A FEMINIST MILITARY? THE SWEDISH CASE An ideational analysis of the perceptions of security that have shaped the role of the Swedish Armed Forces and their current and future military strategic guidance and defence
Journal: Gothenburg University Publications Electronic Archive (Gothenburg University)
Year: 2021

This thesis aims to contribute knowledge to the current and contemporary debate on the concept\nof security in relation to feminism, by seeking which ideas that have shaped the role of the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) and their current and future military strategic guidance and defence. Based on the theoretical framework of Feminist Security Theory and Classical Realism in International Relations, this case study seeks to identify these ideas in the SAF’s\nstrategic documents and interviews with S