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Atomkraft? Nein danke

Silber, Ellen LU (2018) STVK02 20181
Department of Political Science
Abstract
After the Fukushima accident in 2011, Sweden and Germany acted differently. Sweden stressed its nuclear power plant while Germany made a complete turn and decided on a nuclear power settlement by 2022. It raises questions why Germany and Sweden acted differently after the Fukushima accident. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze why a political decision was taken on a nuclear power phase out in Germany but not in Sweden. The question to be answered was "Why did not the Fukushima accident have the same effect in Sweden as it had in Germany?" The analyse is done according to John Kingdon's multiple streams, which is a theory of policy processes and agenda setting. The result of the thesis shows that both German and Swedish experts... (More)
After the Fukushima accident in 2011, Sweden and Germany acted differently. Sweden stressed its nuclear power plant while Germany made a complete turn and decided on a nuclear power settlement by 2022. It raises questions why Germany and Sweden acted differently after the Fukushima accident. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze why a political decision was taken on a nuclear power phase out in Germany but not in Sweden. The question to be answered was "Why did not the Fukushima accident have the same effect in Sweden as it had in Germany?" The analyse is done according to John Kingdon's multiple streams, which is a theory of policy processes and agenda setting. The result of the thesis shows that both German and Swedish experts estimated that an energy transfer to renewable energy would be possible. Furthermore the consensus was low in both countries, preventing a change in nuclear power policy. The conclusion of the thesis is that Greenpeace's drive was much stronger in Germany, a forcing power Consular Markel couldn’t ignore. (Less)
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author
Silber, Ellen LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
En jämförande studie av den svenska och tyska kärnkraftsavvecklingen efter Fukushimaolyckan
course
STVK02 20181
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Nuclear phase-out, “multiple streams”, John Kingdon, Germany, Sweden
language
Swedish
id
8947087
date added to LUP
2018-08-23 09:28:04
date last changed
2018-08-23 09:28:04
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  abstract     = {{After the Fukushima accident in 2011, Sweden and Germany acted differently. Sweden stressed its nuclear power plant while Germany made a complete turn and decided on a nuclear power settlement by 2022. It raises questions why Germany and Sweden acted differently after the Fukushima accident. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze why a political decision was taken on a nuclear power phase out in Germany but not in Sweden. The question to be answered was "Why did not the Fukushima accident have the same effect in Sweden as it had in Germany?" The analyse is done according to John Kingdon's multiple streams, which is a theory of policy processes and agenda setting. The result of the thesis shows that both German and Swedish experts estimated that an energy transfer to renewable energy would be possible. Furthermore the consensus was low in both countries, preventing a change in nuclear power policy. The conclusion of the thesis is that Greenpeace's drive was much stronger in Germany, a forcing power Consular Markel couldn’t ignore.}},
  author       = {{Silber, Ellen}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Atomkraft? Nein danke}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}