Democratic State and Democratic Society : : Institutional Change in the Nordic Model / / Fredrik Engelstad, Cathrine Holst, Gunnar C. Aakvaag.
After the optimism following the fall of the Berlin Wall, the world has seen more of a democratic backlash. But despite the backlashes, in some societies the stability of democracy does not seem to be threatened. Why is this so? One common answer points to civic culture, a shared feeling of responsi...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Warsaw ;, Berlin : : De Gruyter Open Poland, , [2019] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (415 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: Democracy, Institutional Compatibility and Change
- 2 Social Institutions and the Quality of Democracy
- 3 A Democratic Way of Life: Institutionalizing Individual Freedom in Norway
- 4 Welfare State Discourse and Citizenship Politics: From 'Silent' Policy to Steering Logic
- 5 Redistributing Knowledge? How Institutions Affect Citizens' Political Knowledge Levels: The Scandinavian Case Compared
- 6 Old and New Social Movements in the Nordic Countries: History and Future in an International Perspective
- 7 Committee Governance in Consensus Cultures: An Exploration of Best Practice Cases in Germany and Norway
- 8 Translation and Institutional Change: What Happened when Participatory Budgeting Came to the Nordic Countries?
- 9 Can Descriptive Representation be Justified outside Politics?
- 10 The Battle over a Fair Share: The Creation of Labour Market Institutions in Norway
- 11 Workplace Democracy: Representation and Participation Gaps in the Norwegian Labour Market Model
- 12 Bowling Alone and Working Together? Social Capital at Work
- 13 Stability and Change in Scandinavian Welfare: The Nonprofit Sector as a Buffer against For-Profit Expansion
- 14 No Factory for Dreams: Street-Level Bureaucrats between Activation Targets and User Orientation
- 15 The Demand for Work-Family Policies in Advanced Capitalist Democracies
- 16 Business Elite Confidence in Political Institutions: The Case of Norway
- 17 Elite Compromise as a Mode of Institutional Change: The United States and Norway Compared
- 18 Afterword: Institutional Differentiation and Change
- About the Authors