Verklighetens folk - en diskursanalys över begreppet
(2010) STVK01 20102Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- When the Swedish Christian Democratic Party launched the term “verklighetens folk” (the people of the reality), describing a conflict between the intellectual and cultural elite and the big majority of the voters, they became heavily criticized for trying to get votes in morally grey areas. This essay argues that there is not only tactics to this and claims that the statements are indeed effects of a ideological change where the party, dealing with a more socially fragmented world, are changing from claiming that the state should enforce universal values to a position where protection of individual rights, especially socially, is the most important issue. The essay also argues that of course some tactics lay behind and compare this to the... (More)
- When the Swedish Christian Democratic Party launched the term “verklighetens folk” (the people of the reality), describing a conflict between the intellectual and cultural elite and the big majority of the voters, they became heavily criticized for trying to get votes in morally grey areas. This essay argues that there is not only tactics to this and claims that the statements are indeed effects of a ideological change where the party, dealing with a more socially fragmented world, are changing from claiming that the state should enforce universal values to a position where protection of individual rights, especially socially, is the most important issue. The essay also argues that of course some tactics lay behind and compare this to the liberal party and their language demand for citizen ship in the 2002 election. (Less)
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- author
- Ahlstrand, Mårten LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVK01 20102
- year
- 2010
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- populism, verklighetens folk, Kristdemokraterna, Kritisk diskursanalys, Göran Hägglund
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1764822
- date added to LUP
- 2011-02-10 15:41:47
- date last changed
- 2011-02-10 15:41:47
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