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Technology, Culture, and Public Policy

Dr Kalu N. Kalu gives an elegant account on how Finland transformed itself from an agricultural society to one of the worlds most inventive countries in just a century. Education, equal rights and willingness to re-invent itself are in the heart of this story.

Jouni Mls, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Finland

In a relatively short time, Finland has transformed a society of approximately 5.3 million people into one of the most educated and technologically sophisticated in the world, while maintaining relative political stability and an enviable quality of life among its people. In all comparative measures of international achievement, Finland ranks among the worlds most literate and wealthiest countries. How did Finland do it, and what can other countries learn from the Finnish example?

This book presents an energized and informative look at Finlands cultural and developmental history, its political evolution as a state, the origins of its technology and innovation policy, and its developments in health care, education, and sustainable economic development. Utilizing both qualitative and quantitative approaches, author Kalu N. Kalu incorporates rarely-seen archival data alongside analysis of original research surveys to offer an incisive and analytical account of virtually all aspects of Finnish life. Demonstrating how civic attitudes have evolved over time mediated by contemporary pressures, Technology, Culture, and Public Policy ultimately transcends an examination of Finlands own successes and challenges, considering what lessons other countries might apply to their own intricate national contexts.

Kalu N. Kalu is Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science & National Security Policy at Auburn University Montgomery, USA and Docent Professor at the University of Tampere, Finland.

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Names: Kalu, Kalu Ndukwe, author.
Title: Technology, culture, and public policy: critical lessons from Finland / by Kalu N. Kalu.
Description: New York: Routledge, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016004522 | ISBN 9781482223446 (cloth: alk. paper) | ISBN 9781315563428 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: FinlandHistory1981- | Technological innovationsGovernment policyFinland. | FinlandCultural policy. | FinlandEconomic policy. | FinlandSocial policy. | FinlandPolitics and government1981
Classification: LCC DL1140.6 .K35 2016 | DDC 320.6094897dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016004522

ISBN: 978-1-4822-2344-6 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-56342-8 (ebk)

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Finland ranks at the top of several measures of social and economic development and has exceled in the areas of education, quality of health care, technology, and innovation. Yet, the country has maintained relative political stability in the way its Nordic welfare state has operated over the years. As a technology-intensive society, we can, at best, expect to get a better understanding of how technology induces and sustains economic development and innovation, bridges ideological or cultural differences, and may influence citizens assessment of the effectiveness of political and administrative institutions in addressing key social problems that fall under their programmatic jurisdictions.

This choice reflects my long-standing interest and work on the role of information technology in reshaping organizations and society and redefining functional roles as well as the cultural foundations upon which social and political life has generally existed. What type of cultural and organizational adaptations has technology brought to Finland, and how has it advanced its political, social, and administrative development? Under the current situation, how would Finland evolve in the future and in what areas? What could other countries in general learn from Finland? These are some of the major questions that justify a study of the country.

traces the cultural foundations of Finland, its political and economic history as well as major historical events that have shaped its evolution as an independent sovereign state. It discusses how the seeming disadvantages of geography and harsh weather were turned into a success story admired by the rest of the world. It also illustrates early efforts at industrialization beyond the long period of political incubation under Swedish rule, reliance on forest and wood products, its search for identity, the rise of literary and intellectual ferment, and the consequent drive toward independence from the Soviet Union after having fought two earlier wars with it.

provides an extended discussion of the evolution of Finlands political history after more than 700 years under Swedish rule and its consequent quasi-autonomous status as a Grand Duchy of the Soviet Union. It traces the inspiration and history of the independence movement, the experience of the civil war between the Bolshevik (Reds) and the conservative (Whites) immediately following independence from the Soviet Union in 1917. There are three important characteristics that have continued to shape Finlands political cultureequality, egalitarianism, and consensual politics, particularly in the area of legislative or parliamentary policy making. The Parliament of Finland is discussed as a learning organization, with multiple committee specializations and membership, that cuts across partisan differences.

discusses the emergence of Finland from a rural-agricultural economy to an advanced technology-driven economy within a short span of years. It discusses the role of state dirigisme in laying the early foundation and support that saw increased cooperation between the public and private sectors, between educational and research institutions, and industrial manufacturing that saw scientific knowledge transformed into value-added production for the export market. It delineates the origins and foundation of Finnish technology policy which began in the early 1960s and 1970s, but saw its most profound manifestation following the economic recession and decline in export trade caused partly by the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Technology policy and innovation-driven macroeconomic policy guided by the dirigiste state in partnership with the private sector is discussed as the backbone of Finlands technology success story.

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