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Från fara till frälsare: En kvalitativ textanalys av förändringar i den svenska NATO-debatten

Strid, Lucas LU and Sturesson, Åsa LU (2023) STVA23 20231
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24th 2022 changed European security policy immensely. One of the biggest policy reversals occurred in Sweden where the Social democrats abandoned their previously vehemently held opposition to a Swedish membership in NATO. The aim of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of how language is used by political leaders in order to facilitate changes in foreign policy. The study achieves this by analyzing how Swedish prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, portrays the Russian invasion and a possible Swedish NATO membership in her speeches between the invasion date and the Swedish NATO application. The theoretical framework used to understand and analyze the language of the speeches is... (More)
The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24th 2022 changed European security policy immensely. One of the biggest policy reversals occurred in Sweden where the Social democrats abandoned their previously vehemently held opposition to a Swedish membership in NATO. The aim of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of how language is used by political leaders in order to facilitate changes in foreign policy. The study achieves this by analyzing how Swedish prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, portrays the Russian invasion and a possible Swedish NATO membership in her speeches between the invasion date and the Swedish NATO application. The theoretical framework used to understand and analyze the language of the speeches is securitization theory and the method used is qualitative text analysis. The study found that Magdalena Anderssons portrayal of the invasion changed from being portrayed as a threat to Ukraine and the international political system into being a threat to Sweden, whereas the portrayal of a NATO membership changed from being seen as a threat to Sweden to being seen as a necessary solution in dealing with Russian aggression. (Less)
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author
Strid, Lucas LU and Sturesson, Åsa LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVA23 20231
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
Securitization, Magdalena Andersson, NATO, Invasion of Ukraine
language
English
id
9115146
date added to LUP
2023-08-18 16:19:28
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2023-08-18 16:19:28
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  abstract     = {{The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24th 2022 changed European security policy immensely. One of the biggest policy reversals occurred in Sweden where the Social democrats abandoned their previously vehemently held opposition to a Swedish membership in NATO. The aim of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of how language is used by political leaders in order to facilitate changes in foreign policy. The study achieves this by analyzing how Swedish prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, portrays the Russian invasion and a possible Swedish NATO membership in her speeches between the invasion date and the Swedish NATO application. The theoretical framework used to understand and analyze the language of the speeches is securitization theory and the method used is qualitative text analysis. The study found that Magdalena Anderssons portrayal of the invasion changed from being portrayed as a threat to Ukraine and the international political system into being a threat to Sweden, whereas the portrayal of a NATO membership changed from being seen as a threat to Sweden to being seen as a necessary solution in dealing with Russian aggression.}},
  author       = {{Strid, Lucas and Sturesson, Åsa}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Från fara till frälsare: En kvalitativ textanalys av förändringar i den svenska NATO-debatten}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}