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Rationalitet eller arv? Sveriges erkännande av Palestina

Ahlqvist, Erik David LU (2018) STVU15 20181
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explain the reasons behind the Swedish Social Democrat led government’s recognition of Palestine on the 30th of October 2014. By conducting a single case study, the recognition will be analysed according to two theories: The Rational Actor Model and the Organizational Behavior Model.
The Rational Actor Model assumes that the purpose of the recognition was to value-maximize the government’s policies while the Organizational Behavior Model exams the legacy of the Social Democrats and the party’s close connections to Palestine.
As an advantage of the recognition, the election of Sweden to the UN Security Council and the underlining of Sweden’s role as a strong and independent state can be seen.... (More)
The purpose of this study is to explain the reasons behind the Swedish Social Democrat led government’s recognition of Palestine on the 30th of October 2014. By conducting a single case study, the recognition will be analysed according to two theories: The Rational Actor Model and the Organizational Behavior Model.
The Rational Actor Model assumes that the purpose of the recognition was to value-maximize the government’s policies while the Organizational Behavior Model exams the legacy of the Social Democrats and the party’s close connections to Palestine.
As an advantage of the recognition, the election of Sweden to the UN Security Council and the underlining of Sweden’s role as a strong and independent state can be seen. Organizational behavior is based on that the recognition was a result of the relations with Palestine and PLO created during the time of Olof Palme and Sten Andersson.
The result of the study is a combination of the two theories. What was rational during Palme’s and Andersson’s time has become organizational behavior over the years. However, it turns out that the main reason for the recognition of Palestine was to value-maximize the Social Democrats’ politics. (Less)
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author
Ahlqvist, Erik David LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVU15 20181
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
erkännande, Israel, Palestina, Palme, Socialdemokraterna
language
Swedish
id
8939893
date added to LUP
2018-06-05 14:21:40
date last changed
2018-06-05 14:21:40
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this study is to explain the reasons behind the Swedish Social Democrat led government’s recognition of Palestine on the 30th of October 2014. By conducting a single case study, the recognition will be analysed according to two theories: The Rational Actor Model and the Organizational Behavior Model.
The Rational Actor Model assumes that the purpose of the recognition was to value-maximize the government’s policies while the Organizational Behavior Model exams the legacy of the Social Democrats and the party’s close connections to Palestine. 
As an advantage of the recognition, the election of Sweden to the UN Security Council and the underlining of Sweden’s role as a strong and independent state can be seen. Organizational behavior is based on that the recognition was a result of the relations with Palestine and PLO created during the time of Olof Palme and Sten Andersson. 
The result of the study is a combination of the two theories. What was rational during Palme’s and Andersson’s time has become organizational behavior over the years. However, it turns out that the main reason for the recognition of Palestine was to value-maximize the Social Democrats’ politics.}},
  author       = {{Ahlqvist, Erik David}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Rationalitet eller arv? Sveriges erkännande av Palestina}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}