Few issues in the contemporary American political and social environments are as salient and emotionally charged as the debate over immigration. The thesis tests several competing hypotheses concerning the determinants of public opinion – among white respondents – on immigration issues. These include: the contextual considerations of southern residence and proximity to large numbers of Hispanic immigrants, as well as the individual-level factors of economic insecurity, political knowledge, national identity, group pride, and racism. Using data from the 2004 American National Election Study, the thesis provides a critical test of the competing hypotheses using multivariate analysis. Furthermore, conditional relationships are posited, facilitating a more refined analysis of the structure of attitudes on immigration issues. The results indicate that racism, group pride, symbolic patriotism, ideology, and isolationism are the most consistent and significant predictors of immigration policy preferences. The use of four distinct dependent variable questions also highlights the inconsistency in public opinion regarding immigration and the division between public perception of documented and undocumented entries. Future research should focus on the interrelationship between variables that are used by the individual to define group associations, as well as the change in national and personal identity brought about by the events of September 11th, 2001.

Referendums are enigmatic in their sense as consolidating— or erosive tools of representative democracy; nonetheless, an upswing in the referenda from below was recently highlighted in the literature. Thus, how local referendums from below are mobilized and whether they affect trust in local government is a significant question to be answered, which mandates bridging social movements to tools of deliberative democracy. Similarly, little is known about urban social movements and local patriotism as tenon and its mortise in a sub-national referendum. Therefore, this paper set sail from the role of local patriotism within collective action and aimed at exploring how locals are mobilized to petition a local referendum regarding the liquidation of a cityscape. Within an exploratory holistic single-case study design, I used QCA to analyse the data gathered through semi-structured interviews with members of The People’s Initiative for the Airport Future and various peculiar secondary data. The evidence was compelling in depicting the respondents’ solid spatial belonging— and an unmistakable altruistic stance towards Västerås manifested through political participation. Along with other conclusions, the evidence advocated a persuasive presence of local patriotism, a tendency to resort to unconventional political participation, and a fragmented trust in local government among the respondents.

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This study shows how people create and shape their identity through supportership. I have used oral history as my method and interviewed supporters from the two largest sports clubs in Växjö, which are Östers IF and Växjö Lakers. The main issue for the study is to examine and discuss how the supporters view their own supportership and how it can connect to shaping of identity. The other issues that this study will try to answer is how the culture in each fan club has changed over time and if there is any form of rivalry between them.  The results shows that the supporters view their supportership as a huge part of them self and that their supportership has hade a vital impact in creating an identity. It also shows that there is some kind of rivalry between the two groups and that the culture has changed.

L’étude du discours de guerre destiné aux enfants de Montréal, entre 1914 et 1918, concernant la Première Guerre mondiale n’a pas retenu l’attention des historiens canadiens. Pourtant, à travers une analyse des journaux montréalais, des revues pédagogiques du Québec, de certains écrits gouvernementaux, il est possible de comprendre comment la guerre est expliquée aux enfants. Ce mémoire vise à mettre en relief les caractéristiques et les objectifs du discours de guerre destiné aux enfants montréalais d’âge primaire. Le premier chapitre s’attardera aux connaissances factuelles transmises aux enfants afin d’établir les raisons qui leur sont présentées quant aux origines de la guerre. Nous constaterons la mise en place d’un triple discours : un discours de peur, un discours visant à rassurer et un discours culpabilisant pour sensibiliser les enfants à l’effort de guerre canadien. Le chapitre suivant analyse les principales caractéristiques des récits de guerre proposés aux enfants. Nous serons ainsi en mesure de cerner les objectifs de ce genre d’histoires. Enfin, nous verrons la place de l’enfant dans le discours de guerre. Nous montrerons comment l’enfant des récits de guerre devient un acteur dans le conflit et comment les écrits utilisent les actions héroïques enfantines. Dans cette guerre qui insiste sur la mobilisation de tous, le discours s’adresse aux filles et, surtout, aux garçons. La Première Guerre mondiale est un sujet incontournable à tel point qu’elle sert de prétexte pour inculquer aux enfants certaines connaissances traditionnelles et nouvelles. Elle s’immisce dans le quotidien de l’enfant, à l’école, dans ses loisirs et dans ses corvées familiales. L’enfant doit développer son patriotisme et les qualités « naturelles » propres à son sexe : les garçons doivent apprendre à faire la guerre et les filles à la soutenir. Le discours de guerre cherche à embrigader l’enfant dans l’effort de guerre canadien. Il insiste sur plusieurs nouvelles thématiques qui auparavant ne faisaient pas partie des enseignements habituels, comme la situation géopolitique de la Belgique. Il incite les petits Montréalais à devenir de bons futurs citoyens qui sauront, si l’occasion se représente, donner leur vie pour leur pays, mais, dans l’immédiat, il les incite surtout à participer à l’effort de guerre. / Canadian historians have neglected World War I’s discourse of war aimed at Montréal children between 1914 and 1918. Yet, through an analysis of Montréal newspapers, Québec pedagogical magazines, and some governmental publications, it is possible to understand how the war is explained to children. This thesis aims to highlight the characteristics and objectives of the discourse of war aimed at primary-age children in Montréal. The first chapter focuses on the factual information transmitted to children to determine how the origins of the war were explained to them. We observe the establishment of a triple discourse: a discourse of fear, a reassuring discourse, and a discourse to encourage guilt to sensitize children to the Canadian war effort. The following chapter analyses the principal characteristics of war stories for children. Thus, we will be able to distinguish the objectives of these types of stories. Finally, we will see the role of the child in the discourse of war. We will show how the child in war narratives becomes an actor in the conflict and how the publications use children’s heroic acts. In this war that stresses the mobilization of the entire population, the discourse is addressed to girls and boys, but especially the latter. The First World War is a rich subject in as much as it serves as a pretext for inculcating children with certain traditional and newer knowledge. It finds its way into children’s daily routines, into their leisure activities and household tasks. Children must develop their patriotism and the “natural” virtues appropriate to their gender: boys must learn to make war and girls to support them. The discourse of war seeks to draw the child into the Canadian war effort. It stresses a number of new themes not previously part of an ordinary education, such as Belgium’s geopolitical situation. It encourages young Montrealers to become model future citizens who, when the occasion arises, will know how to give their life for their country, but, in the shorter term, it particularly encourages them to participate in the war effort.

José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez (1737-1799) est reconnu aujourd’hui, entre autres choses, comme un des premiers journalistes, scientifiques, critiques littéraires et patriotes mexicains. Ce mémoire présente, dans un premier temps, une introduction à la vie et l’œuvre du personnage et rend compte de la réception globale de celle-ci, de 1831 à nos jours. Nous y montrons que les différents journaux d’Alzate, ses Diario literario de México (1768), Asuntos Varios sobre Ciencia y Arte (1772-1773), Observaciones sobre la física (1787-1788), et Gaceta de literatura (1788-1795), ont été étudiés principalement dans le contexte historique de la création de la nation mexicaine et que les intentions patriotiques ou proto-nationales qui lui ont été prêtées méritent d’être nuancées. Effectivement, bien qu’il ait publié plusieurs textes susceptibles de contribuer à améliorer certains domaines de l’économie américaine, tels que les activités minières, l’agriculture et les arts manuels, l’auteur révèle à travers son discours un désir de participer, au moyen de ses journaux, au mouvement scientifique européen. En ce sens, nous défendons l’hypothèse qu’Alzate ait choisi de pratiquer un type de journalisme spécifique, inspiré notamment du Journal des Sçavans (1665) et du Journal de Physique (1771-1773), qui lui permettrait de s’adresser autant à ses compatriotes, qu’aux membres de la République des Lettres. Nous présentons une étude comparative des similarités qui existent entre les publications d’Alzate et les deux journaux français ci-haut mentionnés, notamment en ce qui concerne les buts énoncés par leurs éditeurs ainsi que les modalités discursives et les thèmes qui les caractérisent. Dans le même ordre d’idée, nous soutenons que les publications d’Alzate présentent plusieurs des éléments clés qui définissent les journaux savants produits en Europe durant le dix-huitième siècle selon les études réalisées par Jean-Pierre Vittu. Enfin, nous expliquons comment le modèle du «journal savant» a été adapté par Alzate aux particularités de la Nouvelle-Espagne. Nous abordons, entre autres, les questions de la censure, de la critique et du manque de ressources financières dont il a souffert, facteurs qui, selon nos études, ont façonné l’entreprise du personnage. D’autre part, nous analysons les attitudes scientifiques adoptées par Alzate en tant que membre de la République des Lettres. Nous examinons aussi les principales sources de savoir qu’il a préconisées en tant qu’auteur afin d’accomplir certains devoirs propres aux membres de cette communauté. / José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez is known for being one of the first Mexican journalists, scientists, literary critics and insurgents. The first chapter of this thesis offers a concise presentation of the author’s life and work and an overall review of the studies that were made of his Diario literario de México (1768), Asuntos varios sobre ciencias y artes (1772-1773), Observaciones sobre la física, historia natural y artes útiles (1787-1788) and Gaceta de literatura de México (1788-1795), from the year 1831 until this day. This work shows that his four newspapers have been studied mainly within the historical context of the creation of the Mexican nation and it demonstrates that the patriotic or proto-national intentions that were attributed to him deserve to be reconsidered. This thesis demonstrates that Alzate chose to produce a particular type of journalism somewhat similar to the French Journal des Sçavans (1665-1683) and Journal de Physique (1771-1773) that would allow him to contribute personally to the progress of science. Up to this day, no important study has been made comparing the prestigious French journals and Alzate’s publications. We are taking a first step in this direction as we highlight how his project appears to have been directly inspired by the two French periodicals, comparing the goals their editors shared and the subjects they explored. It will also be shown that Alzate’s periodicals present the essential elements that define most of the learned journals (“journaux savants”) published in Europe during the eighteenth century, as defined by Jean-Pierre Vittu. Finally, this thesis illustrates how Alzate adapted the model of the “journal savant” to the particularities of the society of New Spain. It focuses on the subjects of censorship, criticism and the lack of financial or institutional support that the Mexican journalist had to deal with. It also clarifies Alzate’s scientific attitudes as an author by examining his objective of belonging to the universal Republic of Letters and the specific purposes that its members were trying to achieve. It also presents a new definition of Alzate’s global scientific vision and explores the sources of knowledge he considered to be valuable in order to accomplish his goals as a “savant”. / José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez es reconocido hoy como uno de los primeros periodistas, científicos, críticos literarios y hasta “insurgentes” mexicanos. En primer lugar, ofrecemos una breve presentación de la vida y obra del autor y damos cuenta de la recepción general que tuvieron sus Diario literario de México (1768), Asuntos varios sobre ciencias y artes (1772-1773), Observaciones sobre la física, historia natural y artes útiles (1787-1788) y Gaceta de literatura de México (1788-1795), desde 1831 hasta nuestros días. Damos a entender, entre otras cosas, que la obra de nuestro personaje ha sido estudiada principalmente dentro del contexto histórico nacional mexicano y que las intenciones patrióticas que se le han prestado merecen ser matizadas. Por nuestra parte, preferimos analizar sus publicaciones e intenciones en relación con su sentimiento de pertenencia a la República de las Letras. En este sentido, en el segundo apartado de nuestra memoria, demostramos que Alzate eligió practicar un tipo de periodismo, inspirado principalmente en el Journal des Sçavans (1665-1683) y el Journal de Physique (1771-1773), que le permitiera participar personalmente en el progreso de la Ciencia. Hasta el momento, no se había hecho ningún trabajo comparativo entre las principales publicaciones sabias francesas y los papeles que produjo Alzate. Damos, pues, un primer paso en esta dirección y señalamos en qué manera se asemejan dichas publicaciones, sobre todo en cuanto a propósitos, contenido y modalidades discursivas. Mostramos, pues, que los papeles periódicos publicados por el novohispano presentan muchos de los elementos fundamentales que caracterizan, según Jean-Pierre Vittu, al “papel periódico sabio” europeo. Luego, ilustramos cómo dicho género de periodismo fue adaptado por Alzate a las particularidades de la sociedad colonial novohispana. Abordamos los temas de la censura, de la crítica y de la falta de recursos económicos que constituyeron los principales obstáculos que nuestro publicista enfrentó a lo largo de su carrera. Volvemos también a definir las actitudes científicas manifestadas por Alzate como productor de saber en función de su sentimiento de pertenencia a la República de las Letras y de los deberes que buscaron cumplir sus miembros. Redefinimos, pues, la visión científica global que adoptó y las fuentes de saber que consideró válidas.

La thèse cherche à restituer les mécanismes de la politisation libérale dans la partie continentale du royaume des Deux-Siciles, de l’effondrement de l’Empire napoléonien en 1815 au moment où se précisent les voies de l’annexion du royaume méridional dans l’Italie en construction, au milieu des années 1850. Le croisement de la documentation administrative, des écrits personnels des libéraux et de leurs productions politiques permet d’identifier ce courant avec l’opposition patriotique à la monarchie restaurée des Bourbons. Il prend la forme d’une société d’opposants réticulée et disparate, davantage anti-absolutiste qu’elle n’est idéologiquement libérale, qui s’est appuyée sur les pratiques politiques locales pour contester le pouvoir centralisé mis en place par la monarchie française d’occupation (1806-1815) et maintenu par Ferdinand IV de Bourbon après 1815. À partir de cinq observatoires régionaux (la capitale, les deux Principats Citérieur et Ultérieur et les provinces calabraises de Cosenza et de Reggio), choisis pour leur représentativité au regard des structures politiques du royaume, cette thèse veut mettre en évidence les structures et les rythmes de la politisation libérale sur le temps long de la période pré-unitaire, par-delà les seules révolutions de 1820-1821 et de 1848 plus particulièrement étudiées par l’historiographie. À travers un parcours chronologique, on interrogera l’articulation du courant libéral napolitain avec le « libéralisme » qui se structure au même moment dans l’espace plus large des révolutions occidentales, la permanence du personnel politique, la tension entre espaces politiques locaux et nationaux et l’appropriation complexe de la construction nationale italienne, qui se précise au lendemain des révolutions de 1848. / The thesis aims to study the mechanisms of liberal politicization in the continental part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, from the collapsing of the Napoleonic Empire in 1815 to the acceleration of the Italian national construction in the middle 1850s. By crossing the administrative documentation, the liberals’ personal writings and their political productions, this political movement can be identificated with the patriotical opposition to the restored monarchy of the Bourbons. It constitutes a reticulated and disparate society of opponents, more anti-absolutist than ideologically liberal, who used to lean on local political practises to contest the centralized power instituted by the French occupation monarchy (1806-1815) and maintained by Ferdinand IV after 1815. On the basis of five regional observatories (the capital, the two Citerior and Ulterior Principates and the Calabrian provinces of Cosenza and Reggio), chosen for their representativity towards the political structures of the kingdom, the thesis wants to enlighten the structures and the rhythms of liberal politicization in the long period of the lungo Risorgimento, beyond the two revolutions of 1820-1821 and 1848 particularly studied by historiography. Through a chronological approach, we will question the links between the Neapolitan liberal movement with the European forms of « liberalism », the permanence of political actors, the tension between local and national political spaces and the difficult appropriation of the Italian national construction, which becomes more precise after the 1848 revolutions. / La tesi mette al centro della sua riflessione i meccanismi della politicizzazione liberale nella parte continentale del Regno delle Due Sicilie, dalla caduta dell’Impero napoleonico nel 1815 al momento in cui si precisano le modalità di annessione del regno meridionale all’Italia in costruzione, a partire dal 1850. Il confronto tra la documentazione amministrativa, gli scritti personali dei liberali e le loro produzioni politiche permette di identificare questo movimento politico come l’opposizione patriottica alla monarchia restaurata dei Borboni. Esso si presenta inoltre come una società di oppositori, ramificata e diffusa su tutto il territorio del Regno, più di matrice anti-assolutista che ideologicamente liberale, che si è affidata alle pratiche politiche locali per contestare il potere centralizzato della monarchia francese durante il Decennio (1806-1815) e, dopo il 1815, di Ferdinando IV di Borbone al momento del suo ritorno sul trono di Napoli. Concentrandosi su cinque spazi geografici ben definiti (la capitale, i due Principati Citra e Ultra e le provincie calabrese di Cosenza e di Reggio), scelti per la loro rappresentatività rispetto alle strutture politiche del regno, la tesi di dottorato vuole studiare le strutture e i ritmi della politicizzazione liberale sul lungo periodo del Risorgimento preunitario, oltre alle rivoluzioni del 1820-1821 e del 1848, ampiamente analizzate dalla storiografia. Utilizzando un approccio cronologico, si propone infine una riflessione sul movimento liberale napoletano in comparazione al « liberalismo » risultato delle altre rivoluzioni occidentali, sulla permanenza del personale politico, sulla tensione tra gli spazi politici locali e nazionali e sulla difficile appropriazione della costruzione nazionale italiana che si definisce all’indomani del 1848.Parole chiave : politicizzazione ; rivoluzione ;

Edvard Griegs 100-årsjubileum i juni 1943 var en spänningsfylld händelse i det tyskockuperade norska musiklivet, som i Oslo markerades med tillställningar av bland annat Filharmonisk Selskap, revyscenen Chat Noir och den nazistiska regimen. Genom att diskutera Griegjubiléets politiska signifikans för nazister och anti-nazister (s.k. jøssinger), samt analysera tonsättarens symboliska värde för respektive läger, förklarar uppsatsen varför båda lägren ville fira jubiléet och ha Grieg på sin sida. Huvudsyftet med detta är att öka kunskapen om de musikaliska och kulturella aspekterna av ockupationstiden i Norge. De källor som används är samtida tidningar, arkivmaterial från Kultur- og Folkeopplysningsdepartementet, samt Hans Jørgen Hurums samtidsskildring Musikken under okkupasjonen. Eftersom uppsatsen bygger på tolkning av historiskt material, tillämpas hermeneutisk metod.   Uppsatsen visar att nazisterna använde Griegjubiléet som kulturell propaganda, för att ge sken av ett lugnt och harmoniskt musikliv, vilket i sin tur skulle påvisa nationens välmående. Griegjubiléet var viktigt för nazisterna, eftersom Grieg var en viktig symbol för deras radikala kulturnationalism och framtidsvisioner. För jøssingene innebar Griegjubiléet en möjlighet att känna samhörighet med varandra och uttrycka en stilla protest mot regimen i form av bojkotter mot statligt arrangerade Griegkonserter. För dem hade Griegs musik ett trösterikt värde, samtidigt som den i likhet med 1800-talets kulturnationalism fick symbolisera frihet, självständighet och demokrati. Griegjubiléet i Oslo 1943 blev ett avgörande slag mellan radikal kulturnationalism och patriotism om framtidens musikliv, vilket slutade med total bojkott och slutligen död för det offentliga konsertlivet under resten av ockupationen.

[pt] A partir dos anos 80, de forma cada vez mais freqüente, um fenômeno social passou a fazer parte do cotidiano brasileiro: o uso de peças de design gráfico e de produto criados sob inspiração da bandeira nacional. Embora este tipo de apropriação da bandeira não seja permitido por lei, sua recorrência motivou, nos anos 90, a criação de um processo, ainda em andamento no Senado, visando à mudança na legislação. A presente dissertação, como pesquisa qualitativa, propõe a busca das razões sociais e históricas que resultam neste fenômeno, priorizando a análise através do design. Revelando os atributos gráficos da bandeira brasileira, que estimulam sua utilização como base de criação para comunicação visual, a pesquisa promove os debates em torno de símbolos nacionais e reafirma a participação do design nos estudos sociais brasileiros. / [en] A social phenomenon has become current in Brazil in the past twenty years: the use of items focusing on the Brazilian flag as created by designers. Considering that this kind of appropriation of the Brazilian flag is not allowed by law, its recurrence motivated, in the 90s, a plea for change in this law, still running in the Senate for approval. As a qualitative type of research, the present thesis proposes a search for the social and historical reasons that made this phenomenon to occur. It shows the graphic attributes of the Brazilian flag, which somehow stimulate its use by visual communicators. This research also fosters debates around our national symbols, and reaffirms design as an issue in the Brazilian Social Studies.

This study explores the Swedish portrayals of Russians as compared to Danes and Polesand how they changed over time during the Great Northern War and Russo-SwedishWar (1741–1743). Through the Swedish state-run Posttidningar, the information deliveredby the state indicates that the circumstances of war and the power of the enemy leaderswere more significant than specific attributes of the enemy other in forming collectiveSwedish identity. Creating these collective sentiments was an essential tool for the stateto affirm the cooperation of its population during times of war. The information aboutthe enemy affects the transformation of a semi-public sphere in Sweden by providing acommon knowledge base to discuss and understand a changing view of its place inEurope. By depicting the enemy in flexible terms, the Swedish state desires its populationto cooperate based on the threat of war, common knowledge, and Sweden’s place inEurope, rather than solidarity against a static religious or political other.