This thesis explores career trajectories and experiences of Czech Roma professionals in order to understand the relation between their ethnic affiliation and career development in terms of obstacles, strategies and relationships that enabled them to succeed in becoming professionals. The study produces knowledge that fills the empirical research gap about Roma professionals in the Czech Republic. Thematic analysis was used to analyze seven semi-structured interviews. The analysis concludes that the Roma professionals face obstacles that include the lack of cultural capital in families, gender-related obstacles, ‘Roma bubble’ and finally the racial prejudices and workplace incivility. However, the projects supporting Roma and a range of supportive relationships have the exceptionally important role in overcoming those obstacles. The study also contributes to the theoretical discussion about the link between social mobility of minorities and their identification. It shows that the processes of selective and consonant assimilation take place at the same time.

Denna uppsats är ett försök att få information om flyktingars upplevelser av livet i Sverige 7 år efter flytten hit från Mellanöstern. Utifrån deras berättelser om livet och levnadsförhållanden i Sverige dras senare en slutsats om och hur informanterna har kommit in i samhället utifrån ett integreringsperspektiv. Flytten till ett nytt land och uppstarten av ett nytt liv är en komplex process som individer hanterar på olika sätt. Därför är det intressant att undersöka hur individer upplever sina liv några år efter flytten och om de känner sig som en del av det nya samhället. Undersökningen är uppdelad i olika teman: boendesituation, språkkunskaper, sociala relationer, sysselsättning, samhälleligt och politiskt engagemang och individernas egen syn och upplevelser inklusive synen på möjligheter och hinder med det nya livet. Insamlingen av informationen sker i studien med hjälp av intervjuer som är en kvalitativ metod, där fokuset ligger på informanternas egna upplevelser och erfarenheter. I analysen används Alberto Diaz’s definition av integration och dess beståndsdelar. I resultatet framkommer att informanter har i olika grad kommit in i samhället, har olika erfarenheter av hinder och möjligheter samt är i stort nöjda med sina nya liv. Det är en kvalitativ studie och slutsatserna i den är inte representativa för hela den utvalda gruppen.

This study aims to investigate how second-generation immigrants with roots from former Yugoslavia construct their identities in relation to the concepts of "Swedish" and "immigrants".  The issues that make up the study are how young women experience that the environment views them in relation to "Swedish" and "immigrants" and how they experience their own identity based on the two cultures in which they live. A qualitative method with semi-structured interviews has been used to gain a deeper understanding of the women's experiences. The theoretical perspectives that are used for the purpose to analyze the collected material are Symbolical interactionism, Goffman's theory about roles, and the identity theory.  The results of the study show that the women find it difficult to identify themselves as “Swedish” as they have a strong connection to their parents' culture. Furthermore, they experience that those around them see them as immigrants, partly because of how they look and how they behave.

The theme of the work is very central and is often addressed during debates, in the media and in general in society. Second-generation immigrants may find it difficult to understand the conflicts that exist around fitting into a society and shaping themselves according to social reality. Therefore, the aim of this study is to highlight, on the basis of second-generation immigrants with roots in the Balkans, the concept of identity that is formed at the intersection of the values of the majority society and the cultural background of immigrant parents.  This study consists of primary data through qualitative, semi-structured interviews. Interview technology is based on predetermined questions based on my chosen themes. The chosen theoretical perspectives include: Symbolic Interactionism and the impact of ethnicity in social interaction. The conclusions of this study are that second-generation immigrants are being squeezed with their cultural affiliation because they cannot be fully accepted, either in Sweden or in their parents home country. Furthermore, second-generation immigrants are formed on the basis of both their parents cultural background and the majority society.

The research mainly carried out on the Syrian immigrants in Sweden who are working in Swedish society and also living with their families. The primary objective is to find out how the Syrian immigrants combine their work-life as well as family life in Sweden and also the difficulties they are facing. It is mainly a qualitative study and the data has been collected from the five in-depth interviews immigrant those who are living in Halmstad, Sweden for five to six years. The collected data depend on the idea such as involvement in working life, social integration, and involvement in family life, communication with a particular community, health, and lifestyle as well as religious factors. Sweden is one of the multi-cultural countries in the world where equality between persons to persons is emphasized everywhere. Besides, immigrants are contributing to the development of different sectors. Nevertheless, people from another country like Syrian immigrants are living in Sweden and they are involved in different organizations. Besides, they are integrated with the Swedish work life and family life. The interpretation of the collected data is based on the health and lifestyle theory (Cocker-ham. 2005) and acculturation theory (Sam and berry, 2006). The interpretation resulted in four main themes such as work-life, family life, social identity, and the difficulties Syrian immigrants are facing. The study presents various perspectives of Syrian immigrant’s work life and family life in Sweden and the problem they are facing. The results show different factors of Syrian refugee’s lifestyle and the process they are leading their work life as well as family life. The result of the study can be used in future research projects to understand the life of Syrian immigrants in Sweden.

The aim of this study is to explore the experiences of some young adults that have grown up in two Millionprogramme neighbourhoods of Malmö. The study is based on eleven semi-structured interviews with five young women and six young men revolving around friends, family, education, and work. The study uses the concept of social capital in analysing the informant's experiences. The paper considers various theories on social capital, but pays a closer attention on the interplay of different forms of capital as explained by Pierre Bourdieu. Hence, looking closely at the social, cultural and symbolic resources as forms of 'capital' and their convertibility into other resources, the study acknowledges the interplay between all forms of capital enabling advantage or overcoming disadvantages. It shows that both symbolic and cultural capital has a strong impact on the building of social networks. Cultural capital, manifesting itself in different ways; way of thinking, behaving, taste of music or clothes, way of speaking etc, – depending on its symbolic value in a society – may enable or hinder groups of people to advantage or overcoming disadvantage.

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This study investigates the state of the public debate in Swedish mainstream media on the right to asylum. The study combines Bacchi's WPR(What’s the problem represented to be)-analysis with Hallin’s sphere theory to compare the discourse on the right to asylum in editorials in three Swedish newspapers, with different political profiles, in the five months leading up to the elections in 2018 and 2022, respectively. The results of the study show no clear difference between the two years, but, in both years, a clear difference between the conservative moderate newspaper SvD and the liberal newspaper DN, where indications show the right to asylum in Hallin’s sphere of consensus in DN and in Hallin’s sphere of legitimate controversy in SvD. Also in Aftonbladet are indications of the right to asylum being in Hallin's sphere of consensus, though conclusions are harder to draw, due to the scarcity of the material.

This thesis investigates strategies of digital activism pursued by Indigenous activists in the age of Reconciliation in Canada. The point of departure is the relationship between Indigenous people and the settler establishment, which has been historically informed by several attempts to assimilate the Natives into the white majority. Discarding the integration concept in IMER research as colonial, this study focuses instead on anticolonial advocacy strategies pursued through Indigenous knowledge within digital environments. It does so by adopting digital ethnography as method and conducting participant observation of one selected Indigenous association on Instagram. In line with these premises, Indigenous theories are operationalized into a context-specific analytical framework. This approach leads to two overarching results. On the one hand, four recurrent motifs are identified as key in Indigenous digital advocacy in the age of Reconciliation in Canada. On the other hand, a full set of anticolonial strategies is recognized as the alternative response to Reconciliation.

The purpose of this essay is to examine the discourses that come in contact with the word “segregation” in the news and what it stems to. Because of the potential power that the news has over steering discourses it’s important to question your sources, to get an accurate picture of the world. In Sweden, there’s a broad housing segregation that is often covered in the news, and we seldom have power to choose how we take in information when it is presented to ourselves in a certain way. Seeing what the news deems as important shows us what we are presented with as important.  Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet were chosen because of a number of factors, but the most important is that they are well-established newspapers that vary in the political spectrum. Both a quantitative and qualitative approach is used. This to get a deeper understanding of the material. By using a discourse analysis it’s not only the content that is analyzed, but it also takes the context, existing hegemonies and our familiarity to the subject into consideration. Therefore, a critical discourse analysis is applied on the material, not only to read the material, but to understand it.  The conclusion is that there are some hegemonic tendencies in the material, and a one-sided perspective. People in segregated areas are more often than not described as immigrants and individuals with other ethnicities that are unemployed. Also described with limited resources and capabilities to escape their socio-economic situation. It’s concluded that the one-sided picture shown is harmful.