Mona Ericson
Biographic Data
| ID | 325457 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mona Ericson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mona |
| FAMILY NAME | Ericson |
| SIGNATURE | ERICSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0330-4272 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Privileged underdogs
In this article, we focus on a Swedish upper class digital space called The Good Society, where texts, videos and discussions are published. In this digital space the elite comes out publicly as underdogs in relation to the supposed hegemony of political correctness and the Swedish welfare ideology. The upper class take the position of protectors against the feminization of society and the crisis of masculinity. We argue that this space can be un…
Total defense as a happy object
For the past years, the national rhetoric in Sweden has changed. Due to the Russian actions in Ukraine and Crimea, efforts towards mobilizing military and civil preparedness increased. The concept of the ‘total defence’ was reintroduced and has led to shifting priorities in Swedish politics, serving as a happy object and remedy in times of security threat and social anxiety. The article critically examines what this mobilization requires from the…
Fight pandemics with protective masks or gender?’ Emerging collective identities and anti-gender movements on Twitter during the Covid-19 crisis in Sweden
The focus of this article is the formation of collective identities and mobilization of grassroots anti-gender movement in Sweden in connection to the intensification of activities on Twitter during the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020. This loosely connected network understands itself as being outside of what is described as a dominant gender order in Sweden, where feminists, gender perspectives and work for LGBTQ-rights su…
If I tell you I will have to kill you
Critical security studies examine how everyday life is affected or transformed by practices that militarise civil society. This article addresses one such area: qualitative changes in the openness and transparency of public administration, instating a mode of suspicion and secrecy. The article is based on interviews and observations in the area of the total defence in Sweden, where we during three years encountered challenges in gaining access to…
It is men who die and all that, so what is new?' Male vulnerability, institutionalised masculinity and the present absence of a problem in Swedish rescue service accident prevention
Men die in accidents more frequently than women. However, the statistical facts do not necessarily translate into any self-evident discussion of addressing men and masculinity construction in work with accident prevention. This article draws upon theories of masculinity, affect and haunting in order to discuss social and institutional processes that support a gender-neutral approach to accidents, where the high frequency of men is just something …
Gendering risk and vulnerability
Previous studies suggest that the integration of civil protection, crisis management and the machinery of risk assessment lies at the heart of current securitization thereby constituting a shift in focus from war and military operations to all‐risk perspectives. This article explores how these processes of integration intersect with gendered power dynamics at a practical level, by focusing on tensions and conflicting views on how this work should…
Dags att skära halsen av genusforskning
Sweden Has Been Naïve”
Fake news, disinformation campaigns, xenophobia, political resentment, and a general backlash on equality issues mark the current political climate. In this context, the idealism of the Swedish welfare state has gained a specific symbolic value. This article investigates how the idealisation of Sweden as a modern and gender-equal country was articulated as a focal point in the establishment of threat and crisis narratives in the political debate …
I och med motstånd
The aim of this article is to describe and discuss the relationship between power, resistance and strategies in gender equality and diversity work. We do this with the support of experiences from change agents and with the support of the common knowledge and analytical processes the researchers and change agents have developed together in the research project. The article is based on a study of 47 civil servants (28 women and 19 men), who partici…
Firefighters as exceptional
Recent years have seen riots in metropolitan suburbs in Sweden which have raised public debates on segregation processes in Sweden and the downsizing of the welfare state. In this process attacks on firefighters are highlighted as indicators that the welfare state of Sweden is in trouble. At the same time the firefighters' profession could also be seen as exceptional in terms of resistance towards gender equality and diversity work. Based on ethn…
Masculinity at risk
In this special issue of NORMA 9(3) we have chosen to problematise masculinity and risk, or as we initially phrased it: Masculinity at risk. It is no doubt a broad theme that implies different theo
As in the Composition of a Fugue
Drawing inspiration from classical music, the author introduces in this article a musical metaphor, the fugue, to capture a flow of strategic activities, highlighting the motion aspect. This particular metaphor connotes dynamism, constituted in themes that are repeated, expanded, and varied through human voices and their communication. By giving voice to people who share and participate in globalization, internationalization, and customization re…
Total defense as a happy object
For the past years, the national rhetoric in Sweden has changed. Due to the Russian actions in Ukraine and Crimea, efforts towards mobilizing military and civil preparedness increased. The concept of the ‘total defence’ was reintroduced and has led to shifting priorities in Swedish politics, serving as a happy object and remedy in times of security threat and social anxiety. The article critically examines what this mobilization requires from the…
Sweden Has Been Naïve”
Fake news, disinformation campaigns, xenophobia, political resentment, and a general backlash on equality issues mark the current political climate. In this context, the idealism of the Swedish welfare state has gained a specific symbolic value. This article investigates how the idealisation of Sweden as a modern and gender-equal country was articulated as a focal point in the establishment of threat and crisis narratives in the political debate …
Fight pandemics with protective masks or gender?’ Emerging collective identities and anti-gender movements on Twitter during the Covid-19 crisis in Sweden
The focus of this article is the formation of collective identities and mobilization of grassroots anti-gender movement in Sweden in connection to the intensification of activities on Twitter during the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020. This loosely connected network understands itself as being outside of what is described as a dominant gender order in Sweden, where feminists, gender perspectives and work for LGBTQ-rights su…
If I tell you I will have to kill you
Critical security studies examine how everyday life is affected or transformed by practices that militarise civil society. This article addresses one such area: qualitative changes in the openness and transparency of public administration, instating a mode of suspicion and secrecy. The article is based on interviews and observations in the area of the total defence in Sweden, where we during three years encountered challenges in gaining access to…
Gendering risk and vulnerability
Previous studies suggest that the integration of civil protection, crisis management and the machinery of risk assessment lies at the heart of current securitization thereby constituting a shift in focus from war and military operations to all‐risk perspectives. This article explores how these processes of integration intersect with gendered power dynamics at a practical level, by focusing on tensions and conflicting views on how this work should…
I och med motstånd
The aim of this article is to describe and discuss the relationship between power, resistance and strategies in gender equality and diversity work. We do this with the support of experiences from change agents and with the support of the common knowledge and analytical processes the researchers and change agents have developed together in the research project. The article is based on a study of 47 civil servants (28 women and 19 men), who partici…
Firefighters as exceptional
Recent years have seen riots in metropolitan suburbs in Sweden which have raised public debates on segregation processes in Sweden and the downsizing of the welfare state. In this process attacks on firefighters are highlighted as indicators that the welfare state of Sweden is in trouble. At the same time the firefighters' profession could also be seen as exceptional in terms of resistance towards gender equality and diversity work. Based on ethn…
It is men who die and all that, so what is new?' Male vulnerability, institutionalised masculinity and the present absence of a problem in Swedish rescue service accident prevention
Men die in accidents more frequently than women. However, the statistical facts do not necessarily translate into any self-evident discussion of addressing men and masculinity construction in work with accident prevention. This article draws upon theories of masculinity, affect and haunting in order to discuss social and institutional processes that support a gender-neutral approach to accidents, where the high frequency of men is just something …
Masculinity at risk
In this special issue of NORMA 9(3) we have chosen to problematise masculinity and risk, or as we initially phrased it: Masculinity at risk. It is no doubt a broad theme that implies different theo
As in the Composition of a Fugue
Drawing inspiration from classical music, the author introduces in this article a musical metaphor, the fugue, to capture a flow of strategic activities, highlighting the motion aspect. This particular metaphor connotes dynamism, constituted in themes that are repeated, expanded, and varied through human voices and their communication. By giving voice to people who share and participate in globalization, internationalization, and customization re…
Firefighters as exceptional
Recent years have seen riots in metropolitan suburbs in Sweden which have raised public debates on segregation processes in Sweden and the downsizing of the welfare state. In this process attacks on firefighters are highlighted as indicators that the welfare state of Sweden is in trouble. At the same time the firefighters' profession could also be seen as exceptional in terms of resistance towards gender equality and diversity work. Based on ethn…
Masculinity at risk
In this special issue of NORMA 9(3) we have chosen to problematise masculinity and risk, or as we initially phrased it: Masculinity at risk. It is no doubt a broad theme that implies different theo
I och med motstånd
The aim of this article is to describe and discuss the relationship between power, resistance and strategies in gender equality and diversity work. We do this with the support of experiences from change agents and with the support of the common knowledge and analytical processes the researchers and change agents have developed together in the research project. The article is based on a study of 47 civil servants (28 women and 19 men), who partici…
Sweden Has Been Naïve”
Fake news, disinformation campaigns, xenophobia, political resentment, and a general backlash on equality issues mark the current political climate. In this context, the idealism of the Swedish welfare state has gained a specific symbolic value. This article investigates how the idealisation of Sweden as a modern and gender-equal country was articulated as a focal point in the establishment of threat and crisis narratives in the political debate …
Dags att skära halsen av genusforskning
Gendering risk and vulnerability
Previous studies suggest that the integration of civil protection, crisis management and the machinery of risk assessment lies at the heart of current securitization thereby constituting a shift in focus from war and military operations to all‐risk perspectives. This article explores how these processes of integration intersect with gendered power dynamics at a practical level, by focusing on tensions and conflicting views on how this work should…
It is men who die and all that, so what is new?' Male vulnerability, institutionalised masculinity and the present absence of a problem in Swedish rescue service accident prevention
Men die in accidents more frequently than women. However, the statistical facts do not necessarily translate into any self-evident discussion of addressing men and masculinity construction in work with accident prevention. This article draws upon theories of masculinity, affect and haunting in order to discuss social and institutional processes that support a gender-neutral approach to accidents, where the high frequency of men is just something …
Fight pandemics with protective masks or gender?’ Emerging collective identities and anti-gender movements on Twitter during the Covid-19 crisis in Sweden
The focus of this article is the formation of collective identities and mobilization of grassroots anti-gender movement in Sweden in connection to the intensification of activities on Twitter during the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020. This loosely connected network understands itself as being outside of what is described as a dominant gender order in Sweden, where feminists, gender perspectives and work for LGBTQ-rights su…
If I tell you I will have to kill you
Critical security studies examine how everyday life is affected or transformed by practices that militarise civil society. This article addresses one such area: qualitative changes in the openness and transparency of public administration, instating a mode of suspicion and secrecy. The article is based on interviews and observations in the area of the total defence in Sweden, where we during three years encountered challenges in gaining access to…
Total defense as a happy object
For the past years, the national rhetoric in Sweden has changed. Due to the Russian actions in Ukraine and Crimea, efforts towards mobilizing military and civil preparedness increased. The concept of the ‘total defence’ was reintroduced and has led to shifting priorities in Swedish politics, serving as a happy object and remedy in times of security threat and social anxiety. The article critically examines what this mobilization requires from the…
Privileged underdogs
In this article, we focus on a Swedish upper class digital space called The Good Society, where texts, videos and discussions are published. In this digital space the elite comes out publicly as underdogs in relation to the supposed hegemony of political correctness and the Swedish welfare ideology. The upper class take the position of protectors against the feminization of society and the crisis of masculinity. We argue that this space can be un…
Sociology (11 works) · Political science (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Gender, Security, and Conflict (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Power (physics (4 works)