Moderaterna & Kristdemokraterna - Från öppen- till stram flyktingpolitik sedan 2014
(2022) STVM25 20212Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This essay aims to explain The Moderates and Christian Democrats changed refugee policy from 2014- autumn 2021, and the reasoning behind this change. The subject will be analyzed with a rational approach based on Sjöblom’s three goals (and arenas): party cohesion, vote maximizing, and parliamentary influence. The study answers the following questions: What explains The Moderates and Christian Democrats changed positions in the refugee policy since the national election of 2014? What are the similarities and differences in the movement of the parties, with focus on the causal factors that the study finds? Based on the goals of party cohesion and vote maximizing the study finds that majorities in both arenas, in both parties,advocated the... (More)
- This essay aims to explain The Moderates and Christian Democrats changed refugee policy from 2014- autumn 2021, and the reasoning behind this change. The subject will be analyzed with a rational approach based on Sjöblom’s three goals (and arenas): party cohesion, vote maximizing, and parliamentary influence. The study answers the following questions: What explains The Moderates and Christian Democrats changed positions in the refugee policy since the national election of 2014? What are the similarities and differences in the movement of the parties, with focus on the causal factors that the study finds? Based on the goals of party cohesion and vote maximizing the study finds that majorities in both arenas, in both parties,advocated the change. Based on the goal of parliamentary influence, the main finding is that the goal became of central priority for both parties after the parliamentary election in 2018, when a new coalition was established and when both parties were no longer limited by their earlier alliance-coalition. This also explains further changes in their respective refugee policy. The parties shifting positions have mainly been similar with regards to the goals, which have largely pointed in the same direction. The Christian Democrats have however been more fragmented than The Moderates in relation to the goal of party cohesion based on ideological explanations, even though this goal have somewhat (to varying degrees) halted both parties in their development. (Less)
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- author
- Ljunggren, Kristoffer LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVM25 20212
- year
- 2022
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Moderaterna, Kristdemokraterna, flyktingkrisen, flyktingpolitik, väljare, koalition, Intern sammanhållning, röstmaximering, parlamentariskt inflytande
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9070307
- date added to LUP
- 2022-03-14 12:54:16
- date last changed
- 2022-03-14 12:54:16
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abstract = {{This essay aims to explain The Moderates and Christian Democrats changed refugee policy from 2014- autumn 2021, and the reasoning behind this change. The subject will be analyzed with a rational approach based on Sjöblom’s three goals (and arenas): party cohesion, vote maximizing, and parliamentary influence. The study answers the following questions: What explains The Moderates and Christian Democrats changed positions in the refugee policy since the national election of 2014? What are the similarities and differences in the movement of the parties, with focus on the causal factors that the study finds? Based on the goals of party cohesion and vote maximizing the study finds that majorities in both arenas, in both parties,advocated the change. Based on the goal of parliamentary influence, the main finding is that the goal became of central priority for both parties after the parliamentary election in 2018, when a new coalition was established and when both parties were no longer limited by their earlier alliance-coalition. This also explains further changes in their respective refugee policy. The parties shifting positions have mainly been similar with regards to the goals, which have largely pointed in the same direction. The Christian Democrats have however been more fragmented than The Moderates in relation to the goal of party cohesion based on ideological explanations, even though this goal have somewhat (to varying degrees) halted both parties in their development.}},
author = {{Ljunggren, Kristoffer}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Moderaterna & Kristdemokraterna - Från öppen- till stram flyktingpolitik sedan 2014}},
year = {{2022}},
}