”Fattigdom” i välfärdsstaten Sverige : en begreppsanalys av förståelsen av fattigdom och social exkludering utifrån fyra rapporter

Sammanfattning: This bachelor thesis intends to analyze the understanding of poverty of four reports pro-duced by the Swedish government, The Social care, and organizations as UNICEF (United Nations International Children Emergency Fund) and Save the Children. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how a welfare state like Sweden discuss, and understands poverty and social exclusion. By a capability approach, with a concept analysis based on the concepts of “education”, “work”, “ethnicity”, “class”, “citizenship”, I have analyzed how the reports discuss the issue of poverty and social exclusion in Sweden. Based on my analysis and investigation, I have come to the conclusion that the reports, more or less, discuss the concepts of education, work and ethnicity in relation to poverty and social exclusion. The remaining two terms, citizenship and class are indirectly excluded in these perceptions and descriptions and are not discussed in the reports as the other concepts. Knowing that even these concepts are important foundations in research on poverty and social exclusion in welfare states, I have in my discussion showed the significant importance of these concepts and why they are needed. I come to the conclusion that poverty, at least in welfare states, has to be investigated and discussed with these concepts as well, to be able to understand the consequences of poverty and social exclusion.