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May 22, 2024Journal of sociology

The absorbent digital welfare state: Silencing dissent, steering progress

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MHMorten Hjelholt

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Critical analysis reveals how digital welfare assimilates criticism in Danish governance, highlighting the flexible silencing of structural dissent.

Key Points

  • Digital welfare policies absorb public critique to sustain technological transformation, effectively mitigating dissent while reinforcing state governance systems.
  • Critical analysis utilizing Boltanski's absorption model and Mathiesen's silently silencing framework demonstrates how Danish e-government systems assimilate critique.
  • These findings highlight how late-capitalist governance adapts social protection frameworks, calling for deeper scrutiny into the broader societal costs of digitalisation.

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Morten Hjelholt (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e68e7db6db643587615b6chttps://doi.org/10.1177/14407833241253632
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