Civil society’s role in times of social polarization and shrinking civil space : a deductive content analysis of Swedish aid policies with focus on civil society in Turkey
(2018) MRSK62 20181Human Rights Studies
- Abstract
- This bachelor thesis investigates how civil society’s role in democratization processes is expressed in Swedish aid policies with specific focus on Turkey. The empirical material selected consists of two more general policies and one with a regional focus. My theoretical framework is based on previous research about the subject which have inspired a categorization matrix consisting of five different categories: civil society as a third sector, civil society as an actor for the promotion and enhancement of human rights, civil society as a promoter of pluralism in views, voices and interests, civil society as a disseminator of information and a forum for dialogue and finally civil society as an inherently positive phenomenon. Through a... (More)
- This bachelor thesis investigates how civil society’s role in democratization processes is expressed in Swedish aid policies with specific focus on Turkey. The empirical material selected consists of two more general policies and one with a regional focus. My theoretical framework is based on previous research about the subject which have inspired a categorization matrix consisting of five different categories: civil society as a third sector, civil society as an actor for the promotion and enhancement of human rights, civil society as a promoter of pluralism in views, voices and interests, civil society as a disseminator of information and a forum for dialogue and finally civil society as an inherently positive phenomenon. Through a content analysis with a deductive approach I code my material for correspondence with the categories in order to explore and discuss civil society’s different functions in the Turkish context. The study reveals that the empirical material investigated contains elements which fit into all five categories but also that some context-specific characteristics must be taken into account and problematized. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- I denna kandidatuppsats undersöks hur det civila samhällets roll i demokratiseringspro-cesser uttrycks i svenska biståndsstrategier med särskilt fokus på Turkiet. Det empiriska materialet som valts består av två mer generella policyer och ett med regionalt fokus. Mitt teoretiska ramverk bygger på tidigare forskning om ämnet som har inspirerat en kategori-seringsmatris bestående av fem olika kategorier: civilsamhället som den tredje sektorn, civilsamhället som en aktör för främjande och stärkande av de mänskliga rättigheterna, civilsamhället som en aktör för främjandet av mångfald i åsikter, röster och intressen, ci-vilsamhället som informationsspridare och forum för dialog och slutligen civilsamhället som ett positivt fenomen. Dessa... (More)
- I denna kandidatuppsats undersöks hur det civila samhällets roll i demokratiseringspro-cesser uttrycks i svenska biståndsstrategier med särskilt fokus på Turkiet. Det empiriska materialet som valts består av två mer generella policyer och ett med regionalt fokus. Mitt teoretiska ramverk bygger på tidigare forskning om ämnet som har inspirerat en kategori-seringsmatris bestående av fem olika kategorier: civilsamhället som den tredje sektorn, civilsamhället som en aktör för främjande och stärkande av de mänskliga rättigheterna, civilsamhället som en aktör för främjandet av mångfald i åsikter, röster och intressen, ci-vilsamhället som informationsspridare och forum för dialog och slutligen civilsamhället som ett positivt fenomen. Dessa kategorier hjälper mig att systematisera och analysera mitt empiriska material. Genom en innehållsanalys med deduktivt ansats kodar jag mitt materi-al för att överensstämma med kategorierna för att sedan analysera och diskutera civilsam-hällets olika funktioner i den turkiska kontexten. Studien visar att det undersökta empi-riska materialet innehåller element som passar in i alla fem kategorier men även att vissa kontextspecifika situationer måste beaktas och problematiseras. (Less)
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- author
- Caminati Engström, Johanna LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MRSK62 20181
- year
- 2018
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- civil society, democratization, polarization, aid policies, Sweden, Turkey, deductive content analysis
- language
- English
- id
- 8942611
- date added to LUP
- 2018-08-20 11:16:44
- date last changed
- 2018-08-20 11:16:44
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Civil society’s role in times of social polarization and shrinking civil space : a deductive content analysis of Swedish aid policies with focus on civil society in Turkey}},
year = {{2018}},
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