Norway in transition : transforming a stable democracy
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Norway in transition : transforming a stable democracy
（The west European politics series / series editors, Klaus H. Goetz, Peter Mair, and Gordon Smith）
Routledge, 2007
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction : the peculiarities of Norway / Øyvind Østerud
- The Norwegian state transformed? / Tom Christensen
- Norrway : resources count, but votes decide? : from neo-corporatist representation to neo-pluralist parliamentarism / Hilmar Rommetvedt
- Norwegian centre-periphery relations in flux : abolition or reconstruction of regional governance? / Harald Baldersheim and Anne Lise Fimreite
- A more fragile chain of governance in Norway / Kaare Strøm, Hanne Marthe Narud and Henry Valen
- Norwegian parties and the party system : steadfast and changing / Knut Heidar
- Oil wealth dissatisfaction and political trust in Norway : a resource curse? / Ola Listaug
- State and citizens in Norway : organisational society and state-municipal relations / Tommy Tranvik and Per Selle
- Gender equality and political representation : a Nordic comparison / Nina C. Raaum
- Elite consensus on the Norwegian welfare state model / Trygve Gulbrandsen and Fredrik Engelstad
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The transformation of Norway is a magnifying glass to processes of political change in European countries generally. In this book, a group of Norway`s most prominent political scientists closely analyzes the forces of change - ranging from the political apparatus, the mode of partisan mobilization, and the development of political trust to the new gender relations and the strains on the established elite consensus.
This volume shows how Norway is an embodiment of the Nordic Model. Norwegian society and politics have attracted wide-spread interest for three interrelated reasons - a strikingly egalitarian and cooperative model for public-private relations, a stable and rich country on the outside of the European Union, and a notable engagement in moral policy areas globally. Now the model is in flux for domestic as well as external reasons. Rule by popular consent is in question, with a more fragile chain of governance and a slow erosion of mass parties. The model is transformed from below, through the changing democratic infrastructure, as well as from above, with privatization and market reform in the public sector. The focus is Norway, but the book is a comparative analysis of a paradigm case with relevance far beyond its own borders.
This book was previously published as a special issue of the leading journal West European Politics.
Table of Contents
Part 1. The Baltic Question anmd the Two Superpowers 1. Three Visions Of Non-Recognition 2. The Baltic Question In The Policy Of The USSR Part 2. States and Nations in Exile 3. Baltic Diplomatic Missions In Exile. 4. The Treatment Of Baltic Refugees 5. Human Rights And International Organizations Part 3. National Perspctives during the Cold War 6. Britain and the Baltic Question 7. The Federal Republic of Germany and the Baltic Question 8. France and the Baltic Question 9. Northern Perspectives on the Baltic Question Part 4. End Games 10. The International Community and the Restoration of Baltic Independence 11. The Aftermath: The legacy of restored Baltic statehood for the New Europe
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