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Komplexa och volatila hotbilder. En kvalitativ studie om hotbilder i den militära underrättelse- och säkerhetstjänstens årsöversikter.

Liljevall, Mi LU (2022) STVK02 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract (Swedish)
Conflicts, crises, and acts of violence in Europe have marked the twentieth century, which has led to a change in the view of threats. The Swedish military intelligence and security service (Must) is one of the operations that work to identify and report threats to the Swedish armed forces and the Swedish government. Therefore, Must has the power to control how others view threats. This essay aims to analyze which threats are being expressed and how they are constructed in the annual overviews of the Swedish military intelligence and security service, and how it has changed over time. The study will combine a qualitative content analysis with questions from Carol Bacchi's "What's the problem represented to be?" as a methodological... (More)
Conflicts, crises, and acts of violence in Europe have marked the twentieth century, which has led to a change in the view of threats. The Swedish military intelligence and security service (Must) is one of the operations that work to identify and report threats to the Swedish armed forces and the Swedish government. Therefore, Must has the power to control how others view threats. This essay aims to analyze which threats are being expressed and how they are constructed in the annual overviews of the Swedish military intelligence and security service, and how it has changed over time. The study will combine a qualitative content analysis with questions from Carol Bacchi's "What's the problem represented to be?" as a methodological approach. The theoretical framework used in this report is Securitization theory and Johan Eriksson's theory about threat construction. The analysis of the annual overviews brings three themes and six subcategories to the forefront describing the characteristics of the threat, the threatening object and state, and who the threatening actors are. The result demonstrates that Must expresses threats as a complex phenomenon that can be changeable due to incidents or crises in Sweden or in the immediate area. In contrast, some threats remain relevant nevertheless. (Less)
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Liljevall, Mi LU
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STVK02 20221
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
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Must, Securitization theory, Bacchi, content analysis, threats, security
language
Swedish
id
9080301
date added to LUP
2022-07-03 08:20:10
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2022-07-03 08:20:10
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  abstract     = {{Conflicts, crises, and acts of violence in Europe have marked the twentieth century, which has led to a change in the view of threats. The Swedish military intelligence and security service (Must) is one of the operations that work to identify and report threats to the Swedish armed forces and the Swedish government. Therefore, Must has the power to control how others view threats. This essay aims to analyze which threats are being expressed and how they are constructed in the annual overviews of the Swedish military intelligence and security service, and how it has changed over time. The study will combine a qualitative content analysis with questions from Carol Bacchi's "What's the problem represented to be?" as a methodological approach. The theoretical framework used in this report is Securitization theory and Johan Eriksson's theory about threat construction. The analysis of the annual overviews brings three themes and six subcategories to the forefront describing the characteristics of the threat, the threatening object and state, and who the threatening actors are. The result demonstrates that Must expresses threats as a complex phenomenon that can be changeable due to incidents or crises in Sweden or in the immediate area. In contrast, some threats remain relevant nevertheless.}},
  author       = {{Liljevall, Mi}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Komplexa och volatila hotbilder. En kvalitativ studie om hotbilder i den militära underrättelse- och säkerhetstjänstens årsöversikter.}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}