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Analys av en statlig utredning – en diskursanalys om hur missbruk, beroende, tvång och individ beskrivs i missbruksutredningen (SOU 2011:35)

Stenberg, Carl-Johan LU and Erlandsson, Karl LU (2013) SOPA63 20122
School of Social Work
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to analyze from a discourse analytic perspective how The Substance Abuse commissions final report, Improved interventions for substance abuse and dependence - the individual, knowledge and responsibility (SOU 2011:35) (Bättre insatser vid missbruk och beroende – individen, kunskapen och ansvaret), chapter 7, constructs discourses in relation to concepts such as substance abuse, substance addiction and the individual in relation to coercion. The starting point of the study was that through a qualitative approach in the form of critical discourse analysis and discourse theory analyze different concepts. We found three different discourses in the context of SOU 2011:35, chapter 7. The analysis found that a... (More)
The purpose of this study was to analyze from a discourse analytic perspective how The Substance Abuse commissions final report, Improved interventions for substance abuse and dependence - the individual, knowledge and responsibility (SOU 2011:35) (Bättre insatser vid missbruk och beroende – individen, kunskapen och ansvaret), chapter 7, constructs discourses in relation to concepts such as substance abuse, substance addiction and the individual in relation to coercion. The starting point of the study was that through a qualitative approach in the form of critical discourse analysis and discourse theory analyze different concepts. We found three different discourses in the context of SOU 2011:35, chapter 7. The analysis found that a medical discourse has come the farthest in a striving for hegemony in the construct of substance abuse and substance dependence, as well as the individual came to appear as distinct depending on the perception of substance abuse and substance addiction, as well as the measures advocated. A social discourse and penal discourse is less perceptible in SOU 2011:35. This also has implications for what SOU 2011:35 proposes a change to legislation. (Less)
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author
Stenberg, Carl-Johan LU and Erlandsson, Karl LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20122
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, health care-discourse, social discourse, penal discourse, coercion
language
Swedish
id
3410741
date added to LUP
2013-01-29 09:46:07
date last changed
2013-01-29 09:46:07
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this study was to analyze from a discourse analytic perspective how The Substance Abuse commissions final report, Improved interventions for substance abuse and dependence - the individual, knowledge and responsibility (SOU 2011:35) (Bättre insatser vid missbruk och beroende – individen, kunskapen och ansvaret), chapter 7, constructs discourses in relation to concepts such as substance abuse, substance addiction and the individual in relation to coercion. The starting point of the study was that through a qualitative approach in the form of critical discourse analysis and discourse theory analyze different concepts. We found three different discourses in the context of SOU 2011:35, chapter 7. The analysis found that a medical discourse has come the farthest in a striving for hegemony in the construct of substance abuse and substance dependence, as well as the individual came to appear as distinct depending on the perception of substance abuse and substance addiction, as well as the measures advocated. A social discourse and penal discourse is less perceptible in SOU 2011:35. This also has implications for what SOU 2011:35 proposes a change to legislation.}},
  author       = {{Stenberg, Carl-Johan and Erlandsson, Karl}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Analys av en statlig utredning – en diskursanalys om hur missbruk, beroende, tvång och individ beskrivs i missbruksutredningen (SOU 2011:35)}},
  year         = {{2013}},
}