Given the armed conflict in Ukraine, the terrorist attacks in Paris and elsewhere in Europe and the pressing issue of climate change one could argue that there are no longer room for just one sector in security studies. Based on Barry Buzan, Ole Wæver and Jaap de Wilde’s theory of securitization the aim of this paper is to study whether the Swedish Defense Committee perceive threats in any sectors other than the traditional military sector in its two reports or not and therefore also if the Defense Committee has adapted the wider security concept; and if so answer the question of what other sectors the Committee put forward in the reports. The aim is also to compare the findings in the two reports with each other to point out similarities and differences the Defense Committee’s perception of threats. The method used in this paper was an intense qualitative content analysis where the author manually examined the two reports to find indications on what kind of threats was present in the reports and how they were presented. The result of the study shows that all sectors with the exception of the societal sector in the Copenhagen School were present in the reports. An additional result of the study was that there were many similarities and differences in the reports; one similarity being that Russia was perceived as a threat in both reports while one distinction was the only in the latest report were a global financial crisis perceived as a threat.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1976. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 816-826).

El 5 d’octubre de 1910 una revolució va derrocar la Monarquia, proclamant la República a Portugal. A Espanya el què passava al país veí era seguit amb interès, sobretot a partir de l’inici de la Gran Guerra, i de la participació de Portugal en la contesa en el bàndol dels aliats. La crisi econòmica i moral que comportà la guerra aflorà el militarisme en els dos països ibèrics. El 5 de desembre de 1917 Sidónio Pais donà un cop d’Estat a Portugal començant una dictadura que acabaria el 1918 amb el seu assassinat. Les Juntes Militars portugueses van aparèixer amb la pretensió d’ocupar el poder. A Espanya, les Juntes de Defensa creades el 1916 van tenir el seu moment àlgid durant la greu revolució de l’estiu de 1917. Les juntes d’un i altre país no tenen punts de connexió, llevat que representen la insatisfacció dels militars amb la situació política. / On October 5, 1910 a revolution overthrew the monarchy in Portugal and proclaimed the First Republic. The regime change was followed with great interest in Spain by what was happening in Portugal, in especially from the beginning of the Great War, and the Portugal’s participation on the allied side. The moral and economic crises brought by war bring militarism in both Iberian countries. On 5 December 1917 Sidonio Pais gave a Coup d’Etat starting a dictatorship that ended in 1918 with his murder. The Juntas Militares came with the aim of seizing power. In Spain, the Juntas de Defensa created in 1916 had its peak during the severe summer of 1917 revolution. The Juntas of both countries do not have connection points, unless the military was disappointed with the political situation.