Dissertation (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Jun. 2, 2009). Advisor: Kathleen Casey; submitted to the School of Education. Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-153).

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1980. / Also available in print.

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1983. / Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Nebraska--Lincoln, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2006. / Joseph Perry, committee chair; Jared Poley, committee member. Electronic data (126 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed July 20, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-119).

In today’s society media constitutes an arena with the opportunity for social communication. The arena is made up of subjective opinions that often leads to free debates about the subjects written about. The recent refugee situation has been highlighted in Swedish media during 2015 and has received widespread attention from various media outlets. The purpose of this paper is to examine how different Swedish newspapers chooses to portray the arriving asylumseekers. The material used is a selection of editorial pages in five daily newspapers. The theories used to evaluate how the newspapers are portraying the asylum seekers is the framing theory and agenda-setting theory. This research uses a qualitative case study approach that is complemented with a media analysis. The results of the research indicate that editorial writers do not differentiate in their description between different ethnic or cultural groups that are seeking asylum. Rather, there is a strong focus in writing about how the refugees are contributing negatively in the development of the Swedish society. The results also showed an indication that the content differs depending on the political standing of the newspaper.

I framtiden kommer västerländska sjuksköterskor i större omfattning att möta människor som flytt från krig och förtryck. Många faktorer kan försvåra dessa möten. Det är därför viktigt att sjuksköterskor besitter relevant kompetens för att kunna ge god omvårdnad till dessa människor. Syftet med studien var att undersöka sjuksköterskans attityder till att vårda människor som flytt till västerländska länder. En litteraturstudie genomfördes med sökord relaterade till studiens syfte. Under databearbetningen identifierades tre olika teman: Transkulturella möten, Förtroendefulla relationer och Förståelse av andra kulturer. Resultatet belyste sjuksköterskors uppfattningar av språkliga och kulturella barriärer i vården av människor som flytt till västerländska länder. Sjuksköterskor menade att dessa barriärer ökade komplexiteten i mötet med dessa människor. Uppbyggnaden av förtroendefulla relationer ansågs, av sjuksköterskorna, som avgörande för att kunna övervinna dessa barriärer. Kulturell kompetens bland sjuksköterskor sågs som en central faktor för att åstadkomma en framgångsrik vårdinteraktion och sjuksköterskor efterlyser bredare utbildning inom ämnet. Mer forskning kring sjuksköterskors attityder till att vårda människor som flytt till västerländska länder skulle kunna ge en större överblick av de begränsningar och resurser som sjuksköterskor upplever i sitt arbete med dessa människor. / In the future, western nurses will encounter people who have fled from war and oppression to a greater extent. Many factors can aggravate these encounters. Therefore, it is of great importance that nurses possess relevant competency in order to provide these people with good care. The aim of this study was to explore nurses’ attitudes towards caring for people who have fled to western countries. A review of the literature was conducted with key words related to the aim of the study. During the data analysis, three themes were identified; Transcultural encounters, Trustful relationships, and Understanding of other cultures. The results highlighted nurses’ perceptions of linguistic and cultural barriers in caring for people who have fled to western countries. Nurses meant that these barriers increased the complexity in encounters with these people. The building of trustful relationships was considered by the nurses to be crucial in order to overcome these barriers. Cultural competence among nurses was seen as a central factor for achieving a successful care encounter and nurses call for broader education in this subject. More research concerning nurses’ attitudes towards caring for people who have fled to western countries could provide a greater overview of limitations and resources that nurses perceive in their work with these people.

This study explores how refugee fathers perceive their new situation, how they redefine themselves, and how they adjust to living in Canada. In addition, the study identifies and makes recommendations regarding services that can be put to place to assist refugee fathers facing the challenges of resettling in Winnipeg and Canada with their families. Ongoing protracted conflict in various regions of the world has led to annual increases in the number of people living in refugee situations. Winnipeg, Canada, is becoming home for many of these refugees. Refugees, and refugee fathers in particular, face challenges integrating into their new environment. For example, refugee fathers may experience specific challenges related to their cultural adjustment of fathering children in a new country which could have negative consequences on their resettlement and personal development. If positive support mechanisms are insufficient and if their basic human needs cannot be satisfied, then refugee fathers may become at risk of becoming dysfunctional and socially isolated, which can have a negative impact on family cohesion. In order to assist refugee fathers in their successful transitions into a foreign culture and society, it is essential to try to understand their perceptions and experiences of resettling. / February 2016

Canada welcomes and supports refugees from all over the world. However, they encounter many struggles that force them to with withdraw from their English language classes. This Narrative Inquiry explores the lived experiences of two adult refugee students who could not continue with their English classes due to the hardships they encountered. Through research conversations I document their experiences in two narrative accounts, and read across them to find common threads. These common struggles include financial strains, employment, childcare, isolation and mental health. The findings point to the importance of further supporting refugee students in different ways. My recommendations are that ESL teachers develop lessons that include settlement, support services, and Canadian culture information. English language programs need to incorporate support services with professionals trained in ESL, and the different levels of government need to be part of the discussion on how to provide stronger supports through childcare, employment and information accessibility. / February 2016

This thesis uses the narratives of North Koreans living in South Korea (t'albungmin) to understand how they make sense of their positioning in South Korean society. Based on 21 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Seoul, this study attempts to illuminate the contradictory nature of citizenship for young t'albungmin living under the dictates of neoliberal humanitarian governance in contemporary South Korea. As a result of the specific geopolitical configuration of the Korean peninsula, there are contradictory perceptions of North Koreans as compatriots, victims, and enemies: perceptions both affecting and affected by the role of t'albungmin in South Korea's political economy. I consider citizenship a site of negotiation, influenced by South Korean modes of neoliberal humanitarian governance, which encourage t'albungmin to become autonomous, self-managed subjects at the same time as subjecting them to humanitarian reason which, conversely, rewards passivity and compliance. There is a further contradiction between their automatic entitlement to South Korean citizenship and the neoliberal imperative to demonstrate productivity and deservingness. In light of these contradictory imperatives, perceptions and discourses surrounding issues such as accent, deservingness, and responsibility come to take on significant explanatory power in the lives of young t'albungmin. In this context, South Korean policies and NGOs both discursively and practically construct t'albungmin as different and naturalise them as dependent, with this sense of unequal relations structuring their subsequent relations with South Koreans. I argue that this sense of differentiation reflects a particular mode of governance, which in turn illuminates the workings of citizenship in the South Korean context. I also consider the implications for t'albungmin when supporting them is conceptualised as a humanitarian act. While South Koreans portray their society as a 'community of value' in which t'albungmin are constructed as humanitarian subjects, this thesis illustrates how the narratives of t'albungmin contest this interpretation.