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Mineralpolitikens ideologi

Isaksson, Elias LU (2014) STVM21 20132
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This thesis takes the current Swedish mining-boom and the conflicts it entails as its point of departure. More precisely, it investigates the question of how to understand the position of the political establishment, defined as the present right-wing government, the Social Democratic Party and the mining-company organization SveMin, in relation to the Swedish mining-boom. This is done through a critical ideology analysis of main strategy-documents produced by the actors, as well as a theoretical framework constructed from critical theory concerning ideology.
The main findings of the research is that the ideology of the political establishment can be seen as a homogeneous ideology. Although the analyzed documents differ to some extent in... (More)
This thesis takes the current Swedish mining-boom and the conflicts it entails as its point of departure. More precisely, it investigates the question of how to understand the position of the political establishment, defined as the present right-wing government, the Social Democratic Party and the mining-company organization SveMin, in relation to the Swedish mining-boom. This is done through a critical ideology analysis of main strategy-documents produced by the actors, as well as a theoretical framework constructed from critical theory concerning ideology.
The main findings of the research is that the ideology of the political establishment can be seen as a homogeneous ideology. Although the analyzed documents differ to some extent in their manifest content, they correspond in their latent content. Put differently, the texts highlight somewhat different elements of the mining-industry and the conflicts surrounding it, but the underlying view of society, of economic growth and of sustainable development is the same. That is, it favors the interests of the mining-industry, of economic growth and of the capitalist system before other interests such as the environment, human health and the indigenous people.
In addition to its analytical content, the thesis contributes to the development of critical ideology analysis as a method. (Less)
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author
Isaksson, Elias LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
En ideologikritisk analys av det politiska etablissemangets syn på den svenska gruvnäringen
course
STVM21 20132
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
ideologi, kritisk ideologianalys, gruvnäring, mineralstrategi, tillväxt
language
Swedish
id
4229136
date added to LUP
2014-01-29 17:48:48
date last changed
2014-01-29 17:48:48
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  abstract     = {{This thesis takes the current Swedish mining-boom and the conflicts it entails as its point of departure. More precisely, it investigates the question of how to understand the position of the political establishment, defined as the present right-wing government, the Social Democratic Party and the mining-company organization SveMin, in relation to the Swedish mining-boom. This is done through a critical ideology analysis of main strategy-documents produced by the actors, as well as a theoretical framework constructed from critical theory concerning ideology.
 The main findings of the research is that the ideology of the political establishment can be seen as a homogeneous ideology. Although the analyzed documents differ to some extent in their manifest content, they correspond in their latent content. Put differently, the texts highlight somewhat different elements of the mining-industry and the conflicts surrounding it, but the underlying view of society, of economic growth and of sustainable development is the same. That is, it favors the interests of the mining-industry, of economic growth and of the capitalist system before other interests such as the environment, human health and the indigenous people.
 In addition to its analytical content, the thesis contributes to the development of critical ideology analysis as a method.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Mineralpolitikens ideologi}},
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