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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. Russian and Swedish stories of a failing country : An interpretivist theory-consuming narrative study of the interaction between strategic narratives and political myths in Sweden
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : In this thesis I have conducted an interpretivist narrative study on the correlation between strategic narratives and political myths. The strategics narratives were found by analyzing articles written by Sputnik, and the political myths are identified in previous research. READ MORE
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3. Enviromental Discourse and Government Framing : a Comparative Study about the portrayal of Environmental issues by governmental actors in Poland and Sweden
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)Abstract : This is a qualitative content analysis that explores the presence of government framing in political communications regarding environmental issues by governmental actors in Sweden and Poland. By analyzing policy documents, press releases, and equivalent content spanning recent years, the study aims to identify instances of "emphasis framing" deployed by official governmental entities. READ MORE
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4. Agents of Peace or Tension: Analysing Political Elites’ Electoral Rhetoric : A Qualitative Analysis of Campaign Rhetoric in the 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : How do some political elites, in unstable democracies with communal divisions, use ethnic, religious, and tribal affiliations for a rhetoric of polarisation and/or reconciliation when running for office? This thesis applies a framing analysis to explore how political elites employ these affiliations in speech acts, mainly political rallies, to construct narratives of polarisation and reconciliation during election campaigns. The theoretical framework is constructed by previous research on “Big Men” politics and the rhetoric used by ex-combatants turned politicians within a context embossed with electoral violence and division. READ MORE
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5. "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)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
