Democratic State and Democratic Society

Frontmatter

Pages I-IV

Contents

Pages V-XII

Preface

Engelstad, Fredrik / Holst, Cathrine / Aakvaag, Gunnar C.

Pages XIII-XIV

1 Introduction: Democracy, Institutional Compatibility and Change

Engelstad, Fredrik / Holst, Cathrine / Aakvaag, Gunnar C.

Pages 1-21

2 Social Institutions and the Quality of Democracy

Engelstad, Fredrik

Pages 22-47

3 A Democratic Way of Life: Institutionalizing Individual Freedom in Norway

Aakvaag, Gunnar C.

Pages 48-75

4 Welfare State Discourse and Citizenship Politics: From ‘Silent’ Policy to Steering Logic

Olsen, Espen D. H.

Pages 76-93

5 Redistributing Knowledge? How Institutions Affect Citizens’ Political Knowledge Levels: The Scandinavian Case Compared

Hesstvedt, Stine

Pages 94-117

6 Old and New Social Movements in the Nordic Countries: History and Future in an International Perspective

Mjøset, Lars

Pages 118-150

7 Committee Governance in Consensus Cultures: An Exploration of Best Practice Cases in Germany and Norway

Krick, Eva / Holst, Cathrine

Pages 151-174

8 Translation and Institutional Change: What Happened when Participatory Budgeting Came to the Nordic Countries?

Legard, Sveinung

Pages 175-192

9 Can Descriptive Representation be Justified outside Politics?

Teigen, Mari

Pages 193-212

10 The Battle over a Fair Share: The Creation of Labour Market Institutions in Norway

Seip, Åsmund Arup

Pages 213-231

11 Workplace Democracy: Representation and Participation Gaps in the Norwegian Labour Market Model

Alsos, Kristin / Trygstad, Sissel C.

Pages 232-254

12 Bowling Alone and Working Together? Social Capital at Work

Rogstad, Jon / Reegård, Kaja

Pages 255-272

13 Stability and Change in Scandinavian Welfare: The Nonprofit Sector as a Buffer against For-Profit Expansion

Trætteberg, Håkon Solbu

Pages 273-295

14 No Factory for Dreams: Street-Level Bureaucrats between Activation Targets and User Orientation

Hagelund, Anniken

Pages 296-311

15 The Demand for Work-Family Policies in Advanced Capitalist Democracies

Skorge, Øyvind

Pages 312-342

16 Business Elite Confidence in Political Institutions: The Case of Norway

Gulbrandsen, Trygve

Pages 343-362

17 Elite Compromise as a Mode of Institutional Change: The United States and Norway Compared

Engelstad, Fredrik

Pages 363-388

18 Afterword: Institutional Differentiation and Change

Engelstad, Fredrik

Pages 389-400

About the Authors

Pages 401-402