An intergovernmental organization and its reputation according to politicians : case: the United Nations in Finland

2016

The purpose of this research is to estimate what kind of reputation the United Nations has amongst the Members of Parliament of Finland who are also members of the Foreign Affairs Committee. The theoretical framework concentrates on the terms reputation, image, intergovernmental organization and issues management. The theory part also concerns the UN as an intergovernmental organization and Finland’s history as a member of the UN. The research is a case study and the method chosen is semi-structural thematic interview. Six Members of Parliament took part in the interviews and they took place during spring and summer 2014. The research data shows that the respondents consider the UN importan…