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Kritik av kritiken: Om Jämställdhetsmyndighetens systembrytande och systemgenererande kritikpraktik

Thysell, Maria LU (2021) STVM25 20211
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This thesis explores a prominent practice in modern society: critique. More precisely, the institutionalisation of critique is investigated, as the thesis aims to understand what sort of critique the Swedish Gender Equality Agency performs. Through a synthesis of thoughts from the poststructuralist tradition and contemporary critical theory, two ideal-types of feminist criticism – system bursting and system reproducing critique – are developed. Questions that correspond to these ideal-types are then posed to the material, which consists of texts from the agency’s webpage, regulatory letters from the government, annual reports, and a sample of other publications made by the agency. The analysis reveals that the Swedish Gender Equality... (More)
This thesis explores a prominent practice in modern society: critique. More precisely, the institutionalisation of critique is investigated, as the thesis aims to understand what sort of critique the Swedish Gender Equality Agency performs. Through a synthesis of thoughts from the poststructuralist tradition and contemporary critical theory, two ideal-types of feminist criticism – system bursting and system reproducing critique – are developed. Questions that correspond to these ideal-types are then posed to the material, which consists of texts from the agency’s webpage, regulatory letters from the government, annual reports, and a sample of other publications made by the agency. The analysis reveals that the Swedish Gender Equality Agency exercises both types of critique. Additionally, it demonstrates that a certain critical practice – amongst the numerous that the agency exercises – can possess both system bursting and system generating properties simultaneously. The thesis thereafter concludes that the critique performed by the agency can be improved, however there are limits regarding to which extent the agency can practice system bursting critique. (Less)
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author
Thysell, Maria LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVM25 20211
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
kritik, system, patriarkat, jämställdhet, Jämställdhetsmyndigheten
language
Swedish
id
9045067
date added to LUP
2021-07-06 11:05:02
date last changed
2021-07-06 11:05:02
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  abstract     = {{This thesis explores a prominent practice in modern society: critique. More precisely, the institutionalisation of critique is investigated, as the thesis aims to understand what sort of critique the Swedish Gender Equality Agency performs. Through a synthesis of thoughts from the poststructuralist tradition and contemporary critical theory, two ideal-types of feminist criticism – system bursting and system reproducing critique – are developed. Questions that correspond to these ideal-types are then posed to the material, which consists of texts from the agency’s webpage, regulatory letters from the government, annual reports, and a sample of other publications made by the agency. The analysis reveals that the Swedish Gender Equality Agency exercises both types of critique. Additionally, it demonstrates that a certain critical practice – amongst the numerous that the agency exercises – can possess both system bursting and system generating properties simultaneously. The thesis thereafter concludes that the critique performed by the agency can be improved, however there are limits regarding to which extent the agency can practice system bursting critique.}},
  author       = {{Thysell, Maria}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Kritik av kritiken: Om Jämställdhetsmyndighetens systembrytande och systemgenererande kritikpraktik}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}