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dc.contributor.advisorVambheim, Vidar
dc.contributor.authorJacques, Miguel
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-10T05:56:28Z
dc.date.available2017-10-10T05:56:28Z
dc.date.issued2017-05-15
dc.description.abstractThe relationship between Norwegian citizens and refugees is ambiguous, were some argue that refugees should adopt the mainstream culture in Norway. Other advocate the refugees’ right to hold their cultures and beliefs, and stress the importance of a tolerant state of affairs. This leads to the debate about integration and how to best facilitate the inclusion of newly arrived refugees. Certain groups within the Norwegian community perceive foreign cultures as a threat to society, bolstering the exclusion of minorities. As a consequence, the integration process becomes strained for refugees, despite elaborate strategies designed by the government. For this reason, the Red Cross refugee-guide program attempts to build a positive relation between Norwegians and refugees, on the local level. If integration is viewed from this level, how can interactions between refugees and Norwegians contribute to positive intergroup relations? In turn, can these type of activities lead to the creation a common social framework? This thesis will focus on how intergroup relations in the context of the refugee-guide, can affect the ambiguous relationship between Norwegians and refugees in society. By using George H. Mead’s interactionism, one can describe the intersubjective relations of locals and refugees in the refugee-guide. However, because of the descriptive features of interactionism, Axel Honneth’s theory of recognition can fill the missing normative framework. Grounded on Hegel’s three stages of recognition and Mead’s interactionism, Honneth suggests that intersubjective relations based on mutual recognitions, can direct the relations between refugees and locals to a positive and inclusive relationship. If this can be identified in the refugee-guide, then maybe it can be reflected to the relations between Norwegians and refugees in society.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/11646
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universiteten_US
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2017 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDSVF-3901
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Sociology: 220en_US
dc.subjectIntegration, refugees, bottom-up, Red Crossen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Philosophical disciplines: 160::Philosophy: 161en_US
dc.subjectRecognition, Interactionism, Intergroup relationen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Sosiologi: 220en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Filosofiske fag: 160::Filosofi: 161en_US
dc.titleIntegration from the bottom-up. Using recognition to understand the relations between Norwegians and refugeesen_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveen_US


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