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The Illusion of Making America Great Again - The shifting positionality of states within the global hierarchical structure
No full textSince the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 45th president of the United States of America, US policy has shifted towards isolation and protectionism, challenging initial patterns of cooperation among the states within the global political order, aiming at improving the American stance in the world. Thus, this paper will analysis whether the ‘Trumpian’ foreign policy approach might indeed be able to enhance the American stance in the international realm, by arguing that the breaking with initial patterns of cooperation provokes resistance with the American leadership, leading to a weakening of the American positionality within the global hierarchical structure and thus, weakening the structural power-capabilities of the US. In order to do so, the author applies a qualitative discourse analysis to the examination of documents, representing the voices of European decision-makers. The author concludes by stating that the American behaviour is eventually challenging the positionality of the US globally, provoking a restructuring of the global political order
Mythical Horizons and Liminality: Discourses of Kosovo’s Sovereignty
No full textDespite the frequency of use amongst scholars of IR, myth remains largely a term of colloquiality. However, this paper aims to argue that as a distinct temporal and normative structure within discourse, it is a powerful tool for understanding the ways in which narratives give meaning to political phenomena, not just by describing how they are, but how they ought to be. To explain the function of myth, a case study of Kosovo has been conducted. Much scholarly debate on the nature of internationally contested states exists, but we will make the argument that Kosovo is best understood as a being in a state of liminality, due to the conflicting nature of its political structures and foreign intervention. By joining the theory discourse of Laclau and Mouffe, with insights from psychoanalysis we suggest a framework for analysing the distinct nature of political myths. The utopian horizons of myth spell out two antagonistic narratives of sovereignty in Kosovo: one of European integration and market liberalisation, and one of unification with Albania
Religion som ideologiskt styrmedel
No full textHur går det till när en sekulär demokratisk stat, som den svenska, använder religion för samhällsekonomiska syften? En uttalad samhällsstrategi för att styra arbetsmarknaden är att främja jämställda, toleranta och demokratiska värderingar (den s.k. värdegrunden), eftersom dessa tänks bidra till att fler kvinnor och invandrare kommer ut på arbetsmarknaden. Dessa värderingar ges indirekt en religiös förankring genom fostran av barn i skola och förskola. Men genom att religiösa berättelser och etiska förhållningssätt som inte främjar jämställdhet, tolerans och demokrati där förtigs, omtolkas eller förkastas som missuppfattningar av religion blir delar av religiösa traditioner osynliggjorda, omdefinierade eller bortdefinierade. Genom denna selektiva användning av religion kan den svenska staten sägas manipulera religiösa ideologier i sin styrning av arbetskraften
Vem bryr sig om ett gammalt skelett?
No full textEn analys av urbefolkningars krav på att "repatriera" skelettmaterial som insamlats till muséer och forskningsinstitutioner.</p
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