This article reports conclusions from a three-year research project on Swedish public
libraries. The focus of the project is on librarians experience of libraries mission to promote …

Purpose The purpose of the paper is to produce new knowledge about the positions that
public libraries both take and are given in the conflicts over politics and identity that play out …

Purpose This article explores how Norwegian public libraries negotiate neutrality and
activism in response to national policy implementing the United Nations (UN) goals for …

Cultural policy is increasingly re-politicised by populism amid shifting political discourse in
Europe and beyond. This article investigates the re-politicisation of cultural policy in Sweden …

This paper presents an analysis of how library professionals in Sweden and Denmark
perceive the democratic role of the library profession in the polarised political landscape of …

The pervasiveness of far-right discourse has irrevocably affected the ability of cultural
institutions to promote pluralism and democracy. In Sweden, the growing influence of the far …

Ett nyligen avslutat forskningsprojekt har under flera års tid undersökt hur folkbibliotekens
uppdrag att verka för det demokratiska samhällets utveckling påverkas när synen på vad …

Nordisk Kulturpolitisk Tidsskrift er et fagfellevurdert tidsskrift. Det publiserer forskning som
bidrar til å utvikle kunnskapen om nordisk kulturpolitikk eller forskning som er relevant for …