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Religion i utvecklingssamarbete: En kvalitativ studie om hur anställda på Sida upplever religionsfrågor som komponent i arbetet
Ersta Sköndal University College, Department of Social Sciences.
Ersta Sköndal University College, Department of Social Sciences.
2014 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 20 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Religion in development work : A qualitative study on how employees of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) experience religion as a component of development work in religious contexts (English)
Abstract [en]

This study's main aim is to contribute with an insight regarding how employees of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) experience religion as a component of development work in religious contexts. The study focuses on whether or not religion is given enough space within Sida's development work and if the policies of Sida are enough to cover the needs in religious contexts. To answer these questions we have interviewed six employees of Sida which holds experiences of development work in religious contexts. The results show a lack of knowledge and encouragement of these questions within Sida and that the interviewees experience religion as a complex concept. The study also shows that the interviewees find policies, methods and tools within Sida as inadequate to cover the needs of religion in development work. In order to highlight and to problematize the results, the study has mainly been inspired by the secularization, the post-secularization and the sacralization theories that focuse on the role of religion in the public sphere.

Abstract [sv]

Syftet med uppsatsen har varit att bidra med enförståelse för hur anställda på Sida upplever religionsfrågor som komponentinom utvecklingssamarbete i religiösa kontexter. Det vi frågat oss är vilkaupplevelser och behov av att arbeta med religionsfrågor som finns samt omreligionsfrågor ges tillräckligt med utrymme inom Sidas utvecklingssamarbete ireligiösa kontexter. För att svara på uppsatsens frågeställningar har vi utförtsex kvalitativa intervjuer med anställda på Sida som har insikt i deraslångsiktiga utvecklingssamarbete och erfarenhet av arbete i religiösakontexter. Studiens resultat visar att intervjupersonerna upplever att religionfår bristande uppmärksamhet och uppmuntran inom Sida samt att de uppleverreligion som ett komplext begrepp. Studien visar även att intervjupersonernaupplever att Sidas policyer, metoder och verktyg inte tillräckligt täcker debehov som finns av religion i utvecklingssamarbetet. I vår analys avintervjumaterialet har vi utgått från teorier om sekularisering,postsekularisering och sakralisering som belyser utvecklingen av religionensroll i den offentliga sfären.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2014. , p. 70
Keywords [en]
development, work, religion, Swedish, International Development Cooperation Agency, strategies, policies, secularism, postsecularism
Keywords [sv]
utvecklingssamarbete, utveckling, religion, religionsfrågor, Sida, utrymme, strategier, sekularisering, postsekularisering, lind, sara, zakrison, rebecca
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Social Work Globalisation Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-3920OAI: oai:DiVA.org:esh-3920DiVA, id: diva2:725422
Educational program
Magisterprogrammet i socialt arbete
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
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Available from: 2014-06-17 Created: 2014-06-16 Last updated: 2018-01-11Bibliographically approved

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