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I säkert förvar - En diskursanalys av debatten kring ett kritiserat förvar inom svensk lagstiftning

Svensson, Karin LU (2015) STVK02 20151
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The use of detention centers for refugees in Sweden has been criticized over the last couple of years. The lack of resources and the shortage of accommodations have resulted in the use of alternative facilities such as police detentions and prisons. These alternative facilities has since 1994 been criticized by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture. But still the alternative detention centers are in use. With the method of a discourse analysis, this thesis studies why this critique gets no space in the Swedish parliament and through the discourse analysis, the thesis looks upon signs of power within the debates. As the Swedish democrats have gotten more seats in parliament after the last election, they use this legitimacy to... (More)
The use of detention centers for refugees in Sweden has been criticized over the last couple of years. The lack of resources and the shortage of accommodations have resulted in the use of alternative facilities such as police detentions and prisons. These alternative facilities has since 1994 been criticized by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture. But still the alternative detention centers are in use. With the method of a discourse analysis, this thesis studies why this critique gets no space in the Swedish parliament and through the discourse analysis, the thesis looks upon signs of power within the debates. As the Swedish democrats have gotten more seats in parliament after the last election, they use this legitimacy to shift the agenda of the debates. By taking the most speaking time and a harsh approach, the opponents focus on the SD, and the debate about the critique falls short (Less)
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author
Svensson, Karin LU
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organization
course
STVK02 20151
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
flyktingar, kritik, förvar, diskursanalys, makt, debatt
language
Swedish
id
5426242
date added to LUP
2015-07-13 12:32:48
date last changed
2015-07-13 12:32:48
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  abstract     = {{The use of detention centers for refugees in Sweden has been criticized over the last couple of years. The lack of resources and the shortage of accommodations have resulted in the use of alternative facilities such as police detentions and prisons. These alternative facilities has since 1994 been criticized by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture. But still the alternative detention centers are in use. With the method of a discourse analysis, this thesis studies why this critique gets no space in the Swedish parliament and through the discourse analysis, the thesis looks upon signs of power within the debates. As the Swedish democrats have gotten more seats in parliament after the last election, they use this legitimacy to shift the agenda of the debates. By taking the most speaking time and a harsh approach, the opponents focus on the SD, and the debate about the critique falls short}},
  author       = {{Svensson, Karin}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{I säkert förvar - En diskursanalys av debatten kring ett kritiserat förvar inom svensk lagstiftning}},
  year         = {{2015}},
}