Feminist eller inte, vad spelar det för roll? En studie av feministiska tankar om internationell politik i praktiken
(2020) STVK02 20201Department of Political Science
- Abstract (Swedish)
- In 2015 the Swedish government declared itself to be feminist as the first government in the world. Margot Wallström, foreign minister at the time, said: ”It’s time to become a little braver in foreign policy. I think feminism is a good term. It is about standing against the systematic and global subordination of women” (Nordberg 2015).
The declaration of a feminist foreign policy is remarkable in many aspects. For once, it has never happened before, and it further implies that one leaves the politics of consensus that is significative for foreign policy. What consequences does a feminist policy have? How does it affect women around the world?
From analyzing foreign aid policy of two Swedish governments and the allocation of foreign aid,... (More) - In 2015 the Swedish government declared itself to be feminist as the first government in the world. Margot Wallström, foreign minister at the time, said: ”It’s time to become a little braver in foreign policy. I think feminism is a good term. It is about standing against the systematic and global subordination of women” (Nordberg 2015).
The declaration of a feminist foreign policy is remarkable in many aspects. For once, it has never happened before, and it further implies that one leaves the politics of consensus that is significative for foreign policy. What consequences does a feminist policy have? How does it affect women around the world?
From analyzing foreign aid policy of two Swedish governments and the allocation of foreign aid, this study found that it makes no difference for women in the world whether the foreign policy is feminist or not.
Key words: feminism, international policy, foreign aid policy
Word count: 9548 (Less)
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- author
- Dalhusen, Hanna LU
- supervisor
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- Martin Hall LU
- organization
- course
- STVK02 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- language
- Swedish
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- 9026458
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- 2020-09-21 15:39:27
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