Fredrika Björklund
Biographic Data
| ID | 3677376 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fredrika Björklund |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fredrika |
| FAMILY NAME | Björklund |
| SIGNATURE | BJÖRKLUND F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Södertörn University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9081-7302 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Legitimising Surveillance in Low-Trust Postcommunist Societies
Why do citizens in democratic states allow governments to monitor them? Studies note that consent to surveillance to a large extent depends on trust in public institutions. But how is surveillance legitimised in states where this kind of trust is low, as in most of the European postcommunist countries? Using data from three former communist states, this study investigates the role of trust in close social networks. The results show that so-called…
Explaining attitudes to secret surveillance in post-communist societies
This article seeks to explain public attitudes to secret surveillance. Secret surveillance, for example wiretapping by intelligence agencies, is a controversial activity that affects fundamental civil liberties in any democratic system. Several large research projects have recently attempted to explain how people form opinions about surveillance in general. Thereby privacy concerns and institutional trust are often highlighted. In this article, w…
E-government and moral citizenship: The case of Estonia
The present article concerns Estonian e-government, that is, the digitalization of government and public administration, and the way e-government produces a moral citizen. Although several case studies on e-government exist, they have seldom been sensitive to the local conditions shaping the functions and social meaning of digitalization. E-government involves producing knowledge, and the present article draws on a theoretical perspective that st…
Pure flour in your bag: Governmental rationalities of camera surveillance in Sweden
Surveillance is an important governance technique of modern societies and is linked to particular governmental rationalities. This article examines the Swedish policy on camera surveillance, using the analytical framework of governmentality, the art of government, in advanced liberal societies as its theoretical framework. The focus is on three features that characterise current developments in the Swedish policy. These are labelled situational p…
The East European ‘ethnic nation’– Myth or reality
This article challenges the assumption that there is an essential difference between a West European ‘civic’ and an East European ‘ethnic’ conceptualisation of the nation. If there were such a distinction, one should be able to trace a distinctive ‘ethnic’ concept of the nation among the populations of East European countries. The article analyses public opinion in three East European countries – Latvia, Poland and Lithuania – using a survey of m…
Ethnic Politics and the Soviet Legacy in Latvian Post-Communist Education: The Place of Language
This article concerns Latvian school policy during the 1990s. It is argued that Latvian post-communist school policy bears great similarity with political practice during the time of Soviet rule. The defining feature of present-day Latvian school policy is the privileged status granted the Latvian language and the separation of Latvian children from Russian-speaking children. It is emphasized that the separate school system is a legacy of the Sov…
The East European ‘ethnic nation’– Myth or reality
This article challenges the assumption that there is an essential difference between a West European ‘civic’ and an East European ‘ethnic’ conceptualisation of the nation. If there were such a distinction, one should be able to trace a distinctive ‘ethnic’ concept of the nation among the populations of East European countries. The article analyses public opinion in three East European countries – Latvia, Poland and Lithuania – using a survey of m…
Explaining attitudes to secret surveillance in post-communist societies
This article seeks to explain public attitudes to secret surveillance. Secret surveillance, for example wiretapping by intelligence agencies, is a controversial activity that affects fundamental civil liberties in any democratic system. Several large research projects have recently attempted to explain how people form opinions about surveillance in general. Thereby privacy concerns and institutional trust are often highlighted. In this article, w…
E-government and moral citizenship: The case of Estonia
The present article concerns Estonian e-government, that is, the digitalization of government and public administration, and the way e-government produces a moral citizen. Although several case studies on e-government exist, they have seldom been sensitive to the local conditions shaping the functions and social meaning of digitalization. E-government involves producing knowledge, and the present article draws on a theoretical perspective that st…
Ethnic Politics and the Soviet Legacy in Latvian Post-Communist Education: The Place of Language
This article concerns Latvian school policy during the 1990s. It is argued that Latvian post-communist school policy bears great similarity with political practice during the time of Soviet rule. The defining feature of present-day Latvian school policy is the privileged status granted the Latvian language and the separation of Latvian children from Russian-speaking children. It is emphasized that the separate school system is a legacy of the Sov…
Pure flour in your bag: Governmental rationalities of camera surveillance in Sweden
Surveillance is an important governance technique of modern societies and is linked to particular governmental rationalities. This article examines the Swedish policy on camera surveillance, using the analytical framework of governmentality, the art of government, in advanced liberal societies as its theoretical framework. The focus is on three features that characterise current developments in the Swedish policy. These are labelled situational p…
Ethnic Politics and the Soviet Legacy in Latvian Post-Communist Education: The Place of Language
This article concerns Latvian school policy during the 1990s. It is argued that Latvian post-communist school policy bears great similarity with political practice during the time of Soviet rule. The defining feature of present-day Latvian school policy is the privileged status granted the Latvian language and the separation of Latvian children from Russian-speaking children. It is emphasized that the separate school system is a legacy of the Sov…
The East European ‘ethnic nation’– Myth or reality
This article challenges the assumption that there is an essential difference between a West European ‘civic’ and an East European ‘ethnic’ conceptualisation of the nation. If there were such a distinction, one should be able to trace a distinctive ‘ethnic’ concept of the nation among the populations of East European countries. The article analyses public opinion in three East European countries – Latvia, Poland and Lithuania – using a survey of m…
Pure flour in your bag: Governmental rationalities of camera surveillance in Sweden
Surveillance is an important governance technique of modern societies and is linked to particular governmental rationalities. This article examines the Swedish policy on camera surveillance, using the analytical framework of governmentality, the art of government, in advanced liberal societies as its theoretical framework. The focus is on three features that characterise current developments in the Swedish policy. These are labelled situational p…
E-government and moral citizenship: The case of Estonia
The present article concerns Estonian e-government, that is, the digitalization of government and public administration, and the way e-government produces a moral citizen. Although several case studies on e-government exist, they have seldom been sensitive to the local conditions shaping the functions and social meaning of digitalization. E-government involves producing knowledge, and the present article draws on a theoretical perspective that st…
Explaining attitudes to secret surveillance in post-communist societies
This article seeks to explain public attitudes to secret surveillance. Secret surveillance, for example wiretapping by intelligence agencies, is a controversial activity that affects fundamental civil liberties in any democratic system. Several large research projects have recently attempted to explain how people form opinions about surveillance in general. Thereby privacy concerns and institutional trust are often highlighted. In this article, w…
Legitimising Surveillance in Low-Trust Postcommunist Societies
Why do citizens in democratic states allow governments to monitor them? Studies note that consent to surveillance to a large extent depends on trust in public institutions. But how is surveillance legitimised in states where this kind of trust is low, as in most of the European postcommunist countries? Using data from three former communist states, this study investigates the role of trust in close social networks. The results show that so-called…
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Communism (2 works) · Democracy (2 works)