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- Larsson, Bengt, 1966-
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Bankkrisen, medierna och politiken : Offentliga tolkningar och reaktioner på 90-talets bankkris
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This dissertation is a case study of the Swedish banking crisis in the early 1990s. It also treats general theoretical questions of the relation between the economy and society. The aim of the study is to give an account of interpretations of the banking crisis in public discourse, and of the societal attempts to steer the credit market by way of public opinion, political-administrative and legal means. The dissertation is divided into two parts, corresponding to the two aims. The focus of the first part is on interpretive disagreements over crisis-definitions, causal explanations and policy-packages. The account is based on a computer-aided qualitative analysis of 342 editorials/articles published during 1990-1995, supplemented with secondary sources. The main conclusion is that five competing interpretive packages dominated the public debate. In the beginning the scope of the crisis and the critique against the banks were rejected in a downgrading package and a defence package, advocated by the authorities, experts and the banks. These packages were later replaced by a market-critical fairness/ moral package and two variants of a market-advocating efficiency/functional package. Advocates of the former were actors from the political left, framing problems, causal explanations, and policy recommendations in resonance with traditional social democratic policy and radical political economy. Behind the latter stood the political centre-right politicians/editors, the banks, and economists, framing their interpretations in resonance with neoclassical economics and political neoliberalism. The focus of the second part is on the reactions to the crisis among the public and the customers, and within the administrative, legal and political systems. The analysis is based on media documents, survey data, official reports and committee reports from the Swedish parliament. In conclusion, the reactions in the political system corresponded to the antagonisms of the debate, with the centre-right parties advocating a pro-market policy in conflict with a more interventionist stance from the radical left and green parties, and with the social democrats in the middle. The public reaction comprised a loss of confidence and an increase in consumer organisation, and the media representations of public opinion were articulated mainly through the market-critical stance with strong political and moral indignation due to a lack of adequate administrative and legal sanctions against the banks. The analysis also confirmed that the legal processes met with considerable difficulties, which gave rise to “legal-offensive” claims from politicians and authorities. These were met, however, by more “defensive” claims from the official commission investigating the legal framework of the credit market, advocating a system of enforced and supervised self-regulation. A central conclusion was that the conflicts concerned not only the political dimension left– right, but also the opposition between system-integrative functional perspectives and those representing claims based on the social-integrative principles of the “life world” (morals and solidarity).
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- Larsson, Bengt, 1966
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Bankkrisen, medierna och politiken. Offentliga tolkningar och reaktioner på 90-talets bankkris : The Swedish Banking Crisis, the Media and Policy. Public Interpretations and Reactions to the Banking Crisis in the 1990s.
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This dissertation is a case srudy of the Swedish banking crisis in the early 1990s. It also treats general theoretical questions of the relation berween the economy and society. The aim of the srudy is ro give an account of interpretations of the banking crisis in public discourse, and of the societal attempts to steer the credit market by way of public opinion, political-administrative and legal means. The dissertation is divided inro rwo parts, corresponding ro the rwo aims. The focus of the first part is on interpretive disagreements over crisis-definitions, causal explanations and policy-packages. The account is based on a compurer-aided qualitative analysis of342 edirorials/articles published during 1990-1995, supplemented with secondary sources. The main conclusion is that five competing interpretive packages dominated the public debate. In the beginning the scope of the crisis and the critique against the banks were rejected in a downgradingpackage and a defencepackage, advocated by the aurhorities, experts and the banks. These packages were later replaced by a market-critical fairness/ moralpackage and rwo variants of a market-advocating efficiency/functionalpackage. Advocates of the former were acrors from the politicalleft, framing problems, causal eXplanations, and policy recommendations in resonance with traditional social democratic policy and radical political economy. Behind the larrer srood the political centre-right politicians/ edirors, the banks, and economists, framing their interpretations in resonance with neoclassical economics and political neoliberalism. The focus of the second part is on the reactions ro the crisis among the public and the cusromers, and within the administrative, legal and political systems. The analysis is based on media documents, survey data, official reports and commirree reports from the Swedish parliament. In conclusion, the reactions in the political system corresponded to the antagonisms of the debate, with the centre-right parties advocating a pro-market policy in conflict with a more interventionist stance from the radicalleft and green parties, and with the social democrats in the middle. The public reaction comprised a loss of confidence and an increase in consumer organisation, and the media representations of public opinion were articulated mainly through the market-critical stance with strong political and moral indignation due ro a lack of adequate administrative and legal sanctions against the banks. The analysis also confirmed that the legal processes met with considerable difficulties, which gave rise ro "legal-offensive" claims from politicians and aurhorities. These were met, however, by more "defensive" claims from the official commission investigating the legal framework of the credit market, advocating a system of enforced and supervised self-regulation. A central conclusion was that the conflicts concerned not only the political dimension leftright, but also the opposition berween system-inregrative functional perspectives and those represenring claims based on the social-integrative principles of the "life world" (morals and solidarity).
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- Larsson, Bengt, 1966-
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Neo-liberalism and polycontextuality : banking crisis and re-regulation in Sweden
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In: Economy and Society. - : Taylor & Francis Group. - 0308-5147 .- 1469-5766. ; 32:3, s. 428-448
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article gives an account of the interpretative conflicts and re-regulative initiatives that followed the Swedish banking crisis in the 1990s. The analysis is based on systems theory and theories of governance conceptualizing steering and self-regulation. It shows the polycontextuality of the conflicts over the crisis, and how the re-regulation articulated central aspects of neo-liberal government, as conceptualized in terms of governance. The conclusion discusses two paradoxes. The first is that the enforced self-regulation of the re-regulative process 'frees' market actors by embedding them in new webs of governance. The second paradox is that every solution to a problematic event of this kind is at the same time seen as a new problem when observed with distinctions other than the one reduced by the solution.
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- Larsson, Bengt, 1966
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What is ’Economic’ about ’Economic Crime’?
- 2001
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In: White-collar Crime Research. Old Views and Future Potentials. Brå-Report 2001:1. - Stockholm : The National Council for Crime Prevention, Sweden. - 9138317206 ; , s. 121-133
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)
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- Larsson, Peter, 1966, et al.
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Fabrication and transport measurements of YBa2Cu3O7−x nanostructures
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In: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics Processing and Phenomena. - : American Vacuum Society. - 0734-211X. ; 18:1, s. 1825-31
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- We have developed a process to fabricate nanostructures in oxide materials, especially YBa2Cu3O7−x (YBCO) thin films. The fabrication process is based on a multilayer mask with an amorphous carbon layer as a key component. Electron-beam lithography, reactive ion etching, and ion-beam etching have been the supporting techniques for the process. Nanobridges ranging in width from 50 to 170 nm have been fabricated and characterized. The initial YBCO film was 50 nm thick and had a Tc of 86 K. Tc of the fabricated bridges decreased about 3–5 K with respect to the initial film. The level of the critical current density was 4–9×105 A/cm2 at 77 K and 1.6–2×107 A/cm2 at 4.2 K. No increase of the critical current density was observed as the cross-section area became smaller. The process has also been applied to fabricate 30–50 nm wide trenches in a-axis-oriented YBCO on top of a similar-oriented PrBa2Cu3O7−x (PBCO) layer. No supercurrent was observed in such junctions. The current transport was governed by Mott variable range hopping.
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