The Paradox of Openness: Transparency and Participation in NordicCultures of Consensus; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 The Concept of Openness: Promise and Paradox; 3 A Nordic Paradox of Openness and Consensus? The Case of Finland; 4 Ruptures in National Consensus: Economic versus Political Openness in the Globalization Debate in Finland; 5 Nordic Openness in Finland: European Integration, Ideational Transfer, and Institutional Traditions.
6 The Nordic Ideal: Openness and Populism According to the Finns Party7 The Procedural Openness of Nordic Welfare State Restructuring; 8 Open Skies, Open Minds? Shifting Concepts of Communication and Information in Swedish Public Debate; 9 Openness and Elite Oral History: The Case of Sweden; 10 Exporting Nordic Parliamentary Oversight to the European Union; 11 Adopting a New Political Culture: Obstacles and Opportunities for Open Government in Austria; 12 From Promise to Compromise: Nordic Openness in a World of Global Transparency; Index.
Summary
Openness implies bottom-up empowerment and top-down transparency. The Paradox of Openness analyses the tensions encountered when openness is applied to the quest for democracy and markets, freedom and truth, compliance and transparency, and consensus and dissent in progressive Nordic societies.
