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Courage, Chivalry and Control: A Thematic Analysis of the Depiction of Soldiers in the Swedish Armed Forces and the United States Armed Forces

Andersson, Elinor LU (2024) FKVK02 20241
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This essay aims to analyze the depiction of an ideal soldier in order to research whether these depictions perpetuate values and ideals found in the theoretical framework of militarized masculinity and the logic of masculinist protection. The selected material consists of official documents from both the Swedish Armed Forces as well as the United States Armed Forces, which will be analyzed through a thematic analysis. Subsequently, a comparison of the two cases will be made to explore the possible contrasts, which is motivated by the presumed great differences between them as well as the deepening relations between the two nations following Sweden’s entrance into NATO. While this essay cannot definitely make conclusions about implicit... (More)
This essay aims to analyze the depiction of an ideal soldier in order to research whether these depictions perpetuate values and ideals found in the theoretical framework of militarized masculinity and the logic of masculinist protection. The selected material consists of official documents from both the Swedish Armed Forces as well as the United States Armed Forces, which will be analyzed through a thematic analysis. Subsequently, a comparison of the two cases will be made to explore the possible contrasts, which is motivated by the presumed great differences between them as well as the deepening relations between the two nations following Sweden’s entrance into NATO. While this essay cannot definitely make conclusions about implicit values in the two organizations, it is still concluded that characteristics that are aligned with the characteristics of the theoretical framework are present in documents from both Armed Forces. However, when comparing the two cases there is a large difference in how these characteristics are presented. The characteristics are more explicitly mentioned and prevalent in the documents from the United States Armed Forces than in the documents of the Swedish Armed Forces. (Less)
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author
Andersson, Elinor LU
supervisor
organization
course
FKVK02 20241
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
military, gender, ideals, values, militarized masculinity, the logic of masculinist protection, US Armed Forces, Swedish Armed Forces, Försvarsmakten
language
English
id
9171183
date added to LUP
2024-10-01 11:24:42
date last changed
2024-10-01 11:24:42
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  abstract     = {{This essay aims to analyze the depiction of an ideal soldier in order to research whether these depictions perpetuate values and ideals found in the theoretical framework of militarized masculinity and the logic of masculinist protection. The selected material consists of official documents from both the Swedish Armed Forces as well as the United States Armed Forces, which will be analyzed through a thematic analysis. Subsequently, a comparison of the two cases will be made to explore the possible contrasts, which is motivated by the presumed great differences between them as well as the deepening relations between the two nations following Sweden’s entrance into NATO. While this essay cannot definitely make conclusions about implicit values in the two organizations, it is still concluded that characteristics that are aligned with the characteristics of the theoretical framework are present in documents from both Armed Forces. However, when comparing the two cases there is a large difference in how these characteristics are presented. The characteristics are more explicitly mentioned and prevalent in the documents from the United States Armed Forces than in the documents of the Swedish Armed Forces.}},
  author       = {{Andersson, Elinor}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Courage, Chivalry and Control: A Thematic Analysis of the Depiction of Soldiers in the Swedish Armed Forces and the United States Armed Forces}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}