This essay aims to compare the Swedish party The Liberals and its youth association (The Liberal Youth Association) in their opinions regarding the legalization and/or decriminalization of cannabis in Sweden. In this study, Carol Bacchis’ ‘WPR’ method is used in order to first break down the beliefs of each party in order to then compare them to each other. The WPR method is essential to a study such as this as it analyzes a problem of discourse starting from the roots of the policy. After breaking down each party's stance on the issue a comparison then further ensures a deeper understanding of the disparity. This essay concludes that the main difference between the Liberals and the Liberals youth association is the fundamental belief in their own drug policies. The Liberals claim that more studies are required as there is not enough evidence to decisively conclude whether legalization/decriminalization is better than zero tolerance. The youth association, however, claims that it is impossible to stop the black market and that the Swedish state should be the ones with a monopoly on the sales, not the gangs. They also believe that there is a billion Swedish kronor market that would benefit the Swedish people.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-129919 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Elmandiwy, Salam |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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