Title The paradox of openness : transparency and participation in nordic cultures of consensus / edited by Norbert Götz, Carl Marklund.

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Leiden : Brill, [2014]

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Series	International Studies in Sociology and Social Anthropology
	International studies in sociology and social anthropology.
Note	Includes index.
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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.
	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.
Summary	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.
Language	English.
Subject	Consensus (Social sciences) -- Scandinavia.
	Political participation -- Scandinavia.
	Transparency in government -- Scandinavia.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
	Consensus (Social sciences) (OCoLC)fst00875469
	Political participation. (OCoLC)fst01069386
	Transparency in government. (OCoLC)fst01154902
	Scandinavia. (OCoLC)fst01242804
	SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Added Author	Götz, Norbert.
	Marklund, Carl.
Other Form:	Print version: Paradox of openness 9789004281189 (DLC) 2014034961 (OCoLC)889181494
ISBN	9789004281196 (electronic book)
	9004281193 (electronic book)
Standard No.	10.1163/9789004281196

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