Climate action or climate scepticism? : A study on how Scandinavian populist radical right parties approaches the climate issue in their manifestos
This thesis examines and explains how the three Scandinavian populist radical right parties, the Sweden Democrats, the Danish People’s Party and the Progress Party approaches the climate issue in their latest manifesto, and how it has changed over a period of ten years. By means of a content analysi...
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ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-lnu-1000372021-01-19T05:33:55ZClimate action or climate scepticism? : A study on how Scandinavian populist radical right parties approaches the climate issue in their manifestosengClimate action or climate scepticism? : A study on how Scandinavian populist radical right parties approaches the climate issue in their manifestosToll, JoannaLinnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)2020Radical right-wing populismPopulist radical right partiesScandinaviaSweden DemocratsDanish People’s PartyProgress Partyclimate measureclimate scepticsclimate scepticismPolitical Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)Statsvetenskap (exklusive studier av offentlig förvaltning och globaliseringsstudier)This thesis examines and explains how the three Scandinavian populist radical right parties, the Sweden Democrats, the Danish People’s Party and the Progress Party approaches the climate issue in their latest manifesto, and how it has changed over a period of ten years. By means of a content analysis and categorisations of climate scepticism, climate omission and climate measures, this thesis finds explicit evidence of climate scepticism in the Progress Party whereas there is no such evidence for the Sweden Democrats and the Danish People’s Party completely omits the issue. On the other hand, there is evidence of measures to fight climate change in the Progress Party, and the same goes for the Sweden Democrats. However, the only relevant difference when comparing the manifestos over a ten-year period is a decreased usage of statement connected to both climate scepticism and climate action in the Progress Party’s manifestos. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100037application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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Radical right-wing populism Populist radical right parties Scandinavia Sweden Democrats Danish People’s Party Progress Party climate measure climate sceptics climate scepticism Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies) Statsvetenskap (exklusive studier av offentlig förvaltning och globaliseringsstudier) Toll, Joanna Climate action or climate scepticism? : A study on how Scandinavian populist radical right parties approaches the climate issue in their manifestos |
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This thesis examines and explains how the three Scandinavian populist radical right parties, the Sweden Democrats, the Danish People’s Party and the Progress Party approaches the climate issue in their latest manifesto, and how it has changed over a period of ten years. By means of a content analysis and categorisations of climate scepticism, climate omission and climate measures, this thesis finds explicit evidence of climate scepticism in the Progress Party whereas there is no such evidence for the Sweden Democrats and the Danish People’s Party completely omits the issue. On the other hand, there is evidence of measures to fight climate change in the Progress Party, and the same goes for the Sweden Democrats. However, the only relevant difference when comparing the manifestos over a ten-year period is a decreased usage of statement connected to both climate scepticism and climate action in the Progress Party’s manifestos. |
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Climate action or climate scepticism? : A study on how Scandinavian populist radical right parties approaches the climate issue in their manifestos |
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Climate action or climate scepticism? : A study on how Scandinavian populist radical right parties approaches the climate issue in their manifestos |
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Climate action or climate scepticism? : A study on how Scandinavian populist radical right parties approaches the climate issue in their manifestos |
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Climate action or climate scepticism? : A study on how Scandinavian populist radical right parties approaches the climate issue in their manifestos |
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Climate action or climate scepticism? : A study on how Scandinavian populist radical right parties approaches the climate issue in their manifestos |
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climate action or climate scepticism? : a study on how scandinavian populist radical right parties approaches the climate issue in their manifestos |
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Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST) |
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