Hur påverkar europeiseringen svensk alkoholpolitik?

Abstract Title: How does Europeanization effect Swedish alcohol policy? . Titel: Hur påverkar Europeiseringen svensk alkoholpolitik? Minor Thesis in Political Science, January 2008 Author : Markus Gustafsson Tutor : Lennart Bergfeldt Växjö University This essay will deal with the influence which Europeanization has on domestic politics. The case I have chosen is Swedish alcohol policy. Thus, the purpose is to explore whether observed changes in Swedish alcohol policy in the years 1993-2005 can be explained by Swedens´s membership in the European Union. To reach this purpose the following questions need to be answered: • What is europeanization? • How has Swedish alcohol policy changed from 1993 to 2005? • Is it possible to connect the changes in Swedish alcohol policy to a process of Europeanizationprocess? The method in this essay has been a qulitative study of litterature. The theory has been europenization and its effects on domestic politics. To conduct the analyse an analyticalmodell have been used. My conclusion shows rather clearly that a process of europeanization has been affecting the Swedish alcohol policy. Swedish authorities have been reluctant to change their alcohol policy in the liberal manner that was requested by the European Union, due to consideration for the public health. Traditionally, Swedish authorities have been forced by European Union law to accept significant changes. Keywords : Europeanization, Swedish Alcohol policy, The European Union, The Internal Marke