En förändrad värld, en omdanad säkerhet? - En studie om klimatförändringars effekt på svensk säkerhetspolitik
(2006)Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The concept of national security has been a matter for debate during recent years, especially in academic fields. Criticism has surfaced since the end of the cold war, directed towards the traditional perspective's dogmatic focus on armed threats and interstate war. Questions concerning an oncoming paradigm shift have been raised, regarding a widening of the security agenda among national states to also include alternative threats, such as environmental hazards. In this thesis, the focus lies on the effects that climate changes have caused in the Swedish national security agenda during the last 15 years. Swedish policy documents show that there have been some major changes, not only the widening of the security agenda but the entire... (More)
- The concept of national security has been a matter for debate during recent years, especially in academic fields. Criticism has surfaced since the end of the cold war, directed towards the traditional perspective's dogmatic focus on armed threats and interstate war. Questions concerning an oncoming paradigm shift have been raised, regarding a widening of the security agenda among national states to also include alternative threats, such as environmental hazards. In this thesis, the focus lies on the effects that climate changes have caused in the Swedish national security agenda during the last 15 years. Swedish policy documents show that there have been some major changes, not only the widening of the security agenda but the entire security domain seems to have changed. With more involved actors, as a result of the increasing complexity in the field. This evolution has not gone through without obstruction, there seems to have been internal conflicts about what should be incorporated in the agenda and in the concept of national security. Official actors and ministries in the government have through custom behaviour, field knowledge and conflicting interests caused stabilizing effects in the policy change. (Less)
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- author
- Norén, Jonas
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2006
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Sweden, National security, Environmental security, Climate change, Policy stabilization, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1329741
- date added to LUP
- 2006-04-19 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2006-04-19 00:00:00
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abstract = {{The concept of national security has been a matter for debate during recent years, especially in academic fields. Criticism has surfaced since the end of the cold war, directed towards the traditional perspective's dogmatic focus on armed threats and interstate war. Questions concerning an oncoming paradigm shift have been raised, regarding a widening of the security agenda among national states to also include alternative threats, such as environmental hazards. In this thesis, the focus lies on the effects that climate changes have caused in the Swedish national security agenda during the last 15 years. Swedish policy documents show that there have been some major changes, not only the widening of the security agenda but the entire security domain seems to have changed. With more involved actors, as a result of the increasing complexity in the field. This evolution has not gone through without obstruction, there seems to have been internal conflicts about what should be incorporated in the agenda and in the concept of national security. Official actors and ministries in the government have through custom behaviour, field knowledge and conflicting interests caused stabilizing effects in the policy change.}},
author = {{Norén, Jonas}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{En förändrad värld, en omdanad säkerhet? - En studie om klimatförändringars effekt på svensk säkerhetspolitik}},
year = {{2006}},
}