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Your gain, my pain

Staberg, Sofia LU (2024) STVK04 20241
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Drawing from my research question investigating the authoritarian tendencies in the
US of the approximately last 40 years, I have within this bachelor´s thesis sought to infer the motives stemming from the actors of the conservative right of today as well as the foundations of the societal structures these actors have abided by.
What I have found is a country long divided by divergent identities – subnational groups and white (typically male and old) rural voters, the latter triggered into resentment and a forging of culture wars with the former over their progress in terms of group rights and a heightened sense of equity. Remaining hostile towards other national groups, I have observed, have for the rural group been vital for... (More)
Drawing from my research question investigating the authoritarian tendencies in the
US of the approximately last 40 years, I have within this bachelor´s thesis sought to infer the motives stemming from the actors of the conservative right of today as well as the foundations of the societal structures these actors have abided by.
What I have found is a country long divided by divergent identities – subnational groups and white (typically male and old) rural voters, the latter triggered into resentment and a forging of culture wars with the former over their progress in terms of group rights and a heightened sense of equity. Remaining hostile towards other national groups, I have observed, have for the rural group been vital for preserving an understanding of unity in the face of growing national weakness.
This internal frailty, in turn, is one that I may trace to decades of irresponsible financial spending and liberal deregulation, as well as to a lost cause among other nations after the dissolution of the Cold War – at least until a terror threat emerged in the early 2000s and allowed the country to channel its full load of immigrant fears. (Less)
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author
Staberg, Sofia LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
- En idéanalys över USA:s auktoritära utveckling
course
STVK04 20241
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Authoritarianism, identity politics, laissez-faire, conservative movement, populism.
language
Swedish
id
9153225
date added to LUP
2025-08-15 11:18:59
date last changed
2025-08-15 11:18:59
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  abstract     = {{Drawing from my research question investigating the authoritarian tendencies in the 
US of the approximately last 40 years, I have within this bachelor´s thesis sought to infer the motives stemming from the actors of the conservative right of today as well as the foundations of the societal structures these actors have abided by.
 What I have found is a country long divided by divergent identities – subnational groups and white (typically male and old) rural voters, the latter triggered into resentment and a forging of culture wars with the former over their progress in terms of group rights and a heightened sense of equity. Remaining hostile towards other national groups, I have observed, have for the rural group been vital for preserving an understanding of unity in the face of growing national weakness.
 This internal frailty, in turn, is one that I may trace to decades of irresponsible financial spending and liberal deregulation, as well as to a lost cause among other nations after the dissolution of the Cold War – at least until a terror threat emerged in the early 2000s and allowed the country to channel its full load of immigrant fears.}},
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  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Your gain, my pain}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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