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Utrikespolitisk diskurs i tider av oro

Fredriksson, Harald LU (2024) STVK04 20241
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Building on the assumption that foreign policy is a changeable and inconstant process, this study presents a descriptive analysis of the change and development of Sweden’s and Denmark’s foreign policy discourse regarding the USA, China, Russia and Turkey between 2018 and 2023. The method used in the study consists of a discourse analysis, which enables a systematic description of the change in foreign policy discourse in each country. In the analysis of this study, the theoretical framework of neorealism is applied to contribute with theoretical descriptions in line with the identified empirical changes. The study presents three different ways in which the discourses have changed during the analyzed period. The Swedish discourse regarding... (More)
Building on the assumption that foreign policy is a changeable and inconstant process, this study presents a descriptive analysis of the change and development of Sweden’s and Denmark’s foreign policy discourse regarding the USA, China, Russia and Turkey between 2018 and 2023. The method used in the study consists of a discourse analysis, which enables a systematic description of the change in foreign policy discourse in each country. In the analysis of this study, the theoretical framework of neorealism is applied to contribute with theoretical descriptions in line with the identified empirical changes. The study presents three different ways in which the discourses have changed during the analyzed period. The Swedish discourse regarding the USA and Russia have changed towards the Danish discourse while the Swedish and Danish discourse regarding China have changed in line with one another. Sweden’s and Denmark’s discourse regarding Turkey, however, have developed in different directions and does not follow a clear pattern. Even though the nature of this study is descriptive rather than explanatory, the study briefly highlights potential reasons to the identified and described discursive changes, primarily focusing on the ongoing war in Ukraine and Sweden’s membership in Nato. (Less)
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author
Fredriksson, Harald LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
En analys av förändringarna i Sveriges och Danmarks utrikespolitiska diskurser mellan 2018 och 2023
course
STVK04 20241
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Sverige, Danmark, diskurs, utrikespolitik, neorealism, allierad, partner, kritisk, indirekt hot, direkt hot
language
Swedish
id
9152281
date added to LUP
2024-07-18 11:07:56
date last changed
2024-07-18 11:07:56
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  abstract     = {{Building on the assumption that foreign policy is a changeable and inconstant process, this study presents a descriptive analysis of the change and development of Sweden’s and Denmark’s foreign policy discourse regarding the USA, China, Russia and Turkey between 2018 and 2023. The method used in the study consists of a discourse analysis, which enables a systematic description of the change in foreign policy discourse in each country. In the analysis of this study, the theoretical framework of neorealism is applied to contribute with theoretical descriptions in line with the identified empirical changes. The study presents three different ways in which the discourses have changed during the analyzed period. The Swedish discourse regarding the USA and Russia have changed towards the Danish discourse while the Swedish and Danish discourse regarding China have changed in line with one another. Sweden’s and Denmark’s discourse regarding Turkey, however, have developed in different directions and does not follow a clear pattern. Even though the nature of this study is descriptive rather than explanatory, the study briefly highlights potential reasons to the identified and described discursive changes, primarily focusing on the ongoing war in Ukraine and Sweden’s membership in Nato.}},
  author       = {{Fredriksson, Harald}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Utrikespolitisk diskurs i tider av oro}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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