Saharan african migrants' experiences in Istan... 
Suter, Brigitte : Malmö University Linköping University
Malmö Studies in International Migration and Ethnic Relations;11 Linköping Studies in Arts and Science;561 (2012)DOCTORAL
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English abstract: This dissertation presents the transit experiences of migrants from Sub-Saharan African countries in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul. Although the narratives of the individuals met in the course of fieldwork in Istanbul are the primary focus, the thesis also outlines the larger macro-structural conditions faced. The overarching goal of this thesis is thus, through the experiences of the migrants themselves, to critically approach and discuss the concept of transit with the aid of the theoretical perspectives of social networks analysis and mobility. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and an explorative design, this thesis investigates the ‘black-box’ that the state of transit has hitherto often represented in the literature by focusing on migrants’ experiences of mobility, immobility and social networks. Insecurity, uncertainty, and an overall precariousness constitute the state of transit. Light is shed on questions relating to the peculiarities of a state of transit and its impact on everyday life. The thesis highlights the processual nature of mobility and immobility strategies. The issue of migrant capital (conceptualised as local knowledge, with a particular focus on the migrant experience) is found to be a crucial aspect of immobility in transit. The thesis further identifies a pattern of social stratification based on immobility intersected with legal status and migrant capital, and argues that this stratification is produced by transit movements and, in turn, reproduces transit movements. Related to social stratification is the presentation of Istanbul as the socio-economic context that offers prerequisites for establishment in situ and establishment in mobility. Swedish abstract: Denna avhandling presenterar transit erfarenheter av människor ifrån Söder om Sahara som befinner sig i Istanbul. Migranternas berättelser är i fokus, men avhandlingen tar också hänsyn till de makrostrukturella villkoren som präglar dessa människors livssituation. Målen med avhandlingen är att genom etnografiskt fältarbete och med en utforskande design/ansats, kritiskt närma sig och diskutera begreppet transit utifrån migranternas perspektiv. Social nätverksanalys samt teoretiska perspektiv på migration och mobilitet används för att analysera situationen. Transit etappen – som tidigare forskning tämligen lämnat obeaktad – belyses och undersöks genom att fokusera på migranternas erfarenheter av mobilitet och sociala nätverk. Osäkerhet, ovisshet och en allomfattande prekär situation/vardag visar sig vara grundläggande i transit skedet. Avhandlingen uppmärksammar det specifika i transit skedet för det vardagliga livet och framhävar den processuella karaktären av både mobilitets- och immobilitetsstrategier. Konceptualiserad som lokal kunskap med en specifik fokus på erfarenheten av att vara migrant, pekar avhandlingen på migrantkapital som en viktig förklaringsaspekt av immobilitet i transit. Tillsammans med immobilitet och legal status bildar/skapar migrant kapital ett mönster av social stratifiering. Argumentet är att denna stratifiering är producerad av transit rörelsen som i sin tur är reproducerad av denna stratifiering. Detta är relaterad till presentationen av Istanbul som den socioekonomiska kontexten som erbjuder villkor för både en lokal etablering och en etablering i mobilitet. -
Love ain't got no color? : Attitude toward interracial marriage in Sw...
Osanami Törngren, Sayaka : Prinfo
Linköping Studies in Arts and Science;533 Malmö Studies in International Migration and Ethnic Relations;10 (2011)DOCTORAL
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English abstract: This dissertation focuses on the geographical area of Malmö, the third largest city in Sweden, and examines the majority society’s opinions and attitudes toward interracial dating, marriage and childbearing. The dissertation is driven by two theoretical frames: the theory of race as ideas constructed through the perception of visible differences and the theory of prejudice and stereotypes. Mixed methods have been chosen as a means of exploring people’s attitudes toward interracial relationships. Quantitative data was collected by means of an attitude survey and the qualitative data was collected by means of follow-up interviews with some of the respondents who participated in the survey. The study shows that although their attitudes vary depending on the different groups in question, the majority of the respondents and interviewees could imagine getting involved in interrelationships and would not react negatively if a family member got involved in such a relationship. The quantitative results address the importance of intimate contacts, in other words having friends of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds in having more positive attitudes toward interracial dating, marriage and childbearing. Age, gender, education and the place of upbringing also affects people’s attitudes. The qualitative inquiry probes the reasoning behind the survey results and points to the complicated relations between individual attitudes and the sense of group position. The interviewees’ words depict color-blind ways of talking about attitudes toward interracial marriage and different groups. Ideas of race emerge in this color-blind reasoning and the role of visible difference is highlighted both through the quantitative and qualitative inquiries. Swedish abstract: Denna avhandling granskar majoritetssamhällets åsikter och attityder till “interracial marriage and relationships” (blandäktenskap och annan blandrelation). Populationen för denna granskning är ett representativt urval av befolkningen i Malmö, Sveriges tredje största stad. Studien drivs främst av två teoretiska inriktningar. Den ena är teorin om “race” (ras) som innebär att race är tankar och idéer som väcks utifrån fysiska och synliga skillnader hos olika grupper. Den andra är teorin om fördomar och stereotyper. Metoden som använts för att undersöka befolkningsmajoritetens attityder är “mixed methods”. Den kvantitativa enkätstudien följs upp med kvalitativa intervjuer till en del av de svarande. Studien visar att även om det finns variationer i val av preferenser beroende på vilken grupp det handlar om, kan majoriteten av respondenterna i enkäten och intervjupersonerna tänka sig att leva i blandäktenskap eller i annan blandrelation. Majoriteten svarar också att de inte skulle reagera negativt om någon i familjen väljer att leva i ett sådant förhållande. Resultaten från den kvantitativa undersökningen tyder på ett starkt samband mellan att ha vänner med olika etnisk bakgrund och i att vara mer positiv till blandäktenskap och blandrelation. Ålder, kön, utbildningsnivå och var man är uppväxt påverkar också attityderna. Den kvalitativa undersökningen utforskar resonemangen bakom resultaten från enkäten och avslöjar en komplicerad relation mellan individers attityder och känslan av grupposition. Intervjupersonernas ordval och uttryckssätt reflekterar ett “färgblint” sätt att tala om attityder till blandäktenskap och olika grupper. I resonemangen bakom färgblindhet framkommer i både enkäten och intervjuerna tankar och idéer om “race” (ras) och betydelsen av fysiska och synliga skillnader hos olika grupper. 
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Conceptualisations of citizenship in Sweden and the United Kingdom : ... McIver, Scott : Edinburgh University Research Archive (2009) DOCTORAL
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English abstract: This empirical study identifies and analyses what conceptualisations of citizenship emerge in policy thinking around naturalisation and how these conceptualisations have been articulated in citizenship policy and by policy-makers in the two specific cases of the United Kingdom and Sweden. Understanding citizenship as a bounded membership status the research is grounded in a view of citizenship as having content: rights and duties, ideas of identity, perceived virtues or political values. Employing an interpretive methodology the study closely analyses the central policy documents from the period 1994-2007. It also extensively draws on material from over thirty in-depth elite interviews with policy-makers. These include David Blunkett and Ulrica Messing, the ministers responsible during the development of the key changes to citizenship legislation in the respective countries. In the Swedish case the thesis argues that five conceptualisations form the ideational context in which policy articulations of citizenship take place. Interplaying ideas of integration, equality and belonging are reinforced by conceptualisations of citizenship as about a „welcoming‟ symbolism and as „responding to a global, internationalising context‟. In the UK case five conceptualisations also emerge. A strong interlocking of thinking about integration and belonging provides citizenship policy‟s ideational foundation. Adding depth and complexity to this are ideas about diversity, „common values‟, and the presentation of citizenship acquisition as a „journey‟. The final section of the study analyses and compares the findings from the two specific cases. In considering the policy tone around naturalisation it contrasts the attention given to individual effort in the UK with the accentuation of entitlement in Sweden. It also highlights different conceptual approaches to belonging and its relationship with citizenship; with belonging strongly connected to identity in the UK but to the idea of emotional certainty and security in Sweden. This is argued to reflect distinct beliefs about where evolving ideas about citizenship create demands for change. In Sweden, legislative opening to dual citizenship was conceptualised as a necessary response expected of the state. In the UK, the introduction of citizenship tests was conceptualised as the establishment of a legitimate demand on individuals. Approaches in the two cases are also shown to differ in where emphasis lies in ideas about diversity‟s relationship with citizenship. The UK downplays notions of ethnicity while the Swedish conceptualisation accepts pluralism as the reality of contemporary globalisation. -
Överflöd och ofullbordan : essä om det moderna Isenberg, Bo : Coyote (2001) DOCTORAL
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Swedish abstract: Avhandlingens problemställning gäller moderniteten och hur man kan förstå denna. Diskussionen förs med utgångspunkt i en primär grupp av sociologer och andra: Tönnies, Nietzsche, Weber, Simmel, Lukács, Mannheim, Freud, Musil, Koselleck, Blumenberg, Foucault och Asplund. Undersökningen återfinns i skärningspunkten mellan kultursociologi, socialpsykologi och mentalitetshistoria, men utgår också från essäistik och skönlitteratur. Svaret på frågan om det moderna och dess erfarenheter kristalliseras i tre begrepp eller föreställningar: principen om den otillräckliga grunden, struktivitet, abundans. De skall tolkas och tillämpas i ljuset av varandra, så som avhandlingen väsentligen består i ett stort antal turneringar av dem för att på så vis gestalta olika perspektiv på moderniteten.De tre begreppen används i avhandlingen också för att belysa sociologins sätt att diskutera modernitet. Avhandlingen avslutas med en diskussion om postmodernt tänkande. Min tes är att postmoderna reflexioner väsentligen utgör varianter av klassiska moderna diskussioner, vilka kan beskrivas som det ”arkiv” från vilka postmoderna och andra senare moderna diskurser utvinner sina begrepp och föreställningar. -
Artifacts and supraphysical worlds: A conceptual analysis of religion Modée, Johan : Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University (2005) DOCTORAL
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English abstract: It is a contested question in contemporary theories of religion whether the concept of religion can be defined in a sound way or not. Many theorists maintain that a universal but delimiting definition is impossible. In this study, by contrast, it is argued that a conceptual analysis of religion that holds universally is perfectly possible because the following thesis can be seen as a necessary and sufficient conceptual condition of what religion is: (R) X is a religion if and only if X is a collection of artifacts which has the proper function of representing a supraphysical world. On this thesis, it is argued that artifacts such as pictorial and verbal representations, rituals, symbols, and various tools constitute religion as a cultural object, which, as a collection of artifacts, has the proper function of representing a conceived world that is not entirely physical, and which, allegedly, is a prerequisite for existential welfare in relation to observance. It is here important to understand what is constitutive for these kinds of conceived worlds. Supraphysical world is defined as follows. Given that the actual world is a physical world, a conception S is a construction of a supraphysical world if and only if both of the following conditions apply to S: (1) Metaphysical component: S is a duplicate of the actual world with the addition of an anti-physical substance. (2) Existential-normative component: S is an alleged prerequisite for existential welfare in relation to observance. The core argument of the study is that (R) holds a priori for the concept of religion and as an a posteriori necessity for every instance of a religion. Apart from discussing the methodological problems of defining religion, the study introduces a new theory of religion in terms of (R). It addresses also issues in the theory of artifacts; in the theory of representations; and in the theory of conceptual analysis.
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