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Terrorism: främling, fiende, okänd

Norelius, Christian LU and Olai, Lovisa LU (2014) FKVA22 20132
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze if and how political elites manipulate identities for their own personal gain. We have chosen to examine how this manifests in the American terror legislation and specifically if identities are expressed in it. The legislation of choice in this study is the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) that defines terrorist activities. Using text analysis, we aim to reveal hidden messages of instrumentalism, the identity theory that claims that identities can be manipulated and politically mobilized and thereby used for personal gains and goals. In our analysis we look for two sets of variables: Definition of the other and enemy images, and wartime nationalism, which are both part of the instrumentalism... (More)
The purpose of this study is to analyze if and how political elites manipulate identities for their own personal gain. We have chosen to examine how this manifests in the American terror legislation and specifically if identities are expressed in it. The legislation of choice in this study is the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) that defines terrorist activities. Using text analysis, we aim to reveal hidden messages of instrumentalism, the identity theory that claims that identities can be manipulated and politically mobilized and thereby used for personal gains and goals. In our analysis we look for two sets of variables: Definition of the other and enemy images, and wartime nationalism, which are both part of the instrumentalism theory. We conclude that in the INA legislation there is little notion of wartime nationalism but the more of definition of the other and enemy images. (Less)
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author
Norelius, Christian LU and Olai, Lovisa LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
En studie om identitet som politiskt verktyg i den amerikanska terrorlagstiftningen
course
FKVA22 20132
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
terrorism, instrumentalism, identity, USA, enemy images, nationalism, text analysis
language
Swedish
id
4238196
date added to LUP
2014-02-04 18:59:31
date last changed
2014-02-04 18:59:31
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this study is to analyze if and how political elites manipulate identities for their own personal gain. We have chosen to examine how this manifests in the American terror legislation and specifically if identities are expressed in it. The legislation of choice in this study is the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) that defines terrorist activities. Using text analysis, we aim to reveal hidden messages of instrumentalism, the identity theory that claims that identities can be manipulated and politically mobilized and thereby used for personal gains and goals. In our analysis we look for two sets of variables: Definition of the other and enemy images, and wartime nationalism, which are both part of the instrumentalism theory. We conclude that in the INA legislation there is little notion of wartime nationalism but the more of definition of the other and enemy images.}},
  author       = {{Norelius, Christian and Olai, Lovisa}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Terrorism: främling, fiende, okänd}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}