Politics and Bureaucracy in the Norwegian Welfare State
An Anthropological Approach
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
Published:24th Aug '18
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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.
ISBN: 9783319877327
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 454g
188 pages
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018