Rödgrön röra : Socialdemokraternas strategiska bemötande av miljöpartiet åren 1987 till 1992

Sammanfattning: The aim of this study has been to investigate and describe what strategies the Social Democratic party used in the Swedish parliament when faced with a new dimension in politics, namely a green dimension that was disconnected from the traditional left-right wing spectrum that had dominated Swedish political life for decades. The theoretical background to this study was from Bonnie Meguids research on mainstream parties and niche parties. The research question that was posed was: Within a green dimension, what strategies did the Social Democrats use against the Swedish Green Party during the years 1987 to 1992? The method used in this paper was a deductive method using a quantitative content analysis. A code scheme was constructed with the purpose of coding policy positions in bills, communiqués and parliamentary motions. The analysis of the results showed that the conclusions that could be drawn were that the social democrats employed different tactics at different times. In the beginning before the green party entered parliament, the social democrats used a mostly dismissive tactic along side an adversarial tactic, and a minor converging tactic. When the Green Party entered parliament, they used a more adversarial tactic along side a dismissive tactic but also started changing their rhetoric to sound more like green party. During the parliament year of 1991/1992, they again used a bit more converging tactics alongside the mainly adversarial and dismissive strategies.