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  • 1. Abdelzadeh, Ali
    et al.
    Ekman, Joakim
    Södertörn University, Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES).
    Understanding Critical Citizenship and Other Forms of Public Dissatisfaction: An Alternative Framework2012In: Politics, Culture and Socialization, ISSN 1866-3427, E-ISSN 2196-1417, Vol. 3, no 1-2, p. 179-196Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Previous research has paid much attention to citizen dissatisfaction and the trends of growing political disaffection, cynicism, and scepticism – in short, the emergence of 'critical citizens'. Also, more recently, critical citizens have sometimes been viewed as an asset for democracy. However, despite both pessimistic and optimistic interpretations of public criticism, the issue of conceptualizing negative attitudes has received less attention. The present study was conducted to enrich understanding of this particular dimension of citizens' attitudes. To this end, the paper suggests an alternative theoretical framework for analysing various forms of negative political orientations. The framework has been tested empirically using three types of statistical procedures, which demonstrate its validity and usefulness.

  • 2.
    Abdelzadeh, Ali
    et al.
    Örebro universitet.
    Zetterberg, Pär
    Uppsala universitet.
    Ekman, Joakim
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Political Science. Södertörn University, Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES).
    Procedural Fairness and Political Trust Among Young People: Lessons from a panel study on Swedish High School Students2015In: Acta Politica, ISSN 0001-6810, E-ISSN 1741-1416, Vol. 50, no 3, p. 253-278Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The role of ‘fair’ institutions in developing democratic legitimacy has received increased attention. Citizens who perceive – on basis of past experiences – that they are being treated fairly by authorities have been held to have greater trust in political institutions. However, previous studies on the relationship between procedural fairness and political trust have not paid sufficient attention to individuals with limited first-hand experiences of authorities. We examine the relationship on an authority that virtually all individuals meet early in life: the school. Using structural equation modeling on unique panel data covering 1500 Swedish adolescents (ages ranging from 13 to 17), we find a reciprocal relationship: personal encounters with school authorities shape young people’s political trust; however, the images that adolescents get of the political system (through family, peers, media and so on) have also consequences on their perceptions about the authorities they encounter in their daily lives. The analysis increases our understanding of how individuals form their political allegiances by showing that the relationship between fairness and trust is more dynamic than has previously been suggested: neither an accumulated set of experiences of authorities nor formal ties with political institutions (as voters and so on) are required for a relationship to emerge.

  • 3.
    Abdi, Abdirashid Mohamed
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Political Science.
    The Swedish government agencies and the 2030 Agenda, in between hope and despair: A qualitative study about how the Swedish government agencies work to achieve the 2030 Agenda in Sweden2020Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted A/RES/70/1, 2015, a resolution that entails 17 integrative and indivisible UN Sustainable Development Goals, by the name of 2030 Agenda, a plan of action that calls for the transformation of the world to ecologically, economically and socially sustainable planet where peace and prosperity endure. With its indivisibility and universality characteristics, the Agenda puzzled the world states, demanding a new form of governance style for its realization.

    With the use of qualitative research methodology, this thesis, therefore, examines how the Agenda's policies are coordinated by the Swedish Government Agencies and what activities and mechanisms they use to integrate the Agenda' policies into their daily operational activities.

    Through collaborative governance and sociological institutionalism theoretical lens, results show that Government agencies use several mechanisms such as collaboration, dissemination of knowledge, leadership and communications to enhance the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Sweden. Nevertheless, some challenges hinder the agencies from working with the Agenda on a full scale, that if addressed properly, it could have improved the current conditions.

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  • 4.
    Adebrink, Fanny
    et al.
    Södertörn University College, School of Social Sciences.
    Cullemo, Jenny
    Södertörn University College, School of Social Sciences.
    En ombudsman - intersektionell praktik?: En diskursanalys av statens anti-diskrimineringsarbete2007Student paper second term, 5 points / 7,5 hpStudent thesis
    Abstract [sv]

    Denna uppsats syftar till att undersöka strömningarna i diskursen kring hur den svenska staten bör organisera sitt anti-diskrimineringsarbete. Teoretiska utgångspunkter och använda teorier är makt, diskriminering, grupp, diskursteori, intersektionalitet och författarnas eget begrepp för att benämna motståndarna till intersektionalitet; särsektionalitet. Metoden bygger på den anglosaxiska diskursteorin genom en identifikation av tre teman byggda på teorierna. Uppsatsen tar avstamp i SOU 2006:22 En sammanhållen diskrimineringslagstiftning Slutbetänkande av Diskrimineringskommittén och låter sju huvudaktörer komma till tals. Genom dessa aktörer identifieras två huvuddiskurser; en delvis intersektionell diskurs som är för en sammanslagning och en särsektionell diskurs som är mot en sammanslagning. Uppsatsen slutsats är att förståelsen för intersektionalitet bland berörda aktörer är väldigt låg och att en sammanslagning av ombudsmännen i dagsläget därmed inte skulle uppfylla det intersektionella syftet flera aktörer verkar förespråka.

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  • 5. Agamben, Giorgio
    et al.
    Rancière, Jacques
    Badiou, Alain
    Nancy, Jean-Luc
    Bensaid, Daniel
    Zizek, Slavoj
    Brown, Wendy
    Ross, Kristin
    Vad innebär det att vara demokrat?2010Book (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Finns det någon mening med att kalla sig "demokrat" i en samtid där praktiskt taget alla kallar sig demokrater? Kan ett begrepp som tycks kunna betyda både allt och inget fortfarande ha ett meningsfullt politiskt innehåll? I föreliggande bok åtar sig några av vår tids mest namnkunniga politiska teoretiker att besvara denna provokativa fråga. Svaren de presenterar formuleras utifrån skilda utgångspunkter och leder i flera fall till helt olika slutsatser. Samtidigt förenas de alla av ett gemensamt grundantagande: "demokrati" kan inte vara namnet på en redan förverkligad samhällsmodell eller en metod för att med jämna mellanrum utse politiska ledare. Tvärtom fortsätter demokratibegreppet att vara föremål för kamp och fungera som kärna åt politikens mest centrala frågor.

  • 6.
    Agestam, Oscar
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Political Science.
    The Patterns of Democratic Backsliding: A systematic comparison of Hungary, Turkey and Venezuela2018Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    This dissertation attempts to answer the research question on whether there is a common pattern of democratic backsliding. Levitsky and Ziblatt’s theoretical model of democratic backsliding is utilized as the guiding theory. The theory suggests that Democratic Backsliding has three stages where different goals are attempted to be achieved. The goals are first to take over state institutions, thereafter to use these institutions to target political opponents and protect the government from criticism. The third stage concerns entrenching the political dominance.

    The research question is answered by a systematic comparison of Hungary, Turkey and Venezuela. The results are that each case does follow the suggested path of democratic backsliding, with certain differences. More emphasis is put on the media, election monitoring, and how the institutions are controlled. The institutions are often taken control over by hijacking the nomination process, a fact overlooked by the theoretical model. These aspects are not expanded on in the theoretical model, and this dissertation suggest adding these to the model.

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  • 7. Ahlbäck Öberg, Shirin
    et al.
    Jungar, Ann-Cathrine
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Political science.
    The Influence of National Parliaments over Domestic European Union Policies2009In: Scandinavian Political Studies, ISSN 0080-6757, E-ISSN 1467-9477, Vol. 32, no 4, p. 359-381Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article presents survey results on Swedish and Finnish parliamentarians' perceptions concerning their influence over domestic decision making in European Union (EU) matters. In the literature the parliaments in Sweden and Finland are classified as powerful ones that can exert considerable influence over domestic EU policy making. Moreover, Finland and Sweden joined the EU at the same time. Therefore the overall expectation is that the parliaments should be equally powerful. However, the results from this survey indicate a significant difference in perceived influence between the two parliaments. It is obvious that Swedish parliamentarians perceive themselves as more marginalised in relation to the government than Finnish parliamentarians. After trying different explanations, it is concluded that the differences can be ascribed to the parliaments' different organisational set-ups for government oversight.

  • 8.
    Ahmed Mahmod, Nawal
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Political Science.
    The 1991 Humanitarian Intervention in Iraq: Justifications and Consequences for Iraqi Kurdistan2023Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    This study focuses on humanitarian intervention in Iraq with a special focus on Iraqi Kurdistan. The purpose of the study is to analyze humanitarian intervention from different perspectives, especially in political matters. Despite this, a reasonable selection process is needed as not all international political aspects are particularly relevant. There are aspects which, although closely linked to humanitarian intervention, do not need a detailed analysis due to the already extensive literature and the established nature of the relevant regulation which does not analyze much new information.

    The study aims to apply theories and concepts in an analysis of humantarian intervention by applying a theoretical model based on humanitarian intervention and the UN's policy process. The analysis will focus on three dimensions: content, organization and legitimacy. By exploring these dimensions, the study will examine and evaluate different aspects of the intervention, including the political arguments, the structure and functioning of the UN policy process, and the legitimacy and support for the intervention from different actors and the world community.

    The method used in the study is qualitative research to define humanitarian intervention which is heavily dependent on the theoretical model. The most important results of the analysis are that there are no standards for when the UN system for crisis management should be activated and that the political unity in the Security Council is not as strong as the principles express. Other results are that thispolitical field, especially the political decisions about international armed conflicts, has countless very interesting aspects. However, a detailed presentation of these aspects requires a more specific study dealing with this topic, rather than an essay on humanitarian intervention.

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  • 9.
    Aidukaite, Jolanta
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Sociology. Lithuanian Social Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania .
    Housing Policy Regime in Lithuania: Towards Liberalization and Marketization2014In: GeoJournal, ISSN 0343-2521, E-ISSN 1572-9893, Vol. 79, no 4, p. 421-432Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper reviews housing policy development in Lithuania in the light of previous literature which reinterprets Esping-Andersen’s work on welfare regimes and adopts it to study housing policy. It seeks to highlight the major features of the Lithuanian housing policy. The findings of this paper reveal that the Lithuanian housing regime exhibits many features which are common under the liberal one. Most significant of these are low de-commodification for those who have to buy or rent a home for the market price, increasing stratification based on income and the dominant position of the market in housing production, allocation and price determination. However, a detailed examination of the Lithuanian housing policy reveals that the housing policy system, despite having many features similar to the liberal one, has been operating in different social and economic settings as a result of unique historical experience of the communist housing policy (massive production of low quality apartment blocks during the communist era, which currently need substantial renovation) and consequently drastic changes in the housing field since 1990s (massive privatization of the housing stock and decentralization of the housing management system). The Lithuanian housing policy regime could be characterized as a regime with the higher owner-occupation compared to other welfare state regimes, but the lower economic power of the owners to take care of their property maintenance, repair and renovation.

  • 10.
    Alcoverro, Adrià
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Political Science. Södertörn University, Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES), Baltic & East European Graduate School (BEEGS).
    The University and the Demand for Knowledge-based Growth: The hegemonic struggle for the future of Higher Education Institutions in Finland and Estonia2020Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    In recent decades, Higher Education Institutions have been reformed worldwide so that they may exert a greater influence in the production of knowledge within Knowledge-based Economies (KBEs). This transformation is often explained in terms of how advanced capitalist economies need to secure a prosperous future within post-Fordist capitalism. These developments have occurred in Finnish and Estonian universities, which are conceived as spaces in which knowledge, technology and entrepreneurship are creatively combined in order to contribute to the realisation of a sustained economic growth. This process is understood as a totalising movement that intersects with existing relations of power and social hierarchies. In the study, a Gramscian framework is employed, in order to critically investigate, in two multidisciplinary university departments in Helsinki and Tallinn, the emergence, consolidation and reproduction of an order that is constituted by the contradictory relation between legitimating narratives, on the one hand, and the vertical implementation of policies, on the other. Methodologically, the study adopts a narrative analysis of a corpus of programmatic documents alongside work stories. Both parts of the study’s empirical material are explained and recontextualised within the wider global politico-economic system. The analyses presented in this study bring to light the existence of a fragile consent based on a vague horizon of hope and freedom consolidated at all levels, from the programmatic documents to the academic workforce.

    This vague horizon steers and legitimises market expansion through the circulation of an optimistic techno-centric narrative, expressed in the concept of solutionism, which serves to de-antagonise those tensions present in the territorialisation of market forces, by promising a future in which science, technology and entrepreneurship co-operate for the good of society. The study also reveals how the deployment of reforms is legitimised through recourse to the exceptional status that the meritocratic order has in academia. To understand how the market logic merges with academic exceptionalism, this increasingly “marketised” – or debauched meritocratic – order is analysed by re-defining some of Bourdieu's concepts. Solutionism and “debauched meritocracy” provide a set of middle-ranging concepts that connect to the larger Gramscian framework, with the purpose of completing the critical investigation into the university order and its apparently central place within the Knowledge-based economies and post-Fordist capitalism.

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  • 11.
    Al-khalidi, Ali
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Political Science.
    The Failure of Democracy in Iraq2017Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The motivation of the bachelor thesis is to provide an understanding of democracy in Iraq from 2003 until present. After the fall of Saddam’s regime, there have been general elections but there is still an unstable democracy in Iraq. What are the reasons behind the failure of democracy in Iraq? Of course, there are many reasons behind this but my choice is to focus on three specific ones. How do these three variables that I have chosen, affect the possibility of democracy in Iraq? These two questions will be answered in this bachelor thesis, using Path Dependence Theory and Dahl’s Polyarchy Model and its Criteria that help to analyze and answer the research questions. Iraq has many major problems but the three I have focused on are ethnic and religious divides between Shia and Sunni, the violent environment and the presence of terrorist groups.

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  • 12.
    Alkstål, Emelie
    Södertörn University, School of Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies, Development Studies.
    Doing development right; the Rights-based approach: A comparative case study on NGO accountability2017Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    Over the past decades, a convergence between civil and political human rights non governmental organisations (NGOs) and development NGOs have occurred. The fusion of the two disciplines have led to the construction of so called ‘Rights-Based approaches’ (RBA). One principal concept for RBA’s is the question of accountability. Functional accountability is no longer seen as sufficient and more focus on social accountability have advanced. In previous research NGOs are repeatedly questioned for their level of accountability. This comparative qualitative case study therefore aim to examine how three Swedish based NGOs perceive accountability, with the purpose to contribute to the academic discussion of NGO accountability.

    By using grounded theory and selective coding, this study will contribute with new empirical data to the ongoing development of RBA theory. Empirical data is collected through interviews, NGOs official strategies documents and analysed in relation to the empirically grounded theory. The main findings in this comparative case study is that organisations different backgrounds and values influence how they perceive RBA and accountability, and which methods are used to reconcile with accountability claims. The collected empirical data concludes perceptions of accountability mostly focuses on four interconnected key principles; power relations, democracy, transparency and empowerment.

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  • 13.
    Allelin, Majsa
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Social Work.
    Betygen är till mer för systemet än för eleven: Det behövs ett djupare samtal om grundskolans – och betygens – roll2022In: Aftonbladet, ISSN 1103-9000, no 2022-08-23, p. 4-5Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 14. Allern, Elin Haugsgjerd
    et al.
    Aylott, Nicholas
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Political science.
    Overcoming the fear of commitment: Pre-electoral coalitions in Norway and Sweden2009In: Acta Politica, ISSN 0001-6810, E-ISSN 1741-1416, Vol. 44, p. 259-285Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In this article, we examine the occurrence of pre-electoral coalitions (PECs). Recent research points to when and why they are likely to occur, but these explanations are pitched at aggregate level, and they are less satisfying when applied to our particular cases. Rather than institutional or party-system features, we concentrate on the parties themselves – a level of analysis that raises theoretical and methodological challenges, which we discuss. Empirically, we investigate two cases of PEC in 2005–2006. One involved three Norwegian left-of-centre parties, the other involved four Swedish right-of-centre parties; both marked major departures from established behavioural patterns. We suggest certain conditions that may be necessary for a PEC to be formed. In particular, we argue that ‘decisive’ parties must prioritize office at the moment of decision, and that this preference order may be induced by some sort of environmental or intra-party stimulus.

  • 15. Allern, Elin Haugsgjerd
    et al.
    Aylott, Nicholas
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Political science.
    Christiansen, Flemming Juul
    Social Democrats and trade unions in Scandinavia: The decline and persistence of institutional relationships2007In: European Journal of Political Research, ISSN 0304-4130, E-ISSN 1475-6765, Vol. 46, no 5, p. 607-635Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article examines the institutional arrangements between Social Democratic parties and trade unions in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. First, the authors show how these relations have weakened at a varying pace. Party–union ties are now quite distant in Denmark, but remain relatively close in Norway and, especially, Sweden. Second, the authors explore this variation using a simple model of political exchange. The finding is that the intensity of the relationship is correlated with the resources that each side can derive from the other, which in turn reflects national differences. Yet it is also clear that the degree of change is related to the formative phase of the institutional arrangement itself: the weaker the ties were from the beginning, the more easily they unravel in response to environmental changes.

  • 16. Allern, Elin Haugsgjerd
    et al.
    Aylott, Nicholas
    Södertörn University College, School of Social Sciences, Political science.
    Juul Christiansen, Flemming
    Scener fra et æktenskab: Socialdemokratiske partier og fagforeninger i Skandinavien2008In: Partier og partisystemer i forandring: festskrift til Lars Bille / [ed] Karina Kosiara-Pedersen, Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard, Odense: Syddansk universitetsforlag , 2008, p. 251-280Chapter in book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 17.
    Allhutter, Doris
    et al.
    Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria.
    Alushi, Anila
    University of Leipzig, Germany.
    de Alcantara, Rafaela Cavalcanti
    Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria.
    Männiste, Maris
    Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Media and Communication Studies.
    Pentzold, Christian
    University of Leipzig, Germany.
    Sosnowski, Sebastian
    Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.
    Public value in the making of automated and datafied welfare futures2024In: Internet Policy Review, E-ISSN 2197-6775, Vol. 13, no 3, p. 2-22Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Across Europe, the public sector is expanding its efforts to introduce data-driven decision-support and intelligent systems in the administration of welfare. The growing body of research that highlights the impact and harms these systems have on citizens’ lives, raises questions about the guiding ideas, values, and norms that are at the heart of current transformations in welfare. Research in critical data studies contends a silent marketisation of social protection and governance. It implies an intricate entanglement between the procedures and output of service provision on the one hand and the normative outcomes in terms of the well-being and flourishing of society as a whole on the other hand. Thinking with the capabilities approach and buen vivir as well as with the concept of data justice, our paper asks how to conceptualise this relation. It discusses how (in)justice may become a sociomaterial component in automated welfare and emphasises that welfare outcomes and welfare practices, including their procedural aspects, are rather co-produced than just interdependent. We conclude that whether future infrastructures of welfare will create public value or not, depends on the institutional arrangements, policies, and norms built to distribute the emerging benefits and risks equally in society.

  • 18.
    Alm, Jens
    Södertörn University College, School of Social Sciences.
    OS i Kina, oberoende idrott eller politisk propaganda?: A Study of the Chinese Regime’s Political involvement, in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games2008Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 points / 15 hpStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The aim of this paper is to describe which view the Chinese government in connection with the Olympics wants to display for the natural world and analyze if this view coincide with China’s foreign-policy goals. A qualitative content analysis is used. By using the theory of rational choice and a model with three different political approaches I want to examine whether or not the foreign-policy goals of the Chinese regime comport with the view that displays in two major newspapers in China. Since the runoff voting in Moscow in 2001 for the 2008 Olympics the Chinese government has been able to act rational and to compose different strategies to use the Games in Beijing for political propaganda. The analysis show that the governing in China make use of domestic media to put across their political message and some of the most important foreign-policy goals also occur in articles that handle the Olympic Games of 2008.

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  • 19.
    Alonso Hjärtström, Livia
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences.
    Regularization as a tool for managing irregular immigration: An evaluation of the regularization of irregular immigrants in Spain through the labour market2008Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The objective of the thesis is to make a stakeholder evaluation of the regularization process that in 2005 gave the right to irregular immigrants in Spain to apply for a legal status. I want to portray how different groups at the labour market experienced the process and identify the factors that contributed to the result. I further want to study if regularization can be seen as an effectual measurement for managing irregular immigration. The methods are qualitative interviews and text analysis combined with evaluation method. The main theories are Venturini’s and Levinson’s suggestions for a successful regularization. Other prominent theories are Soysal’s theory about citizenship, Jordan’s and Düvell’s and Castles theories about irregular immigration. The result shows that the main argument for carrying out the process was to improve the situation at the labour market. The most prominent factors that affected the outcome were the social consensus preceding the process and the prerequisite of having a job contract. The regularization of irregular immigrants had an overall positive outcome but the stringent prerequisites for being regularized together with problems with sanctions of employers probably had a somewhat negative outcome on the result of the regularization.

  • 20.
    Alonso Hjärtström, Livia
    et al.
    Södertörn University College, School of Social Sciences.
    Jensmar, Hedvig
    Södertörn University College, School of Social Sciences.
    Platt och jämlikt?: En fallstudie av Feministiskt Initiativ2006Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 points / 15 hpStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The aim of this work is to define the party structure of Feministic Initiative (FI). We want to examine the structure of an organization that doesn’t start out with a hierarchical order. We further intend to examine the party’s leadership; whether or not it is equal, between the three spokespersons.We find it interesting as a topic from a democratic point of view as well as to see if a flat structure could work in practice. We use several theories among them Michel’s “iron law of oligarchy” and Holmberg’s and Söderlind’s theory on flat organizations. There is modest research on leadership in Swedish political science; we therefore consider it important to highlight. Shared leadership is interesting to examine, for it might be an alternative to the traditional order.We use a mixed-methodology based upon qualitative interviews and text analysis. We have interviewed the three spokespersons and examined materials like official weekly letters written by the spokespersons and the party’s constitution.The result shows that a flat structure is hard to carry out in practise and it appears that some form of hierarchical order appears in the party structure. Despite efforts towards equality the shared leadership is not totally equal.

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  • 21.
    Altermark, Niklas
    et al.
    Lund University.
    Edenborg, Emil
    Swedish Institute of International Affairs.
    Visualizing the included subject: photography, progress narratives and intellectual disability2018In: Subjectivity, ISSN 1755-6341, E-ISSN 1755-635X, Vol. 11, no 4, p. 287-302Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    By examining photographic depictions of subjects labeled as ‘intellectually disabled’, this article theorizes how photography performs the ideological function of producing narratives of historical progression. Recurrent representations of, on the one hand, a dark past of state institutionalization and repression and, on the other hand, the present as a time when intellectually disabled people are active, included and happy, function to locate oppression in a bygone era, which effectively obscures how power has transformed rather than disappeared. This relates to how the narrative break between the past exclusion and present inclusion conceals an inherent paradox in the constitution of intellectually disabled subjectivity; at the same time, members of this group are both included by citizenship and classified as lacking the necessary characteristics of the ideal citizen.

  • 22.
    Amiri, Marzieh
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Political Science.
    Säkerhetisering av migration Från en human till en mer restriktiv migrationspolitik: En fallstudie av Sveriges migrationspolitik under åren 2015–2016.2017Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    Elisabeth Abiri claimed that the political question regarding immigration to Sweden had been securitized during the 1990s and that national security, therefore, had been prioritized on the expense of human security and human rights. This thesis will examine whether or not her perspective is valid as an explanatory tool in the context of Swedish migration politics during the “migrant crisis” 2015-2016. Her perspective will be examined by cross-referencing it to the theory of political securitization by examining the propositions, proposed laws and measures, speeches and claims by members of the Swedish Government regarding this topic. I will also define national security so that this term may be applied as a tool for analysing the validity of Abiri’s claim in the aforementioned context. The perspectives of human security and human rights and human rights and migration will also be applied in order to test Abiri’s perspective’s validity. The results show that migration politics in Sweden has indeed been securitized and that this, in turn, has been the factor which allowed the Swedish government to, not only propose, but also adopt new laws and extraordinary measures that have turned the priority from migrant rights and security to national security.

    Keyword: Securitization, Migration, Migration Politics, Human Rights, Sweden Antal ord: 10623 

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  • 23. Amnå, Erik
    et al.
    Arensmeier, Cecilia
    Ekman, Joakim
    Södertörn University College, School of Social Sciences, Political science.
    Englund, Tomas
    Ljunggren, Carsten
    Skolornas institutionella karaktär och elevernas medborgarkompetens: en jämförelse av olika kommunala och fristående skolor över tid och rum2010In: Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, ISSN 0039-0747, Vol. 112, no 1, p. 23-32Article in journal (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Since the 1990s, the Swedish school system has become increasingly more diversified. Decentralization, the introduction of private schools, the challenge of globalization & increased ethnic diversity among pupils have contributed to an increasing heterogeneity. This project analyses the prospects for civic education in different institutional settings & contexts, in both public & private schools. Using unique survey data 1999 & 2009 we ask which effects different institutional settings have on "citizen competences," i.e., civic engagement, political efficacy, knowledge about democracy & political issues, & democratic values & tolerance. The project breaks down into three distinct but interrelated parts. The first deals with changes over time in young Swedes' civic competences. The second subproject focuses on the way & consequences when controversial issues are taught in different schools & institutional settings. The third sub-project adds a comparative perspective by analyzing similarities & differences among young people & schools in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland & England. Adapted from the source document.

  • 24.
    Amnå, Erik
    et al.
    Örebro universitet.
    Ekman, Joakim
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Political Science. Södertörn University, Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES).
    Standby Citizens: Diverse Faces of Political Passivity2014In: European Political Science Review, ISSN 1755-7739, E-ISSN 1755-7747, Vol. 6, no 2, p. 261-281Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 25.
    Amnå, Erik
    et al.
    Örebro universitet.
    Ekman, Joakim
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Political Science. Södertörn University, Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES).
    Standby Citizens: Understanding Non-Participation in Contemporary Democracies2015In: Political and Civic Engagement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives / [ed] Martyn D. Barret & Bruna Zani, London & New York: Routledge, 2015, 1, p. 96-108Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 26. Amos, Valerie
    et al.
    Parmar, Pratibha
    Utmanandet av imperialistisk feminism2012In: Postkolonial feminism: [vol.] 2 / [ed] Paulina de los Reyes, Hägersten: Tankekraft förlag , 2012Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 27.
    Anckar, Carsten
    et al.
    Åbo Akademi University, Finland.
    Sedelius, Thomas
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Political Science.
    Cohabitation and Presidential Powers in Dual Executives 1850-20212023In: ECPR General Conference: Academic programme, 2023Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The French term ‘cohabitation’ is commonly used to describe situations in semi-presidential systems where the prime minister and the president represent different political parties. The present contribution sets out to test to what extent cohabitation affects the powers of the president. Theoretically, the link between the phenomena in question is complex; there are arguments both for an assumption that cohabitation enhances the powers of the president and for a presumption that cohabitation is linked to decreasing powers of the head of state. It is far from self-evident how cohabitation should be operationalized, however. For instance, a president and a prime minister can represent different parties, but the parties can have a long tradition of working together in government coalitions. In some cases, the president and prime minister represent different parties, but the president’s party is included in the coalition government. Another variant is that either the president or the prime minister (or even both) are unaffiliated with political parties. In the framework of the present study, we make use of several operationalizations of cohabitation to assess to what extent the relationship between cohabitation and presidential powers is affected by whether cohabitation is broadly or narrowly defined. Empirically, the study is extensive in time and space. The research population consists of all democratic republics with a separate president and prime minister during the time period 1850-2021. In the literature, cohabitation is a term generally associated with semi-presidential forms of governments in which the president is popularly elected. The present paper takes a broader view and accordingly sets out to test if cohabitation is linked to presidential powers both in dual executives with popularly elected presidents and in systems with indirectly elected presidents. Since constitutional powers tend to remain unaltered irrespective of whether periods of cohabitation occur or not, the present study measures presidential powers with reference to actual, or ‘real’ powers. The powers of the president are measured with reference to seven questions in the V-dem dataset. Three of the questions refer explicitly to powers in the executive sphere, two to legislative powers, and two to powers that do not fall explicitly in either of the categories.

  • 28.
    Andersson, Christian
    Södertörn University, School of Discourse Studies, Journalism.
    Europaparlamentet2004Book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 29.
    Andersson, Christoph
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    Breivik hyllar Sveriges slappa attityd mot högerextremisterna2014In: Sydsvenska Dagbladet, ISSN 1104-0068, no 10 september, p. 5-6Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 30.
    Andersson, Christoph
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    En röd Gud: För Stasi var marxism-leninism förenligt med religion2013In: Sydsvenskan, ISSN 1652-814X, no 28 maj, p. 5-5Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 31. Andersson, Christoph
    Herr och fru Felber: Pensionärer i Tyskland1992In: Pensionär i EG / [ed] Alice Hafn, Stockholm: Brevskolan , 1992, p. 26-35Chapter in book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 32. Andersson, Christoph
    Historien om PUL - ett drama i elva akter2000In: 7:16 - och andra hot mot öppenheten: Om offentlighet och sekretess i Sverige och EU En debattbok från Statstjänstemannaförbundet / [ed] Eva Spira, Ann Dahlin, Stockholm: Statsjänstemannaförbundet , 2000, p. 13-46Chapter in book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 33.
    Andersson, Christoph
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    I Sverige är det hög tid att genomskåda den högerextrema stragegin - och att vakna upp ur aningslösheten2017In: Ska man tala med nazister?: Debatten kring bokmässan och Nya Tider / [ed] Mikael Löfgren, Göteborg: Nätverkstan , 2017, p. 305-307Chapter in book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
    Abstract [sv]

    Dresden sommaren 2005. Det högerextrema partiet NPD, en motsvarighet till svenska Nationaldemokraterna, har fått en vågmästarroll i Sachsens delstatsparlament. Nu gäller det att erövra övriga tyska finrum.

  • 34.
    Andersson, Christoph
    Södertörn University, School of Discourse Studies, Journalism.
    Kampen om gatan, skallarna och parlamenten: Christoph Andersson följer spåren till Tyskland2006In: Scoop - tidskrift för grävande journalistik, ISSN 1652-2591, no 2, p. 27-46Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 35.
    Andersson, Christoph
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    Malmö och Malexander: Såg Säpo signalerna från den högerextrema miljön?2016In: Sydsvenskan, ISSN 1652-814X, no 2016-05-28, p. C5-C5Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 36.
    Andersson, Christoph
    Södertörn University, School of Discourse Studies, Journalism.
    Med extremhögern som vågmästare: Christoph Andersson synar ultrahögern i ett svenskt parlament2008In: Scoop - tidskrift för grävande journalistik, ISSN 1652-2591, no 4, p. 99-134Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 37.
    Andersson, Christoph
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    NSU-rättegången i München: Spåret leder till Sverige2014In: Sydsvenska Dagbladet, ISSN 1104-0068, no 8 maj, p. 6-7Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 38.
    Andersson, Christoph
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    NSU-rättegången: Nazisten som tiger2013In: Sydsvenska Dagbladet, ISSN 1104-0068, no 14 augusti, p. 4-5Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 39. Andersson, Christoph
    Om turkar1986Book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 40.
    Andersson, Christoph
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    Operation Norrsken: om Stasi och Sverige under Kalla kriget2013Book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
    Abstract [sv]

    Före Berlinmurens fall var DDR och dess ökända säkerhetstjänst Stasi en maktfaktor i Europa. Journalisten Christoph Andersson har grävt i arkiven och hittat uppgifter om dess svenska kopplingar.På 80-talet ville regeringen Palme exportera svensk kärnvapenteknologi till DDR. Ärendet var kontroversiellt, men den enda som började nysta i frågan var Rapportjournalisten Cats Falck. Hon upp­täckte ett mystiskt östtyskt företag som skulle vara mellanhand. I november 1984 försvann hon spårlöst och hittades senare död.Lika mystiskt dog krigsmaterielinspektören Carl Algernon. Det var under efterdyningarna av Bofors omstridda export av krut och sprängämnen till Iran via DDR. Men också efter att Bofors i hemlighet tillverkat krut till östtyska folkarméns Kalasjnikovgevär. Även här figurerade ett mystiskt östtyskt företag. I båda affärerna hade DDR:s säkerhetstjänst Stasi sina fingrar med i spelet. Stasi gav sig även in i frågan om immunsjukdomen aids. Målet var att få aids att framstå som ett hemligt amerikanskt bio­logiskt vapen. Filmregissören Roy Andersson var snabb att svälja betet och bakade in idéerna i en upplysningsfilm, bekostad av Socialstyrelsen.Men den kanske största Stasioperationen blev en flopp. Den gick under namnet Operation Norrsken och skulle kompromettera det svenska kungahuset för dess gamla förbindelser med Nazityskland. Allt avblåstes i sista stund när Stasi och DDR insåg att det fanns pengar att tjäna. Närmare bestämt genom att göra ljusskygga affärer med svenska Asea, Bofors - och den socialdemokratiska regeringen Palme.

  • 41. Andersson, Christoph
    Reportage från ett enat Tyskland1992Book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 42.
    Andersson, Christoph
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    Riskabla skämt2016In: Sydsvenska Dagbladet, ISSN 1104-0068, no 2016-04-19, p. A15-Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 43.
    Andersson, Christoph
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    Släpp in Stasis offer i arkiven: Stasis offer i Sverige får bara insyn i Tyskland - öppna de svenska arkiven för alla2013In: Expressen, ISSN 1103-923X, no 15 maj, p. 4-Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 44.
    Andersson, Christoph
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    Svåra nya tider2015In: Helsingborgs Dagblad, ISSN 1103-9388, no 5 november, p. A15-A15Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 45.
    Andersson, Christoph
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Journalism.
    Terrorcellen som fick hjälp av polisen2017In: Expo, ISSN 1400-9846, Vol. 22, no 3, p. 36-47Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
    Abstract [sv]

    De tre nazisterna misstänks ligga bakom 14 bankrån, två bombattentat och tio mord. I ett hus någonstans i Mellansverige berättar en före detta tysk polisinformatör om hur allt hade kunnat stoppas innan det började

  • 46. Andersson, Christoph
    Välkommen till Brandenburg: delstaten med EU-anpassad insyn2000In: 7:16 - och andra hot mot öppenheten: Om offentlighet och sekretess i Sverige och EU En debattbok från Statstjänstemannaförbundet / [ed] Eva Spira, Ann Dahlin, Stockholm: Statstjänstemannaförbundet , 2000, p. 81-92Chapter in book (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 47.
    Andersson, Emmie
    Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences.
    Jämställdhet och jämlikhet i den svenska riksdagspolitiken: En studie om vilken form av lika villkor mellan kön som produceras inom vänsterdiskursen2019Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The purpose of this study has been to investigate the possible formation of a new leftdiscourse on the consept of equality regarding the context of "equal conditions between sexes". To find answers to this, a discourse analysis was carried out based on the theoretical framework of discourse theory and the linguistic tropics metonymy and metaphor. Vänsterpartiet has stood as a representative of the leftdiscourse and their pronounced opposite, the "right" has been used to define the leftdiscourse. The analysismaterial has above all consisted of partyleader debates, partyleaders speeches in Almedalen, parliamentary motions and election manifesto from the election movements in 2014 and 2018. The result shows a change from 2014 to 2018 in the leftdiscourse. The left-wing exchange rate failed to articulate a class analysis through the concept of gender equality and 2018 now including the majority of political demands for "equal terms between sexes" during the left equalitydiscourse. The result shows that the left-hand scale appears to create a new equalitydiscourse that includes more requirements regarding the context of "equal conditions between sexes" and as collections as described as an increased class distinctions community in Sweden. The conclution is that within the leftdiscourse gender equality, requires equality.

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  • 48. Andersson, Hans
    Demokratins bekymmer i en mer gränslös värld2005In: Det hyperindividualiserade samhället / [ed] Ulf Bjereld, Umeå: Boréa , 2005, p. 155-179Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 49. Andersson, Hans
    Flyktingpolitiken i framtidens EU2003Report (Other academic)
  • 50. Andersson, Hans
    Har USA-kongressen abdikerat?2002In: Internationella Studier, ISSN 0020-952X, no 1, p. 7-13Article in journal (Other academic)
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