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  • 1.
    Björnehed, Emma
    et al.
    Tactical Warfare Division, Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Erikson, Josefina
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Making the most of the frame: Developing the analytical potential of frame analysis2018In: Policy Studies, ISSN 0144-2872, E-ISSN 1470-1006, Vol. 39, no 2, p. 109-126Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Frame analysis has been developed and applied across contexts in several disciplines such as policy analysis, where the perspective has proven fruitful to carve out essential differences in the construction of meaning and to understand the responsiveness of the strategic use of ideas. However, this article argues in line with other scholars that the analytical potential of frame analysis is not fully utilized in most empirical studies. The article addresses two points of critique raised against frame analytical perspectives: the limited view of the framing process and the limited understanding of frame effects. We suggest two analytical dimensions that help to develop the analytical potential of frame analysis in policy analysis and beyond: firstly, the institutionalization process of frames which can capture the struggle of meaning within policy processes and also distinguish between the varying influences of different frames over space and time. Secondly, the extension of frame effects that through a reconceptualization of frame effects can capture how a frame has an effect on actors other than the audience and beyond its immediate purpose.

  • 2.
    Erikson, Josefina
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    A School for all or a School for the Labour Market?: Analyzing the Goal Formulation of the Swedish Upper Secondary Education Reform2017In: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, ISSN 0031-3831, E-ISSN 1470-1170, Vol. 61, no 2, p. 139-154Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The 1991, Swedish upper secondary school reform presents internationally an unusual case of the far-reaching integration of academic and vocational programmes. It has often been claimed that late tracking, such as characterizes this reform, helps to reduce inequalities between different social classes. This article addresses the question of how the government motivated and argued for a unified upper secondary school. The article finds that, contrary to expectations, an economic goal was prominent in the policy documents, and that the reform in question (postponed tracking) was not motivated primarily from an equality perspective. The article also indicates that there is a potential conflict between these two goals that has not been dealt with politically.

  • 3.
    Erikson, Josefina
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    A special fund for gender equality?: Institutional constraints and gendered consequences in Swedish collective bargaining2021In: Gender, Work and Organization, ISSN 0968-6673, E-ISSN 1468-0432, Vol. 28, no 4, p. 1379-1397Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Sweden is often described as one of the world’s most gender-equal societies, but the gender pay gap nevertheless remains large. In 2007, a special gender-equality fund that targeted women workers was successfully implemented in the collective bargaining agreement. Although it decreased the gender pay gap, it was controversial and has never been employed since. The aim of this article is to increase knowledge concerning the conditions for such “gender-equality bargaining” through a detailed empirical case study. An in-depth study of the bargaining process casts light on how the institutional features of bargaining have changed after 2007 in a way that significantly restricts further attempts to make relative wage changes in gender-segregated labor markets. The findings indicate that increased employer coordination and a strong industry norm appear to hinder gender-equality initiatives.

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  • 4.
    Erikson, Josefina
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    An Ideational Approach to Gendered Institutional Change: Revisiting the Institutionalization of a New Prostitution Regime in Sweden2019In: NORA Nordic journal of feminist and gender research, ISSN 2156-5503, Vol. 27, no 1, p. 22-40Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Recent work in the field of feminist institutionalism has made important progress in furthering our understanding of gendered institutional change. I argue that gradual ideational changes play an essential role in processes of gendered institutional change, and that examining the interaction between ideas and gendered institutions is of great importance for gaining a better understanding of processes of this type. This article revisits an empirical study of gendered institutional change in Swedish prostitution policy in the effort to specify two idea-based mechanisms that are conducive to gendered change, namely, consensus concerning the problem and gendering of the problem.

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  • 5.
    Erikson, Josefina
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Att kriminalisera sexköparen: Kvinnor som politiska aktörer2011In: Bortom rösträtten: Kön, politik och medborgarskap i Norden / [ed] Lenita Freidenvall och Josefin Rönnbäck, Huddinge: Samtidshistoriska institutet, Södertörns högskola , 2011, p. 156-174Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 6.
    Erikson, Josefina
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government. Swedish Parliament, Stockholm, Sweden..
    Class and Gender in Conflict?: Exploring Intersectionality in Practice in Swedish Gender Equality Bargaining2021In: Politique Européenne, ISSN 1623-6297, E-ISSN 2105-2875, Vol. 74, no 4, p. 190-214Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In 2007, a controversial gender equality fund was introduced into collective bargaining in Sweden in order to decrease the gender pay gap. The present article explores the conflict associated with the fund to shed light on why it was so controversial. It also aims to further knowledge concerning the possibility of introducing an intersectional perspective to the bargaining agenda that accounts for both gender and class. The empirical findings demonstrate that the controversy resided in differences in how labor market inequalities are conceptualized. On a theoretical level, the article illustrates the difficulties associated with applying an intersectional perspective in practice.

  • 7.
    Erikson, Josefina
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Criminalising the Client: Institutional change, gendered ideas and feminist strategies2017Book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In 1998, Sweden was the first country in the world to criminalise the purchase of sexual services, but not the sale of sex. The law represented a new prostitution regime that problematised power relations in prostitution as inherently gendered and hierarchical and made the male buyers of sexual services responsible for the act of prostitution. The Swedish case is critically important to the study of gendered institutional change and has been of empirical interest and global debate. Using the feminist institutionalism approach to the analysis, this study offers new insights to the Swedish case and provides a new analytical framework for micro-level analysis of institutional change that addresses the struggle for meaning, institutionalization of new gendered ideas, and the (strategic) actions of feminist actors.

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  • 8.
    Erikson, Josefina
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    En dynamisk frameanalys av policyskapande2018In: Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift, ISSN 0039-0747, Vol. 120, no 2, p. 237-254Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [sv]

    Policyskapande sker i dynamiska processer där idéer och aktörer interagerar. I det forskningsfält som intresserar sig för hur policy skapas har flera viktiga bidrag gjorts, som uppmärksammar relationen mellan å ena sidan en frågas språkliga och idémässiga formulering och å andra sidan aktörernas handlande. Artikeln argumenterar för att en återstående utmaning är att analytiskt precisera angreppsätt som hjälper oss att fånga interaktioner i politiska processer; alltså hur aktörer både skapar och formulerar idéer men också påverkas av dem. Syftet med artikeln är att bidra till forskningen om hur politiska reformer skapas genom att utveckla ett ramverk för en dynamisk frameanalys. Frameanalysen har tidigare använts för att analysera innehåll och debatter i politiken men inte för att förstå politiska processer. En empirisk studie av svensk prostitutionspolicy kommer att användas för att visa på ramverkets fruktbarhet.

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  • 9.
    Erikson, Josefina
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Ideas and actors in policy processes. Where is the interaction?2015In: Policy Studies, ISSN 0144-2872, E-ISSN 1470-1006, Vol. 36, no 5, p. 451-467Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Several influential frameworks in the field of policy analysis explicitly acknowledge that the role of ideas is as important as the role of actors in analyzing and understanding policy and policy change. An issue of principal interest in this body of literature concerns the interaction between ideas and actors. This article argues that, regardless of important contributions from previous research, the literature can be enriched by new analytical tools that further our understanding of the complex interplay between ideas and actors in policy-making. The article outlines a dynamic approach to policy analysis, which has proven fruitful in producing high quality empirical research in a Swedish case of policy on prostitution. Three new analytical dimensions are specified and operationalized: (1) the political institutionalization of frames, analyzing how the influence and content of ideas change over space and time in policy-making; (2) the mechanisms of institutionalization and assignment of jurisdiction through which ideas become part of the political context and work restricting and enabling for actors; and (3) risk-taking and limitation as unintended consequences of actors' involvement and strategic action in the construction of meaning.

  • 10.
    Erikson, Josefina
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Institutions, Gendered Perceptions, and Frames of Meaning: Explaining Strategic Choices of Women MPs in Swedish Prostitution Policy2019In: Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, ISSN 1554-477X, E-ISSN 1554-4788, Vol. 40, no 2, p. 263-285Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Previous research has shown that politics is a highly gendered field and that male and female decision-makers hold different values and engage with different issues as well. Feminist institutionalism has provided important insights concerning how a given context creates the conditions for political behavior and outcomes in respect to gender. While both formal and informal institutions have been of interest in this field of research, less attention has been directed to the perceptions actors have of the institutional context. The starting point of this article is the constructivist notion that actors’ behavior is mediated by their perceptions of the context, and it proposes that frame of meaning can be fruitfully used as an analytical concept for capturing gendered perceptions. The aim of the article is twofold. The first is to develop the notion of gendered frame of meaning as an analytical concept. The second is to investigate the strategies used by female MPs in the case of Swedish prostitution policy in order to show how gendered frames of meaning guided their strategic choices. The added value of this approach is that it furthers our understanding of how the institutional context influences actors’ behavior on the micro-level.

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  • 11.
    Erikson, Josefina
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Lärarfacken och den dubbla rollen - tjänsteman och profession2016In: Fackligt arbete bland svenska tjänstemän ur ett hundraårigt perspektiv / [ed] Anders Björnsson, Solna: Tam-arkiv , 2016Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 12.
    Erikson, Josefina
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Strider om mening: En dynamisk frameanalys av den svenska sexköpslagen2011Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    A constructivist understanding of policy production as a struggle of meaning in which ideas and actors interact is the point of departure of this thesis. Prostitution policy is a salient example of such a struggle and is thus a suitable case for exploring the role of ideas in politics. The purpose of the thesis is threefold: to explain the process preceding the Swedish ban on the purchase of sexual services in 1998, to understand the dynamics in gendered policy and to develop a framework for policy analysis. In the first part of the thesis a dynamic model of frame analysis is developed consisting of three dimensions to analyze: the politically relevant ideas in terms of policy frames (in this case related to gender and power); ideas as restricting and facilitating for actors; actors’ framing strategies and the consequences of strategic framing in terms of risks and limitations. This comprehensive and dynamic model of frame analysis fills a gap in previous policy research.

    In the second part of the thesis the dynamic frame analysis is applied to explain Swedish prostitution policy. The empirical analysis contains a study of the policy process preceding the ban of 1998, a micro study of the actors’ involvement at a critical juncture and an analysis of the actors’ strategic framing. The thesis concludes that the process was path dependent in the sense that the institutionalization of different ideas, at different points of time, was important for the final outcome. However, the thesis also concludes that the involvement of the actors’, mostly women, was a decisive factor. In relation to previous research the analysis provides a more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the policy process both with regard to the ideas from which the client criminalization claim emanated and also with regard to the actors’ role.

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  • 13.
    Erikson, Josefina
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    The various “problems” of prostitution: A dynamic frame analysis of Swedish prostitution policy2012In: Prostitution, Harm and Gender Inequality: Theory, Reserach and Policy / [ed] Maddy Coy, Farnham and Burlington: Ashgate, 2012Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 14.
    Erikson, Josefina
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Freidenvall, Lenita
    Stockholm University, Sweden.
    A legislative gender-equality norm as a catalyst for change?: Discursive convergence in the case of the Swedish Parliament2021In: European Journal of Politics and Gender, ISSN 2515-1088, E-ISSN 2515-1096, Vol. 4, no 3, p. 403-421Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article addresses the establishment of gender-equality norms in a case often presented as one of the most gender-equal legislatures in the world, namely, the Swedish Parliament (Riksdagen). Based on a series of in-depth interviews between 2005 and 2016 with 90 legislators in the Swedish Parliament, we ask whether there is agreement over gender-equality problems in Parliament that cut across gender and party affiliation, and whether there is convergence over time in this regard. Our findings show that there is a trend of convergence of the gender-inequality framings over time, which indicates the establishment of a shared legislative gender-equality norm. We suggest that a legislative gender-equality norm might work as a catalyst for progressive and continuous work in this area.

  • 15.
    Erikson, Josefina
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Freidenvall, Lenita
    Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Exploring Sustainability in Parliamentary Gender Equality Work: Insights from the Swedish Riksdag2023In: NORA: Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, ISSN 0803-8740, E-ISSN 1502-394XArticle in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Recent research has pointed to the need for addressing gender equality in parliaments in a broader perspective, focusing on “gender sensitivity” in parliaments in relation to structures, operations, methods and work. Up to now, however, the question of what it takes for this work to be long-lasting and sustainable has received limited attention. This article seeks to address this gap through a case study assessing the sustainability of the internal work of the Riksdag (the Swedish Parliament) with regard to gender equality, focusing on the durability and renewal of early initiatives and reforms. On the basis of Riksdag documents and interviews with MPs during the period 1994–2022, we ask: How sustainable is the internal gender equality work of the Riksdag with respect to the three key areas of representation, infrastructure and culture? We find that the Riksdag has managed to conduct sustainable gender equality work over the course of three decades. Major factors in this success are the institutionalization of a Gender Equality Group, the adoption of Action Plans for Gender Equality every parliamentary term and the legitimacy provided by the support of the Speaker of the Riksdag and the Riksdag Board.

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  • 16.
    Erikson, Josefina
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Håkansson, Sandra
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Josefsson, Cecilia
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Three Dimensions of Gendered Online Abuse: Analyzing Swedish MPs'€™ Experiences of Social Media2023In: Perspectives on Politics, ISSN 1537-5927, E-ISSN 1541-0986, Vol. 21, no 3, p. 896-912Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Women’s political representation has increased rapidly in the past few decades, but significant barriers continue to circumscribe women’s political participation in a myriad of ways. Previous research has indicated that online abuse constitutes one such obstacle. Yet, only a small number of studies have systematically examined and compared the experiences of online abuse of men and women politicians. We argue that it is not enough to merely state that online abuse is gendered if we wish to understand and tackle such abuse: it is essential to know how it is gendered. In this article we conceptualize gendered online abuse in terms of three dimensions—frequency, character, and consequences—so that we can provide a more comprehensive empirical understanding of its prevalence. Using original survey data and interviews with a large number of Swedish MPs, we demonstrate the merit of unpacking the concept of such abuse in respect to different analytical dimensions. We find all three dimensions to be gendered in the Swedish context but in different and sometimes unexpected ways. Although women do not experience a higher frequency of online abuse than men, the character of the abuse is gendered insofar as women MPs are subjected to more sexualized and gendered harassment. We also find that men exposed to high levels of online abuse seem slightly more inclined to leave politics, whereas women report that they feel that their personal agency is circumscribed to a greater extent.

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  • 17.
    Erikson, Josefina
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Josefsson, Cecilia
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Does Higher Education Matter for MPs in their Parliamentary Work?: Evidence from the Swedish Parliament2019In: Representation: Journal of Representative Democracy, ISSN 0034-4893, E-ISSN 1749-4001, Vol. 55, no 1, p. 65-80Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Individuals who have a higher education are highly overrepresented in national legislative bodiesworldwide. In spite of an extensive body of literature interested in educational background and itsrelation to political activity, significantly fewer studies have engaged with the qualitative advantagesand drawbacks of legislators’educational background in their legislative work. The aim of this paper isto explore whether higher education functions as a resource for legislators in their political office. Weuse data from a unique elite survey conducted in the Swedish Parliament, which had a response rate of82% (n= 287), to investigate the relation between educational background and the internal efficacyand influence of MPs. The quantitativefindings indicate that there is little or no difference betweenlegislators with and without higher education in terms of internal efficacy and influence. Contextualis-ing thefindings with 33 elite interviews, wefind that while legislators value skills acquired throughhigher education in their work—such as the ability to handle large amounts of text and infor-mation—MPs without higher education display similar skills acquired in alternative ways.

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  • 18.
    Erikson, Josefina
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Josefsson, Cecilia
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Equal playing field?: On the intersection between gender and being young in the Swedish Parliament2021In: Politics, Groups, and Identities, ISSN 2156-5503, E-ISSN 2156-5511, Vol. 9, no 1, p. 81-100Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Women and young constitute two underrepresented groups in most legislatures worldwide. The aim of this paper is to theorize and empirically analyze how the hitherto overlooked intersection between gender and young age condition legislators’ opportunities to carry out their representative tasks on equal grounds. Using original survey data from the Swedish Parliament (response rate 82%, n = 287) in combination with 40 in-depth interviews with young male and female MPs, we ask whether being young in parliament have different implications for men and women legislators. We find that young women experience higher demands and anxiety, and are more subject to negative treatment compared to other groups. Young men, on the other hand, stand out as the least exposed group. Together our results demonstrate that a young age reinforces negative gendered patterns for women in parliament, while age appears irrelevant or even, at times, a beneficial factor for young men.

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  • 19.
    Erikson, Josefina
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Josefsson, Cecilia
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Feminine Leadership Ideals and Masculine Practices: Exploring Gendered Leadership Conditions in the Swedish Parliament2023In: Politics & Gender, ISSN 1743-923X, E-ISSN 1743-9248, p. 1-26Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Women’s access to political leadership positions has increased greatly in recent decades, which calls for research concerning the conditions of women’s political leadership in more gender-balanced contexts. This article responds to this need by exploring the leadership ideals, evaluations, and treatment of men and women leaders in the numerically gender-equal Swedish parliament (the Riksdag). Drawing on interviews with almost all the current top political leaders in the Swedish parliament, along with an original survey of Swedish members of parliament, we reveal a mainly feminine-coded parliamentary leadership ideal that should be more appropriate for women leaders. Masculine practices remain, however, and women leaders continue to be disadvantaged. To explain this anomaly between ideals and practices, we argue that a feminist institutionalist perspective, which emphasizes how gender shapes a given context in multiple ways, contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of the conditions for women’s political leadership than that provided by the widely employed role congruity theory.

  • 20.
    Erikson, Josefina
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Josefsson, Cecilia
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    The legislature as a gendered workplace: Exploring members of parliament's experiences of working in the Swedish parliament2019In: International Political Science Review, ISSN 0192-5121, E-ISSN 1460-373X, Vol. 40, no 2, p. 197-214Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Do men and women legislators have equal opportunities to carry out their parliamentary duties? An important first step to uncover the parliament’s inner life is to evaluate members of parliament’s (MPs) experiences of their work environment. In this article, we explore the Swedish parliament where women have held over 40% of the seats for two decades to test the persistence of gendered norms and practices. Using an originally-collected survey dataset of 279 Swedish MPs (82% response rate), we find that female MPs experience greater pressure, higher levels of anxiety, and are subject to more negative treatment than male MPs. Yet, while men and women report participating in debates and influencing their political party’s agenda to the same degree, we conclude that the Parliament’s working environment remains gendered in that women pay a higher personal cost for their political engagement.

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  • 21.
    Erikson, Josefina
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Josefsson, Cecilia
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    The Parliament as a Gendered Workplace: How to Research Legislators’ (UN)Equal Opportunities to Represent2022In: Parliamentary Affairs, ISSN 0031-2290, E-ISSN 1460-2482, Vol. 75, no 1, p. 20-38Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In this article, we introduce a Gendered Workplace Approach for studying the gendered nature of parliaments. This approach, which is informed by a feminist institutionalist perspective, addresses the potentially gendered character of both formal and informal institutions that regulate the inner workings of parliament, taking into consideration the obstacles and opportunities facing MPs of different genders. From a gender perspective, our framework focuses on five dimensions of paramount importance for MPs’ working conditions. These are (i) the organisation of work, (ii) tasks and assignments, (iii) leadership, (iv) infrastructure and (v) interaction between MPs.

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  • 22.
    Erikson, Josefina
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Larsson, Oscar L.
    Department of Urban and Rural Development, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
    Beyond client criminalization: Analyzing collaborative governance arrangements for combatting prostitution and trafficking in Sweden2022In: Regulation and Governance, ISSN 1748-5983, E-ISSN 1748-5991, Vol. 16, no 3, p. 818-835Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Sweden is well known as the first country in the world to adopt client criminalization in an effort to control and eventually eliminate prostitution. Less attention has been paid to the emergence of extensive collaborative governance arrangements that serve as complements to the legal framework. The aim of this article is to provide new knowledge as it investigates the multifaceted ways in which governance arrangements have developed in Sweden, employing collaborative governance theories and the Regulatory–Intermediaries–Target model for this purpose. The strategies of responsibilization directed toward target groups that have been utilized to implement policies to control prostitution and trafficking are also explored. The article analyzes not only the rationale behind the adoption of collaborative governance in Sweden, but also the complex governance practices that have emerged in this regard, in which a range of actors are involved in policymaking and application as well as regulation. We conclude that the previous understanding of the Swedish model needs to be revised, and that although collaborative governance has made a fruitful contribution to the field in question, it also introduces new types of problems, particularly a significant increase in informality and decisionmaking outside the legal framework, primarily by civil society actors.

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  • 23.
    Erikson, Josefina
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Larsson, Oscar L.
    War Science, Marine Section, Swedish Defence University, Stockholm, Sweden.
    How platforms facilitate collaboration across organizational boundaries: fighting human trafficking in Sweden2020In: Policy sciences, ISSN 0032-2687, E-ISSN 1573-0891, Vol. 53, no 1, p. 181-203Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The use of collaborations and partnerships that engage a variety of actors from both the public and private spheres has drawn attention during the last decade as a promising strategy for combatting trafficking and improving assistance to victims of trafficking. This article investigates the Swedish Civil Society Platform against Human Trafficking as an example of successful collaboration between civil society actors. The aim is to explore how the platform as a distinct organizational form is capable of dealing productively with some of the challenges facing internal and external collaboration. We utilize interviews with key actors and a study of policy documents as we argue that the modularity and flexibility of the platform organizational form are key factors in its success. While it is a robust type of organization that may be regarded as a trustworthy partner, it also permits its member organizations to continue functioning as independent entities.

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  • 24.
    Erikson, Josefina
    et al.
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    Verge, Tània
    Department of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra , Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
    Gender, Power and Privilege in the Parliamentary Workplace2022In: Parliamentary Affairs, ISSN 0031-2290, E-ISSN 1460-2482, Vol. 75, no 1, p. 1-19Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This introduction to the Special Section ‘Parliaments as workplaces: gendered approaches to the study of legislatures’ makes the case for revisiting the conditions under which male and female Members of Parliament (MPs) and staff carry out their parliamentary duties, thereby furthering the understanding of parliaments’ inner workings. It shows that adopting a workplace perspective grounded on feminist institutionalist analyses and gender organisational studies opens up new avenues for studying parliaments and the outcomes of political representation. The article then outlines how contributors to this Special Section deal with various aspects of the parliamentary workplace and concludes by highlighting the wider implications of this perspective for examining crucial questions of the parliamentary studies research agenda.

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  • 25.
    Freidenvall, Lenita
    et al.
    Stockholm Univ, Polit Sci Dept, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Erikson, Josefina
    Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Government.
    The speaker’s gender equality group in the Swedish parliament  a toothless tiger?2020In: Politics, Groups, and Identities, ISSN 2156-5503, E-ISSN 2156-5511, Vol. 8, no 3, p. 627-636Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    A recent wave of research has engaged with gender-focused bodies within parliament studying their status, organization, and function. One type of body scarcely studied is issue-based parliamentary groups such as the Speaker’s Gender Equality Group in the Swedish Parliament. This article focuses on the form and function of this body, as well as its potentials and pitfalls. On the basis of secondary sources, two waves of interviews with men parliamentarians (MPs) and inside observations the Speaker’s gender equality group is analyzed from the 1990s until today. We conclude that despite lacking formal legislative power, this body has a key symbolic and informal role, manifested in the political will and engaged leadership to ensure that equal working conditions for women and men MPs are promoted. We also find constraints in terms of the limited and general (rather than expert) administrative support as well as the need for consistent authorization.

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