Politics and Bureaucracy in the Norwegian Welfare State - An Anthropological Approach (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference
Release date:	November 2017
First published:	2018
Authors:	Halvard Vike
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	188
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-64136-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	3-319-64136-0
Barcode:	9783319641362

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