
Ekatherina Zhukova
PhD | Senior Lecturer

Spreading a Norm-based Policy? Sweden's Feminist Foreign Policy in International Media
Author
Summary, in English
Since 2014, Sweden has pursued the world's first Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP). However, the effectiveness of its policy promotion depends on how Sweden's efforts to spread this norm-based policy are perceived and evaluated by other states. We argue that a policy promotion effort has to be perceived as legitimate, coherent and salient by target populations in order to be effective. We investigate the extent to which it is the case in national newspapers of 17 countries, representing world and regional powers. We demonstrate that most coverage of the FFP is rather modest, notably in non-Western countries. Further, we argue that the coverage of Sweden's FFP in foreign media is influenced by three challenges: (1) an absence of a universal definition of FFP; (2) a clash between ideals of FFP and Swedish “traditional” security and commercial interests; (3) an uneasy relationship between the concept of feminism and media in many countries.
Department/s
- Department of Political Science
Publishing year
2021
Language
English
Pages
439-460
Publication/Series
Contemporary Politics
Volume
27
Issue
4
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Routledge
Topic
- Political Science
- Gender Studies
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1469-3631