Konstruktionen av en tiggare - En diskursanalytisk studie om debatten kring tiggeriförbud i Sverige
(2020) STVK02 20201Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- Begging in Sweden is not a new phenomenon although it is a current issue in Swedish politics, more precisely the issue is focused on a begging ban. This thesis studies how beggars in Sweden are constructed in discourses of a begging ban. The study implements a critical discourse analytic approach with Carole Bacchi’s (1999) theory and method “What’s the problem represented to be?” (WTP). The WTP approach works as a tool to ease critical examination of a certain public policy. The material composes different statements from Swedish politicians who advocates a begging ban and works in municipalities which has a begging ban or are in the process of establishing one. The material is chosen with certain necessary restrictions, in order to... (More)
- Begging in Sweden is not a new phenomenon although it is a current issue in Swedish politics, more precisely the issue is focused on a begging ban. This thesis studies how beggars in Sweden are constructed in discourses of a begging ban. The study implements a critical discourse analytic approach with Carole Bacchi’s (1999) theory and method “What’s the problem represented to be?” (WTP). The WTP approach works as a tool to ease critical examination of a certain public policy. The material composes different statements from Swedish politicians who advocates a begging ban and works in municipalities which has a begging ban or are in the process of establishing one. The material is chosen with certain necessary restrictions, in order to create a suitable thesis. The study shows that beggars in Sweden are constructed in a negative and degrading way. Politicians often put beggars in a corner and describe them as a contribution to an insecure and troubled society. This construction separates society and the public starts to reflect about beggars in the same perspective as the politicians. (Less)
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- author
- Håkansson, Camilla LU
- supervisor
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- Elsa Hedling LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Hur tiggarna konstrueras inom svensk politik
- Kommunpolitikernas konstruerande av tiggarna
- course
- STVK02 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- tiggeri, tiggare, tiggeriförbud, diskursanalys, Sverige, debatt
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9009563
- date added to LUP
- 2020-09-21 15:41:40
- date last changed
- 2020-09-21 15:41:40
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