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Från kärnvapenmotstånd till kärnvapenallierad

Kroon, Felix LU (2022) STVK02 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract
“Freedom of alliances in peace aiming for neutrality in war”. Those are the classic words of the Swedish security policy. But are they still relevant? Has a change taken place? And what does it depend on? This essay examines whether the Swedish security doctrine has changed over time and whether the security doctrine depends on a realist and constructivist perspective in IR-theory. It is a comparative case study of the Swedish security doctrine in four cases - 1975, 1990, 2005 and 2020. Since the Social Democrats have held power in all four cases, both the social democratic party platforms and the Statement of Foreign Policy have been studied with a content analysis method. The result reveals huge differences in worldview and action, while... (More)
“Freedom of alliances in peace aiming for neutrality in war”. Those are the classic words of the Swedish security policy. But are they still relevant? Has a change taken place? And what does it depend on? This essay examines whether the Swedish security doctrine has changed over time and whether the security doctrine depends on a realist and constructivist perspective in IR-theory. It is a comparative case study of the Swedish security doctrine in four cases - 1975, 1990, 2005 and 2020. Since the Social Democrats have held power in all four cases, both the social democratic party platforms and the Statement of Foreign Policy have been studied with a content analysis method. The result reveals huge differences in worldview and action, while the targets are similar in all cases. Both realism and constructivism are important perspectives in order to understand the doctrine. (Less)
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author
Kroon, Felix LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
En svensk säkerhetspolitisk identitetskris
course
STVK02 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Doctrine, identity, neutrality, non-alignment, security policy
language
Swedish
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Låt mig börja med att tacka Julie och Malena för metod- och teorikurserna som har lagt grunden för uppsatsarbetet. Tack också till Emilia för korrekturläsning och till uppsatsmentorerna för allt stöd. Framförallt så vill jag ge ett stort tack till Jakob för gedigen handledning, för alla kloka och värdefulla inspel under uppsatsarbetets gång. Ett tack också till min pappa för intresset - jag tycker mig se en korrelation mellan ditt faderskap och intresset för utrikes- och säkerhetspolitik. Och så slutligen, ett tack till dig som läsare för att du vill ta del av min studie. Jag önskar dig god läsning.
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9079874
date added to LUP
2022-07-03 08:18:23
date last changed
2022-07-03 08:21:06
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  abstract     = {{“Freedom of alliances in peace aiming for neutrality in war”. Those are the classic words of the Swedish security policy. But are they still relevant? Has a change taken place? And what does it depend on? This essay examines whether the Swedish security doctrine has changed over time and whether the security doctrine depends on a realist and constructivist perspective in IR-theory. It is a comparative case study of the Swedish security doctrine in four cases - 1975, 1990, 2005 and 2020. Since the Social Democrats have held power in all four cases, both the social democratic party platforms and the Statement of Foreign Policy have been studied with a content analysis method. The result reveals huge differences in worldview and action, while the targets are similar in all cases. Both realism and constructivism are important perspectives in order to understand the doctrine.}},
  author       = {{Kroon, Felix}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Från kärnvapenmotstånd till kärnvapenallierad}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}