Overview
- Brings together an interest in neoliberalism studies and security studies to address the issues of free speech and racism in three distinct sectors in Sweden
- Provides an empirical focus on political parties, policies, academic activities and civil society activism
- Expands the analysis beyond the Swedish context, whilst also using the Swedish case as an important example of a supposed stronghold of democracy and equal rights
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This book explores the consequences of the last three decades’ substantial neoliberal securitisation of freedom of speech, democracy and social security of racialised groups. Its empirical material contains in-depth interviews with racialised politicians, journalists, academics and civil society activists in Sweden. Like many other countries, Sweden has combined a neoliberal reorganisation of society with securitisation policies in which ‘the war on terror’ has played a central role. In order to understand the complexity of neoliberal securitisation policies and the analysis of the empiric material, the study makes use of central theoretical concepts, such as ‘the spiral of silence’, ‘symbolic violence’, ‘governmentalisation’ and ‘neoliberal racism.’ It will be of particular interest to students and scholars of political sociology, social policy and social work.
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Book Title: Neoliberal Securitisation and Symbolic Violence
Book Subtitle: Silencing Political, Academic and Societal Resistance
Authors: Masoud Kamali
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71210-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-71209-9Published: 25 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-71212-9Published: 26 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-71210-5Published: 24 April 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 254
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Political Sociology, Globalization, Social Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, Social Work and Community Development, Comparative Social Policy