Consensual policy-making in the Nordic world /

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Author / Creator:Christiansen, Peter Munk, author.
Imprint:[Aarhus, Denmark] : Aarhus University Press ; [Madison, Wisconsin] : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2024]
Description:115 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language:English
Series:The Nordic World
Nordic world.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/14119805
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ISBN:9780299343743
029934374X
9788775970049
877597004X
9780299343736
Notes:Place of publication from publisher's website.
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:"This book examines consensual policy-making in the Scandinavian countries and shows how strong relations were built between the state and different interest groups in the early twentieth century. The preconditions for these relations are strong civil societies, strong unitary states, and high levels of trust. Consensual policies nevertheless come at a price, and since the 1970s all of the Scandinavian countries have loosened their corporatist structures to pave the way for reforms"--