Moral Aspects of Military Export: An explorative study on the condemnations and justifications of weapons trade in a Swedish-Saudi Arabian context
(2022) STVK02 20212Department 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
- 2022
- 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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