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  1. 1. Political opposition in crisis? : A comparative study of political opposition in Swedish EU affairs before and during the Covid-19 pandemic

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Angelica Gradin; [2024]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In the last decades, the EU has faced several crises. These crises have been seen to also have implications on the state of democracy in the EU. READ MORE

  3. 2. Were the most important election pledges fulfilled? An empirical investigation of the Swedish government’s pledge fulfillment after the 2014 parliamentary election

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Ida Steineck Nilsson; [2024]
    Keywords : Election pledges; pledge fulfillment; the mandate model; promissory representation; Swedish politics; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis provides an account of the pledge-making and eventual pledge fulfilment of the Swedish government of 2014, which consisted of the Social Democratic Party and the Green Party. It is grounded in the theoretical approaches of the mandate model of representation and promissory representation. READ MORE

  4. 3. "The Swedish road is not ours" : Narrating the Finnish community of value in parliamentary debate on youth crime and street gangs

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Senni Pulkkinen; [2024]
    Keywords : Finland; community of value; boundary-making; strategic narrative analysis; parliamentary discourse;

    Abstract : Taking the form of a case study on an interpellation on ‘youth crime and street gangs’ and its consideration in plenary debate in the Finnish Parliament in December 2022, the purpose of this study is to examine how politicians narrate the Finnish community of value and its boundaries. The methodological framework of this study consists of strategic narrative analysis, poststructural and critical research theoretical underpinnings, and the operationalization of the concept of ‘community of value’. READ MORE

  5. 4. THE SWEDISH MODERATE PARTY – NOT SO OPENLY HEARTED ANYMORE?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Arvid Barregren; [2023-02-07]
    Keywords : Populist Radical Right; Moderates; Sweden Democrats; Meguids Modified Spatial Model; Political language; Political communication; Populism; Nativism; Authoritarianism; Thematic analysis; Parliamentary speeches.;

    Abstract : Existing literature argues that mainstream parties strategise when other niche parties threaten their position. I argue that we can observe this unfold on a practical level through how the mainstream parties use language. READ MORE

  6. 5. Never Again Alone - A Framing Analysis of How the Finnish Government Representatives Construct a NATO Membership as Finland's Security Interest

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Sanni Laine; [2023]
    Keywords : Finland; Russia; NATO; Finnish security and foreign politics; state security interest;

    Abstract : This study investigates the Finnish government members’ argumentation prior to Finland’s strikingly unanimous parliamentary vote in favour of NATO membership on May 17, 2022. By focusing on the government representatives’ accounts, the study aims to shed light on how the NATO membership decision is crafted to represent Finland’s security interest after a decades-long tradition of military non-alignment as a cornerstone of the country’s securityand foreign policy. READ MORE