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Export på ohållbara grunder? - En idékritisk analys av argumenten för Sveriges export av krigsmateriel.

Folkeson, Katarina LU (2018) STVK02 20181
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The idea behind Sweden’s export of war material consists of two main arguments. The first is based in Sweden’s policy on neutrality and states that export is needed to enable independence for Sweden’s defence. The second is that the export leads to many jobs in rural areas in Sweden and that a ban would lead to large unemployment. This thesis examines these two arguments by applying an idea critical analysis. The focus for the analysis is to validate the sustainability in the arguments in favour of Sweden’s export of war material. The empirical material mostly being used in the analysis are official documents from the Swedish government, parliament and Armed Forces and from international organizations such as the EU. This material is... (More)
The idea behind Sweden’s export of war material consists of two main arguments. The first is based in Sweden’s policy on neutrality and states that export is needed to enable independence for Sweden’s defence. The second is that the export leads to many jobs in rural areas in Sweden and that a ban would lead to large unemployment. This thesis examines these two arguments by applying an idea critical analysis. The focus for the analysis is to validate the sustainability in the arguments in favour of Sweden’s export of war material. The empirical material mostly being used in the analysis are official documents from the Swedish government, parliament and Armed Forces and from international organizations such as the EU. This material is balanced with news articles from established media in Sweden. The analysis shows that Sweden in practice does not follow all criteria for being a neutral state, that Sweden’s defence is not independent and that a ban on the export of war material would lead to unemployment in rural areas. The conclusions are that the arguments based on Sweden’s neutrality policy is not sustainable, but that the arguments about unemployment in rural areas are more durable. (Less)
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author
Folkeson, Katarina LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20181
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Vapenexport Idékritik Neutralitet Alliansfrihet Sysselsättning
language
Swedish
id
8939501
date added to LUP
2018-08-23 14:51:49
date last changed
2018-08-23 14:51:49
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  abstract     = {{The idea behind Sweden’s export of war material consists of two main arguments. The first is based in Sweden’s policy on neutrality and states that export is needed to enable independence for Sweden’s defence. The second is that the export leads to many jobs in rural areas in Sweden and that a ban would lead to large unemployment. This thesis examines these two arguments by applying an idea critical analysis. The focus for the analysis is to validate the sustainability in the arguments in favour of Sweden’s export of war material. The empirical material mostly being used in the analysis are official documents from the Swedish government, parliament and Armed Forces and from international organizations such as the EU. This material is balanced with news articles from established media in Sweden. The analysis shows that Sweden in practice does not follow all criteria for being a neutral state, that Sweden’s defence is not independent and that a ban on the export of war material would lead to unemployment in rural areas. The conclusions are that the arguments based on Sweden’s neutrality policy is not sustainable, but that the arguments about unemployment in rural areas are more durable.}},
  author       = {{Folkeson, Katarina}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Export på ohållbara grunder? - En idékritisk analys av argumenten för Sveriges export av krigsmateriel.}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}