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Mellan nödvändigt samarbete och skadlig maskopi: En WPR-analys av hur EC, EFPIA och CEO arbetar för att (de)legitimera EU:s regleringar av läkemedelsindustrin

Broqvist, Ellen LU (2023) STVM25 20222
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Although the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the importance of easily accessible medicines, a reactive pharmaceutical industry and the effects of how the same industry sector is regulated, the EU’s pharmaceutical regulations still have apparent flaws. Therefore, this WPR study intends to visualize how EC, EFPIA, and CEO have tried to maintain or undermine these regulations over time. To enable such conclusions, documents from each actor, published before and after the pandemic outbreak, have been analyzed. The analysis proceeds from Bexell et al.’s (de)legitimation theory, focusing on how actors use certain practices, justifications and audiences to fulfill their objects. In the context of this thesis, the theory has been applied to... (More)
Although the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the importance of easily accessible medicines, a reactive pharmaceutical industry and the effects of how the same industry sector is regulated, the EU’s pharmaceutical regulations still have apparent flaws. Therefore, this WPR study intends to visualize how EC, EFPIA, and CEO have tried to maintain or undermine these regulations over time. To enable such conclusions, documents from each actor, published before and after the pandemic outbreak, have been analyzed. The analysis proceeds from Bexell et al.’s (de)legitimation theory, focusing on how actors use certain practices, justifications and audiences to fulfill their objects. In the context of this thesis, the theory has been applied to capture how the chosen actors express their use of (de)legitimation practices, justifications and audiences, and if their (de)legitimation agendas considering the EU’s pharmaceutical regulations have undergone any changes after the pandemic outbreak. The result implies that the main difference between the two time periods is which justifications and audiences the actors allude to. Whereas it is impossible to determine the pandemic outbreak’s influence, the thesis has contributed to an improved understanding of how, why, and for whom the actors try to (de)legitimize the regulations. (Less)
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author
Broqvist, Ellen LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVM25 20222
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
(de)legitimering, WPR, EU, läkemedelsindustrin, covid-19
language
Swedish
id
9105617
date added to LUP
2023-02-22 14:11:53
date last changed
2023-02-22 14:11:53
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  abstract     = {{Although the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the importance of easily accessible medicines, a reactive pharmaceutical industry and the effects of how the same industry sector is regulated, the EU’s pharmaceutical regulations still have apparent flaws. Therefore, this WPR study intends to visualize how EC, EFPIA, and CEO have tried to maintain or undermine these regulations over time. To enable such conclusions, documents from each actor, published before and after the pandemic outbreak, have been analyzed. The analysis proceeds from Bexell et al.’s (de)legitimation theory, focusing on how actors use certain practices, justifications and audiences to fulfill their objects. In the context of this thesis, the theory has been applied to capture how the chosen actors express their use of (de)legitimation practices, justifications and audiences, and if their (de)legitimation agendas considering the EU’s pharmaceutical regulations have undergone any changes after the pandemic outbreak. The result implies that the main difference between the two time periods is which justifications and audiences the actors allude to. Whereas it is impossible to determine the pandemic outbreak’s influence, the thesis has contributed to an improved understanding of how, why, and for whom the actors try to (de)legitimize the regulations.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Mellan nödvändigt samarbete och skadlig maskopi: En WPR-analys av hur EC, EFPIA och CEO arbetar för att (de)legitimera EU:s regleringar av läkemedelsindustrin}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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