1st Edition

Technology, Culture, and Public Policy Critical Lessons from Finland

By Kalu Kalu Copyright 2017
240 Pages 46 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 46 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In a relatively short time, Finland has transformed a society of approximately 5.3 million people into one of the most educated and technologically sophisticated in the world, while maintaining relative political stability and an enviable quality of life among its people. In all comparative measures of international achievement, Finland ranks at the top among the world’s most literate and... Read more

1. Suomi: The Making of a Culture

2. The State, Parliamentarianism, and Public Policy

3. Technology and Development: Public-Private Partnership

4. Economic Growth, Research, and Innovation Quality

5. Finnish Lessons: Nurturing Education

6. Health and Social Policy: Nordic Welfarism

7. Technopolitan Society: Enduring Value Change

8. Evolving Social Structure: Resiliency and Change

9. Of Black Swans and the Human Condition: The Committee for the Future

10. Finlandia: ‘Our Land’ and a Postscript

Biography

Kalu N. Kalu is Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science & National Security Policy at Auburn University Montgomery, USA and Docent Professor at the University of Tampere, Finland.

"Dr. Kalu N. Kalu gives an elegant explanation on how Finland transformed itself from an agricultural society to one of the world's most inventive countries in just a century. Education, equal rights and willingness to re-invent itself are in the heart of this story. It is relevant even now at the age of big changes."Jouni Mölsä, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Finland