Ett ensamt problem: Hur Storbritannien gjorde ensamhet politiskt.
(2022) STVK02 20221Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- In January 2018 the British government made a commitment to tackle the growing issue of loneliness. This thesis investigates how the problem of loneliness is represented within the British strategy to counteract this issue. This is done with help from Carol Bacchis’ theoretical and methodological WPR or “What’s the problem represented to be?” approach. The approach proposes analysing policy as an exercise in problem construction rather than problem solving. Using this approach, the study is guided by theoretical approaches on the issue of loneliness and the causes and effects it may have through a medical, social, and political perspective. It also uses works on the increased importance of happiness and wellbeing in modern societies to... (More)
- In January 2018 the British government made a commitment to tackle the growing issue of loneliness. This thesis investigates how the problem of loneliness is represented within the British strategy to counteract this issue. This is done with help from Carol Bacchis’ theoretical and methodological WPR or “What’s the problem represented to be?” approach. The approach proposes analysing policy as an exercise in problem construction rather than problem solving. Using this approach, the study is guided by theoretical approaches on the issue of loneliness and the causes and effects it may have through a medical, social, and political perspective. It also uses works on the increased importance of happiness and wellbeing in modern societies to explain the governments interest in its citizens wellbeing. By analysing several published documents by the British government this thesis finds that the dominating problem representation of loneliness is as a public health and wellbeing issue. This problem representation in turn relies heavily on an approach to loneliness as an individual issue. In turn this means that the structural and societal causes for loneliness are neglected. The policy implemented by the British government is therefore limited by its problem representation of loneliness. (Less)
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- author
- Andreasson, Oskar LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVK02 20221
- year
- 2022
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Loneliness, problem representation, WPR-method, wellbeing, individualism
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9080238
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- 2022-07-03 08:01:36
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- 2022-07-03 08:01:36
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