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oapen-20.500.12657-311262021-11-12T16:25:25Z Rhetorics of Nordic democracy Strang, Johan Kurunmäki, Jussi nordic countries welfare state cold war conceptual history interwar democracy Finland Siding Spring Survey Sweden Team time trial To Tell the Truth bic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1D Europe::1DN Northern Europe, Scandinavia bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics::CFG Semantics, discourse analysis, etc bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFC Cultural studies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPF Political ideologies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPS International relations "Democracy is today a concept that is overwhelmingly positively evaluated almost everywhere. A lot has been written about socio-economic and cultural backgrounds of democratic regimes as well as their institutional settings. By contrast, not much is known about the political manoeuvres and speech acts by which 'democracy' has been tied to particular regions and cultures in concrete historical situations. This book discusses a series of efforts to rhetorically produce a particular Nordic version of democracy. It shows that the rhetorical figure 'Nordic democracy' was a product of the age of totalitarianism and the Cold War. It explores the ways in which 'Nordic democracy' was used, mainly by the social democrats, to provide the welfare politics with cultural and historical legitimacy and foundations. Thus, it also acknowledges the ideological and geopolitical context in which the 'Nordic welfare state' was conceptualised and canonised. The contributors of the book are specialists on Nordic politics and history, who share a particular interest in political rhetoric and conceptual history. " 2017-10-18 00:00:00 2020-04-01T13:24:34Z 2020-04-01T13:24:34Z 2010 book 638203 OCN: 1030821540 0355-8924;1458-526X 9789522227867;9789522227850 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31126 eng Studia Fennica Historica application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 638203.pdf 10.21435/sfh.17 Finnish Literature Society / SKS 10.21435/sfh.17 10.21435/sfh.17 51db0f72-616d-4d86-b847-ade19380e08f 2bce7b2b-181b-47a2-a1b1-2fe3ca87467d 152df1b1-beba-4394-8522-dab76828c3a4 9789522227867;9789522227850 17 297 Helsinki, Finland Helsinki University Library and SKS SKS open access
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"Democracy is today a concept that is overwhelmingly positively evaluated almost everywhere. A lot has been written about socio-economic and cultural backgrounds of democratic regimes as well as their institutional settings. By contrast, not much is known about the political manoeuvres and speech acts by which 'democracy' has been tied to particular regions and cultures in concrete historical situations. This book discusses a series of efforts to rhetorically produce a particular Nordic version of democracy. It shows that the rhetorical figure 'Nordic democracy' was a product of the age of totalitarianism and the Cold War. It explores the ways in which 'Nordic democracy' was used, mainly by the social democrats, to provide the welfare politics with cultural and historical legitimacy and foundations. Thus, it also acknowledges the ideological and geopolitical context in which the 'Nordic welfare state' was conceptualised and canonised.
The contributors of the book are specialists on Nordic politics and history, who share a particular interest in political rhetoric and conceptual history.
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