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- Björnehed, Emma, PhD, et al.
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Making the most of the frame : developing the analytical potential of frame analysis
- 2018
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Ingår i: Policy Studies. - : Routledge. - 0144-2872 .- 1470-1006. ; 39:2, s. 109-126-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Frame analysis has been developed and applied across contexts in several disciplines such as policy analysis, where the perspective has proven fruitful to carve out essential differences in the construction of meaning and to understand the responsiveness of the strategic use of ideas. However, this article argues in line with other scholars that the analytical potential of frame analysis is not fully utilized in most empirical studies. The article addresses two points of critique raised against frame analytical perspectives: the limited view of the framing process and the limited understanding of frame effects. We suggest two analytical dimensions that help to develop the analytical potential of frame analysis in policy analysis and beyond: firstly, the institutionalization process of frames which can capture the struggle of meaning within policy processes and also distinguish between the varying influences of different frames over space and time. Secondly, the extension of frame effects that through a reconceptualization of frame effects can capture how a frame has an effect on actors other than the audience and beyond its immediate purpose.
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- Erikson, Josefina, 1979-
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A School for all or a School for the Labour Market? : Analyzing the Goal Formulation of the Swedish Upper Secondary Education Reform
- 2017
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0031-3831 .- 1470-1170. ; 61:2, s. 139-154
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The 1991, Swedish upper secondary school reform presents internationally an unusual case of the far-reaching integration of academic and vocational programmes. It has often been claimed that late tracking, such as characterizes this reform, helps to reduce inequalities between different social classes. This article addresses the question of how the government motivated and argued for a unified upper secondary school. The article finds that, contrary to expectations, an economic goal was prominent in the policy documents, and that the reform in question (postponed tracking) was not motivated primarily from an equality perspective. The article also indicates that there is a potential conflict between these two goals that has not been dealt with politically.
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- Erikson, Josefina, 1979-
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An Ideational Approach to Gendered Institutional Change : Revisiting the Institutionalization of a New Prostitution Regime in Sweden
- 2019
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Ingår i: NORA Nordic journal of feminist and gender research. - : Informa UK Limited. - 2156-5503 .- 0803-8740 .- 1502-394X. ; 27:1, s. 22-40
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Recent work in the field of feminist institutionalism has made important progress in furthering our understanding of gendered institutional change. I argue that gradual ideational changes play an essential role in processes of gendered institutional change, and that examining the interaction between ideas and gendered institutions is of great importance for gaining a better understanding of processes of this type. This article revisits an empirical study of gendered institutional change in Swedish prostitution policy in the effort to specify two idea-based mechanisms that are conducive to gendered change, namely, consensus concerning the problem and gendering of the problem.
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- Erikson, Josefina, 1979-
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Criminalising the Client : Institutional change, gendered ideas and feminist strategies
- 2017
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Bok (refereegranskat)abstract
- In 1998, Sweden was the first country in the world to criminalise the purchase of sexual services, but not the sale of sex. The law represented a new prostitution regime that problematised power relations in prostitution as inherently gendered and hierarchical and made the male buyers of sexual services responsible for the act of prostitution. The Swedish case is critically important to the study of gendered institutional change and has been of empirical interest and global debate. Using the feminist institutionalism approach to the analysis, this study offers new insights to the Swedish case and provides a new analytical framework for micro-level analysis of institutional change that addresses the struggle for meaning, institutionalization of new gendered ideas, and the (strategic) actions of feminist actors.
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- Erikson, Josefina, 1979-, et al.
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Does Higher Education Matter for MPs in their Parliamentary Work? : Evidence from the Swedish Parliament
- 2019
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Ingår i: Representation. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0034-4893 .- 1749-4001. ; 55:1, s. 65-80
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Individuals who have a higher education are highly overrepresented in national legislative bodiesworldwide. In spite of an extensive body of literature interested in educational background and itsrelation to political activity, significantly fewer studies have engaged with the qualitative advantagesand drawbacks of legislators’educational background in their legislative work. The aim of this paper isto explore whether higher education functions as a resource for legislators in their political office. Weuse data from a unique elite survey conducted in the Swedish Parliament, which had a response rate of82% (n= 287), to investigate the relation between educational background and the internal efficacyand influence of MPs. The quantitativefindings indicate that there is little or no difference betweenlegislators with and without higher education in terms of internal efficacy and influence. Contextualis-ing thefindings with 33 elite interviews, wefind that while legislators value skills acquired throughhigher education in their work—such as the ability to handle large amounts of text and infor-mation—MPs without higher education display similar skills acquired in alternative ways.
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- Erikson, Josefina, 1979-
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En dynamisk frameanalys av policyskapande
- 2018
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Ingår i: Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift. - 0039-0747. ; 120:2, s. 237-254
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Policyskapande sker i dynamiska processer där idéer och aktörer interagerar. I det forskningsfält som intresserar sig för hur policy skapas har flera viktiga bidrag gjorts, som uppmärksammar relationen mellan å ena sidan en frågas språkliga och idémässiga formulering och å andra sidan aktörernas handlande. Artikeln argumenterar för att en återstående utmaning är att analytiskt precisera angreppsätt som hjälper oss att fånga interaktioner i politiska processer; alltså hur aktörer både skapar och formulerar idéer men också påverkas av dem. Syftet med artikeln är att bidra till forskningen om hur politiska reformer skapas genom att utveckla ett ramverk för en dynamisk frameanalys. Frameanalysen har tidigare använts för att analysera innehåll och debatter i politiken men inte för att förstå politiska processer. En empirisk studie av svensk prostitutionspolicy kommer att användas för att visa på ramverkets fruktbarhet.
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- Erikson, Josefina, 1979-
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Ideas and actors in policy processes. Where is the interaction?
- 2015
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Ingår i: Policy Studies. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0144-2872 .- 1470-1006. ; 36:5, s. 451-467
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Several influential frameworks in the field of policy analysis explicitly acknowledge that the role of ideas is as important as the role of actors in analyzing and understanding policy and policy change. An issue of principal interest in this body of literature concerns the interaction between ideas and actors. This article argues that, regardless of important contributions from previous research, the literature can be enriched by new analytical tools that further our understanding of the complex interplay between ideas and actors in policy-making. The article outlines a dynamic approach to policy analysis, which has proven fruitful in producing high quality empirical research in a Swedish case of policy on prostitution. Three new analytical dimensions are specified and operationalized: (1) the political institutionalization of frames, analyzing how the influence and content of ideas change over space and time in policy-making; (2) the mechanisms of institutionalization and assignment of jurisdiction through which ideas become part of the political context and work restricting and enabling for actors; and (3) risk-taking and limitation as unintended consequences of actors' involvement and strategic action in the construction of meaning.
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- Erikson, Josefina, 1979-
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Institutions, Gendered Perceptions, and Frames of Meaning : Explaining Strategic Choices of Women MPs in Swedish Prostitution Policy
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of Women, Politics & Policy. - 1554-477X .- 1554-4788. ; 40:2, s. 263-285
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Previous research has shown that politics is a highly gendered field and that male and female decision-makers hold different values and engage with different issues as well. Feminist institutionalism has provided important insights concerning how a given context creates the conditions for political behavior and outcomes in respect to gender. While both formal and informal institutions have been of interest in this field of research, less attention has been directed to the perceptions actors have of the institutional context. The starting point of this article is the constructivist notion that actors’ behavior is mediated by their perceptions of the context, and it proposes that frame of meaning can be fruitfully used as an analytical concept for capturing gendered perceptions. The aim of the article is twofold. The first is to develop the notion of gendered frame of meaning as an analytical concept. The second is to investigate the strategies used by female MPs in the case of Swedish prostitution policy in order to show how gendered frames of meaning guided their strategic choices. The added value of this approach is that it furthers our understanding of how the institutional context influences actors’ behavior on the micro-level.
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- Erikson, Josefina, 1979-, et al.
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The legislature as a gendered workplace : Exploring members of parliament's experiences of working in the Swedish parliament
- 2019
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Ingår i: International Political Science Review. - : SAGE Publications. - 0192-5121 .- 1460-373X. ; 40:2, s. 197-214
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Do men and women legislators have equal opportunities to carry out their parliamentary duties? An important first step to uncover the parliament’s inner life is to evaluate members of parliament’s (MPs) experiences of their work environment. In this article, we explore the Swedish parliament where women have held over 40% of the seats for two decades to test the persistence of gendered norms and practices. Using an originally-collected survey dataset of 279 Swedish MPs (82% response rate), we find that female MPs experience greater pressure, higher levels of anxiety, and are subject to more negative treatment than male MPs. Yet, while men and women report participating in debates and influencing their political party’s agenda to the same degree, we conclude that the Parliament’s working environment remains gendered in that women pay a higher personal cost for their political engagement.
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