Peter Nedergaard

Jørgen Elklit

Peter Munk Christiansen

The Oxford Handbook of Danish Politics provides the most comprehensive and thorough English language book on Danish politics ever written. It features chapters by 50 leading experts who have contributed extensively to the field they write about. Why is Denmark an interesting topic for a Handbook? In some respects, Danish political institutions and political life are very similar to that of other small, North European countries such as the other Scandinavian countries and Netherland. However, in other respects, Danish politics is interesting in its own right. For instance, Denmark has a world record in minority governments. According to standard scholarly knowledge, this should result in unstable governments and a bad economy. This is not the case, however, since Denmark has a rather stable political system and a strong and robust economy among the strongest in Europe. How? The Danes have continued reservations towards the EU despite close to 50 years of EC/EU membership, and the Danes rejected the Maastricht Treaty in 1992. Still, the EU issue is handled in ways that do not call for large political battles. How? A third example is that Denmark used to be known as a tolerant and liberal society; its Jews were almost all saved during German occupation during WWII, Denmark was the first country to free pornography, and the first country to formally register same-sex couples. Yet recent Danish politics has also been associated with xenophobia and anti-Muslim sentiments. Why?

The Oxford Handbook of Danish Politics

Indhold: Magtbegrebet i teori og praksis / Peter Munk Christiansen og Lise Togeby. Inger Sjørslev: Omkring det politiske : magten i antropologisk belysning. Anette Warring: Erindringsfællesskab og erindringspolitik som magtvilkår og magtmiddel. Martin Marcussen: Idéer og magt. Magtens kønnede ansigter / Anette Borchorst, Ann-Dorte Christensen & Birte Siim. Jørn Loftager: Samtalens magt. Lise Togeby: Afmagtens tavshed. En jernnæve i fløjlshandsken : magt i mødet mellem velfærdssystem og klient / Nils Mortensen & Jens Peter Frølund Thomsen. Signild Vallgårda: Studier af magtudøvelse : bidrag til en operationalisering af Michel Foucaults begreb: governmentality Jens Hoff: Informationssamfundets udfordringer til magtanalysen. Jørgen Goul Andersen: Magtanalyse af politiske processer : who governs, what governs, how governance. Per Boje: Den økonomiske magts politiske afmagt? : et studie i dansk konkurrencelovgivnings udformning i det 20. århundrede. Positionel magt : om at slutte fra at være (til stede) til at have og til at gøre / Peter Munk Christiansen & Asbjørn Sonne Nørgaard. Jørgen Grønnegård Christensen: Magt og myndighed. Institutionel magt / Peter Munk Christiansen & Lise Togeby. Erik Damgaard: Magt mellem principal og agent.

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