Neoliberalisation in a Nordic State: From Cartel Polity towards a Corporate Polity in Finland

New Political Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-55

  Ahlqvist, Toni ^a   Moisio, Sami ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

cartel polity; corporate polity; Finland; neoliberalisation; Nordic; spatio temporal fix; state

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY MAKING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SKILLED LABOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

FINLAND;

EID: 84893396308     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2013.768608     Document Type: Article

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