Framställningen av immigranter : En kritisk diskursanalys om hur immigranter framställs i riksdagspartierna Socialdemokraternas, Moderaternas och Sverigedemokraternas interpellationer och interpellationsdebatter

Sammanfattning: In times of increased immigration around the world, caused by conflicts for example the refugee crisis in 2015 and the war in Ukraine, immigration politics are constantly on the agenda. This study explores how the Swedish political parties Socialdemokraterna, Moderaterna and Sverigedemokraterna portray immigrants in written interpellations and interpellation debates. Previous research on the topic shows how portrayals of immigrants influence attitudes in society towards the group. This emphasizes the need for more research in this area. The purpose of this study is to develop the understanding and knowledge of how social groups are socially constructed and what potential implications for the group this might have, as well as the potential reproduction of power relations. The study is a critical discourse analysis in which Fairclough's three-dimensional model and theoretical concepts are used. The study’s result revealed a contradiction between the different political parties regarding immigrants in relation to responsibility. Immigrants were placed in an impossible situation by some of the political parties, which implied that immigrants must take responsibility on their own, have taken responsibility, and must start taking responsibility while at the same time immigrants were portrayed as incapable of taking responsibility. Furthermore, immigrants were portrayed as an economic burden in various aspects such as social security contribution and increasing the risk of education inflation. The result also showed a consistent we-and-them perspective in which immigrants were given the identity as them with various negative associations. Lastly, it becomes clear that the immigrant's voice is missing in the public debate. Immigrants are always talked about instead of with them. This can reproduce an unequal power relationship in which the political parties have the power in the discourse to construct the group and give them a social identity.