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En fallstudie om Sverigedemorkaternas förändring mellan 1999-2018

Wall, Oscar LU and Svensson, Henrik LU (2022) STVA22 20212
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Our purpose of this essay is to study the Swedish political party Sverigedemokraterna. We will examine the change or development during the last twenty years. During this time, the party has grown massively both in size but also in regards of influence on the political agenda. This leads us to our interest, does the increase in size and influence also means that the party is changing their views, their previous views were always considered to be controversial and right-wing populism. To understand and examine the possible change we will use three different theories, nationalism, radical right populism, and people sovereignty.

The method we choose is both quantitative and qualitative textual analysis. With the understanding that the use... (More)
Our purpose of this essay is to study the Swedish political party Sverigedemokraterna. We will examine the change or development during the last twenty years. During this time, the party has grown massively both in size but also in regards of influence on the political agenda. This leads us to our interest, does the increase in size and influence also means that the party is changing their views, their previous views were always considered to be controversial and right-wing populism. To understand and examine the possible change we will use three different theories, nationalism, radical right populism, and people sovereignty.

The method we choose is both quantitative and qualitative textual analysis. With the understanding that the use of two different methods can be rather confusing we will be discussing this further in our method part. We will apply this analysis to three different manifests, one from 1999, one from 2014 and the last one from 2018.

Our main conclusion from the study in regard to radical right-wing populism is that it is current in all three manifestations but in different ways and to various extent. The conclusion regarding nationalism is that the common denominator is the writing about culture, one nation and one people. Our conclusion about people's sovereignty, it is used like a tool to mediate their political beliefs to some extent. But the connection here is not as clear as it is with radical right-wing populism or nationalism. (Less)
Popular Abstract (Swedish)
Sverigedemokraterna, radikal högerpopulism, nationalism, folksuveränitet, demokrati, folket, invandring.
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author
Wall, Oscar LU and Svensson, Henrik LU
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STVA22 20212
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L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
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language
Swedish
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9069774
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2022-02-24 14:43:26
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2022-02-24 14:43:26
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  abstract     = {{Our purpose of this essay is to study the Swedish political party Sverigedemokraterna. We will examine the change or development during the last twenty years. During this time, the party has grown massively both in size but also in regards of influence on the political agenda. This leads us to our interest, does the increase in size and influence also means that the party is changing their views, their previous views were always considered to be controversial and right-wing populism. To understand and examine the possible change we will use three different theories, nationalism, radical right populism, and people sovereignty. 

The method we choose is both quantitative and qualitative textual analysis. With the understanding that the use of two different methods can be rather confusing we will be discussing this further in our method part. We will apply this analysis to three different manifests, one from 1999, one from 2014 and the last one from 2018. 

Our main conclusion from the study in regard to radical right-wing populism is that it is current in all three manifestations but in different ways and to various extent. The conclusion regarding nationalism is that the common denominator is the writing about culture, one nation and one people. Our conclusion about people's sovereignty, it is used like a tool to mediate their political beliefs to some extent. But the connection here is not as clear as it is with radical right-wing populism or nationalism.}},
  author       = {{Wall, Oscar and Svensson, Henrik}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{En fallstudie om Sverigedemorkaternas förändring mellan 1999-2018}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}