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RESEARCH PROBLEM

I am going to investigate the discourse concerning “arbetslinjen”, one of the cornerstones of the politics of the swedish government. There are no official english translation of arbetslinjen. Swedish scientistMalin Junestav¹ uses “work strategy”, so I am going to use that translation as well.

The definition of the work strategy is basically that everyone should work as much as possible. Unemployed must actively seek employment or participate in labour market programs in order to get unemployment insurance.

The work strategy in swedish politics is like mums meatballs. Everyone is for, but without mentioning the recipe². All governments since…