Vellingeborna först!
(2009) STVK01 20091Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This thesis investigates the rhetoric of the leading party in the community of Vellinge in southern Sweden. The community is unique in its surroundings because of its decision not to make space for refugees granted with asylum in Sweden. A big debate started in 2008 when anetwork that demanded that the community would accept refugees was created. An image of the people in the community as racist is common in the area. I investigate the role of the leading party in their motivation for not accepting refugees in relation to racism and discrimination in the community.
These studies take their standing point in the post structuralism theories and therefore focus on the usage of language. More specifically it investigates what speech acts... (More) - This thesis investigates the rhetoric of the leading party in the community of Vellinge in southern Sweden. The community is unique in its surroundings because of its decision not to make space for refugees granted with asylum in Sweden. A big debate started in 2008 when anetwork that demanded that the community would accept refugees was created. An image of the people in the community as racist is common in the area. I investigate the role of the leading party in their motivation for not accepting refugees in relation to racism and discrimination in the community.
These studies take their standing point in the post structuralism theories and therefore focus on the usage of language. More specifically it investigates what speech acts are made by the leading party. To different kinds of theories are used, one focusing on discourses and the other on rhetorical strategies recognized by Quentin Skinner.
The conclusion drawn in the study is that no linguistic discrimination is made by the party. However, they only express perspectives on refugee politics, in which the subjective position of the refugees is unfavourable. This is part of their ambition to legitimize their own actions. But by doing so they also fail to condemn racist and strongly discriminating arguments spread in the community. (Less)
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- author
- Holmgren, Cecilia LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVK01 20091
- year
- 2009
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- flyktingpolitik rasism diskriminering retorik diskurs
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1405454
- date added to LUP
- 2009-06-18 11:09:00
- date last changed
- 2009-06-18 11:09:00
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abstract = {{This thesis investigates the rhetoric of the leading party in the community of Vellinge in southern Sweden. The community is unique in its surroundings because of its decision not to make space for refugees granted with asylum in Sweden. A big debate started in 2008 when anetwork that demanded that the community would accept refugees was created. An image of the people in the community as racist is common in the area. I investigate the role of the leading party in their motivation for not accepting refugees in relation to racism and discrimination in the community.
These studies take their standing point in the post structuralism theories and therefore focus on the usage of language. More specifically it investigates what speech acts are made by the leading party. To different kinds of theories are used, one focusing on discourses and the other on rhetorical strategies recognized by Quentin Skinner.
The conclusion drawn in the study is that no linguistic discrimination is made by the party. However, they only express perspectives on refugee politics, in which the subjective position of the refugees is unfavourable. This is part of their ambition to legitimize their own actions. But by doing so they also fail to condemn racist and strongly discriminating arguments spread in the community.}},
author = {{Holmgren, Cecilia}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Vellingeborna först!}},
year = {{2009}},
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