What does the 'sustainable' in sustainable mobility stand for?: Framing of sustainability in the sustainable mobility debate in the Bundestag
2020 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesis
Abstract [en]
This dissertation examines sustainable mobility as a policy issue in a debate within the Bundestag. The purpose of this research is to conduct an in-depth analysis of the perspectives towards sustainability in the Bundestag. In practice, we investigate how "sustainability" is represented in the sustainable mobility debate in the Bundestag. This thesis finds that the debate protocol from the sustainable mobility debate in the Bundestag upon analysis revealed the perspectives towards sustainability present in the Bundestag. The two major perspectives we identify are pro-economic and environmentalist respectively. Our empirical results show that the ecological sustainability pillar of the "triple bottom-line" model receives the most attention in the Bundestag. Our analytical framework is a combination of two models; the "What is the problem represented to be?" and "triple bottom-line" approaches. The framework is used in conjunction with a qualitative content analysis from a social constructivist perspective. Our study enables future longitudinal research on this particular case.
Abstract [sv]
Den här kandidatuppsatsen undersöker utformningen av policyfrågan gällande hållbar mobilitet i Bundestag. Syftet med denna forskning är att utföra en djupgående analys av hållbarhets debatten i Bundestag. I praktiken undersöker vi hur "hållbarhet" är representerat I debatten om hållbar mobilitet i Bundestag. Vi konstaterar att debatt protokollet, från debatten om hållbar mobilitet i Bundestag innehöll väsentlig information för att beskriva de olika hållbarhets perspektiven. Våra empiriska resultat visar att det ekologiska perspektivet inom "triple bottom-line" modellen får mest uppmärksamhet i Bundestag. Vårt analytiska ramverk grundades i en kombination av två modeller; "What is the problem represented to be?" och "triple bottom-line". Ramverket används tillsammans med en kvalitativ innehållsanalys utifrån ett socialkonstruktivistiskt perspektiv. Vår studie möjliggör framtida longitudinell forskning om skillnader i representationen av politiska frågor i parlamentet och i media.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2020. , p. 75
Keywords [en]
Sustainability, mobility, policies
National Category
Political Science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-15487Local ID: EIS501OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-15487DiVA, id: diva2:1454396
Subject / course
Political science
Educational program
International Programme in Politics and Economics
Supervisors
Examiners
2020-07-212020-07-162020-07-21Bibliographically approved