Essays about: "Swedish foreign policy discourse"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words Swedish foreign policy discourse.
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1. Sweden's relationship to NATO - How the government legitimizes its foreign security policy
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The purpose of this thesis is to study how different political orientations in Swedish foreign security policy have been legitimized. After having pursued a policy of neutrality and non-alignment for 200 years, Sweden made a decision to apply for membership in the military alliance NATO. READ MORE
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2. Overturning Sweden's Feminist Identity : The Rejection of the Feminist Label in Sweden's Foreign Policy
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : This article examines the Swedish government's decoupling of feminism and gender equality. Drawing on scholarship on feminist backsliding and gender ideology, this article suggests that the Swedish government's decision to abandon the feminist agenda in its foreign policy reflects broader trends of anti-genderism as both an international and transnational phenomenon. READ MORE
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3. The Construction of Security : A Discourse Analysis of Sweden’s Foreign and Security Policy between 2014 and 2023
University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för informatik; Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för ekonomi och itAbstract : This thesis is conducted as a descriptive single case study to establish empirical knowledge regarding how securitisation is expressed in discourse by the Swedish policymaking elite, in other words “securitising actors”. The thesis takes an ontological approach of interpretivism with a theoretical approach of securitisation theory. READ MORE
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4. The (S)wedish idea of security: idealism or realism?
University essay from Lunds universitet/EuropastudierAbstract : Since regaining power in 2014, the Swedish Social Democratic party has pushed a security policy line combining increased spending on the Swedish armed forces and deepened international cooperation while at the same time maintaining the policy of military non-alignment. This tripartite strategy has been nicknamed the “Hultqvist Doctrine" after the current Swedish Minister for Defence. READ MORE
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5. 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
