Den armeniska frågan i Sveriges riksdag : En studie om hur riksdagsledamöterna har debatterat om det armeniska folkmordet från år 1916-2019

• Main Author: Yousif Harut, Eva
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV) 2021
• Subjects: Armenia; Seyfo; 1915; The year of the sword; Armenien; Svärdets år; History; Historia
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-100082

This study is about how the parliamentary parties in Sweden has debated about the Armenian genocide 1915. The overall purpose is to increase the understanding of the underlying reasons why parties in the parliament, whose political program is both interested in immigrant groups but not, choose to argue for a recognition of the Armenian genocide over the years. The study uses two theories, ethnicity and nationalism where the focus is on nationalism which is about what is characterized as nationalism and whether the members of the Swedish parliament can relate to this. The second theory is the use of history, where the purpose is to find out how the members use history in different ways. It has also been analyzed how recurring the Armenian question is in the Swedish parliament. The interesting results are that politicians believe that nationalism was a contributing factor to the outbreak of the Armenian genocide. Nevertheless, they even use history in different ways when they are debating about this historical event. You also get an insight into how the recurring issue has been discussed in the parliament in more depth in the study.