The Swedish Aid policy in the Last 16 Years  Has the changing domestic politics affected it? : With focus on SD and the aftermath of 2015-refugee crises.

Sammanfattning: For the last 60 years, Sweden has been known as a generous donor country. International development cooperation has become a principal objective of Swedish society.  My research aims to examine whether the recent changes in the domestic political scene concerning the uprising of the national right political party, the SD, has affected this international aid paradigm in Sweden. One particular focus of the study has been the aftermath of the 2015 migration crisis.  A qualitative desk study was adopted, and content analysis of official documents was conducted through abductive reasoning to make this study possible   The finding of this study is that solidarity and the moral duty towards those in need have been a very well consolidated motive in the Swedish aid thinking. Accordingly, no noticeable changes are yet to be observed as regards the official aid policy in Sweden. However, the SD´s rhetoric is increasingly echoing in both the press debate and the political scene in Swedish society and is slowly influencing the thinking of both other parties and the society at large.