The purpose of this essay is to determine how the two former prime-minister of Sweden Olof Palme and Stefan Löfven speak of economic equality in their proclamations of government. Furthermore the essay investigates if there has been a shift in socialist ideology between the two prime-ministers from reformist socialism towards the third way. To investigate this the essay analyzed proclamations of government using ideology analysis to find how they spoke of economic equality. Ideal-types were also used to find if parts of their proclamations of government were closer to reformist socialism or third way socialism. In short the essay concluded that both prime-ministers spoke extensively of economic equality, Palme more so than Löfven, furthermore I found that Löfven cloud be considered closer to third way socialism in the area of economic equality. This study is an addition to the field of study on economic equality and the shift towards third way socialism among social democratic parties in Europe.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:du-42931 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Hagström, Philippe |
| Publisher | Högskolan Dalarna, Statsvetenskap |
| 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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