Hur såg de svenska riksdagspartierna på två konflikter som inträffade mitt under kalla krigets brinnande hetta? Konflikten i Afghanistan och i El Salvador var två händelser som inträffade samtidigt och där två av världens stormakter på den tiden var inblandande, USA och Sovjetunionen. Metoden som använts är idéanalys som ska synliggöra partiernas åsikter och tankar kring frågan genom att leta efter värdeladdade ord. Bjereld och Demkers teoretiska perspektiv angående ideologiernas roll i utrikesdebatter har använts som ett analytiskt verktyg. Utöver detta har även definitioner av de olika ideologierna använts i samma syfte som Bjereld och Demkers teori. Uppsatsen visade att de politiska partierna ofta agerade enligt sina grundideologier men att det fanns tillfällen då de uttalade sig eller tog parti för något som inte stämde överens med ideologierna. Det har även kommit fram att dagens blockpolitik gick att hitta spår från redan på 1980-talet men då i ett mindre format. Utöver detta har resultatet även visat att det fanns en tydlig linje och uppdelning inom riksdagspartierna under denna tid. En delning där högerpartierna det Moderata samlingspartiet och Folkpartiet drog sig mer åt väst medan Socialdemokraterna och Vänsterpartiet närmade sig öst och Sovjetunionen och att detta märktes tydligt i debatterna.

From the end of the Second World War until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 the world was divided. An iron curtain separated the world into two parts, east and west. These were dominated by the two great powers, the Soviet Union and the USA. The contradictions between the great powers should characterize the whole period that was named the Cold War. USA and the Soviet Union never met in open confrontation during this time, but it happened indirectly in the many conflicts that occurred during the Cold War. The Vietnam War (1964-1975) and the Afghanistan War (1979-1989) were two conflicts in which the great powers brought war against smaller states and the non-fighting part supported the resistance against the great power.   The purpose of this study is to examine the three Swedish newspapers, Svenska Dagbladet, Dagens nyheter och Norrskensflamman, and thereby discover how they reported during the Vietnam War and the Afghanistan War.  We seek the answer on following questions: What did the reporting looked like during the Vietnam War and the Afghanistan War and how did it change over time? How does the newspapers political point of view appear on the editorial pages? Which international outlook can be seen in the news report and which are the similarities and differences?   In order to do this we’ve used a qualitative method. The result shows that three different international outlooks are described in the newspapers. We can also confirm that the political point of view for each newspaper is confirmed by the standard reporting and primarily by the content of the editorial pages.

"In the eye of the beholder- A didactic study of Swedish teachers and textbooks in history’s reasoning about nine eleven and its aftermath" by Emmy Johansson and Emma Svanström aims to show which picture both teachers and textbooks on elementary school and upper secondary school want to mediate on the subject. The study also strives to compare the teachers view with the textbooks. To achieve these goals the study uses materials from eight interviews and fifteen textbooks. The methods are a combination of interviews and textual analysis inspired by the scientist Elizabeth D. Herman. Comparison was also included in order to be able to compare teachers and textbooks. Content analysis and sentence centralization was used in order to analyze the materials. Finally the study used a combination of theoretical concepts which included history didactics, historically consciousness and facts about the production of textbooks. The results show that although there is a great variation in how teachers as well as textbooks reason about the subject there are also many similar thoughts and presentations. This is the case for as well teachers as textbooks and the comparison between them. The study also reveal that although teachers are skeptical about the textbooks they are both needed to form a good education. But such a combination would still leave some effects unmentioned to the students.