LEADER 02485 am 22004333u 450 001 9910765795303321 005 20230131134208.0 010 $a952-222-786-2 024 7 $a10.21435/sfh.17 035 $a(CKB)4100000000883909 035 $a(OAPEN)638203 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000883909 100 $a20171018d|||| uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $auuuuu---auuuu 200 10$aRhetorics of Nordic democracy 210 $aHelsinki, Finland$cFinnish Literature Society / SKS$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (297) 311 $a952-222-228-3 330 $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. " 517 $aStudia Fennica Historica vol. 17 606 $aNorthern Europe, Scandinavia$2bicssc 606 $aSemantics, discourse analysis, etc$2bicssc 606 $aRegional & national history$2bicssc 606 $aCultural studies$2bicssc 606 $aPolitical ideologies$2bicssc 606 $aInternational relations$2bicssc 615 7$aNorthern Europe, Scandinavia 615 7$aSemantics, discourse analysis, etc 615 7$aRegional & national history 615 7$aCultural studies 615 7$aPolitical ideologies 615 7$aInternational relations 701 $aKurunma?ki$b Jussi$01451715 701 $aStrang$b Johan$01451716 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910765795303321 996 $aRhetorics of Nordic democracy$93652421 997 $aUNINA