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Designing the Good Life: Nutrition and Social Democracy in Norway

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The knowledge of experts is commonly used to help citizens approach a scientifically determined good life. Such help can be paternalistic and take several forms. The broadest and most complicated relation between the daily life of the citizen and expert activity takes place in consumption activities. Consumer rights, which closely resemble those of the general citizen, are defined (Kennedy, 1962) as rights to protection, information, choice and channels for feedback. Foodstuffs are especially important in the everyday lives of consumers. Nutrition policy, therefore, has a strong potential impact on daily life, habits and private values. At the same time, food as a commodity is important to industry and other production interests.

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  1. Thor Øivind Jensen
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Social Research Unit of Alcohol Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland

    Pekka Sulkunen (Senior Research Fellow) (Senior Research Fellow)

  2. Department of Sociology, University of Edinburgh, UK

    John Holmwood (Reader) (Reader)

  3. Department of Communication and Theater, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA

    Hilary Radner (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  4. Fakultät Sozial-und Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Otto-Friedrich-Universität, Bamberg, Germany

    Gerhard Schulze (Professor) (Professor)

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© 1997 Pekka Sulkunen, John Holmwood, Hilary Radner and Gerhard Schulze

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Jensen, T.Ø., Kjærnes, U. (1997). Designing the Good Life: Nutrition and Social Democracy in Norway. In: Sulkunen, P., Holmwood, J., Radner, H., Schulze, G., Campling, J. (eds) Constructing the New Consumer Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25337-1_11

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