Könsmaktsordningen - utmanad eller upprätthållen i offentlig politik?
(2015) STVK02 20151Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This study is of qualitative nature where the problem area, domestic violence, is analyzed through feminist theory, aided by a critical discourse analysis. The study aims to reveal if the discourse of an official report from the Swedish government, named SOU 2014:49, challenges or maintains a gender power order. This structure exists in the society and maintains men’s superiority to women and reinforces by men's violence against women. It also outlines the theoretical framework of feminist theory, used to process the gender power order, when the analysis of SOU 2014:49 was implemented. By analyzing the report in terms of gender and power the analysis consists of examining whether the discourses in the report can be seen as maintaining or... (More)
- This study is of qualitative nature where the problem area, domestic violence, is analyzed through feminist theory, aided by a critical discourse analysis. The study aims to reveal if the discourse of an official report from the Swedish government, named SOU 2014:49, challenges or maintains a gender power order. This structure exists in the society and maintains men’s superiority to women and reinforces by men's violence against women. It also outlines the theoretical framework of feminist theory, used to process the gender power order, when the analysis of SOU 2014:49 was implemented. By analyzing the report in terms of gender and power the analysis consists of examining whether the discourses in the report can be seen as maintaining or challenging the gender hierarchy. Through careful reading of the material and with the analytical tools of critical discourse analysis, three prominent discourses emerged: the discourse surrounding the violent person, the abused and the explanations of the violent acts. Together they show a comprehensive picture of how the assessment interprets and presents the problem of domestic violence, based on the theoretical framework, which concludes the fact that the gender hierarchy is maintained in the discourses analyzed in the report. (Less)
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- author
- Fält, Isabella LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVK02 20151
- year
- 2015
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Critical discourse analysis, Feminist theory., Domestic violence, Gender power order, Official reports from the Swedish government
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 7759602
- date added to LUP
- 2015-09-09 16:25:47
- date last changed
- 2015-09-09 16:25:47
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