State subsidy activities are an integral part of Finnish social policy. Besides ministries, a significant portion of subsidy allocations are implemented by performance steered agencies. Our article examines civil servants’ power in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s subsidy policy. Key material consists of interviews with cultural administration officials (n=15) both from the ministry and agency levels. In the article, we analyse the implementation structures of cultural policy from the viewpoint of political action. We interpret civil servants as active policymakers and highlight practices and structures that are key to the exercise of power. Within the framework of policy instruments, we look at the administrative politics, both as a...
Politicians are said to be silent on art and culture. However, most parties have a need to articulat...
The study consisted of four sub studies including a justice perspective. The aim of Study I was to ...
The article discusses citizenship education that takes place in the civil society from the point of ...
The reform of the family leave system has been on the Finnish political agenda for a long time. The ...
Virtavesipolitiikka (Water stream policy) is a new Finnish term referring to regulation and governan...
Individuals do not hold random sets of social attitudes but instead they conform to particular combi...
Euroopan unionin yhteinen turvallisuus- ja puolustuspolitiikka politiikka on edistynyt viimeisen vuo...
Tarkastelemme artikkelissamme suomalaisten eläkkeensaajien taide- ja kulttuuriosallistumista ja osal...
This article illuminates educational practices in three Finnish parliamentary parties: The Centre Pa...
The article deals with the short-term future of the educational system from the view point of planni...
Democracy scholars are currently trying to develop models for connecting deliberative mini-publics w...
The Finnish university network is the strong part of Finnish welfare state. The university provides ...
Social media platforms are essential mediums for political communication and publicity in Western de...
Only abstract. Paper copies of master’s theses are listed in the Helka database (http://www.helsinki...
Only abstract. Paper copies of master’s theses are listed in the Helka database (http://www.helsinki...
Politicians are said to be silent on art and culture. However, most parties have a need to articulat...
The study consisted of four sub studies including a justice perspective. The aim of Study I was to ...
The article discusses citizenship education that takes place in the civil society from the point of ...
The reform of the family leave system has been on the Finnish political agenda for a long time. The ...
Virtavesipolitiikka (Water stream policy) is a new Finnish term referring to regulation and governan...
Individuals do not hold random sets of social attitudes but instead they conform to particular combi...
Euroopan unionin yhteinen turvallisuus- ja puolustuspolitiikka politiikka on edistynyt viimeisen vuo...
Tarkastelemme artikkelissamme suomalaisten eläkkeensaajien taide- ja kulttuuriosallistumista ja osal...
This article illuminates educational practices in three Finnish parliamentary parties: The Centre Pa...
The article deals with the short-term future of the educational system from the view point of planni...
Democracy scholars are currently trying to develop models for connecting deliberative mini-publics w...
The Finnish university network is the strong part of Finnish welfare state. The university provides ...
Social media platforms are essential mediums for political communication and publicity in Western de...
Only abstract. Paper copies of master’s theses are listed in the Helka database (http://www.helsinki...
Only abstract. Paper copies of master’s theses are listed in the Helka database (http://www.helsinki...
Politicians are said to be silent on art and culture. However, most parties have a need to articulat...
The study consisted of four sub studies including a justice perspective. The aim of Study I was to ...
The article discusses citizenship education that takes place in the civil society from the point of ...