Syllabus

All articles will be available in a compendia handed out first day of classes or online through the university library.

• 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 Djuve A.B. (2013) ¡°Chapter 9: Multiculturalism or Assimilation? The Norwegian Welfare State Approach¡± in Debating Multiculturalism in the Nordic Welfare States. Kivisto and Wahlbeck (eds.) Palgrave Macmillan; pp. 219 ¨C 245.
• Carling, J?rgen and Marta Bivand Erdal (2018). ¡°Is ¡®Sustainable Migration¡¯ a Valuable Concept?¡± PRIO Policy Brief, No. 5. (4 pages)
• Chan, T. W., Birkelund, G. E., Aas, A. K. and Wiborg,?. (2011) ¡°Social Status in Norway¡±. European Sociological Review, Vol. 27, No. 4. pp. 451-468. (17 pages)
• Djuve, Anne Britt, Hanne Cecilie Kavli, Erika Braanen Sterri and Beret Br?ten (2017). ¡°Summary of the research report ¡®Introductory programme and Norwegian language training. What works ¨C for whom?¡± FAFO-rapport, No. 31.
• Djuve, A. B., and Kavli, H. C. (2019). ¡°Refugee integration policy the Norwegian way ¨C why good ideas fail and bad ideas prevail.¡± Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, Vol. 25 (1); pp. 25¨C42. 
• 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. (2015). "14 Making, Unmaking and Remaking: The Evolution of Nordic Cash for Childcare Schemes". In Cooperation and Conflict the Nordic Way. Sciendo Migration; pp. 262-280. (19 pages)
• Engelstad, Fredrik, H?kon Larsen and Jon Rogstad (2017). ?3 The Public Sphere in the Nordic Model¡±. In Fredrik Engelstad, H?kon Larsen, Jon Rogstad, Kari Steen-Johnsen (Eds.) Institutional Change in the Public Sphere: Views on the Nordic Model. Warsaw: De Gruyter Open; pp. 46-70.
• Epland, J. and M.I. Kirkeberg (2012) ¡°Wealth Distribution in Norway: Evidence from a New Register-Based Data Source¡± Statistics Norway Reports No. 35, 2008.
• Erdal, Marte Bivand and Rojan Tordhol Ezzati (2015). ¡°Age, life cycle, and length of stay: temporal perspectives on integration.¡± PRIO Policy Brief, No. 1. (4 pages)
• Eriksen, T. H. (2013) Immigration and National Identity in Norway. Report for The Transatlantic Council on Migration. (17 pages)
• Eydal, G.B. and T. Rostgaard (2011) Gender Equality Revisited ¨C Changes in Nordic Childcare Policies in the 2000s. Social Policy and Administration. Vol. 45 (2) pp. 161-179. (19 pages)
• Fernandes, A. G. (2015).   ¡°(Dis)Empowering New Immigrants and Refugees Through Their Participation in Introduction Programs in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway,¡± Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Vol. 13 (3); pp. 245-264. (20 pages)
• Friberg, Jon H. & Arnfinn Midtb?en (2018). ¡°Ethnicity as skill: immigrant employment hierarchies in Norwegian low-wage labour markets.¡± Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol. 44 (9); pp. 1463-1478 (16 pages)
• Fukuyama, Francis (2012). ¡°Chapter 2: The State of Nature¡± in The Origins of Political Order, London, Profile Books Ltd. 
• Gullestad, M. (2002) ¡°Invisible Fences: Egalitarianism, Nationalism and Racism¡±. Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 8, pp. 45-63. (18 pages)
• Furseth, Inger. (2017). "11 The Return of Religion in the Public Sphere? The Public Role of Nordic Faith Communities". In Institutional Change in the Public Sphere. Sciendo Migration; pp. 221-240. (20 pages)
• Hagen, T. (2011) ¡°Organization and Financing of Healthcare Services¡± in Molven, O. and Ferkis, J. (eds.) Healthcare, Welfare and Law. Gyldendal akademisk forlag; pp. 38-46. (9 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)
• Hilson, M. (2008) ¡°Chapter 3: The Nordic Model of Welfare¡± The Nordic Model: Scandinavia since 1945. London: Reaktion books; pp. 87-115. (29 pages)
• Imsen, Gunn, Ulf Blossing & Lejf Moos (2017). ¡°Reshaping the Nordic education model in an era of efficiency. Changes in the comprehensive school project in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden since the millennium.¡± Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 61 (5); pp.568-583 (16 pages)
• Kj?nstad, A. (2011) ¡°The Right to Primary Healthcare¡± in Molven, O. and Ferkis, J. (eds.) Healthcare, Welfare and Law. Gyldendal akademisk forlag; pp. 58-70. (13 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)
• Osler, Audrey & Lena Lyb?k (2014). ¡°Educating ¡®the new Norwegian we¡¯: and examination of national and cosmopolitan educational policy discourses in the context of extremism and Islamophobia.¡± Oxford Review of Education, Vol. 40 (5); pp. 543-556. (14 pages)
• Rothstein, Bo (2011). ¡°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.; pp. 120-144 (25 pages)
• Sachs, J. (2011) ¡°Chapter 10: Prosperity Regained¡± in The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity. New York: Random House.
• Sachs, J. (2011) ¡°Chapter 11: Paying for Civilization¡± (excerpt) in The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity. New York: Random House; pp.221 ¨C 236.  
• Seccombe, Karen (2007). ¡°Who are the Poor, and What Exactly is Poverty, anyway?¡± In Families in Poverty. New York: Pearson.
• Siim, B. and P. Stoltz (2013) ¡°Nationalism, Gender and Welfare ¨C The politics of gender equality in Scandinavia¡±. Freia Working Paper Series, No. 84. (21 pages)
• S?rvoll, Jardar (2015) ¡°The Norwegian Welfare State 2005-2015: Public attitudes, political debates and future challenges¡±
• 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)
• Talleraas, Cathrine (2018). ¡°Combining Transnational Living and National Welfare.¡± PRIO Policy Brief, No. 1. (4 pages)
• Teigen, M. (2015). "6 The Making of Gender Quotas for Corporate Boards in Norway". In Cooperation and Conflict the Nordic Way. Sciendo Migration; pp. 96-117. (21 pages)
• Teigen, Mari and Hege Skjeie (2017). ¡°Chapter 5: The Nordic Gender Equality Model¡± in Knutsen, Oddbj?rn (Ed.) The Nordic Models in Political Science. Challenged but still viable? Bergen: Fagbokforlaget; pp. 125-148. (24 pages)
• Thun, C. (2015). ¡°Inclusive and Women-friendly in a time of Diversity? The Scandinavian citizenship regime ¨C the ¡®childcare lesson¡¯¡±. Nordic Journal of Social Research, Vol. 6. (21 pages) 
• Tran?y, Bent Sofus (2008) ¡°Bubble, Bust and More Boom:  The Political Economy of Housing in Norway¡± Comparative European Politics, Vol. 6; 325 ¨C 345.
• Vike, Halvard (2018). ¡°Chapter 4: The Welfare State and the Possibility of Solidarity.¡± in Politics and Bureaucracy in the Norwegian Welfare State, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
• 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, Richard & Kate Pickett (2010). ¡°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.; pp. 3-30. (28 pages)

Additional recommended readings:

• Andres, Hans-J¨¹rgen & 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.
• 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).
• D?lvik, Jon Erik et al. (2015) The Nordic model towards 2030 A new chapter? Oslo: Fafo Report; 07, 2015.
• Halvorsen, K. and Stjern?, S. (2008) Work, Oil and Welfare. The Welfare State in Norway. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget
• 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. 
• 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).
• 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 ¨C Women in Parliament in Norway¡± in Women in Parliament. Stockholm: International IDEA. (5 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).
• Thun, C. (2011) ¡°¡¯Norwegian Women Got Gender Equality Through Their Mothers¡¯ Milk, But Anti-racism Is Another Story¡¯ ¨C An Analysis of Power and Resistance in Norwegian Feminist Discourse¡±. NORA ¨C Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 37-56 (20 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)
• Tveit, S. (2014) ¡°Educational assessment in Norway¡± Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice, Vol. 21 (2); pp. 221 ¨C 237.
• 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).