In experts we trust
Subtitle: knowledge, politics, and bureaucracy in Nordic welfare states
By: Åsa Lundqvist, Klaus Petersen, editors
Contributors: Petersen, Klaus, 1965-
Series: University of Southern Denmark studies in history and social sciences -- v. 397
Publisher: University Press of Southern Denmark; distribution in the United States and Canda
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Odense; Portland OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9788776744977
Subjects: Specialists; Welfare state; Social policy
Other titles: Knowledge, politics, and bureaucracy in Nordic Welfare States
Description: What is the relationship between science and politics in the Nordic welfare states? What role have experts played in the development of the Nordic model and who were the experts? Based on in-depth analysis of the historical facts of the welfare states in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden in the 20th Century, this volume offers a multifaceted analysis of the interplay between science, experts, politicians and institutions in policy areas such as public health, unemployment insurance, child psychiatry, alcohol research and social insurance. The book brings together empirically grounded studies of the interplay between science and politics, the theoretical perspectives adopted in different political contexts, and the relationship between the internal dynamics of disciplines and research environments.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.