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Wigren, Martin Olof LU (2022) STVU15 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Sweden is currently without a functioning system to secure the supply of food in crisis and war. After the Cold War, the security policy orientation was characterized by peace, disarmament and the dismantling of both civilian and military readiness capabilities. The former assessment that Russia could not pose a threat to Sweden and our neighbouring countries has recently fundamentally changed. The reconstruction of a total defence has therefore begun and the study is about how and what the government intends to do to rebuild the function that can secure the population's supply of food in a future crisis. Qualitative content analysis of the current total defence bill shows that the budget appropriations are greatly increased and that the... (More)
Sweden is currently without a functioning system to secure the supply of food in crisis and war. After the Cold War, the security policy orientation was characterized by peace, disarmament and the dismantling of both civilian and military readiness capabilities. The former assessment that Russia could not pose a threat to Sweden and our neighbouring countries has recently fundamentally changed. The reconstruction of a total defence has therefore begun and the study is about how and what the government intends to do to rebuild the function that can secure the population's supply of food in a future crisis. Qualitative content analysis of the current total defence bill shows that the budget appropriations are greatly increased and that the national food chain should be jointly strengthened in order to achieve higher independence and resilience. The fact that Sweden has a functioning basic preparedness is a prerequisite on which both international cooperation and interdependence are also based. (Less)
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author
Wigren, Martin Olof LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVU15 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Sweden, civil defence, food supply, self-sufficiency, foodstuff.
language
Swedish
id
9078952
date added to LUP
2022-05-13 10:54:43
date last changed
2022-05-13 10:54:43
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  abstract     = {{Sweden is currently without a functioning system to secure the supply of food in crisis and war. After the Cold War, the security policy orientation was characterized by peace, disarmament and the dismantling of both civilian and military readiness capabilities. The former assessment that Russia could not pose a threat to Sweden and our neighbouring countries has recently fundamentally changed. The reconstruction of a total defence has therefore begun and the study is about how and what the government intends to do to rebuild the function that can secure the population's supply of food in a future crisis. Qualitative content analysis of the current total defence bill shows that the budget appropriations are greatly increased and that the national food chain should be jointly strengthened in order to achieve higher independence and resilience. The fact that Sweden has a functioning basic preparedness is a prerequisite on which both international cooperation and interdependence are also based.}},
  author       = {{Wigren, Martin Olof}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Smakar det, så kostar det!}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}