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Moral Aspects of Military Export: An explorative study on the condemnations and justifications of weapons trade in a Swedish-Saudi Arabian context

Nord Källberg, Linnéa LU (2022) STVK02 20212
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Sweden is exporting military products and services to Saudi Arabia. Such trade can
be seen as any other business, but various moral aspects could be considered to
justify or condemn military export. Inspired by content and idea analysis, an
investigative scheme with nine features was constructed to display the principal
question of moral bearing on military export by evaluating the debate about Sweden
exporting to Saudi Arabia. 265 publications in the newspapers Dagens Nyheter and
Svenska Dagbladet in March 2012 (when the affair first caught the media’s
attention) until March 2013 were analyzed. Emphasis was given on the lack of
transparency in Sweden’s military export, Saudi Arabia’s authoritarian regime, its
violations... (More)
Sweden is exporting military products and services to Saudi Arabia. Such trade can
be seen as any other business, but various moral aspects could be considered to
justify or condemn military export. Inspired by content and idea analysis, an
investigative scheme with nine features was constructed to display the principal
question of moral bearing on military export by evaluating the debate about Sweden
exporting to Saudi Arabia. 265 publications in the newspapers Dagens Nyheter and
Svenska Dagbladet in March 2012 (when the affair first caught the media’s
attention) until March 2013 were analyzed. Emphasis was given on the lack of
transparency in Sweden’s military export, Saudi Arabia’s authoritarian regime, its
violations of human rights and the economical aspect. The conclusion is that the
scheme is a well-integrated method and theory to highlight moral aspects of military
export. The media’s cover of the affair was single-sided as other facets were
reported sparsely or not at all. (Less)
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author
Nord Källberg, Linnéa LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20212
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
content analysis, idea analysis, militart export, moral, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, weapons trade.
language
English
id
9069719
date added to LUP
2022-03-14 12:20:25
date last changed
2022-03-14 12:20:25
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  abstract     = {{Sweden is exporting military products and services to Saudi Arabia. Such trade can 
be seen as any other business, but various moral aspects could be considered to 
justify or condemn military export. Inspired by content and idea analysis, an 
investigative scheme with nine features was constructed to display the principal 
question of moral bearing on military export by evaluating the debate about Sweden 
exporting to Saudi Arabia. 265 publications in the newspapers Dagens Nyheter and 
Svenska Dagbladet in March 2012 (when the affair first caught the media’s 
attention) until March 2013 were analyzed. Emphasis was given on the lack of 
transparency in Sweden’s military export, Saudi Arabia’s authoritarian regime, its 
violations of human rights and the economical aspect. The conclusion is that the 
scheme is a well-integrated method and theory to highlight moral aspects of military 
export. The media’s cover of the affair was single-sided as other facets were 
reported sparsely or not at all.}},
  author       = {{Nord Källberg, Linnéa}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Moral Aspects of Military Export: An explorative study on the condemnations and justifications of weapons trade in a Swedish-Saudi Arabian context}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}