<p>Abstract</p><p>The aim with this essay has been to investigate if Sweden’s attitude against the European Union has changed expressed in the statement of government policies, during the years 1988-1998. In the prolongation I want to see if the policies can be seen as examples of agenda-setting.</p><p>My comprehensive objective is: In which way is the change of the Swedish attitude towards the European Union expressed in the statement of government policies during 1988-1998 shown?</p><p>My other objectives are: In which ways describes the statements the integrations process in Europe generally?</p><p>In which ways does the integrations process influences Sweden in generally?</p><p>In which ways does the integrations process influences Sweden’s relations against the European Union?</p><p>I have used qualitative text analysis as method in my essay to find the answers to the questions. I have classified a number of opinions, found in the policies, summarized under my three objectives.</p><p>The result of my essay was shown that the changed not can be found in the policies and they are examples of agenda-setting. Decisions and public opinions take places in other ways than in the statements of government policies.</p><p>Keywords: The European Union, the statement of government policies, the swedish EU-membership and agenda-setting.</p><p>Nyckelord: Den Europeiska Unionen, regeringsdeklarationer, det svenska EU-medlemskapet och “agenda-setting."</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:vxu-2171 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Carlsson, Helena |
| Publisher | Växjö University, School of Social Sciences |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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