Den utrikespolitiska dagordningen : makt, protest och internationella frågor i svensk politik 1965-1973

• Protest activity is studied as a part of the political decision-making process. A theoretical framework which emanates from research into how political issues are placed on the so-called agenda of the political system is developed. Two hypotheses concerning how the protest arena is related to other political arenas are derived from this theoretical framework. According to the first, the "static" hypothesis, the substantive political content in the protest arena can be distinguished from the content in other arenas in a systematic and specified manner. According to the second, the "dynamic" hypothesis, the activities related to a given substantive issue appear first in the protest arena and then in the other arenas in a specific temporal sequence. The empirical testing of the hypotheses is carried out by means of content analysis of the substantive political content in the protest arena as well as in discussions in the press, at political party conventions, and in the Parliament. The study is limited to international issues. For the analysis of the dynamic-oriented hypothesis a further limitation is made to three issue areas: Indochina, Biafra, and conditions within and between the socialist states. The static hypothesis is supported by the data. Results of the analysis of the dynamic hypothesis are more difficult to interpret. One reason for this is the restricted temporal scope. However, the results suggest that protest activity tends to occur early in the decision-making process and that discussions in the press have greater significance for the foreign policy agenda than anticipated by the hypothesis.

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Statsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

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

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Political science

Statsvetenskap

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