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  • 1.
    Cornell, Svante
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Swanström, Niklas
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Jonsson, Michael
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Roule, Trifin
    Penningtvätt och Finansiell Brottslighet i Östersjöområdet2006Report (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 2. Olsson, Susanne
    et al.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Contemporary Salafism: Expressions, Practices and Everyday Living2014In: Comparative Islamic Studies, Vol. 8, no 1-2, p. 53-56Article in journal (Other academic)
  • 3.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Bosnien: a sui generis state2005In: Inblick Östeuropa, no 1-2Article, review/survey (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
    Abstract [en]

    Det krävs inte att man är expert på säkerhetsfrågor för att konstatera att den säkerhetspolitiska situationen på västra Balkan är fylld av paradoxer. Bosnien som utgör en geografisk kärna av regionen är särskilt intressant i analysen av området. De mycket stora statsrättsliga problem som Bosnien upplever idag försvåras av en djup identitetskris samt en ekonomisk oordning. Den Europeiska unionen (EU) har investerat enorma resurser för att lösa det bosniska dilemmat. Det internationella samfundet har upprepade gånger uttryckt sin vilja att integrera regionen i det Euroatlantiska säkerhetskomplexet. Detta är också målet för samtliga stater i området, med Serbien som undantag.

  • 4.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    European University Institute.
    Exploring Individual Motivation for Social Change: Mobilization of the Muslim Brotherhood's Youth in Prerevolutionary Egypt2012Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    During the 2010s islamist activism is on the rise across the Middle East and North Africa. In the light of the postrevolutionary elections in Egypt and Tunisia, Islamist parties are sweeping the polls supported by theoverwhelming majority of voters. This dissertation investigates the dynamic of this support for theEgyptian Muslim Brotherhood. The explanation of individual activists’ motivation behind this form ofmiddle-class activism has been investigated by exploring individual beliefs, emotions and identities.Activists’ motivational explanations and representation do not develop in a vacuum, outside of aspecific context. Explaining the configuration of collective action therefore requires an analysis of apattern of social characteristics using a spectrum of social movement theories. The long-termcontentious relationship between the various Egyptian authoritarian regimes and the MuslimBrotherhood produced an Islamist resistance culture with a particular set of incitements for wouldbe activists. Middle-class activists have primarily been motivated by the Brotherhood’s ability toeducate its followers through a multi-stage membership process. During this process youth activistshave acquired a strengthened sense of individual purpose. They also possess organizational skills andhave successfully ascended the social ladder, leading to a feeling of moral superiority and a degreeof personal autonomy even within an authoritarian socio-political context. The social movementorganization serves as a facilitator of structured dissent and its success depends ultimately on itsability to recognize the basic needs of a frustrated population. Sympathizers of a particular socialmovement organization in turn seek realistic forms of dissent which correspond to their system ofvalues and practices.

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  • 5. Poljarevic, Emin
    Exploring the Islamic State2008In: European Political Science, Vol. 7, no 4, p. 487-493Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

      The overall commonality between the wide variety of the Islamist groups is that all adhere to the classical ideals of the Islamic state: establishment of the shari’a (i.e. legal justice) and a political system shaped by Islamic constitutional arrangement. Instead, the shari’a was considered as a means to creating social harmony and balance of collective and individual interests (Bassiouni, 1982).\n His own position as a legal scholar and part of scholarly elite does affect his understanding of constitutional structure, which I believe needs to be taken seriously.

  • 6.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
    In Pursuit of Authenticity: Becoming a Salafi2012In: Comparative Islamic Studies, ISSN 1740-7125, Vol. 8, no 1-2, p. 139-164, article id 10.1558Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Salafis refer to their understanding of Islam as authentic. This claim has resonated well with a substantial number of young Muslims. The article sets out to identify this assertion’s main components and its appeal among Egyptian youth immediately before and after the 2011 popular revolt. In other words, what is specific in the Salafi approach to the issue of authenticity? By answering this question, I aim to offer a better understanding of why this religiously inspired movement has become so attractive. By examining the narratives of Egyptian Salafis, I suggest that the allure of strict religious life transcends a Muslim’s search for identity, for it is, in reality, driven by a deep-rooted desire for certainty, purpose, and a form of collective individualism. Salafism, broadly defined, offers a very modern form of socialized spirituality that hinges largely on a discourse of authenticity and prophetic originality, a discourse that resonates with many of today’s young Muslims.

  • 7.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
    Introduction to Political Theology: The Next Generation2023In: Religions, ISSN 2077-1444, E-ISSN 2077-1444, Vol. 14, no 1, article id 9Article in journal (Other academic)
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  • 8.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
    Islamic Tradition and Meanings of Modernity2015In: International Journal for History, Culture and Modernity, ISSN 2213-0624, Vol. 3, no 1, p. 29-57Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The debate about the compatibility of modernity and (the) Islamic tradition is, at this point, centuries old. This article analyzes some of its most recent expressions. The guiding question here is one about the meaning(s) of modernity and its impact on our general understanding of this particular religious tradition. We are often led to believe that this tradition is uniquely ill-equipped to absorb or make use of modernity’s conceptual repertoire and its supposed liberating power. It therefore follows that the proponents of Islam and of liberalism are at odds with each other, primarily due to the assumption that they occupy different paradigms of understanding, knowledge, and even of hopes and aspirations. This article seeks to identify some elements of this, arguably erroneous, presumption by presenting an overview of several oft-repeated arguments related to modernity and Islamic ethics. Modernity, as it relates to shifting public conceptions of freedom in Muslim-majority societies, has proven to have tremendous mobilizing power. Social actors continuously contest such ideas as freedom, religion, and related issues in the realm of civil society. One such discursive shift underway is the ‘Arab Spring’, arguably one of the strongest indicators of the ongoing process of modernity within Arab societies on multiple levels – a process that is deeply unsettling and entirely open-ended in terms of cultural and socio-political outcomes.

  • 9.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
    Islamisk tro mellan vittnesbörd och respons2021In: Systematiska studier av kristen och muslimsk tro: en introduktion / [ed] Mohammad Fazlhashemi & Mattias Martinson, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2021, 1, p. 157-182Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    I detta kapitel diskuteras det teologiska innehållet i den muslimska teologin utifrån tanken att människan fått ett vittnesbörd om Gud som kräver en motreaktion; en respons i form av ett liv i lydnad och överlåtelse till Gud. Det sker huvudsakligen med utgangspunkt i perspektiv från sammanhang där islam är minoritetsreligion.

  • 10.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology. Uppsala University.
    Islamism2014In: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Politics / [ed] Emad El-Din Shahin, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 11.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
    Svalfors, Ulrika (Commentator)
    Uppsala University.
    Löfstedt, Malin (Commentator)
    Uppsala University.
    Islamofobi, kritisk reflektion och religionsundervisning2021In: Didaktisk dialog i högre utbildning / [ed] Magnus Levinsson, Lill Langelotz, Malin Löfstedt, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2021, p. 65-84Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 12. Poljarevic, Emin
    Les Salafistes and a French Reproduction of Certainties in a World of Uncertainties2016In: The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, Vol. 33, no 2Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

      The new French documentary Les Salafistes (The Salafis) that premiered January 26, 2016, in a small number of French theaters offers iconographic imagery seldom seen in the public space: a string of interviews with some of the leading jihadist militants in Mali, Tunisia, Algeria, and Iraq coupled with ghastly images of violence perpetrated by militant groups. The intention appears to be to show the irrationality of and paradox in the jihadis’ discourse and actions. Unfortunately, the directors have succeeded only in reproducing already existing stereotypes of Salafis. The lack of any appropriate contextualization that problematizes the recent rise of violence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is perhaps the film’s major flaw. Despite the directors’ ambition to let violent extremists discredit their own project, the documentary presents an essentialist argument that reproduces Orientalist imageries of a savage religion. Without the appropriate commentary and background overview to the conflicts featured in the film, the audiences are left alone with an extremist narrative that confirms the evocations of the West’s moral, cultural, and political superiority over the East.

  • 13. Poljarevic, Emin
    Malik al-Shabazz’s Practice of Self-Liberation2016In: Malcolm X: From Political Eschatology to Religious Revolutionary / [ed] Dustin Byrd and Seyed Javad Miri, Leiden: Brill , 2016, p. 227-251Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    In the year 2015 we remembered the 50th anniversary of Malcolm X’s assassination in Harlem, New York. Spurned by the commitment to continue the critical work that Malcolm X began, the scholars represented in the book have analysed the enduring significance of Malcolm X’s life, work and religious philosophy. Edited by Dustin J. Byrd and Seyed Javad Miri, Malcolm X: From Political Eschatology to Religious Revolutionary, represents an important investigation into the religious and political philosophy of one of the most important African-American and Muslim thinkers of the 20th century. Thirteen different scholars from six different countries and various academic disciplines have contributed to our understanding of why Malcolm X is still important fifty years after his death. Contributors are: Syed Farid Alatas, Dustin J. Byrd, Bethany Beyyette, Louis A. DeCaro, Stephen C. Ferguson, William David Hart, John H. McClendon, Seyed Javad Miri, John Andrew Morrow, Emin Poljarevic, Rudolf J. Siebert, Nuri Tinaz and Yolanda Van Tilborgh.

  • 14. Poljarevic, Emin
    Muhammeds efterträdare: de rättledda kaliferna2015In: Islam: en religionsvetenskaplig introduktion / [ed] Susanne Olsson och Simon Sorgenfrei, Stockholm: Liber , 2015, 1. uppl., p. 43-59Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Boken beskriver islam och muslimsk kultur i all sin mångfald. HÀr ges en rik historisk bakgrund till islams uppkomst och framvÀxt liksom en inblick i nutida islamtolkningar och praktiker. Likheter och skillnader mellan sunnitiska och shiitiska traditioner uppmÀrksammas genom hela boken.                        

  • 15.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
    New Islamic Movements and Concepts of Citizenship2021In: Routledge Handbook of Citizenship in the Middle East and North Africa / [ed] Roel Meijer, James N. Sater & Zahra R. Babar, Oxon: Routledge, 2021, p. 201-214Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This chapter analyzes elements of the contemporary discussion on citizenship rights among a number of centrist, or Wasati, Islamist movements and intellectuals. It demonstrates that a number of such movements are religiously and politically informed, while at the same time being motivated to endorse a notion of citizenship rights. This notion includes deliberation processes about equal economic, social, political, and religious rights between male and female Muslims, as well as between Muslims and members of other religious minorities. The analysis focuses partly on two well-known Wasati intellectuals, Rachid Al-Ghannouchi and Yusuf Qaradawi, both of whom represent different religiously informed socio-political deliberation strategies within the contemporary Wasati discourses. Their pragmatism, sometimes described as fiqh al-waqi’, has increasingly become an important part of the contemporary political reasoning, including the conceptualization of citizenship rights, in the Middle East and North Africa. A part of the analysis focuses on Islamist grassroots mobilization in a range of countries, which incorporate components of citizenship rights discourse in their campaigning efforts, but also components of “acts of citizenship.” These acts of citizenship are oftentimes tied to Islamist activists’ involvement in NGOs and welfare projects that address the needs of citizens in a particular context.

  • 16.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
    Sectarianization: Book review2018In: Milestones: Commentary on the Islamic World, p. 1-7Article, book review (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
    Abstract [en]

    This timely book offers a broad, insightful, and reasonably comprehensive overview of the contemporary process of politicizing religious differences in the Middle East by contextualizing some of the most important contributing factors to the ongoing sociopolitical turmoil. Editors Hashemi and Postel, together with fourteen other researchers, critically examine the widely held and principally unsubstantiated claim that “ancient sectarian conflicts” are at the root of the region’s intra- and inter-state conflicts. The book’s format suggests the political science perspective of the authors’ combined understanding of sectarianization. The overall macro-perspective is blended with

  • 17.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Uppsala University, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Societal Security in the Baltic Sea Region: Regional Efforts to combat Organized Crime and Narcotics Smuggling2006Report (Other (popular scientific, debate etc.))
  • 18.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Somalia: Civil War since 19912006In: Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II (second edition), M.E. Sharpe , 2006Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 19.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
    The Ambiguity of Citizenship in Contemporary Salafism2017In: The Crisis of Citizenship in the Arab World / [ed] Roel Meijer & Nils Butenschøn, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2017, p. 338-374Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The idea of citizenship (muwatana) for many, if not most, activist Salafis represents an expression of belonging to a community of believers within or without the confines of state borders. This communitarian understanding ties in with their particular theological understanding of religious, and therefore social and political, boundaries between communities – an us vs. them worldview – that implies that some of the rights and responsibilities of “believers” are not available to “unbelievers” or to the wrong kind of “believers.” Like many other fundamentalist religious movements (e.g. Ḥaredi Jewish groups, the Vishva Hindu Parishad, or the Buddhist Madhatha movement, and even pre-modern Calvinists), Salafi groups are keen to separate friends from enemies and the righteous from the unrighteous. What is more, the particular Salafi worldview ultimately produces strict, dichotomising sets of practices that perpetuate the continuous conflict between “friends and enemies,” wherein members of the in-group are on God’s side and those of the out-group are not. The method of separating these opposites permeates not only their religious and social activities, but also marks their political activism.

  • 20.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology. Uppsala University.
    The Political Theology of Malcolm X: Between Human Dignity and Returning the Gaze2020In: Svensk teologisk kvartalskrift, ISSN 0039-6761, ISSN 0039-6761, Vol. 96, no 1, p. 11-29Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article makes a limited attempt to explain a part of the reason why Malcolm X's radical activism for freedom, justice, and equality presumably resonates with a large number of disempowered people around the world today. The analysis presented herein is based on a modified understand­ing of political theology that captures some of the appeal of Malcolm X's message and his pursuit of human dignity. Two components of his political theology stick out as arguably the most relevant for a number of contemporary civil rights movements in a wide range of places around the world. One is the distinction between friends and enemies based on people's support for or opposition to a collective pursuit of human dig­nity, oftentimes expressed as human rights, religious freedoms, econom­ic justice, and so on. The other component is the returning­the­gaze argument, which points towards Malcolm X's ability to articulate an unapologetic and empowering indictment of the majority society and its overbearing political, cultural, and economic power structures. This ar­gument represents a moral and ethical effort to gain human dignity in a socio­political context perceivably premised on repression and inequality. The underlying political theological argument is thus found in Malcolm X's empowerment discourse. This discourse is today oftentimes decontextu­alized, which adds to its resonance among the global Muslim youth who seek inspiration for mobilization against apparent injustices beyond the traditional voices, and in a variety of socio­political, linguistic, and cultural contexts.

  • 21.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology, The Social Sciences of Religion, Sociology of Religions. Uppsala University.
    The Political Theology of Malcolm X: Between Human Dignity and Returning the Gaze2020In: Svensk teologisk kvartalskrift, ISSN 0039-6761, Vol. 96, no 1, p. 11-27Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article makes a limited attempt to explain a part of the reason why Malcolm X's radical activism for freedom, justice, and equality presumably resonates with a large number of disempowered people around the world today. The analysis presented herein is based on a modified understand­ing of political theology that captures some of the appeal of Malcolm X's message and his pursuit of human dignity. Two components of his political theology stick out as arguably the most relevant for a number of contemporary civil rights movements in a wide range of places around the world. One is the distinction between friends and enemies based on people's support for or opposition to a collective pursuit of human dig­nity, often times expressed as human rights, religious freedoms, econom­ic justice, and so on. The other component is the returning­the­ gaze argument, which points towards Malcolm X's ability to articulate an unapologetic and empowering indictment of the majority society and its overbearing political, cultural, and economic power structures. This ar­gument represents a moral and ethical effort to gain human dignity in a socio­political context perceivably premised on repression and inequality. The underlying political theological argument is thus found in Malcolm X's empowerment discourse. This discourse is today oftentimes decontextu­alized, which adds to its resonance among the global Muslim youth who seek inspiration for mobilization against apparent injustices beyond the traditional voices, and in a variety of socio­political, linguistic, and cultural contexts.

  • 22.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
    The Power of Elective Affinities in Contemporary Salafism2016In: The Muslim World, ISSN 1478-1913, Vol. 106, no 3, p. 474-500, article id 10.1111/muwo.12159Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In the minds of the general public, Salafism is a radical reactionary movementcomprised of fundamentalists motivated by a nitpicking religious zeal. Bearing thisin mind, one cannot help but wonder why some young Muslims are attracted tothe supposed religio-anarchism and chaos that makes up its worldview. Despitethe current mass-production of analyses and descriptions, little serious attentionhas been given to the affinities that some  adolescent Muslims have for this kind of religious life. This article explores these affinities through a critical analysis of thediscursive nexus between a regimented religious lifestyle and utopian visions of “the perfect community.” It further suggests that this nexus represents one of thecentral motivational forces behind much of its adherents’ current activism. Thisinterconnection between the social agents’ desire for a specific lifestyle (manhaj )and their utopian visions of it is revealed in the elective affinities between thesetwo “forces.” The article offers a deeper insight into the motivational dynamics andSalafi subjectivities of this global movement’s emotional capital, one of itstrademarks.

  • 23.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
    Theology of Violence-oriented Takfirism as a Political Theory: The Case of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)2021In: Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements / [ed] Muhammad Afzal Upal and Carole M. Cusack, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2021, p. 485-512Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    ISIS is the latest evolutionary stage of violence-oriented takfīrī-based mobi-lization that denotes a religiously inspired socio-political ideology that has spawned a militant organisation with a sustained, distinct, and largely unique set of millenarian beliefs and violent practices. This set of religious and politi-cal beliefs has gained traction in the context of existing national and inter-national violent conflicts and, as such, has been conveyed through a range of violent and extraordinary forms of othering. Its particular violence-centred religious orientation is takfirist political project that is based on the fusion of narrow, Khārijite-like political strategy and selective, Salafi-inspired, principles of violent othering. In the end, what emerges from this inimitable set of reli-gious, ideological, strategic, and contextual fusions is a worldview driven by the cosmic struggle between perceived believers (ISIS members) and all others.

  • 24.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Department of Social and Political Studies, European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole (FI), Italy.
    Ventures into a ’New’ Paradigm of Social Reality2011In: Social Movement Studies, ISSN 1474-2837, E-ISSN 1474-2829, Vol. 10, no 2, p. 199-204Article, book review (Refereed)
  • 25.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology. Uppsala University.
    Ackfeldt, Anders
    Lund University.
    Towards an Understanding of the Political Theology of Malcolm X2020In: Svensk teologisk kvartalskrift, ISSN 0039-6761, Vol. 96, no 1, p. 1-11Article in journal (Refereed)
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  • 26.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
    della Porta, Donatella
    Hidde Donker, Teije
    Hall, Bogumila
    Ritter, Daniel P.
    Social Movements and Civil Wars: When Protests for Democratization Fail2017Book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The main aim of this volume is to develop a theoretical explanation of the conditions under which and the mechanisms through which social movements’ struggles for democracy end up in civil war. While the empirical evidence suggests that this is not a rare phenomenon, the literatures on social movements, democratization and civil wars have grown apart from each other. At the theoretical level, Social Movements and Civil War bridges insights in the three fields, looking in particular at explanations of the radicalization of social movements, the failure of democratization processes and the onset of civil war. In doing this, it builds upon the relational approach developed in contentious politics with the aim of singling out robust causal mechanisms. At the empirical level, the research provides in-depth descriptions of four cases of trajectory from social movements for democratization into civil wars: in Syria, Libya, Yemen and the former Yugoslavia. Conditions such as the double weakness of civil society and the state, the presence of entrepreneurs of violence as well as normative and material resources for violence, ethnic and tribal divisions, domestic and international military interventions are considered as influencing the chains of actors’ choices rather than as structural determinants.

  • 27.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology.
    Karlsson Minganti, Pia
    Klingenberg, Maria
    Religion och samhällsengagemang bland unga svenskar2019In: Unga och religion: Troende, ointresserade eller neutrala? / [ed] Maria Klingenberg; Mia Lövheim, Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2019Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [sv]

    Unga svenskars förtroende för de etablerade politiska partierna har minskat de senaste decennierna. Samtidigt visar mätningarna att ungdomars politiska intresse har ökat, liksom deras upplevelse av att kunna påverka samhället. Undersökningarna kan tolkas på olika sätt. Det kan innebära att unga i högre grad än tidigare uttrycker sitt politiska intresse genom aktiviteter utanför den traditionella partipolitiken, såsom via sociala medier eller genom individualiserade livsstilsval som att sortera sopor och donera till välgörenhet, och genom nya gräsrotsrörelser som exempelvis mobiliserar för rättvisa och mot diskriminering. Undersökningarna tyder på att unga svenskars samhällsengagemang utvecklas i en mer mångfasetterad riktning. Sociala medier och internet spelar exempelvis en större roll i mobiliseringen av unga i politiken idag än för bara tio år sedan. Vissa former av politiskt deltagande blir mer innovativa och demokratistärkande, medan andra former kan tolkas som demokratiförsvagande.

  • 28.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Marat, Erica
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Muslim Immigrants from Post-Soviet States in Europe: Community Building along Religious Identities2006In: Central Asia-Caucasus AnalystArticle, book review (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 29.
    Swanström, Niklas L.P.
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Poljarevic, Emin
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Peterson, Elizabeth
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Organized Crime and Narcotics in the Baltic Sea Region: Issues of National and Regional Security2005Conference paper (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 30.
    Swanström, Niklas L.P.
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Svante, Cornell
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Michael, Jonsson
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of East European Studies.
    Poljarevic, Emin
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