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This chapter examines the practice of evidence-based policymaking in five Nordic countries. By comparing the references that national policy actors have utilized in their policy documents to evidentiate policy ideas and ...

In the current policy environment in Finland, labour migration is portrayed as a solution for the sustenance of the ageing welfare state. However, foreign professional qualifications are generally less valued than those ...

The extent to which education is nationally or internationally directed is a recurring debate in comparative education. The debate circles around the role of the nation state in the globalizing world. The authors address ...

This book presents twenty-three in-depth case studies of successful public policies and programs in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Iceland. Each chapter tells the story of the policy's origins, aims, design, ...

Toisinaan vaikuttaa siltä, että elämme salaliittoteorioiden kulta-aikaa. Salaliittoteoreettiset kertomukset ja niihin uskovat tai niitä levittävät ihmiset ovat olleet viime vuosina lukuisten huomiota herättäneiden lehtijuttujen ...

Previous research has identified political ideology as central in the landmark Academies Act (2010). This article further analyses how politics of evidence played its part in the policy process by focusing on long-term ...