Books:
Halvorsen, K. and Stjern?, S. (2008) Work, Oil and Welfare: The Welfare State in Norway. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.
You must buy this book, all other articles are available in the compendia, handed out for free first day of classes. The book can be bought at Akademika.
Reading list
Andersson, M. (2012) “The debate about multicultural Norway before and after 22 July 2011”. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, Vol. 19 (4); pp. 418-427 (10 pages).
Angell, Olav Helge (2010) “Sacred Welfare Agents in Secular Welfare Space: The Church of Norway in Drammen” in (Eds.) B?ckstr?m, Anders and Grace Davie. Welfare and Religion in 2ast Century Europe: Volume 1: Configuring the Connections. Farnham: Ashgate; pp. 57-75 (19 pages)
Brochmann, G. and Hagelund. A. (2011) “Migrants in the Scandinavian Welfare State. The Emergence of a Social Policy Problem”. Nordic Journal of Migration Research. Vol. 1 (1); pp 13-24. (11 pages).
Brochmann, G. and Seland. I. (2010) “Citizenship Policies and Ideas of Nationhood in Scandinavia”. Citizenship Studies, Vol. 14 (4); pp. 429-443. (24 pages).
Burchell, B. et al. (2014) “The quality of employment and decent work: definitions, methodologies, and ongoing debates”. Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 38; pp. 459–477.
Chan, T. W., Birkelund, G. E., Aas, A. K. and Wiborg, ?. (2011) “Social Status in Norway”. European Sociological Review, Vol. 27 (4); pp. 451-468. (17 pages).
D?lvik, Jon Erik et al. (2015) “Towards 2030” in The Nordic model towards 2030 A new chapter? Oslo: FAFO Report; pp. 137-158 (22 pages).
Ellings?ter, A.-E. (2006) “The Norwegian childcare regime and its paradoxes” in (Eds.) Ellings?ter, A. and A. Leira, Politicising Parenthood in Scandinavia: Gender relations in welfare states. Bristol: Policy Press; pp. 121-144. (25 pages)
Eriksen, T. H. (2013) “Immigration and National Identity in Norway”, Report for The Transatlantic Council on Migration. (17 pages)
Esping-Andersen, G. and Kolberg, J. E. (1991) “Welfare States and Employment Regimes”. International Journal of Sociology. Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 3-35 (32 pages).
Esping-Andersen, G. and Korpi, W. (1986) “From Poor Relief to Institutional Welfare States: The Development of Scandinavian Social Policy”. International Journal of Sociology, Vol. 16, No. 3/4, pp. 39-74 (25 pages).
Eydal, G.B. and T. Rostgaard (2011) “Gender Equality Revisited – Changes in Nordic Childcare Policies in the 2000s”. Social Policy and Administration, Vol. 45 (2); pp. 161-179 (19 pages).
Gullestad, M. (2002) “Invisible Fences: Egalitarianism, Nationalism and Racism”. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 8, pp. 45-63 (18 pages).
Hagelund, A. (2005) “Why It Is Bad to Be Kind. Educating Refugees to Life in the Welfare State: A Case Study from Norway,” Social Policy and Administration, Vol. 39 (6); pp. 669 – 683. (15 pages)
Halvorsen, K. and Stjern?, S. (2008) Work, Oil and Welfare. The Welfare State in Norway. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. Chapter 1, “From poverty to a welfare state”. (15 pages)
Halvorsen, K. and Stjern?, S. (2008) Work, Oil and Welfare. The Welfare State in Norway. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. Chapter 3, “Work, work, work!” (17 pages)
Halvorsen, K. and Stjern?, S. (2008) Work, Oil and Welfare. The Welfare State in Norway. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. Chapter 5, “Security in old age: protecting the frail and elderly”. (14 pages)
Halvorsen, K. and Stjern?, S. (2008) Work, Oil and Welfare. The Welfare State in Norway. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. Chapter 4, “Families: At Work?” (16 pages)
Halvorsen, K. and Stjern?, S. (2008) Work, Oil and Welfare: The Welfare State in Norway. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. Chapter 6, “Health for all!” (17 pages)
Halvorsen, K. and Stjern?, S. (2008) Work, Oil and Welfare: The Welfare State in Norway. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. Chapter 7, “The ineradicable poverty”. (15 pages)
Halvorsen, K. and Stjern?, S. (2008) Work, Oil and Welfare: The Welfare State in Norway. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. Chapter 10, “Prostpects and Challenges” (19 pages).
Hilson, M. (2008) “Chapter 3: The Nordic Model of Welfare” The Nordic Model: Scandinavia since 1945. London: Reaktion books; pp. 87-115. (29 pages)
Lister, R. (2009) “A Nordic Nirvana? Gender, Citizenship, and Social Justice in the Nordic Welfare States”. Social Politics, Vol. 16 (2); pp. 242-278 (37 pages).
Marmot, Michael (2015) “Chapter 4: Equity from the Start” in The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World. London: Bloomsbury Publishing; pp. 111-142 (32 pages)
Marshall, T.H. (2006)”Citizenship and Social Class”. In Pierson, Christopher and F. Castles (eds.) The Welfare State Reader. Cambridge: Polity Press; pp. 30-40 (9 pages)
Rothstein, Bo. “Quality of Government and the Welfare State” (Ch. 6) in The Quality of Government: Corruption, Social Trust, and Inequality in International Perspective. London: The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., 2011; pp. 120-144
Siim, B. and P. Stoltz (2013) “Nationalism, Gender and Welfare – The politics of gender equality in Scandinavia”. Freia Working Paper Series, No. 84; pp 5-30 (21 pages).
Stansfield, S. and Candy, B. (2006) “Psychosocial work environment and mental health—a meta-analytic review”. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, Vol. 32 (6); pp. 443-462.
Str?th, B (2005) “The Normative Foundations of the Scandinavian Welfare States in Historical Perspective”. Normative Foundations of the Welfare State. Kildal, N. and Kuhnle, S. (eds.) London: Routledge (17 pages)
Syltevik, L. J. (2010) “Sense and Sensibility: Cohabitation in ‘Cohabitation Land’”. The Sociological Review, Vol. 58 (3); pp. 444-462 (19 pages).
Taj, Farhat (2014) “The Status and Role of the Pakistani-Norwegian Mosque: Interfaith Harmony and Women’s Rights in Norway” in (Ed.) Gallo, Ester. Migration and Religion in Europe: Comparative Perspectives on South Asian Experiences. Farnham: Ashgate; pp. 59-76 (18 pages)
Teigen, M. (2011) “Gender Quotas on Corporate Boards” in Gender and Power in Nordic Countries – with focus on politics and business. Niskanen, K. (Ed.) NIKK Publications; pp. 87-109 (23 pages).
Thun, C. (2011) “’Norwegian Women Got Gender Equality Through Their Mothers’ Milk, But Anti-racism Is Another Story’ – An Analysis of Power and Resistance in Norwegian Feminist Discourse”. NORA – Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, Vol. 20 (1); pp. 37-56 (20 pages).
Thun, C. (2012) “Norwegianness as Lived Citizenship: Religious women doing identity work at the intersections of nationality, gender and religion”. Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, Vol. 25 (1); pp. 1-25 (25 pages).
Titmuss, R. (2006) “Universalism versus Selection”. In Pierson, Christopher and F. Castles (eds.) The Welfare State Reader. Cambridge: Polity Press; pp. 40-49 (9 pages)
Vassenden, A. (2010) “Untangling the Different Components of Norwegianness”. Nations and Nationalism, Vol. 16 (4); pp. 734-752. (18 pages)
Wetlesen, T.S. (2013) “Work Values in the Second Generation of Gender Equality Pioneers: A Case Study from Norway”. Gender, Work and Organization, Vol. 20 (1); pp. 100-112 (13 pages).
Wetterberg, C.C. and K. Melby (2009) “The claim of economic citizenship: the concept of equality in a historical context” in (Eds.) Melby, K., A. Ravn and C.C. Wetterberg. Gender Equality and Welfare Politics in Scandinavia: The limits of political ambition? Bristol: The Policy Press; pp. 43-62 (20 pages).
Wilkinson, R. and K. Pickett. “The end of an era” (Ch. 1) and “Poverty or inequality?” (Ch. 2), in The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone. London: Penguin Books Ltd., 2010; pp. 3-30. (28 pages)
Additional Recommended Readings:
Andres, Hans-Jürgen & Thorsten Heien. (1999) “Four Worlds of Welfare State Attitudes? A Comparison of Germany, Norway, and the United States” Paper presented at the Conference "Large Scale Data Analysis", Cologne, Germany (May 25-28, 1999)
Berger, Stefan.(1995) European Labour Movements and the European Working Class in Comparative Perspective, Ch. 9 in The Force of Labour: The Western European Labour Movement and the Working Class in the Twentieth Century. Berg Publishers; pp. 245-261.
Bieler, Andreas & Ingemar Lindberg. (2011) “Globalization and the New Challenges for Transnational Solidarity: An Introduction, in Lindberg, Ingemar & Andres Bieler. Global Restructuring, Labour and the Challenges for Transnational Solidarity. Routledge; pp. 3-15.
D?lvik, Jon Erik et al. (2015) The Nordic model towards 2030 A new chapter? Oslo: Fafo Report; 07, 2015.
Hyman, Richard (2011). “Trade Unions, Global Competetion and Options for Solidarity”, Ch. 2 in (ed.) Lindberg, Ingemar & Andres Bieler. Global Restructuring, Labour and the Challenges for Transnational Solidarity. Routledge; pp. 16-29.
Putnam, Robert D. (2007) “E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty-first Century, The Johan Skytte Prize Lecture,” Scandinavian Political Studies, Vol. 30, 2; pp. 137-174.
Rothstein, Bo. (2005) “Social capital in the social democratic welfare state” (Ch. 4) in Social Traps and The Problem of Trust. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; pp. 71-91.
Skjeie, Hege (2002) “Credo on Difference – Women in Parliament in Norway” in Women in Parliament. Stockholm: International IDEA. (5 pages)
Thun, C. (2011) “’Norwegian Women Got Gender Equality Through Their Mothers’ Milk, But Anti-racism Is Another Story’ – An Analysis of Power and Resistance in Norwegian Feminist Discourse”. NORA – Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 37-56 (20 pages).