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- Integrates historical perspectives with classical anthropological treatments of political power and conflict
- Offers original anthropological takes on some of political science's and political philosophy's major themes: Western democracy, conceptions of freedom, the role of the public sector, bureaucracy, and modernity
- Explores equality as an issue of negotiation and social control
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference (ATSIAD)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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University College of Southeast Norway, Porsgrunn, Norway
Halvard Vike
About the author
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Politics and Bureaucracy in the Norwegian Welfare State
Book Subtitle: An Anthropological Approach
Authors: Halvard Vike
Series Title: Approaches to Social Inequality and Difference
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64137-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-64136-2Published: 02 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87732-7Published: 24 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-64137-9Published: 20 October 2017
Series ISSN: 2946-305X
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3068
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 188
Topics: Ethnography, Politics of the Welfare State