Populism och ekopolitik : framväxten av en ekopolitisk ideologi i Norge och dess relationer till ett mångtydigt populismbegrepp.

• In the end of the 1960's the word "populism” began to be used in Norway to designate a policy for preventing the depopulation of the countryside and coastal areas and for stimulating a development in the existing local communities. As time went on, it even included political ideas concerned with structural and environmental questions in a wider perspective. From an ecological perspective, the solution to democratic, resource, allocational and environmental issues is seen in terms of a system structured in local communities. For this reason, and others, the designation was changed to ecopolitics. The purpose of the dissertation is to analyze how Norwegian populism developed into ecopolitics if it can be said to be a special political ideology, and how it compares to other populistic movements within the Nordic region and also to those movements outside of this region. In the first part of the dissertation, the methodological basis is stated and a description of how an ecopolitical ideal model can be constructed on the basis of different theoretical works is given. The ideal model is subsequently related to the political parties and groups which, in varying degrees, embrace populistic/ecopolitical ideas. The conclusion is that the ecopolitical ideology existing in Norway differs from the traditional ideologies in a number of ways. In the second part of the analysis, the application of the populism concept in various contexts i described. The conclusion is that the concept can, to a certain extent, be justifiably defined in several different ways and that general definitions of the concept are not precise enough. In the third part of the dissertation, the populistic ant. ecopolitical movements within the Nordic countries are related to different definitions of populism. Fundamental similarities are found to exist between ecopolitics and the Russian populism especially with regard to the structure of the society in local communities. The objectives are compatible with both socialistic and non-socialistic strategies. The dissertation is written in Swedish with a summary in English.

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Statsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Political Science (hsv//eng)

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