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Tiggeriförbud i Sverige: förenligt med individens frihet? En normativ givet att-analys av riksdagsdebatten om ett införande av ett nationellt tiggeriförbud

Smedberg, Cornelia LU (2020) STVK02 20201
Department of Political Science
Abstract
In 2016, the Swedish government released a comprehensive report stating
that since 2012, the presence of beggars had become a common sight in towns and
cities throughout Sweden. Furthermore, most of the beggars came
from Romania and Bulgaria, where they faced discrimination and had few
opportunities to support themselves and their families

Later, in 2018, the administrative court made a ruling which allowed the municipality of Vellinge to forbid the “passive collection of money” in certain geographical areas. The adjudication was both applauded as well as condemned.

The question of prohibiting begging is clearly a subject for debate. This
Bachelor's essay investigates whether a national prohibition of begging can be
justified... (More)
In 2016, the Swedish government released a comprehensive report stating
that since 2012, the presence of beggars had become a common sight in towns and
cities throughout Sweden. Furthermore, most of the beggars came
from Romania and Bulgaria, where they faced discrimination and had few
opportunities to support themselves and their families

Later, in 2018, the administrative court made a ruling which allowed the municipality of Vellinge to forbid the “passive collection of money” in certain geographical areas. The adjudication was both applauded as well as condemned.

The question of prohibiting begging is clearly a subject for debate. This
Bachelor's essay investigates whether a national prohibition of begging can be
justified in Sweden in 2020 with regards to the freedom of the individual. It does
so, by a normative analysis where the legitimacy of an impulsion to prohibit
begging is examined in relation to the normative logics of deontologism and
consequentialism. The theory is mainly constructed by chosen parts of the work
by the political theorists John Stuart Mill and Isaiah Berlin. The findings suggest that a national prohibition of beggary cannot be viewed as acceptable in relation to the freedom of the individual and deontologism but can on the other hand be justified regarding consequentialism. (Less)
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author
Smedberg, Cornelia LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20201
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Nationellt tiggeriförbud, tiggare, normativ givet att-analys, individens frihet, deontologi, konsekvensialism
language
Swedish
id
9026402
date added to LUP
2020-09-21 15:44:50
date last changed
2020-09-21 15:44:50
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  abstract     = {{In 2016, the Swedish government released a comprehensive report stating
that since 2012, the presence of beggars had become a common sight in towns and
cities throughout Sweden. Furthermore, most of the beggars came
from Romania and Bulgaria, where they faced discrimination and had few 
opportunities to support themselves and their families

Later, in 2018, the administrative court made a ruling which allowed the municipality of Vellinge to forbid the “passive collection of money” in certain geographical areas. The adjudication was both applauded as well as condemned. 

The question of prohibiting begging is clearly a subject for debate. This
Bachelor's essay investigates whether a national prohibition of begging can be
justified in Sweden in 2020 with regards to the freedom of the individual. It does
so, by a normative analysis where the legitimacy of an impulsion to prohibit
begging is examined in relation to the normative logics of deontologism and
consequentialism. The theory is mainly constructed by chosen parts of the work
by the political theorists John Stuart Mill and Isaiah Berlin. The findings suggest that a national prohibition of beggary cannot be viewed as acceptable in relation to the freedom of the individual and deontologism but can on the other hand be justified regarding consequentialism.}},
  author       = {{Smedberg, Cornelia}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Tiggeriförbud i Sverige: förenligt med individens frihet? En normativ givet att-analys av riksdagsdebatten om ett införande av ett nationellt tiggeriförbud}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}