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  • Handbook of Nordic Cooperation

    Edited by Nina Græger, Ruth Hemstad, Peter Nedergaard, Peter Stadius ...
    This illuminating Handbook explores transnational Nordic cooperation from a broad historical and political perspective. It examines the entangled and variegated history of Nordic collaboration from early civil society initiatives to comprehensive official cooperation, as well as responses to recent challenges such as defence and foreign policy.Leading experts discuss the vast scope and variety of ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Literary Citizenship in Scandinavia in the Long Eighteenth Century

    by Prof Ruth Hemstad, Prof Janicke S. Kaasa, Prof Ellen Krefting, Dr Aina Nøding, Prof Jens Bjerring-Hansen, Prof Jon Haarberg, Prof Karin Kukkonen0, Prof Ulrik Langen1, Prof Jonas Nordin2, Prof James Raven3, Dr Thor Inge Rørvik4, Dr Karen Skovgaard-Petersen5, Dr Iver Tangen Stensrud6, Prof Frederik Stjernfelt7, Dr Jonas Thorup Thomsen8 ...
    Series Book 1 - Knowledge and Communication in the Enlightenment World
    Sheds new light on European and regional book markets, the development of a public sphere and the impact of new media on intellectual, social, religious and political change. How do you become a citizen? Ever since printing was introduced, being a member of society increasingly involved reading and writing: for sociability and belonging, instruction and entertainment, profit and charity, spiritual ... Read more

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  • Cooperation and Confrontation in Nordic Civil Societies since 1800

    Edited by Sunniva Engh, Ruth Hemstad, Mads Mordhorst ...
    Series series Nordic Studies in a Global Context
    This book examines Nordic civil societies from 1800 until today, by studying the roles of voluntary action and associations in the Nordic region and beyond.Through its diverse and historically informed analyses of civil society, traditionally held to be a vital and integrated part of the democratic development of the region, this book actively engages in discourses addressing the development of ... Read more

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  • Nordic Transatlantic Crossings

    Emigration, Interaction and Democracy 1825–1945

    Edited by Ruth Hemstad, Terje Rasmussen ...
    Series series Nordic Studies in a Global Context
    Adopting a broad and transnational Nordic approach, this book highlights the interconnected, transatlantic and reciprocal processes of migration and democracy with Nordic crossings.It illuminates the connections, challenges and the broader democratic context, of transatlantic crossings of various kinds and explores the intertwined practises and experiences of Nordic mass migration and American ... Read more

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  • Nordic Experiences in Pan-nationalisms

    A Reappraisal and Comparison, 1840–1940

    Edited by Ruth Hemstad, Peter Stadius ...
    Series series Nordic Studies in a Global Context
    This book seeks to reassess and shed new light on pan-nationalisms in general and on Scandinavianism/Nordism in particular, by seeing them as possible futures and as interconnected ideas and practices across and beyond Europe.An actor- and practice-oriented approach is applied at the expense of more essentialist categorisations of what pan-nationalism is, or is not, to underline both the ... Read more

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  • The Nordic Model

    Scandinavia since 1945

    by Mary Hilson ...
    Series series Contemporary Worlds
    For a sparsely populated region on the edge of Europe, Scandinavia has attracted an unusual degree of interest during the twentieth century. The successes and failures of the famous ‘Scandinavian’ or ‘Nordic’ model in politics and policy continue to generate debate. The Nordic Model advocates a government-funded welfare state, an egalitarian tax system and strict job regulation. In this book ... Read more

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  • Rethinking Nordic Courts

    Edited by Laura Ervo, Pia Letto-Vanamo, Anna Nylund ...
    Series Book 90 - Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
    This open access book examines whether a distinctly Nordic procedural or court culture exists and what the hallmarks of that culture are. Do Nordic courts and court proceedings share a distinct set of ideas and values that in combination constitute the core of a regional legal culture? How do Europeanisation, privatisation, diversification and digitisation influence courts and court proceedings in ... Read more

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  • The Age of Social Democracy

    Norway and Sweden in the Twentieth Century

    by Francis Sejersted ...
    Translated by Richard Daly ...
    A history of how Norway and Sweden became the envy of the modern worldThis is the history of how two countries on the northern edge of Europe built societies in the twentieth century that became objects of inspiration and envy around the world. Francis Sejersted, one of Scandinavia's leading historians, tells how Norway and Sweden achieved a rare feat by realizing grand visions of societies that ... Read more

    $56.89 USD

  • Gender Equality and Nation Branding in the Nordic Region

    Edited by Eirinn Larsen, Sigrun Marie Moss, Inger Skjelsbæk ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Gender and Global Politics
    This book explores how gender equality, a central part of the Nordic imaginary, is used in the political communication of Nordic states. The analyses presented move beyond conventional images and discourses of Nordic gender- and women-friendliness by critically investigating how and to what extent gender equality serves nation-branding in the Nordic region.Nation-branding is an unescapable part of ... Read more

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  • Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion

    Edited by Fredrik Norén, Emil Stjernholm, C. Claire Thomson ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This open access edited volume shines new light on the history of propaganda and persuasion during the Nordic welfare epoch. A common analytical framework is developed that highlights transnational and transmedial perspectives rather than national or monomedial histories. The return of propaganda in contemporary debate underlines the need to historically contextualize the role and function of ... Read more

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  • The Swedish Theory of Love

    Individualism and Social Trust in Modern Sweden

    by Henrik Berggren, Lars Trägårdh ...
    Translated by Stephen Donovan ...
    Series series New Directions in Scandinavian Studies
    In 2020 Sweden's response to COVID-19 drew renewed attention to the Nordic nation in a way that put the finger on a seeming paradox. Long celebrated for its commitment to social solidarity, Sweden suddenly emerged as the last country in the West to resist lockdown while defending individual rights and responsibilities. To explain these contradictions, Henrik Berggren and Lars Trägårdh argue that ... Read more

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  • The Nordic Economic, Social and Political Model

    Challenges in the 21st Century

    Edited by Anu Koivunen, Jari Ojala, Janne Holmén ...
    The Nordic Model is the 20th-century Scandinavian recipe for combining stable democracies, individual freedom, economic growth and comprehensive systems for social security. But what happens when Sweden and Finland – two countries topping global indexes for competitiveness, productivity, growth, quality of life, prosperity, and equality – start doubting themselves and their future? Is the Nordic ... Read more

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