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Post-material green parties? An evaluation of the green parties of Finland and Sweden

Landegren, Linnéa LU (2022) STVK02 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This thesis evaluates the political focus of the Swedish and Finnish green parties by examining their election manifestoes since year 2000. This is investigated through a content analysis with a coding scheme based on theories and previous research about post-materialism and post-material political issues. The theory of Inglehart regarding post-material value change, from material focus to post-material focus on subjects such as quality of life and self-actualization are used as context to my research purpose and as markers for the content analysis. The theory of the GAL-TAN scale is used to further determine the coding scheme of post-material politics. Furthermore, previous research on the importance of the German green party and their... (More)
This thesis evaluates the political focus of the Swedish and Finnish green parties by examining their election manifestoes since year 2000. This is investigated through a content analysis with a coding scheme based on theories and previous research about post-materialism and post-material political issues. The theory of Inglehart regarding post-material value change, from material focus to post-material focus on subjects such as quality of life and self-actualization are used as context to my research purpose and as markers for the content analysis. The theory of the GAL-TAN scale is used to further determine the coding scheme of post-material politics. Furthermore, previous research on the importance of the German green party and their key characteristics are used for the coding scheme. The coding scheme contains four different themes: positive views on democracy, protection of individual rights, support for self-actualization and liberal views on social issues.
The results and analysis show that the Swedish greens have a higher general percentage of post-material political issues in their election manifestoes. The results also show that there are differences both between the parties and over time regarding which distinctive themes are focused on. (Less)
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author
Landegren, Linnéa LU
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course
STVK02 20221
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type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Green League, Miljöpartiet, green parties, post-materialism, GAL-TAN
language
English
id
9079721
date added to LUP
2022-07-03 08:19:14
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2022-07-03 08:19:14
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  abstract     = {{This thesis evaluates the political focus of the Swedish and Finnish green parties by examining their election manifestoes since year 2000. This is investigated through a content analysis with a coding scheme based on theories and previous research about post-materialism and post-material political issues. The theory of Inglehart regarding post-material value change, from material focus to post-material focus on subjects such as quality of life and self-actualization are used as context to my research purpose and as markers for the content analysis. The theory of the GAL-TAN scale is used to further determine the coding scheme of post-material politics. Furthermore, previous research on the importance of the German green party and their key characteristics are used for the coding scheme. The coding scheme contains four different themes: positive views on democracy, protection of individual rights, support for self-actualization and liberal views on social issues.
The results and analysis show that the Swedish greens have a higher general percentage of post-material political issues in their election manifestoes. The results also show that there are differences both between the parties and over time regarding which distinctive themes are focused on.}},
  author       = {{Landegren, Linnéa}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Post-material green parties? An evaluation of the green parties of Finland and Sweden}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}