• Nordic populists as hegemony challengers 

      Palonen, Emilia; Sunnercrantz, Liv (Chapter, 2021)
      This chapter explores populism in Nordic countries where there is a long tradition of heterogeneous, populist parties with incompatible political ideologies transforming over decades. Populist parties have emerged as a ...
    • Redescribing fossil-fuel investments: how hegemony challengers ‘invert’ arguments in the Norwegian public discourse on climate risk 

      Handeland, Tine Sizov; Sunnercrantz, Liv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This article introduces the concept of inversion as a rhetorical-political strategy used to redescribe climate concerns from being sacrificed in favour of profitability to seeing that profitability necessitates climate ...
    • Sweden 

      Sunnercrantz, Liv (Chapter, 2020)
      The Swedish response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been exceptional. Unlike its Nordic neighbours, Sweden did not legislate for lockdown, quarantine or social distancing. Authorities issued recommendations that were less ...
    • ‘Which side are you on – Mr. Westerberg?’ Reason, affect, and division in public debate 

      Sunnercrantz, Liv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08)
      This article studies affect and reason in practices of persuasion through a rhetorical-performative framework. Focusing on the Swedish economic crisis 1988–1993, this piece argues that the successful rise and installation ...