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Vad fick Sverige att ändra flyktingpolitik mellan 1942 och 1943?

Glaser, Sara Renée LU (2024) In Student Paper STVK04 20241
Department of Political Science
Abstract
In this essay, I discovered what made Sweden change its course regarding refugee policy between 1942 and 1943. My oral family history has raised my interest in finding out what made Sweden change that course and if, before the change, the Norwegian Jews were rejected where other groups weren’t.
This was done using the method ’Most Similar System Design’ by Mills. I compare Sweden with Sweden with two different outcomes. Within the design, I used process tracing to analyze the material which consists of an eclectic collection of sources - governmental protocols, dissertations by known historians, articles, and literature.
I based the theoretical underpinnings of my work on Graham T. Allison’s ’Essence of Decision’ models. They were... (More)
In this essay, I discovered what made Sweden change its course regarding refugee policy between 1942 and 1943. My oral family history has raised my interest in finding out what made Sweden change that course and if, before the change, the Norwegian Jews were rejected where other groups weren’t.
This was done using the method ’Most Similar System Design’ by Mills. I compare Sweden with Sweden with two different outcomes. Within the design, I used process tracing to analyze the material which consists of an eclectic collection of sources - governmental protocols, dissertations by known historians, articles, and literature.
I based the theoretical underpinnings of my work on Graham T. Allison’s ’Essence of Decision’ models. They were consistent with the notion that governments base their decisions on psychology and the environment and aim to get the most out of a decision for the least cost.
My findings ended in the fact that Germany started to lose the war in 1942 and the fact that the Jewish citizens of our occupied neighboring countries were threatened with deportation, caused Sweden to reconsider its course forward. It was a slow process, and my underlying question was whether or not the restricted refugee policy was harder on the Norwegian Jewish refugees in 1942 or not? Previous research and literature show an ongoing discussion regarding that question. For this essay, I am happy to close by knowing that my questions regarding my past are questions linked to future research. (Less)
Popular Abstract (Swedish)
Innan vi hade svaret på vad som hände, visar den samtida forskningen på en ändring av flyktingmottagandet mellan 1942 och 1943, där en tydlig skillnad före 1942 mellan politiska flyktingar och judiska flyktingar kan spåras, men inte efter 1943. En del av forskningen visar på antisemitiska tendenser bakom val av flyktingpolitiken till och med oktober 1943, annan forskning visar på den enskilda gränspolisens tolkning, snarare än nationella riktlinjer. Dessa resonemang och bevis kommer jag gå djupare in på senare i uppsatsen.
Vad av flyktingpolitiken reglerades i lagen och vad lämnades åt ministern och den administrativa nivån att besluta om?
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Glaser, Sara Renée LU
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alternative title
Vad föranledde omsvängningen av Sveriges restriktiva flyktingpolitik gentemot de norska judarna 1942 och en öppnare flyktingpolitik gentemot de danska judarna 1943?
course
STVK04 20241
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Norwegian Jews, Danish Jews, Swedish refugee policy, WWII, 1942, 1943.
publication/series
Student Paper
language
Swedish
id
9152185
date added to LUP
2024-11-11 14:57:52
date last changed
2024-11-11 14:57:52
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  abstract     = {{In this essay, I discovered what made Sweden change its course regarding refugee policy between 1942 and 1943. My oral family history has raised my interest in finding out what made Sweden change that course and if, before the change, the Norwegian Jews were rejected where other groups weren’t. 
This was done using the method ’Most Similar System Design’ by Mills. I compare Sweden with Sweden with two different outcomes. Within the design, I used process tracing to analyze the material which consists of an eclectic collection of sources - governmental protocols, dissertations by known historians, articles, and literature.
I based the theoretical underpinnings of my work on Graham T. Allison’s ’Essence of Decision’ models. They were consistent with the notion that governments base their decisions on psychology and the environment and aim to get the most out of a decision for the least cost. 
My findings ended in the fact that Germany started to lose the war in 1942 and the fact that the Jewish citizens of our occupied neighboring countries were threatened with deportation, caused Sweden to reconsider its course forward. It was a slow process, and my underlying question was whether or not the restricted refugee policy was harder on the Norwegian Jewish refugees in 1942 or not? Previous research and literature show an ongoing discussion regarding that question. For this essay, I am happy to close by knowing that my questions regarding my past are questions linked to future research.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Vad fick Sverige att ändra flyktingpolitik mellan 1942 och 1943?}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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