Rhetorics of Nordic Democracy
About this ebook
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.
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About the author
Jussi Kurunmaki is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University. His main fields of research include parliamentary democratization, nationalism, theories of democracy, history of ideas, political rhetoric, and conceptual history.
Johan Strang recieved his PhD in philosophy from the University of Helsinki in the spring of 2010 on a dissertation on the legacy of the Uppsala School in philosophy. He works as a researcher at the Centre for Nordic Studies at the University of Helsinki.
