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Enemies of the People : Whistle-Blowing and the Sociology of Tragedy
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- Haglunds, Magnus, 1969- (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Sociologiska institutionen
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- Ahrne, Göran, Professor emeritus (thesis advisor)
- Stockholms universitet,Sociologiska institutionen
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- Engelstad, Fredrik, Professor (opponent)
- University of Oslo, Institutt for sosiologi og samfunnsgeografi
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- ISBN 9789186071257
- Stockholm : Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis, 2009
- English 248 s.
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Series: Stockholm studies in sociology, 0491-0885 ; N.S., 38
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- Enemies of the People is a book that examines whistle-blowing—i.e., the unauthorized conveyance of sensitive information to mass media and authorities—and the social responses this performance provokes. The book develops a fresh view of this phenomenon by framing the trend of events according to a couple of fundamental elements found in tragedy.The book also includes a critical appraisal of the perspectives that set the tone in the existent whistle-blowing research. The prevalent one-sidedness found in this field of research is reviewed and contrasted with the contributions delivered in the present study.The analysis is based on three famous whistle-blowing cases that received a lot of attention in mass media: Ingvar Bratt and the Bofors affair; Odd F. Lindberg and the Norwegian seal hunting affair; and finally, Paul van Buitenen and the Leonardo-affair in the European Commission.The author claims that by studying the sociology of tragedy, it is possible to develop a new way of examining social processes where the final outcome is the excommunication of the appointed culprits through, for example, expulsion or avoidance. This purgatorial process is treated as a social status degradation, where the offender experiences a thorough social identity transformation that turns his or her social position to a lower social rank than initially held.The title of this book alludes to a stage play written by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. His dramatic piece An Enemy of the People, written in 1882, plays a prominent part in this study.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Sociologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Sociology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- whistle-blowing
- tragedy
- dramaturgical sociology
- situational analysis
- status degradation
- identity transformation
- mass media
- organizations
- moral indignation
- Henrik Ibsen
- seal-hunting
- Bofors
- Norway
- Karlskoga
- Sociology
- Sociologi
- Sociology
- sociologi
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- vet (subject category)
- dok (subject category)
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