ISBN:
9789004281196
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9004281193
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9004281185
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9789004281189
ISSN:
0074-8684
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (285 pages)
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illustrations, graphs, tables
Series Statement:
International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology Volume 126
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Paradox of openness : transparency and participation in nordic cultures of consensus
DDC:
306.20948
Keywords:
Consensus (Social sciences)
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Political participation
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Transparency in government
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Consensus (Social sciences)
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Political participation
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Transparency in government
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Scandinavia
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Konferenzschrift
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Konferenzschrift
Abstract:
Openness implies bottom-up empowerment and top-down transparency. The Paradox of Openness analyses the tensions encountered when openness is applied to the quest for democracy and markets, freedom and truth, compliance and transparency, and consensus and dissent in progressive Nordic societies
Description / Table of Contents:
The Paradox of Openness: Transparency and Participation in NordicCultures of Consensus; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 The Concept of Openness: Promise and Paradox; 3 A Nordic Paradox of Openness and Consensus? The Case of Finland; 4 Ruptures in National Consensus: Economic versus Political Openness in the Globalization Debate in Finland; 5 Nordic Openness in Finland: European Integration, Ideational Transfer, and Institutional Traditions
Description / Table of Contents:
6 The Nordic Ideal: Openness and Populism According to the Finns Party7 The Procedural Openness of Nordic Welfare State Restructuring; 8 Open Skies, Open Minds? Shifting Concepts of Communication and Information in Swedish Public Debate; 9 Openness and Elite Oral History: The Case of Sweden; 10 Exporting Nordic Parliamentary Oversight to the European Union; 11 Adopting a New Political Culture: Obstacles and Opportunities for Open Government in Austria; 12 From Promise to Compromise: Nordic Openness in a World of Global Transparency; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index
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English
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