University of Helsinki
Åsa Lundqvist & Klaus Petersen (eds.), In Experts we Trust. Knowledge, Politics and Bureaucracy in Nordic Welfare States, University Press of Southern Denmark 2010
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What is the relationship between science and politics in the Nordic welfare states? What role has experts played in the development of the Nordic model and who were the experts? Based on in-depth analysis of the historical of the welfare states in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in the 20th Century, this volume offers a multifaceted analysis of the interplay between science, experts, politicians and institutions in policy areas such as public health, unemployment insurance, child psychiatry, alcohol research, and social insurance. The book brings together empirically grounded studies of the interplay between science and politics, the theoretical perspectives adopted in different political contexts, and the relationship between the internal dynamics of disciplines and research environments.
The volume is the result of seminars and discussions within the NordWel theme group 3 on “Epistemic Communities: Knowledge and Social Interests in the Making of the Nordic Welfare State”.
Contributors: Lars Schädler Andersen, Annika Berg, Ning de Coninck-Smith, Sara Edenheim, Nils Edling, Svanaug Fjær, Kari Ludvigsen, Carl Marklund, Ann-Catrin Östman.