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Politics and Bureaucracy in the Norwegian Welfare State
An Anthropological ApproachApproaches to Social Inequality and Difference
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| Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan |
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| Veröffentl.: | 20.10.2017 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9783319641379 |
| 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.
<div>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.</div><br/>
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.
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.
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 Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Integrates historical perspectives with classical anthropological treatments of political power and conflict <div><br/></div><div>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<br/></div><div><br/></div><div>Explores equality as an issue of negotiation and social control<br/></div>
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