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Antirasism - En beskrivande idéanalys av den antirasistiskt förda debatten i media

Grebäck, Isabelle LU (2015) STVK02 20142
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The aim of this thesis is to examine which anti-racist ideas that have been characteristic in the Swedish media debate, the months before the election 2014. The hypothesis was constructed by the fact that the anti-racist movement is perceived as polarized. The study describes and interprets five articles, written by anti-racists, in the Swedish daily press, which forms the material. The study is made by an analysis of the ideas, which are found in anti-racism. The analysis of the study is based on two dimensions. One consists of the view of racism, and the other one is composed by the division between universalism and relativism. The resultat shows an ambiguous view of the understanding of racism. It also shows that both universalism and... (More)
The aim of this thesis is to examine which anti-racist ideas that have been characteristic in the Swedish media debate, the months before the election 2014. The hypothesis was constructed by the fact that the anti-racist movement is perceived as polarized. The study describes and interprets five articles, written by anti-racists, in the Swedish daily press, which forms the material. The study is made by an analysis of the ideas, which are found in anti-racism. The analysis of the study is based on two dimensions. One consists of the view of racism, and the other one is composed by the division between universalism and relativism. The resultat shows an ambiguous view of the understanding of racism. It also shows that both universalism and relativism are represented in an anti-racist position. The investigation indicates a lack of an united front against racism in Swedish media. The conclusion of the study is that the anti-racists disagree about what constitutes the issue of racism. (Less)
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author
Grebäck, Isabelle LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20142
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
relativism, media, rasism, universalism, Antirasism
language
Swedish
id
4925519
date added to LUP
2015-02-28 17:14:48
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2015-02-28 17:14:48
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this thesis is to examine which anti-racist ideas that have been characteristic in the Swedish media debate, the months before the election 2014. The hypothesis was constructed by the fact that the anti-racist movement is perceived as polarized. The study describes and interprets five articles, written by anti-racists, in the Swedish daily press, which forms the material. The study is made by an analysis of the ideas, which are found in anti-racism. The analysis of the study is based on two dimensions. One consists of the view of racism, and the other one is composed by the division between universalism and relativism. The resultat shows an ambiguous view of the understanding of racism. It also shows that both universalism and relativism are represented in an anti-racist position. The investigation indicates a lack of an united front against racism in Swedish media. The conclusion of the study is that the anti-racists disagree about what constitutes the issue of racism.}},
  author       = {{Grebäck, Isabelle}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Antirasism - En beskrivande idéanalys av den antirasistiskt förda debatten i media}},
  year         = {{2015}},
}