Essays about: "Swedish political parties"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 174 essays containing the words Swedish political parties.
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1. 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 SchoolAbstract : 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
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2. THE SWEDISH MODERATE PARTY – NOT SO OPENLY HEARTED ANYMORE?
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : 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
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3. Friend or Foe? : A study analyzing ideas held by the Sweden Democrats concerning LGBTQ+ topics
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Given the tendency of Populist Radical Right (PRR) parties to form anti-LGBTQ+ claims, this thesis aims to understand how a PRR party operating in a context characterized by progressive values relates to LGBTQ+ topics in their political messages on social media. A single case study of the Sweden Democrats (SD) – an example of a PRR party operating in such a context – was conducted. READ MORE
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4. Awakening the Giant? An in-depth case study of the presence of and contest over European issues during the Swedish national election cycle of 2022.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The Swedish national election of 2022 paved the way for potentially witnessing European issues being more prominent and contentious than ever before among the national parties. However, as the Member State has historically been characterised by its ambivalence towards the EU, there exist reasons to question this assumption. READ MORE
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5. The Swedish Political Mainstream in Crisis: In The Light of Radical Right-Wing Populism
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The rise of radical right-wing populism in Western Europe has severely altered the political landscape during the last decade, and mainstream parties, from left to right, are struggling to employ strategies preventing voters from deserting to the radical right. In this thesis, I examine two mainstream parties in the context of Sweden, the Social Democratic party (S), and the Moderate party (M), to learn what strategies the parties have applied in the light of rising radical right-wing populism, relating to two issue-dimensions: the socio-cultural and the socio-economic. READ MORE
