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ACTA UNIVERSITATIS STOCKHOLMIENSIS Stockholm Studies in Sociology NEW SERIES 38 Enemies of the People Whistle-Blowing and the Sociology of Tragedy Magnus Haglunds ©Magnus Haglunds and Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis , Stockholm 2009 ISSN 0491-0885 ISBN (978-91-86071-25-7) Printed in Sweden by US-AB Tryck & Media, Stockholm 2009 Distributor: eddy.se ab, Visby, Sweden Front cover image ©Gabriel Wentz. Based on the Attic figure “Dike beats Adikia with a hammer” "The motif of falling is a shorthand for tragedy, whereas tragedy is always about the question of whether failure is predetermined by fate, or whether failure is the result of human agency. It poses the question: Can you of your own free will work yourself into a situation with one inevitable outcome: to fall, to fail or to die?" Jan Verwoert on Bas Jan Ader Contents Preface..........................................................................................................xi Acknowledgements.......................................................................................xv Abbreviations..............................................................................................xvii Chapter 1 Introduction.................................................................................19 The Problem................................................................................................................21 Enemies of the People.................................................................................................24 Whistle-Blowing Research...........................................................................................26 Confusion of Definition...........................................................................................29 Contradictory Empirical Findings............................................................................32 Ambivalence of the Whistle-Blower’s Status..........................................................37 Conclusions............................................................................................................42 Locating Whistle-Blowing.............................................................................................43 The Insider..............................................................................................................44 The Investigative Journalist....................................................................................45 The Spy..................................................................................................................45 The Agent Provocateur...........................................................................................46 The Wild Cat Striker...............................................................................................46 The Informer...........................................................................................................47 A Definition...................................................................................................................48 Chapter 2 Tragedy.......................................................................................50 The Pharmakos............................................................................................................50 A Few Opening Remarks.............................................................................................54 Earlier Usages of Tragedy in Sociological Thought.....................................................57 Tragedy and Social Order............................................................................................61 Tragedy and Spheres of Value....................................................................................63 Tragedy and Social Organization.................................................................................68 The Narrative Structure of Tragedy.............................................................................72 Recognition.............................................................................................................73 Flaw........................................................................................................................74 Reversal.................................................................................................................77 Suffering.................................................................................................................77 Purgation................................................................................................................79 The Contingency of Tragedy........................................................................................80 A Status Degradation Process.....................................................................................82 Chapter 3 Method........................................................................................85 Tragedy and Situational Analysis.................................................................................85 Principles of Selection..................................................................................................88 Written Material............................................................................................................90 Broadcasted Material...................................................................................................94 Adaption and Codification............................................................................................94 Approaching the Cases................................................................................................95 Mass Media—Some Considerations......................................................................95 Evaluating Assertions in a Controversy..................................................................98 On The Discrepancy Between Attitude and Action.................................................99 Analytical Approach..............................................................................................100 The Armaments Factory Engineer—Ingvar Bratt.......................................................102 The Seal-Hunting Inspector—Odd F. Lindberg..........................................................104 The Auditor—Paul van Buitenen................................................................................106 Chapter 4 Recognition...............................................................................109 Sensitive Information and Secrets.............................................................................110 The Limits of Organizational Transparency...............................................................113 The Hidden Society....................................................................................................114 Control Inside Organizations......................................................................................119 Circumspection.....................................................................................................119 Discipline..............................................................................................................122 Loyalty..................................................................................................................122 Context of Discovery..................................................................................................124 Chapter 5 Flaw..........................................................................................130 The Bystanders..........................................................................................................130 The Weakness of Strong Ties....................................................................................134 Marginal Man.............................................................................................................138 The Dilemma of Choice.............................................................................................140 Chapter 6 Reversal....................................................................................146 Talking Loud..............................................................................................................148 Decorum....................................................................................................................149 Conflict Management in the Limelight........................................................................152 Lack of Evidence..................................................................................................155 Insincerity.............................................................................................................160 Transgression of Accepted Social Rules..............................................................168 Chapter 7 Suffering....................................................................................172 Feeding the Affair.......................................................................................................174 Timing........................................................................................................................175 Two Prerequisites......................................................................................................176 The Coast is Threatened......................................................................................177 The Job Situation..................................................................................................179 Condemnation from the World Around......................................................................182 Hostile Mass Media..............................................................................................183 The People’s House.............................................................................................186 The Internal Strifes in Karlskoga................................................................................188 Charged with Comfort...........................................................................................190 Waiting for the Barbarians.........................................................................................191 Norway, Norway, is a Rotten Country........................................................................194 The End is Nigh.........................................................................................................197 A Sense of Belonging................................................................................................200 So, What is The Main Difference?.............................................................................201 Chapter 8 Purgation...................................................................................203 A Peep Hole Into The Back Region...........................................................................204 Hard Times Await.......................................................................................................206 A Stranger in Our Midst.............................................................................................208 To Weed Out: Expulsion............................................................................................212 Pollution and Avoidance............................................................................................216 Chapter 9 Conclusions..............................................................................219 References................................................................................................225
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