De Exkluderade - En textanalys av det migrationspolitiska språket om papperslösa och gömda
(2011) STVM01 20111Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- Irregular and undocumented migrants often live under harsh conditions, and their rights have been subject to a lot of debates in Sweden the last couple of years. This essay aims to interpret the political language concerning irregular and undocumented migrants using a WPR method and a governmentality-perspective. The theoretical framework I have constructed for the purpose of this study mainly concerns perspectives that relate to social justice theory. The empirical study looks at the period from year 2000 to 2010. The main purpose is to uncover on what grounds and with which assumptions that certain types of politics are formulated. The analysis looks at the use of the terms prohibition, punishment and regulation, and follows these in a... (More)
- Irregular and undocumented migrants often live under harsh conditions, and their rights have been subject to a lot of debates in Sweden the last couple of years. This essay aims to interpret the political language concerning irregular and undocumented migrants using a WPR method and a governmentality-perspective. The theoretical framework I have constructed for the purpose of this study mainly concerns perspectives that relate to social justice theory. The empirical study looks at the period from year 2000 to 2010. The main purpose is to uncover on what grounds and with which assumptions that certain types of politics are formulated. The analysis looks at the use of the terms prohibition, punishment and regulation, and follows these in a chronological order which represents how the language has change over the years. However, the result of the study shows that the change in language does not have a corresponding change in immigration policies concerning irregular and undocumented migrants. (Less)
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- author
- Ljungkvist Elovaara, Mia LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVM01 20111
- year
- 2011
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Dokumentlös, Governmentality, Irregular migrant, Migrationspolitik, Papperslös, Social rättviseteori, WPR
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1968724
- date added to LUP
- 2011-06-20 15:00:07
- date last changed
- 2011-06-20 15:00:07
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