Politics and Bureaucracy in the Norwegian Welfare State: An Anthropological Approach

By Halvard Vike

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319877321
• ISBN13: 9783319877327
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"