Meningen med Modern Minoritetspolicy: En inblick i modern svensk minoritets- och minoritetsspråkspolicy. Problemskapande, aktörer, och policyskapares syn på de svenska minoriteterna

Sammanfattning: In this paper I attempt to research the modern Swedish minority and minority language policy. Motivated by the commitment made by the Swedish state to help and strengthen the minority groups through ratification of the Council of Europe “Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities” after a long history of oppressing the nations minorities. This is done through the theoretical framework of poststructuralism as described by Carole Bacchi guiding the understanding of policy actors and the way policy is problem-creating. Further Target Group Theory as described by Schneider & Ingram is used to further the understanding of how minority groups in Sweden are viewed by policy creators and the public, adding to the creation of minorities as actors and to the problem-creating of policy. The material used is the proposition 2008/09: 158 Från Erkännande till Egenmakt Regeringens strategi för de nationella minoritetsspråken. To accomplish the analysis the method What’s the Problem Represented to be? as developed by Carole Bacchi is utilised. The material is analysed through the WPR-lens and the analysis is further deepened through TGT. The findings reveal a great deal of problem representations ranging from governance-related issues to lacking power within the minority communities. The policy actors are described in a myriad of ways, from the strong and responsible state-apparatus to the weak minority groups, and to the unable or unwilling local and regional governments and institutions. Through TGT the minority groups are further analysed as being weak and positively viewed, while backed by their more powerful but still positively viewed interest groups.