Är det "bara käbbel"? : En undersökning av debattklimatet mellan partiledare i Agenda Debatt 8 oktober 2017

The purpose of this study is to examine the climate of discussion between party leaders of Swedish political parties. The method used to carry out this task is a statistical analysis of "Agenda Debatt", the most viewed debate on Swedish television. The statistical analysis is based on deliberate democracy-theory, more specifically Fishkin and Luskin's definition of the ideal debate. Fishkin and Luskin's 5 principles for ideal debate will be operationalized and thus make up the foundation for the statistical analysis. The results of the analysis will in turn be the foundation for a qualitative discussion, which aims to answer the research question: "How can the Swedish climate of discussion between political party leaders in 'Agenda Debatt' be described from a deliberate democracy perspective?" The research question was answered, and the climate of discussion could be described as poor from a deliberate democracy perspective