Essays about: "Alva Mårtensson"
Found 1 essay containing the words Alva Mårtensson.
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1. National identity construction from non-alignment to Nato membership
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : How can we understand the historical development of the Swedish national identity construction in terms of non-alignment and internationalism in the media discourse on Nato membership? Since the end of the Cold War, Sweden has been conducting increasing cooperation with Nato, putting its non-alignment and related internationalist identity narrative into question. Starting from the social constructivist assumption that national identity narratives interact with foreign policy through constructing boundaries for possible behavior, I argue that insights about the Swedish advancement towards Nato can be gained from studying how its national identity is constructed in the newspaper debate. READ MORE