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1. 1. "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

3. 2. The naivety towards China is now over : An analysis of the Swedish political elite's changed attitude toward China

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Hampus Håkansson; [2023]
   Keywords : ontological security theory; OST; Sweden; China; discourse analysis; Robert J. Steele; anxiety; critical situations;

   Abstract : Despite the well-established consensus within the Swedish parliament regarding the benefits of trade with China while at the same time promoting democracy, an unexpected change arose in June 2023, when a united Swedish parliament adopted a report that identified China as a threat to Swedish interests. Consequently, this thesis seeks to address the research question: Can the Swedish political elite's changed attitude towards China be understood through the theory of ontological security? Employing a framework established in Robert J. READ MORE

4. 3. Constitutional Crisis And Securitisation : A Political Discourse Analysis of Sweden’s Courtyard Crisis, 6-18 February 1914

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Micaela Edhager; [2023]
   Keywords : Courtyard Crisis; Constitutional Crisis; Courtyard Speech; Government Crisis; Gustaf V; Karl Staaff; Parliamentarism; Political Discourse Analysis;   Securitisation; Securitisation Theory; Sweden; Borggårdskrisen; Borggårdstalet; Gustaf V; Karl Staaff; Konstitutionskris; Regeringskris;

   Abstract : In February 1914, Sweden faced a time of constitutional crisis, dubbed the Courtyard Crisis, when King Gustaf V publicly distanced himself from Prime Minister Karl Staaff and the Liberal Government over differences of opinion regarding the Swedish defence. Behind this, however, was also a dispute between two different political systems. READ MORE

5. 4. On The Side of the Forest Owner: : A Discourse Analysis of the Swedish Reception of the EU ForestStrategy for 2030

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Emil Olofsson; [2023]
   Keywords : EU Forest Strategy for 2030; Swedish Forest Policy; Discourse Analysis; Just Transitio;

   Abstract : The new EU Forest Strategy for 2030, one of the flagship initiatives of the European Green Deal, has put EU forest policy in a new expansionary phase with ambitious goals for future forest management in Member States. This thesis analyzes contestation over the EU Forest Strategy for 2030 in Sweden to understand how discursive representations of forests are interlinked with justice perceptions. READ MORE

6. 5. The Silent Pandemic of Suicides in Spain : A Political Discourse Analysis of the Debate Surrounding the Issue of Suicide and Mental Health

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

   Author : Garbiñe Uriarte Mencía; [2023]
   Keywords : human rights; suicide; suicide prevention; political debate; political discourse analysis; PDA; the right to life; the right to mental health; Spain;

   Abstract : In 2022 Spain recorded its highest suicide rates in history. Spanish politicians acknowledge the need for solutions but fail to agree on adequate ones that could help decrease the current upward trend in suicides. READ MORE