Ett Liberalt perspektiv på hållbarutveckling. : En idéanalys av svensk liberal opinionsdrivande journalistiks syn på höghastighetståg.

Sammanfattning: Thus far substantial amount of literature has been dedicated to the subject of sustainabledevelopment due to its importance in statecraft, policy and its wide ramifications for theworld. One of the most dominant ideologies in the world is Liberalism and how it makessense of sustainable development, earlier research suggests that Liberalism has an unhealthyprioritization for the economic dimension in sustainable development. Highspeed rail networkin Sweden is a case of sustainable transport policy and to some extent sustainabledevelopment. By studying Swedish liberal understanding of and opinions on highspeed railnetworks we can access an understanding of sustainable development. Liberal thought can beproduced by liberal editorials and their view gives a generalization of Swedish liberal thought.The study found that the opinions on highspeed rail network was divided between highspeedrail optimists and pessimists but that they had the same value system just differentinformation. The study also found that the discussion was dominated by economic aspects ofsustainable development when discussion highspeed rail network. And lastly by using VDP(value, descriptive and prescriptive) analysis the study found four main subjects that wasdiscussed and that was fiscal responsibility, utility maximization, greenhouse gas emissionsand labour market regional expansion. All these subjects were influenced by utilitarian marketthought with an economic outlook that proves that Swedish Liberalism has an unhealthyprioritization to the economic dimension in sustainable development.