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Through Robert A. Dahl’s criteria of democracy I am in this bachelor’s thesis pursuing a normative analysis. I am using the criteria as values that are being examined through a normative given this value- method. The case I am examining is the implementation of road tolls in Gothenburg. The material analyzed, in order to see if the values are considered, are articles collected from local newspapers in Gothenburg. The articles used represent arguments towards the tolls that are both positive and negative. The research question that is examined in this thesis is: How can road tolls be justified? The purpose of this thesis is not to give a clear answer but to compare and discuss the different answers the values give. Therefore my main conclusions differ depending on which democratic value that is analyzed. The hypothesis that underlines the research in this thesis is that the democratic process regarding the implementation of the road tolls in Gothenburg is not entirely considered. This is something that is later confirmed in the analysis and in the result of the study