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Är Svenska Staten Våldsam? En kvalitativ fallstudie undersöker om svenska Staten utövar direkt, strukturellt eller kulturellt våld mot samerna idag.

Staffas, Emelie LU (2018) FKVK02 20181
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Sweden’s dark past concerning their treatment of its indigenous people is rarely discussed. The ILO C169 has still not been ratified and the Swedish State continues to receive criticism for its lack of effectively addressing the Sami people’s situation.
Through a qualitative case study and using Galtung’s theory of nuanced violence it is evident that the Swedish State’s treatment of the Sami people is of interest to the field of peace and conflict research. In accordance with structural violence the Sami people lack political and social influence because of historical decisions which are now deeply rooted in the judicial system which arguably allows actions of direct violence to occur. If the Swedish State views their system as... (More)
Sweden’s dark past concerning their treatment of its indigenous people is rarely discussed. The ILO C169 has still not been ratified and the Swedish State continues to receive criticism for its lack of effectively addressing the Sami people’s situation.
Through a qualitative case study and using Galtung’s theory of nuanced violence it is evident that the Swedish State’s treatment of the Sami people is of interest to the field of peace and conflict research. In accordance with structural violence the Sami people lack political and social influence because of historical decisions which are now deeply rooted in the judicial system which arguably allows actions of direct violence to occur. If the Swedish State views their system as legitimate is still a mystery.
This study has contributed to the field of peace and conflict research through its combination of a classic theory, usually reserved to studies of the Global South, being applied on the not-so-classic case Sweden and Europe’s only indigenous people. (Less)
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author
Staffas, Emelie LU
supervisor
organization
course
FKVK02 20181
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
indigenous people, Sápmi, Sami, Sweden, Swedish State, violence, urfolk, samer, Sverige, svenska Staten, våld
language
Swedish
id
8942581
date added to LUP
2018-08-24 08:24:22
date last changed
2018-08-24 08:24:22
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  abstract     = {{Sweden’s dark past concerning their treatment of its indigenous people is rarely discussed. The ILO C169 has still not been ratified and the Swedish State continues to receive criticism for its lack of effectively addressing the Sami people’s situation. 
Through a qualitative case study and using Galtung’s theory of nuanced violence it is evident that the Swedish State’s treatment of the Sami people is of interest to the field of peace and conflict research. In accordance with structural violence the Sami people lack political and social influence because of historical decisions which are now deeply rooted in the judicial system which arguably allows actions of direct violence to occur. If the Swedish State views their system as legitimate is still a mystery. 
This study has contributed to the field of peace and conflict research through its combination of a classic theory, usually reserved to studies of the Global South, being applied on the not-so-classic case Sweden and Europe’s only indigenous people.}},
  author       = {{Staffas, Emelie}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Är Svenska Staten Våldsam? En kvalitativ fallstudie undersöker om svenska Staten utövar direkt, strukturellt eller kulturellt våld mot samerna idag.}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}