This article examines Sweden's COVID-19 strategy from the perspective of the global epistemic field. We propose that the policy choices of national governments are conditioned by the global epistemic field that constitutes the problem, the range of potential techniques to handle it, and relevant viewpoints used in assessing their advantages and risks. New, innovative techniques can emerge, and choices can vary, but they are debated and justified in terms of the evolving global set of discourses premised on the fundaments of the epistemic field. In this article, we examine to what extent deviant policies are part of the global set of discourses that evolved at the outset of the pandemic. To address this question, we take Sweden's COVID-19 strategy as an example and study how it was constructed and justified in the national public in 2020. The results of our empirical analysis show that the argument of epistemic field also applies to deviant policies. Even though Sweden's corona strategy deviated much from other countries, including its neighboring countries, the grounds of justification used in debating the strategy were consistent with the global epistemic field.

Marjaana Rautalin

Pertti Alasuutari

Acta Sociologica

Acta Sociologica is a peer reviewed journal which publishes papers on high-quality innovative sociology peer reviewed journal which publishes papers on high-quality innovative sociology carried out from different theoretical and methodological starting points, in the form of full-length original articles and review essays, as well as book reviews and commentaries. Articles that present Nordic sociology or help mediate between Nordic and international scholarly discussions are encouraged.

Acta Sociologica is a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on publishing high-quality innovative sociology research. The journal welcomes original full-length articles, review essays, book reviews, and commentaries from various theoretical and methodological perspectives. Articles that present Nordic sociology or facilitate dialogue between Nordic and international scholarly discussions are particularly encouraged.

《Acta Sociologica》是一本经过同行评审的期刊，专注于发表高质量的创新社会学研究。该期刊欢迎来自不同理论和方法论视角的原创长篇文章、综述文章、书评以及评论。特别鼓励那些展示北欧社会学或促进北欧与国际学术讨论之间交流的文章。

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Navigating in the global discourse: The case of Swedish COVID-19 strategy

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