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Avsluttet prosjekt
Institusjonell endring i demokratiske samfunn
Prosjektbakgrunn
Hvordan konstitueres moderne samfunn? Sosiologisk teori er preget av et «ovenfra og ned»-perspektiv, eller av enkeltstående karakteristikker. Dette prosjektet ville gå en annen vei, nedenfra og opp, for å beskrive hvordan store samfunnsdannelser kan henge sammen.
Tre avgrensninger ble trukket opp: Fokus på (i) mekanismer og mønstre for institusjonell endring, (ii) et begrenset sett av institusjoner, (iii) demokratiet som konstitutivt i prosesser i moderne samfunn. Empirisk ble hovedvekten lagt på samfunn av skandinavisk type. At skandinaviske samfunn har en stat som er sterk og liberal på en gang, gjør samfunnslivet forskjellig fra grunntrekkene i internasjonal litteratur. Dette krevde omfattende komparative perspektiver.
Prosjektet hadde tre hoveddeler:
Del A avklarte normativ teori om demokrati, samt teori om institusjonell endring. En viktig inspirasjon for demokratiteorien er John Rawls’ normative teori, som også tar opp spesifiserte institusjoner som offentlighet, arbeidsliv og velferdsstat. Forståelsen av institusjonell endring utvikles i lys av teorier om variasjoner i kapitalisme og i velferdsstatsregimer.
Del B gikk inn på endringer i offentligheten. En linje peker mot generelle problemer knyttet til ytringsfrihet og politisk kommunikasjon, rasjonalitetsgrunnlag og normer for politisk debatt. En annen retter seg mot virkningene av nye sosiale medier, både på mobilisering til deltakelse i en demokratisk offentlighet og på informasjonsstrømmer i samfunnet.
Del C tok opp institusjonelle endringer i arbeidsliv og velferdsstat, og hva som kjennetegner Skandinavia, sammenliknet med Kontinental-Europa og den angloamerikanske verden. Typologier som skiller ut disse formene er velkjente, men er overveiende statiske. Prosjektet vil forstå dynamikken bedre, og dermed hva som skaper stabilitet og endring i den nordiske kombinasjonen av arbeidsliv og velferdsstat.
Organisering
Samarbeidsprosjekt mellom Institutt for sosiologi og samfunnsgeografi (Universitetet i Oslo), Institutt for samfunnsforskning og Fafo.
Prosjektet bygde på omfattende empirisk forskning ved alle tre samarbeidende miljøer.
Medieklipp
Nyhetssak: Likegyldige til demokratiet
Nyhetssak: Debatterer sosial ulikhet og populisme i Norge
Avslutningsseminar: Samfunn og demokrati: Institusjoner i endring, Litteraturhuset 23. november 2017
Deltakere
Publikasjoner
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Enjolras, Bernard & Steen-Johnsen, Kari
(2017).
The digital transformation of the political public sphere: a sociological perspective.
I Engelstad, Fredrik; Larsen, Håkon; Rogstad, Jon & Steen-Johnsen, Kari (Red.),
Institutional Change in the Public Sphere: Views on the Nordic Model.
De Gruyter Open.
s. 99–117.
doi:
10.1515/9783110546330.
Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Vis sammendrag
The main focus of the book is institutional change in the Scandinavian model, with special emphasis on Norway. There are many reasons to pay closer attention to the Norwegian case when it comes to analyses of changes in the public sphere. In the country’s political history, the arts and the media played a particular role in the processes towards sovereignty at the beginning of the 20th century. On a par with the other Scandinavian countries, Norway is in the forefront in the world in the distribution and uses of Internet technology. As an extreme case, the most corporatist society within the family of the “Nordic Model”, it offers an opportunity both for intriguing case studies and for challenging and refining existing theory on processes of institutional change in media policy and cultural policy. It supplements two recent, important books on political economy in Scandinavia: Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity (Kathleen Thelen, 2014), and The Political Construction of Business Interests (Cathie Jo Martin and Duane Swank, 2013).
There are further reasons to pay particular attention to the Scandinavian, and more specifically the Norwegian cases: (i) They are to varying degrees neo-corporatist societies, characterized by ongoing bargaining over social and political reform processes. From a theoretical perspective this invites reflections which, to some extent, are at odds with the dominant conceptions of institutional change. Neither models of path dependency nor models of aggregate, incremental change focus on the continuous social bargaining over institutional change. (ii) Despite recent processes of liberalization, common to the Western world as a whole, corporatism implies a close connection between state, public sphere, cultural life, and religion. This also means that institutions are closely bundled, in an even stronger way than assumed for example in the Varieties of Capitalism literature. Furthermore, we only have scarce insight in the way the different spheres of corporatism are connected and interact.
In the proposed edited volume we have collected historical-institutional case studies from a broad set of social fields (a detailed outline of contents and contributors is attached):
• Critical assessments of Jürgen Habermas’ theory of the public sphere
• Can the public sphere be considered an institution?
• The central position of the public sphere in social and political change in Norway
• Digital transformations and effects of the growing PR industry on the public sphere
• Institutionalization of social media in local politics and voluntary organizations
• Legitimation work in the public sphere
• freedom of expression and warning in the workplace
• “Return of religion” to the public sphere, and its effects.
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Segaard, Signe Bock
(2017).
The Institutional Anchoring of Social Media
Venues as Arenas for Local Political Communication.
Perceptions by Voters and Politicians.
I Engelstad, Fredrik; Larsen, Håkon; Rogstad, Jon & Steen-Johnsen, Kari (Red.),
Institutional Change in the Public Sphere: Views on the Nordic Model.
De Gruyter Open.
s. 118–138.
doi:
10.1515/9783110546330-007.
Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Vis sammendrag
The main focus of the book is institutional change in the Scandinavian model, with special emphasis on Norway. There are many reasons to pay closer attention to the Norwegian case when it comes to analyses of changes in the public sphere. In the country’s political history, the arts and the media played a particular role in the processes towards sovereignty at the beginning of the 20th century. On a par with the other Scandinavian countries, Norway is in the forefront in the world in the distribution and uses of Internet technology. As an extreme case, the most corporatist society within the family of the “Nordic Model”, it offers an opportunity both for intriguing case studies and for challenging and refining existing theory on processes of institutional change in media policy and cultural policy. It supplements two recent, important books on political economy in Scandinavia: Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity (Kathleen Thelen, 2014), and The Political Construction of Business Interests (Cathie Jo Martin and Duane Swank, 2013).
There are further reasons to pay particular attention to the Scandinavian, and more specifically the Norwegian cases: (i) They are to varying degrees neo-corporatist societies, characterized by ongoing bargaining over social and political reform processes. From a theoretical perspective this invites reflections which, to some extent, are at odds with the dominant conceptions of institutional change. Neither models of path dependency nor models of aggregate, incremental change focus on the continuous social bargaining over institutional change. (ii) Despite recent processes of liberalization, common to the Western world as a whole, corporatism implies a close connection between state, public sphere, cultural life, and religion. This also means that institutions are closely bundled, in an even stronger way than assumed for example in the Varieties of Capitalism literature. Furthermore, we only have scarce insight in the way the different spheres of corporatism are connected and interact.
In the proposed edited volume we have collected historical-institutional case studies from a broad set of social fields (a detailed outline of contents and contributors is attached):
• Critical assessments of Jürgen Habermas’ theory of the public sphere
• Can the public sphere be considered an institution?
• The central position of the public sphere in social and political change in Norway
• Digital transformations and effects of the growing PR industry on the public sphere
• Institutionalization of social media in local politics and voluntary organizations
• Legitimation work in the public sphere
• freedom of expression and warning in the workplace
• “Return of religion” to the public sphere, and its effects.
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Lundby, Knut
(2017).
Public Religion in Mediatized Transformations.
I Engelstad, Fredrik; Larsen, Håkon; Rogstad, Jon & Steen-Johnsen, Kari (Red.),
Institutional Change in the Public Sphere: Views on the Nordic Model.
De Gruyter Open.
s. 241–263.
doi:
10.1515/9783110546330-013.
Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Vis sammendrag
The main focus of the book is institutional change in the Scandinavian model, with special emphasis on Norway. There are many reasons to pay closer attention to the Norwegian case when it comes to analyses of changes in the public sphere. In the country’s political history, the arts and the media played a particular role in the processes towards sovereignty at the beginning of the 20th century. On a par with the other Scandinavian countries, Norway is in the forefront in the world in the distribution and uses of Internet technology. As an extreme case, the most corporatist society within the family of the “Nordic Model”, it offers an opportunity both for intriguing case studies and for challenging and refining existing theory on processes of institutional change in media policy and cultural policy. It supplements two recent, important books on political economy in Scandinavia: Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity (Kathleen Thelen, 2014), and The Political Construction of Business Interests (Cathie Jo Martin and Duane Swank, 2013).
There are further reasons to pay particular attention to the Scandinavian, and more specifically the Norwegian cases: (i) They are to varying degrees neo-corporatist societies, characterized by ongoing bargaining over social and political reform processes. From a theoretical perspective this invites reflections which, to some extent, are at odds with the dominant conceptions of institutional change. Neither models of path dependency nor models of aggregate, incremental change focus on the continuous social bargaining over institutional change. (ii) Despite recent processes of liberalization, common to the Western world as a whole, corporatism implies a close connection between state, public sphere, cultural life, and religion. This also means that institutions are closely bundled, in an even stronger way than assumed for example in the Varieties of Capitalism literature. Furthermore, we only have scarce insight in the way the different spheres of corporatism are connected and interact.
In the proposed edited volume we have collected historical-institutional case studies from a broad set of social fields (a detailed outline of contents and contributors is attached):
• Critical assessments of Jürgen Habermas’ theory of the public sphere
• Can the public sphere be considered an institution?
• The central position of the public sphere in social and political change in Norway
• Digital transformations and effects of the growing PR industry on the public sphere
• Institutionalization of social media in local politics and voluntary organizations
• Legitimation work in the public sphere
• freedom of expression and warning in the workplace
• “Return of religion” to the public sphere, and its effects.
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Engelstad, Fredrik; Larsen, Håkon & Rogstad, Jon
(2017).
The Public Sphere in the Nordic Model.
I Engelstad, Fredrik; Larsen, Håkon; Rogstad, Jon & Steen-Johnsen, Kari (Red.),
Institutional Change in the Public Sphere: Views on the Nordic Model.
De Gruyter Open.
s. 46–70.
doi:
10.1515/9783110546330-004.
Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
Vis sammendrag
The main focus of the book is institutional change in the Scandinavian model, with special emphasis on Norway. There are many reasons to pay closer attention to the Norwegian case when it comes to analyses of changes in the public sphere. In the country’s political history, the arts and the media played a particular role in the processes towards sovereignty at the beginning of the 20th century. On a par with the other Scandinavian countries, Norway is in the forefront in the world in the distribution and uses of Internet technology. As an extreme case, the most corporatist society within the family of the “Nordic Model”, it offers an opportunity both for intriguing case studies and for challenging and refining existing theory on processes of institutional change in media policy and cultural policy. It supplements two recent, important books on political economy in Scandinavia: Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity (Kathleen Thelen, 2014), and The Political Construction of Business Interests (Cathie Jo Martin and Duane Swank, 2013).
There are further reasons to pay particular attention to the Scandinavian, and more specifically the Norwegian cases: (i) They are to varying degrees neo-corporatist societies, characterized by ongoing bargaining over social and political reform processes. From a theoretical perspective this invites reflections which, to some extent, are at odds with the dominant conceptions of institutional change. Neither models of path dependency nor models of aggregate, incremental change focus on the continuous social bargaining over institutional change. (ii) Despite recent processes of liberalization, common to the Western world as a whole, corporatism implies a close connection between state, public sphere, cultural life, and religion. This also means that institutions are closely bundled, in an even stronger way than assumed for example in the Varieties of Capitalism literature. Furthermore, we only have scarce insight in the way the different spheres of corporatism are connected and interact.
In the proposed edited volume we have collected historical-institutional case studies from a broad set of social fields (a detailed outline of contents and contributors is attached):
• Critical assessments of Jürgen Habermas’ theory of the public sphere
• Can the public sphere be considered an institution?
• The central position of the public sphere in social and political change in Norway
• Digital transformations and effects of the growing PR industry on the public sphere
• Institutionalization of social media in local politics and voluntary organizations
• Legitimation work in the public sphere
• freedom of expression and warning in the workplace
• “Return of religion” to the public sphere, and its effects.
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Engelstad, Fredrik; Larsen, Håkon; Rogstad, Jon & Steen-Johnsen, Kari
(2017).
Introduction: The Public Sphere in Change. Institutional Perspectives on Neo-corporatist Society.
I Engelstad, Fredrik; Larsen, Håkon; Rogstad, Jon & Steen-Johnsen, Kari (Red.),
Institutional Change in the Public Sphere: Views on the Nordic Model.
De Gruyter Open.
s. 1–21.
doi:
10.1515/9783110546330-002.
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Vis sammendrag
The main focus of the book is institutional change in the Scandinavian model, with special emphasis on Norway. There are many reasons to pay closer attention to the Norwegian case when it comes to analyses of changes in the public sphere. In the country’s political history, the arts and the media played a particular role in the processes towards sovereignty at the beginning of the 20th century. On a par with the other Scandinavian countries, Norway is in the forefront in the world in the distribution and uses of Internet technology. As an extreme case, the most corporatist society within the family of the “Nordic Model”, it offers an opportunity both for intriguing case studies and for challenging and refining existing theory on processes of institutional change in media policy and cultural policy. It supplements two recent, important books on political economy in Scandinavia: Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity (Kathleen Thelen, 2014), and The Political Construction of Business Interests (Cathie Jo Martin and Duane Swank, 2013).
There are further reasons to pay particular attention to the Scandinavian, and more specifically the Norwegian cases: (i) They are to varying degrees neo-corporatist societies, characterized by ongoing bargaining over social and political reform processes. From a theoretical perspective this invites reflections which, to some extent, are at odds with the dominant conceptions of institutional change. Neither models of path dependency nor models of aggregate, incremental change focus on the continuous social bargaining over institutional change. (ii) Despite recent processes of liberalization, common to the Western world as a whole, corporatism implies a close connection between state, public sphere, cultural life, and religion. This also means that institutions are closely bundled, in an even stronger way than assumed for example in the Varieties of Capitalism literature. Furthermore, we only have scarce insight in the way the different spheres of corporatism are connected and interact.
In the proposed edited volume we have collected historical-institutional case studies from a broad set of social fields (a detailed outline of contents and contributors is attached):
• Critical assessments of Jürgen Habermas’ theory of the public sphere
• Can the public sphere be considered an institution?
• The central position of the public sphere in social and political change in Norway
• Digital transformations and effects of the growing PR industry on the public sphere
• Institutionalization of social media in local politics and voluntary organizations
• Legitimation work in the public sphere
• freedom of expression and warning in the workplace
• “Return of religion” to the public sphere, and its effects.
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Larsen, Håkon
(2017).
The Public Sphere as an Arena for Legitimation Work: The Case of Cultural Organizations.
I Engelstad, Fredrik; Larsen, Håkon; Rogstad, Jon & Steen-Johnsen, Kari (Red.),
Institutional Change in the Public Sphere: Views on the Nordic Model.
De Gruyter Open.
s. 201–219.
doi:
10.1515/9783110546330-011.
Vis sammendrag
The main focus of the book is institutional change in the Scandinavian model, with special emphasis on Norway. There are many reasons to pay closer attention to the Norwegian case when it comes to analyses of changes in the public sphere. In the country’s political history, the arts and the media played a particular role in the processes towards sovereignty at the beginning of the 20th century. On a par with the other Scandinavian countries, Norway is in the forefront in the world in the distribution and uses of Internet technology. As an extreme case, the most corporatist society within the family of the “Nordic Model”, it offers an opportunity both for intriguing case studies and for challenging and refining existing theory on processes of institutional change in media policy and cultural policy. It supplements two recent, important books on political economy in Scandinavia: Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity (Kathleen Thelen, 2014), and The Political Construction of Business Interests (Cathie Jo Martin and Duane Swank, 2013).
There are further reasons to pay particular attention to the Scandinavian, and more specifically the Norwegian cases: (i) They are to varying degrees neo-corporatist societies, characterized by ongoing bargaining over social and political reform processes. From a theoretical perspective this invites reflections which, to some extent, are at odds with the dominant conceptions of institutional change. Neither models of path dependency nor models of aggregate, incremental change focus on the continuous social bargaining over institutional change. (ii) Despite recent processes of liberalization, common to the Western world as a whole, corporatism implies a close connection between state, public sphere, cultural life, and religion. This also means that institutions are closely bundled, in an even stronger way than assumed for example in the Varieties of Capitalism literature. Furthermore, we only have scarce insight in the way the different spheres of corporatism are connected and interact.
In the proposed edited volume we have collected historical-institutional case studies from a broad set of social fields (a detailed outline of contents and contributors is attached):
• Critical assessments of Jürgen Habermas’ theory of the public sphere
• Can the public sphere be considered an institution?
• The central position of the public sphere in social and political change in Norway
• Digital transformations and effects of the growing PR industry on the public sphere
• Institutionalization of social media in local politics and voluntary organizations
• Legitimation work in the public sphere
• freedom of expression and warning in the workplace
• “Return of religion” to the public sphere, and its effects.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2017).
Strategic Communication and Institutional Change.
I Engelstad, Fredrik; Larsen, Håkon; Rogstad, Jon & Steen-Johnsen, Kari (Red.),
Institutional Change in the Public Sphere: Views on the Nordic Model.
De Gruyter Open.
Vis sammendrag
The main focus of the book is institutional change in the Scandinavian model, with special emphasis on Norway. There are many reasons to pay closer attention to the Norwegian case when it comes to analyses of changes in the public sphere. In the country’s political history, the arts and the media played a particular role in the processes towards sovereignty at the beginning of the 20th century. On a par with the other Scandinavian countries, Norway is in the forefront in the world in the distribution and uses of Internet technology. As an extreme case, the most corporatist society within the family of the “Nordic Model”, it offers an opportunity both for intriguing case studies and for challenging and refining existing theory on processes of institutional change in media policy and cultural policy. It supplements two recent, important books on political economy in Scandinavia: Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity (Kathleen Thelen, 2014), and The Political Construction of Business Interests (Cathie Jo Martin and Duane Swank, 2013).
There are further reasons to pay particular attention to the Scandinavian, and more specifically the Norwegian cases: (i) They are to varying degrees neo-corporatist societies, characterized by ongoing bargaining over social and political reform processes. From a theoretical perspective this invites reflections which, to some extent, are at odds with the dominant conceptions of institutional change. Neither models of path dependency nor models of aggregate, incremental change focus on the continuous social bargaining over institutional change. (ii) Despite recent processes of liberalization, common to the Western world as a whole, corporatism implies a close connection between state, public sphere, cultural life, and religion. This also means that institutions are closely bundled, in an even stronger way than assumed for example in the Varieties of Capitalism literature. Furthermore, we only have scarce insight in the way the different spheres of corporatism are connected and interact.
In the proposed edited volume we have collected historical-institutional case studies from a broad set of social fields (a detailed outline of contents and contributors is attached):
• Critical assessments of Jürgen Habermas’ theory of the public sphere
• Can the public sphere be considered an institution?
• The central position of the public sphere in social and political change in Norway
• Digital transformations and effects of the growing PR industry on the public sphere
• Institutionalization of social media in local politics and voluntary organizations
• Legitimation work in the public sphere
• freedom of expression and warning in the workplace
• “Return of religion” to the public sphere, and its effects.
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Furseth, Inger
(2017).
The Return of Religion in the Public Sphere? The Public Role of Nordic Faith Communities.
I Engelstad, Fredrik; Larsen, Håkon; Rogstad, Jon & Steen-Johnsen, Kari (Red.),
Institutional Change in the Public Sphere: Views on the Nordic Model.
De Gruyter Open.
Vis sammendrag
The main focus of the book is institutional change in the Scandinavian model, with special emphasis on Norway. There are many reasons to pay closer attention to the Norwegian case when it comes to analyses of changes in the public sphere. In the country’s political history, the arts and the media played a particular role in the processes towards sovereignty at the beginning of the 20th century. On a par with the other Scandinavian countries, Norway is in the forefront in the world in the distribution and uses of Internet technology. As an extreme case, the most corporatist society within the family of the “Nordic Model”, it offers an opportunity both for intriguing case studies and for challenging and refining existing theory on processes of institutional change in media policy and cultural policy. It supplements two recent, important books on political economy in Scandinavia: Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity (Kathleen Thelen, 2014), and The Political Construction of Business Interests (Cathie Jo Martin and Duane Swank, 2013).
There are further reasons to pay particular attention to the Scandinavian, and more specifically the Norwegian cases: (i) They are to varying degrees neo-corporatist societies, characterized by ongoing bargaining over social and political reform processes. From a theoretical perspective this invites reflections which, to some extent, are at odds with the dominant conceptions of institutional change. Neither models of path dependency nor models of aggregate, incremental change focus on the continuous social bargaining over institutional change. (ii) Despite recent processes of liberalization, common to the Western world as a whole, corporatism implies a close connection between state, public sphere, cultural life, and religion. This also means that institutions are closely bundled, in an even stronger way than assumed for example in the Varieties of Capitalism literature. Furthermore, we only have scarce insight in the way the different spheres of corporatism are connected and interact.
In the proposed edited volume we have collected historical-institutional case studies from a broad set of social fields (a detailed outline of contents and contributors is attached):
• Critical assessments of Jürgen Habermas’ theory of the public sphere
• Can the public sphere be considered an institution?
• The central position of the public sphere in social and political change in Norway
• Digital transformations and effects of the growing PR industry on the public sphere
• Institutionalization of social media in local politics and voluntary organizations
• Legitimation work in the public sphere
• freedom of expression and warning in the workplace
• “Return of religion” to the public sphere, and its effects.
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Svalund, Jørgen
(2015).
Cooperation and Power in Labour Adjustment Choices: A Nordic Perspective.
I Engelstad, Fredrik & Hagelund, Anniken (Red.),
Cooperation and Conflict the Nordic Way : Work, Welfare, and Institutional Change in Scandinavia.
De Gruyter Open.
s. 157–178.
doi:
10.1515/9783110436891-010.
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Nyen, Torgeir & Tønder, Anna Hagen
(2015).
Cooperation and Reform in Vocational Education and Training.
I Engelstad, Fredrik & Hagelund, Anniken (Red.),
Cooperation and Conflict the Nordic Way : Work, Welfare, and Institutional Change in Scandinavia.
De Gruyter Open.
s. 201–218.
doi:
10.1515/9783110436891-012.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2015).
Property Rights, Governance, and Power Balances.
I Engelstad, Fredrik & Hagelund, Anniken (Red.),
Cooperation and Conflict the Nordic Way : Work, Welfare, and Institutional Change in Scandinavia.
De Gruyter Open.
s. 36–55.
doi:
10.1515/9783110436891-004.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2015).
Conflict, Compromise, Cooperation Concluding Reflections.
I Engelstad, Fredrik & Hagelund, Anniken (Red.),
Cooperation and Conflict the Nordic Way : Work, Welfare, and Institutional Change in Scandinavia.
De Gruyter Open.
s. 282–292.
doi:
10.1515/9783110436891-016.
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Olberg, Dag
(2015).
Regulating the temporary layoff institution- coalitions and drift.
I Engelstad, Fredrik & Hagelund, Anniken (Red.),
Cooperation and Conflict the Nordic Way : Work, Welfare, and Institutional Change in Scandinavia.
De Gruyter Open.
s. 136–156.
doi:
10.1515/9783110436891-009.
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Engelstad, Fredrik; Larsen, Håkon; Rogstad, Jon & Steen-Johnsen, Kari
(2017).
Institutional Change in the Public Sphere: Views on the Nordic Model.
De Gruyter Open.
269 s.
Vis sammendrag
The main focus of the book is institutional change in the Scandinavian model, with special emphasis on Norway. There are many reasons to pay closer attention to the Norwegian case when it comes to analyses of changes in the public sphere. In the country’s political history, the arts and the media played a particular role in the processes towards sovereignty at the beginning of the 20th century. On a par with the other Scandinavian countries, Norway is in the forefront in the world in the distribution and uses of Internet technology. As an extreme case, the most corporatist society within the family of the “Nordic Model”, it offers an opportunity both for intriguing case studies and for challenging and refining existing theory on processes of institutional change in media policy and cultural policy. It supplements two recent, important books on political economy in Scandinavia: Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity (Kathleen Thelen, 2014), and The Political Construction of Business Interests (Cathie Jo Martin and Duane Swank, 2013).
There are further reasons to pay particular attention to the Scandinavian, and more specifically the Norwegian cases: (i) They are to varying degrees neo-corporatist societies, characterized by ongoing bargaining over social and political reform processes. From a theoretical perspective this invites reflections which, to some extent, are at odds with the dominant conceptions of institutional change. Neither models of path dependency nor models of aggregate, incremental change focus on the continuous social bargaining over institutional change. (ii) Despite recent processes of liberalization, common to the Western world as a whole, corporatism implies a close connection between state, public sphere, cultural life, and religion. This also means that institutions are closely bundled, in an even stronger way than assumed for example in the Varieties of Capitalism literature. Furthermore, we only have scarce insight in the way the different spheres of corporatism are connected and interact.
In the proposed edited volume we have collected historical-institutional case studies from a broad set of social fields (a detailed outline of contents and contributors is attached):
• Critical assessments of Jürgen Habermas’ theory of the public sphere
• Can the public sphere be considered an institution?
• The central position of the public sphere in social and political change in Norway
• Digital transformations and effects of the growing PR industry on the public sphere
• Institutionalization of social media in local politics and voluntary organizations
• Legitimation work in the public sphere
• freedom of expression and warning in the workplace
• “Return of religion” to the public sphere, and its effects.
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Engelstad, Fredrik & Hagelund, Anniken
(2015).
Cooperation and Conflict the Nordic Way : Work, Welfare, and Institutional Change in Scandinavia.
De Gruyter Open.
298 s.
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Hagelund, Anniken
(2017).
Velferdsstaten i endring.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2017).
Demokrati og institusjoner i endring.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2017).
Innledning.
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Vabø, Mia
(2017).
The dynamic of change in Public service organizations.
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Emneord:
Velferd,
Likestilling,
Valg og demokrati
Publisert 2. jan. 2014 10:07
- Sist endret 11. juli 2018 16:38