1st Edition

The Political Culture of Nordic Self-Understanding Power Investigation

Edited By Ainur Elmgren, Norbert Götz Copyright 2016
124 Pages
by Routledge

124 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

‘Power investigation’, or the practice of power to legitimize itself through commissioned programmes of scientific enquiry, is a hallmark of Nordic democracy. Five power investigations have been conducted in the Nordic countries since 1972. The close connection to state power has not dissuaded prominent scholars from participating in them, nor have their findings evoked strong criticism.... Read more

1. ‘Power Investigation: The Political Culture of Nordic Self-Understanding’: Introduction  Ainur Elmgren and Norbert Götz

2. Introspective Performance: The Scandinavian Power Investigation as a Politico-Cultural Practice  Norbert Götz

3. From the Swedish Model to the Open Society: The Swedish Power Investigation and the Power to Investigate Power, 1985 – 1990  Carl Marklund

4. Three Nordic Power Investigations on the Repercussions of the European Union on Sovereignty and Democracy  Ann-Cathrine Jungar

5. ‘Power Investigation’ Neglected: The Case of the Finnish Newspaper Helsingin Sanomat  Lotta Lounasmeri

6. Power and Society in Finland: Change and Continuity  Ainur Elmgren

7. Justice and EU Foreign Policy  Alex Prichard

8. Informal Governance and the Eurozone Crisis  Alexandra Hennessy

Biography

Ainur Elmgren is a post-doctoral researcher in Political Science and History at the Network for European Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Norbert Götz is Professor of History at the Institute of Contemporary History, Södertörn University, Sweden.