Terrorism: främling, fiende, okänd
(2014) FKVA22 20132Department 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
- 2014
- 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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