The moral geographies of public sector job relocation

Discourses of compensation and competence in the Swedish news press

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3978005
AutoresAngelika Sjöstedt Landén (Umeå University, autor de correspondencia), Karin Ljuslinder (Umeå University), Anna Sofia Lundgren (0000-0002-8758-5704, Umeå University)
Año2017
Volumen18
Número5
Páginas623-644
Fecha de publicación2017-07-04
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649365.2016.1210668
OpenAlexW2485647249
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas52

Previous research has pointed to the fact that ideological images of geographies are bound up with the ongoing struggle for economic and social resources, and that moral values and emotions are central in rendering such images intelligible and accepted. To explore this further, we critically engage with the ways in which moral values and emotions contribute to the (re)production of centres and peripheries in the Swedish news press reports of public-sector job relocations. We deploy the discourse theoretical notion of ideological fantasy to critically explain the forces that make particular moral and emotional judgements comprehensible. We identify two discourses in the news press material – one about competence and one about compensation – built up by morally and emotionally charged articulations. We argue that ideological fantasies worked as driving forces both in this moral and emotional news debate and also in the ongoing constitution of geographies

Competence (human resources · Constitution · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Public discourse · Relocation · Sociology · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology · Urban Planning and Governance