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Bromma flygplats och kampen om marken - En studie av diskurser och problemformuleringar

Jöneby, Lisa LU (2026) SGEL36 20261
Department of Human Geography
Abstract
In recent years, the future of Bromma Airport in Stockholm has become a recurring and contested issue in Swedish public debate, shaped by shifting political priorities, climate ambitions and urban development needs. This thesis examines how Bromma Airport is problematized in Swedish public documents, which competing actors and discourses can be identified and how are arguments for and against closure of the airport legitimized and delegitimized? To answer this, the thesis applies Carol Bacchi’s What’s the Problem Represented to be? (WPR) approach as its theoretical and analytical framework. The empirical material consists of municipal documents, media- and debatearticles. A qualitative document analysis is combined with a... (More)
In recent years, the future of Bromma Airport in Stockholm has become a recurring and contested issue in Swedish public debate, shaped by shifting political priorities, climate ambitions and urban development needs. This thesis examines how Bromma Airport is problematized in Swedish public documents, which competing actors and discourses can be identified and how are arguments for and against closure of the airport legitimized and delegitimized? To answer this, the thesis applies Carol Bacchi’s What’s the Problem Represented to be? (WPR) approach as its theoretical and analytical framework. The empirical material consists of municipal documents, media- and debatearticles. A qualitative document analysis is combined with a discourse-oriented interpretation of how actors frame the issue. The analysis identifies four dominant discourses that shape the construction of Bromma as a policy problem, a climate discourse, economic discourse, capacity and infrastructure discourse and a governance and legitimacy discourse. These discourses construct competing understandings of what the problem is, and they legitimize or delegitimize closure of the airport through different normative strategic claims. The thesis contributes to existing research by offering a contemporary discourse analysis that examines how Bromma is problematized rather than discussing whether it should close or not. (Less)
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author
Jöneby, Lisa LU
supervisor
organization
course
SGEL36 20261
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Bromma airport, land use, societal development, discourse, policy, legitimacy
language
Swedish
id
9231469
date added to LUP
2026-06-16 12:16:24
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2026-06-16 12:16:24
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  abstract     = {{In recent years, the future of Bromma Airport in Stockholm has become a recurring and contested issue in Swedish public debate, shaped by shifting political priorities, climate ambitions and urban development needs. This thesis examines how Bromma Airport is problematized in Swedish public documents, which competing actors and discourses can be identified and how are arguments for and against closure of the airport legitimized and delegitimized? To answer this, the thesis applies Carol Bacchi’s What’s the Problem Represented to be? (WPR) approach as its theoretical and analytical framework. The empirical material consists of municipal documents, media- and debatearticles. A qualitative document analysis is combined with a discourse-oriented interpretation of how actors frame the issue. The analysis identifies four dominant discourses that shape the construction of Bromma as a policy problem, a climate discourse, economic discourse, capacity and infrastructure discourse and a governance and legitimacy discourse. These discourses construct competing understandings of what the problem is, and they legitimize or delegitimize closure of the airport through different normative strategic claims. The thesis contributes to existing research by offering a contemporary discourse analysis that examines how Bromma is problematized rather than discussing whether it should close or not.}},
  author       = {{Jöneby, Lisa}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Bromma flygplats och kampen om marken - En studie av diskurser och problemformuleringar}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}