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Utvecklingssamarbete och makt: Vad bidrar svenska kristna biståndsorganisationer till för globala maktstrukturer?
University College Stockholm, Department of Human Rights and Democracy.
2025 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Development aid and power : What kind of global power structures do Swedish Christian development organizations contribute to? (English)
Abstract [sv]

Bistånd ses ofta som en del av lösningen för att främja mänskliga rättigheter, minska fattigdom och nå en fredlig utveckling. Å andra sidan menar kritiska röster att bistånd och utvecklingssamarbete liknar det europeiska kolonialstyret. Trosbaserade organisationer har även starka kopplingar till kolonialismen. Därav undersöker denna uppsats svenska kristna utvecklingsorganisationer. Det är avgränsat på så vis att det endast är en del av bistånd som undersöks, det som kallas utvecklingssamarbete. Arbetet är även avgränsat till att endast undersöka på en text-och dokumentnivå. Genom att analysera organisationernas policys och strategier om deras partnerskap, ämnar uppsatsen att kritiskt utreda vad svenska kristna biståndsorganisationer bidrar till för globala maktstrukturer. De organisationer som granskas är ACT Svenska kyrkan, Diakonia och PMU. Med hjälp av ett dekolonialt perspektiv och teorin om eurocentrism utförs en kritisk diskursanalys på dokument om organisationernas partnerskap. ACT Svenska kyrkan, Diakonia och PMU bidrar, i sina dokument, till flera olika globala maktstrukturer. De bidrar till att öka jämställdhet, egenmakt och gemensamt ansvar samtidigt som de reproducerar strukturer från kolonialismen och eurocentrismen. 

Abstract [en]

Aid is often seen as part of the solution to improve human rights, reduce poverty and achieve peaceful development. On the other hand, critics argue that aid and development cooperation resemble European colonial rule. Faith based organizations also have strong links to colonialism. Hence, this paper examines Swedish Christian development organisations. It is limited in a way that only one part of aid is examined, the part that is called development cooperation. It is also limited to examining only at a text and document level. By analysing the organisations policies and strategies on their partnerships, the paper aims to critically examine what Swedish Christian aid organisations contribute to global power structures. The organisations under review are ACT Church of Sweden, Diakonia and PMU. Using a decolonial perspective and the theory of Eurocentrism, a critical discourse analysis is carried out on documents about the organisations partnership. ACT Church of Sweden, Diakonia and PMU contribute, in their documents, to several different global power structures. They contribute to increasing gender equality, empowerment and shared responsibility while reproducing structures of colonialism and eurocentrism. 

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2025. , p. 40
Keywords [en]
Development cooperation; Christian aid; Global Power Structures; Decolonial perspective; Eurocentrism; Critical discourse analysis
Keywords [sv]
Utvecklingssamarbete; Kristet bistånd; Globala maktstrukturer; Dekolonialt perspektiv; Eurocentrism; Kritisk diskursanalys; ACT Svenska Kyrkan; Diakonia; PMU
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Humanities and the Arts General Literature Studies Languages and Literature Social Sciences Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ths:diva-2741OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ths-2741DiVA, id: diva2:1938254
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Human Rights
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Bachelor’s Programme in Human Rights
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Available from: 2025-02-18 Created: 2025-02-17 Last updated: 2025-02-18Bibliographically approved

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