LEADER 02295nam 2200385 450 001 9910476879403321 005 20230706145154.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000000567163 035 $a(NjHacI)995470000000567163 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000000567163 100 $a20230628d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aRhetorics of Nordic democracy /$fedited by Jussi Kurunmaki & Johan Strang 210 1$aHelsinki, Finland :$cFinnish Literature Society,$d[2010] 215 $a1 online resource (297 pages) 225 1 $aStudia Fennica Historica,$x1458-526X ; ;$vVolume 17 311 $a952-222-785-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"Democracy is today a concept that is overwhelmingly positively evaluated almost everywhere. A lot has been written about socio-economic and cultural backgrounds of democratic regimes as well as their institutional settings. By contrast, not much is known about the political manoeuvres and speech acts by which 'democracy' has been tied to particular regions and cultures in concrete historical situations. This book discusses a series of efforts to rhetorically produce a particular Nordic version of democracy. It shows that the rhetorical figure 'Nordic democracy' was a product of the age of totalitarianism and the Cold War. It explores the ways in which 'Nordic democracy' was used, mainly by the social democrats, to provide the welfare politics with cultural and historical legitimacy and foundations. Thus, it also acknowledges the ideological and geopolitical context in which the 'Nordic welfare state' was conceptualised and canonised. The contributors of the book are specialists on Nordic politics and history, who share a particular interest in political rhetoric and conceptual history." 410 0$aStudia Fennica.$pHistorica,$x1458-526X ;$vVolume 17. 606 $aDemocracy$zEurope, Northern 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a321.8 702 $aKurunmaki$b Jussi 702 $aStrang$b Johan 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910476879403321 996 $aRhetorics of Nordic democracy$92091679 997 $aUNINA