Hvad er problemet egentlig?- en analyse af problemrepræsentationen omkring den negative befolkningsvækst på Færøerne
(2013) GNVM03 20131Department of Gender Studies
- Abstract
- An ongoing debate is taking place in the remote islands in the North Atlantic, the Faroe Islands. Demographics indicate that the population growth is stagnating and falling. It is especially a significant lack of women that is given attention. With a feminist approach and Carol Lee Bacchi's method outlined in "What is the problem represented to be", the aim with this thesis regards policies as prescriptive texts, which tell us what to do. The aim is to discover how the problem is being diagnosed, represented, and handled, and thereby to analyse which discourses and material solutions are produced by this representation, and which are not. Combined with a political feminist theory framework, the thesis argues that there is a lack of... (More)
- An ongoing debate is taking place in the remote islands in the North Atlantic, the Faroe Islands. Demographics indicate that the population growth is stagnating and falling. It is especially a significant lack of women that is given attention. With a feminist approach and Carol Lee Bacchi's method outlined in "What is the problem represented to be", the aim with this thesis regards policies as prescriptive texts, which tell us what to do. The aim is to discover how the problem is being diagnosed, represented, and handled, and thereby to analyse which discourses and material solutions are produced by this representation, and which are not. Combined with a political feminist theory framework, the thesis argues that there is a lack of consensus between what is said and what is actually done, between discourse and practice. It claims that there is a high need to include discussions about gender equality, gender, and diversity, since the problem diagnosis and representation is rooted in a presence of a heteronormative, homogenic, and patriarchal norm reproduction that needs to be disturbed and transformed. By bringing this to attention the thesis concludes that the question should not be how groups can adapt to the society but how the society can transform so that gender equality and diversity will leave room for groups and individuals to be included on own conditions. (Less)
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- author
- Patursson, Liv LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- GNVM03 20131
- year
- 2013
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- gender quality, problem representation, population growth, Bacchi, Faroe Islands, and diversity
- language
- Danish
- id
- 3801393
- date added to LUP
- 2014-02-07 14:17:01
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- 2014-02-07 14:17:01
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abstract = {{An ongoing debate is taking place in the remote islands in the North Atlantic, the Faroe Islands. Demographics indicate that the population growth is stagnating and falling. It is especially a significant lack of women that is given attention. With a feminist approach and Carol Lee Bacchi's method outlined in "What is the problem represented to be", the aim with this thesis regards policies as prescriptive texts, which tell us what to do. The aim is to discover how the problem is being diagnosed, represented, and handled, and thereby to analyse which discourses and material solutions are produced by this representation, and which are not. Combined with a political feminist theory framework, the thesis argues that there is a lack of consensus between what is said and what is actually done, between discourse and practice. It claims that there is a high need to include discussions about gender equality, gender, and diversity, since the problem diagnosis and representation is rooted in a presence of a heteronormative, homogenic, and patriarchal norm reproduction that needs to be disturbed and transformed. By bringing this to attention the thesis concludes that the question should not be how groups can adapt to the society but how the society can transform so that gender equality and diversity will leave room for groups and individuals to be included on own conditions.}},
author = {{Patursson, Liv}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Hvad er problemet egentlig?- en analyse af problemrepræsentationen omkring den negative befolkningsvækst på Færøerne}},
year = {{2013}},
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