U-137 svenskt politiskt och militärt agerande under kris
(2006)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This bachelor thesis deal with the Soviet submarine U-137 and it's grounding in
the Swedish archipelago outside the city of Karlskrona and one of Sweden?s
largest naval-bases. The actions that took place in October 1981 were special
because of the clear violation of Swedish territory. When the Swedish authorities
later suspect nuclear armament onboard the crisis gets worse. In the thesis we
have examined the Swedish politicians and military and their behaviour during
the crisis. Our goal with the thesis is to try to explain why a certain decision was
made and what the alternatives were. We have chosen five decisions that we find
interesting because they determined much of the outcome of the crisis. To try and
explain these... (More) - This bachelor thesis deal with the Soviet submarine U-137 and it's grounding in
the Swedish archipelago outside the city of Karlskrona and one of Sweden?s
largest naval-bases. The actions that took place in October 1981 were special
because of the clear violation of Swedish territory. When the Swedish authorities
later suspect nuclear armament onboard the crisis gets worse. In the thesis we
have examined the Swedish politicians and military and their behaviour during
the crisis. Our goal with the thesis is to try to explain why a certain decision was
made and what the alternatives were. We have chosen five decisions that we find
interesting because they determined much of the outcome of the crisis. To try and
explain these different decisions we have chosen two theories from Allison &
Zelikow's book ?Essence of Decision? (1999). These two theories are ?The
Rational Actor Model? and the ?Governmental Politics Model?. We?re going to
use these theories and apply them to the five decisions we chosen to analyse. (Less)
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- author
- Karlsson, Glenn and Garsten, Erik
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2006
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Submarine, U-137, Soviet, Sweden, crisis, politicians, military, behaviour, decision-making, Social sciences, Samhällsvetenskaper
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1328528
- date added to LUP
- 2006-02-10 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2006-02-10 00:00:00
@misc{1328528,
abstract = {{This bachelor thesis deal with the Soviet submarine U-137 and it's grounding in
the Swedish archipelago outside the city of Karlskrona and one of Sweden?s
largest naval-bases. The actions that took place in October 1981 were special
because of the clear violation of Swedish territory. When the Swedish authorities
later suspect nuclear armament onboard the crisis gets worse. In the thesis we
have examined the Swedish politicians and military and their behaviour during
the crisis. Our goal with the thesis is to try to explain why a certain decision was
made and what the alternatives were. We have chosen five decisions that we find
interesting because they determined much of the outcome of the crisis. To try and
explain these different decisions we have chosen two theories from Allison &
Zelikow's book ?Essence of Decision? (1999). These two theories are ?The
Rational Actor Model? and the ?Governmental Politics Model?. We?re going to
use these theories and apply them to the five decisions we chosen to analyse.}},
author = {{Karlsson, Glenn and Garsten, Erik}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{U-137 svenskt politiskt och militärt agerande under kris}},
year = {{2006}},
}