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Politics and Bureaucracy in the Norwegian Welfare State
An Anthropological Approach
Taschenbuch von Halvard Vike
Sprache: Englisch

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The book aims to explain the emergence of the Norwegian¿and to some extent, the Scandinavian¿welfare state in historical and anthropological terms. Halvard Vike argues that particular forms of political grassroots mobilization contributed heavily to what he calls ¿a low level of gravity state¿¿a political order in which decentralized institutions make it possible to curtail centralizing forces. While there is a large international literature on the Nordic welfare states, there is limited knowledge about how these states are embedded in local contexts. Vike's approach is based on an ethnographic practice which may be labeled ¿in and out of institutions.¿ It is based on ethnographic work in municipal assemblies, local bureaucracies, political parties, voluntary organizations, and various informal contexts.
The book aims to explain the emergence of the Norwegian¿and to some extent, the Scandinavian¿welfare state in historical and anthropological terms. Halvard Vike argues that particular forms of political grassroots mobilization contributed heavily to what he calls ¿a low level of gravity state¿¿a political order in which decentralized institutions make it possible to curtail centralizing forces. While there is a large international literature on the Nordic welfare states, there is limited knowledge about how these states are embedded in local contexts. Vike's approach is based on an ethnographic practice which may be labeled ¿in and out of institutions.¿ It is based on ethnographic work in municipal assemblies, local bureaucracies, political parties, voluntary organizations, and various informal contexts.
Über den Autor
Halvard Vike is Professor of Anthropology at University College of Southeast Norway and Telemark Research Institute, Norway. He has more than 25 years of experience with ethnographic work in political contexts in Norway, and been much involved in applied research on local arenas. His main area of interest is the emergence and transformation of political institutions and states.
Zusammenfassung
Integrates historical perspectives with classical anthropological treatments of political power and conflict
Offers original anthropological takes on some of political science's and political philosophy's major themes: Western democracy, conceptions of freedom, the role of the public sector, bureaucracy, and modernity

Explores equality as an issue of negotiation and social control
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Local Politics in the Welfare State: Patterns of Conflict and Political Practice.- 2. Cross Cutting Cleavages, the Politics of Resistance - and Social Control.- 3. Local Politics in Historical Perspective.- 4. Culminations of Complexity: Practicing Bureaucracy in Local Worlds.- 5. The Welfare Municipality: Universalism, Gender, and Service Provision.- 6. Post-Liberal Horizons: Conceptions of Freedom in the Northern Periphery.- 7. The Future of the Welfare State in an Age of Centralization.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference
Inhalt: vii
188 S.
ISBN-13: 9783319877327
ISBN-10: 3319877321
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Vike, Halvard
Auflage: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference
Maße: 210 x 148 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Halvard Vike
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.08.2018
Gewicht: 0,266 kg
Artikel-ID: 115379008
Über den Autor
Halvard Vike is Professor of Anthropology at University College of Southeast Norway and Telemark Research Institute, Norway. He has more than 25 years of experience with ethnographic work in political contexts in Norway, and been much involved in applied research on local arenas. His main area of interest is the emergence and transformation of political institutions and states.
Zusammenfassung
Integrates historical perspectives with classical anthropological treatments of political power and conflict
Offers original anthropological takes on some of political science's and political philosophy's major themes: Western democracy, conceptions of freedom, the role of the public sector, bureaucracy, and modernity

Explores equality as an issue of negotiation and social control
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Local Politics in the Welfare State: Patterns of Conflict and Political Practice.- 2. Cross Cutting Cleavages, the Politics of Resistance - and Social Control.- 3. Local Politics in Historical Perspective.- 4. Culminations of Complexity: Practicing Bureaucracy in Local Worlds.- 5. The Welfare Municipality: Universalism, Gender, and Service Provision.- 6. Post-Liberal Horizons: Conceptions of Freedom in the Northern Periphery.- 7. The Future of the Welfare State in an Age of Centralization.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference
Inhalt: vii
188 S.
ISBN-13: 9783319877327
ISBN-10: 3319877321
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Vike, Halvard
Auflage: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference
Maße: 210 x 148 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Halvard Vike
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.08.2018
Gewicht: 0,266 kg
Artikel-ID: 115379008
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