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Vem om inte vi? En narrativanalys av miljöpartisterna som lämnade sitt parti och bildade Partiet Vändpunkt

Eriksson, Sofia LU (2019) STVK02 20191
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Party-emergence is a somewhat puzzling phenomenon, since it implies substantial risks for those who decide to form the party while rewards are uncertain. A dilemma that is reinforced when the new party emerges from an already established party and therefore has to compete with former allies for public support and votes. Previous research suggests that ”party- entrepreneurs” and their sentiments towards the established party and their members are essential for the emergence of a new party. In a case study of the newly emerged Partiet Vändpunkt, I focus on the operating politicians and their narratives to examine how they dealt with this political dilemma. In other words, how they motivated and legitimatized their decision to leave the... (More)
Party-emergence is a somewhat puzzling phenomenon, since it implies substantial risks for those who decide to form the party while rewards are uncertain. A dilemma that is reinforced when the new party emerges from an already established party and therefore has to compete with former allies for public support and votes. Previous research suggests that ”party- entrepreneurs” and their sentiments towards the established party and their members are essential for the emergence of a new party. In a case study of the newly emerged Partiet Vändpunkt, I focus on the operating politicians and their narratives to examine how they dealt with this political dilemma. In other words, how they motivated and legitimatized their decision to leave the established party and to form a new party. Methodically, the study derives from a social constructivist point of view, specifically narrative analysis and the construction of problems. By studying newspaper articles and other material of relevance, the analysis reveals that feelings of responsibility and obligation towards people around them and to people in society were particularly important in this case. (Less)
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author
Eriksson, Sofia LU
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organization
course
STVK02 20191
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type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
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keywords
Partiet Vändpunkt, Miljöpartiet, narrativanalys, utbrytarparti, partibildning
language
Swedish
id
8975844
date added to LUP
2019-09-06 09:37:41
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2019-09-06 09:37:44
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  abstract     = {{Party-emergence is a somewhat puzzling phenomenon, since it implies substantial risks for those who decide to form the party while rewards are uncertain. A dilemma that is reinforced when the new party emerges from an already established party and therefore has to compete with former allies for public support and votes. Previous research suggests that ”party- entrepreneurs” and their sentiments towards the established party and their members are essential for the emergence of a new party. In a case study of the newly emerged Partiet Vändpunkt, I focus on the operating politicians and their narratives to examine how they dealt with this political dilemma. In other words, how they motivated and legitimatized their decision to leave the established party and to form a new party. Methodically, the study derives from a social constructivist point of view, specifically narrative analysis and the construction of problems. By studying newspaper articles and other material of relevance, the analysis reveals that feelings of responsibility and obligation towards people around them and to people in society were particularly important in this case.}},
  author       = {{Eriksson, Sofia}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Vem om inte vi? En narrativanalys av miljöpartisterna som lämnade sitt parti och bildade Partiet Vändpunkt}},
  year         = {{2019}},
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