Politikerrollen - en självständig individualist eller en väljarbunden folktribun
PoliticianPolitical contextRepresentationResponsibilityValuesPolitical and administrative sciencesStatsvetenskapFörvaltningskunskapLaw and Political Science
In this essay, the aim is to study the role the politicians play in relation to the people they represent. This is manly a theoretically study, which focus is on the theories behind the way we choose to identify the role of politicians. We ascribe different underlying values to the role of politicians and as a result from these different values a conflict can arise. Two central terms in my discussion are the way the politicians represent people's values and meanings combined to the possibilities for the people to hold the politicians responsible. Depending on which ethic values you put to the role, you have different views about how the politicians should act. To make this more understandable and concrete I accomplish a critical argumentation analyse around the debate on the Swedish politician, Carl Bildt and his interests in the investment company, Vostok Nafta.My conclusion is, in accordance to understand the way conflicts of values arise, it's essential to realise the underlying norms and values that different people but also the different ways the politicians by themselves, put to the role as politician in various contexts.