Koalitionens maktstrukturer : En studie om hur Socialdemokraterna och Miljöpartiet fungerar tillsammans i regeringsställning utifrån miljöfrågan.

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this study was to examine how a mainstream party and a niche party in a coalition act in a position of power by investigating their view on the issue of the environment between 2014-2018. To fulfil the purpose, I used three research questions. I wanted to know how Socialdemokraterna and Miljöpartiet reasoned about the word “climate” and “environment” in their party programs. The second question was which similarities and differences which could be found when comparing both parties' party programs with their election manifestos from 2014 when “climate” and “environment” are mentioned and to what extent the election manifesto resulted in actual parliamentary work. The theoretical framework was compiled by studies from Meguid, Müller & Ström and Naurin, Oscarsson and Håkansson. This framework was used throughout the study to identify aspects of mainstream and niche parties and how they applied to Miljöpartiet and Socialdemokraterna. The conclusion, which was determined after conducting a case study with a content analytical method, was that Miljöpartiet has affected Socialdemokraterna to the extent that they have gained some power to do as they please in the issue of the environment.