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Dumpster diving och rättfärdigande. En rättssociologisk studie om dumpstring.

Karlsson, Sebastian LU (2021) RÄSK02 20211
Sociology of Law Department
Abstract (Swedish)
Every year 125 000 tons of food is thrown away by Swedish grocery stores. A lot of this
food is still eatable and this has caused people to go out at night to take the food for
themselves straight from the dumpster. This is called dumpster diving. The purpose of
this study has been to examine the discrepancy between the legal norms which proclaim
it as illegal and the norms within the dumpster diving-community. It has also studied
how the dumpster diving-community justify their actions. This has been achieved by use
of surveys to get a clear overview of what the norms are and how they justify their own
dumpstering. The collected data has then been analyzed by using “the gap problem” and
justification by Luc Boltanski and Laurent... (More)
Every year 125 000 tons of food is thrown away by Swedish grocery stores. A lot of this
food is still eatable and this has caused people to go out at night to take the food for
themselves straight from the dumpster. This is called dumpster diving. The purpose of
this study has been to examine the discrepancy between the legal norms which proclaim
it as illegal and the norms within the dumpster diving-community. It has also studied
how the dumpster diving-community justify their actions. This has been achieved by use
of surveys to get a clear overview of what the norms are and how they justify their own
dumpstering. The collected data has then been analyzed by using “the gap problem” and
justification by Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thévenots. The findings were that the people
that dumpster dive don’t think dumpstring is an illegal act, instead they justify it by
changing the narrative from that they are taking food from the stores to that they are
helping to save the planet by decreasing their own contribution towards new
production. It is also clear that the most important norms within their own community
have to do with the continued existence of dumpstring. This means that they try to keep
the areas where they dumpster dive clean and they try to not disturb the workers. (Less)
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author
Karlsson, Sebastian LU
supervisor
organization
course
RÄSK02 20211
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Dumpster diving, Gap Problem, Justification, Surveys, Norms
language
Swedish
additional info
Lars Sebastian Karlsson
id
9051157
date added to LUP
2021-07-07 12:50:56
date last changed
2021-07-07 12:50:56
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  abstract     = {{Every year 125 000 tons of food is thrown away by Swedish grocery stores. A lot of this
food is still eatable and this has caused people to go out at night to take the food for
themselves straight from the dumpster. This is called dumpster diving. The purpose of
this study has been to examine the discrepancy between the legal norms which proclaim
it as illegal and the norms within the dumpster diving-community. It has also studied
how the dumpster diving-community justify their actions. This has been achieved by use
of surveys to get a clear overview of what the norms are and how they justify their own
dumpstering. The collected data has then been analyzed by using “the gap problem” and
justification by Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thévenots. The findings were that the people
that dumpster dive don’t think dumpstring is an illegal act, instead they justify it by
changing the narrative from that they are taking food from the stores to that they are
helping to save the planet by decreasing their own contribution towards new
production. It is also clear that the most important norms within their own community
have to do with the continued existence of dumpstring. This means that they try to keep
the areas where they dumpster dive clean and they try to not disturb the workers.}},
  author       = {{Karlsson, Sebastian}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Dumpster diving och rättfärdigande. En rättssociologisk studie om dumpstring.}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}