Constructing an illegitimate opponent - A post-political, critical, discourse analysis regarding environmental activism in Sweden
(2024) STVK04 20241Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This thesis seeks to investigate the contemporary discourse on environmental activism in Sweden on a political elite level. This is done by analyzing statements by politicians behind “Tidöavtalet” using a method of Critical Discourse Analysis combined with a theoretical departure in Post-Politics. The findings point towards a discourse where environmental activists are depoliticized and constructed as an illegitimate political actor through a securitization process where activists and activist groups are depicted as opposing democratic values. In this process, other civil-society actors are also constructed as being outside of the legitimate political sphere. The analysis further showcases how post-political dynamics manifests in the... (More)
- This thesis seeks to investigate the contemporary discourse on environmental activism in Sweden on a political elite level. This is done by analyzing statements by politicians behind “Tidöavtalet” using a method of Critical Discourse Analysis combined with a theoretical departure in Post-Politics. The findings point towards a discourse where environmental activists are depoliticized and constructed as an illegitimate political actor through a securitization process where activists and activist groups are depicted as opposing democratic values. In this process, other civil-society actors are also constructed as being outside of the legitimate political sphere. The analysis further showcases how post-political dynamics manifests in the contemporary political debate, embedded in an overarching discourse characterized by neoliberal values such as technical innovation and elite rule. (Less)
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- author
- Tiba, Edvin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVK04 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Environmental activism, discourse, post-politics, Sweden
- language
- English
- id
- 9153040
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