Norden, Scandinavia, ”Sonderweg”, ”model” – an introduction to the course:
Mj?set, Lars (2014), "The Nordic Route to Development", forthcoming in Jayati Ghosh, Rainer Kattel & Erik Reinert, editors, Elgar Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development, Cheltenham: E. Elgar. (20 pages) (Manuscript will be made available on Fronter)
*Kuhnle, Stein (2009). “The Nordic Model: Ambiguous, but Useful Concept” in Herbert Obinger, Elmar Rieger (Hg.) Wohlfahrtsstaatlichkeit in entwickelten Demokratien: Herausforderungen, Reformen und Perspektiven, Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag, 2009: 275-294. [19 pages]
Historical background and overview of the Nordic models of socio-economic development:
*Mj?set, Lars (2003). "Norden in the European state system. A presentation of Einar Maseng’s forgotten analysis", in Ralf Eriksson, Markus J?ntti & Johan Willner, editors, Att f?rst? och f?r?ndra v?rlden: En festskrift f?r Jan Otto Andersson, ?bo Akademis F?rlag, Turku 2003, pp. 161-206. (46 pages).
Welfare state typologies
*Espring-Andersen, G?sta (1990), "De-commodification in social policy", Ch 2 (pp. 35-54) in Espring-Andersen, The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Cambridge: Polity. (20 pages)
@Peng Ito and Joseph Wong (2010). “East Asia”, in F. G. Castles, et. al., editors, The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State. Oxford: Oxford University press 2010, s. 656-670. [14 pages] [Available online – in “Contents”, go to “Emerging Welfare States”, chose “East Asia”.]
Comparative European demography: Fertility woes and family changes:
@Coleman, D. 2006. "Europe's demographic future: Determinants, Dimensions and Challenges", in Population and Development Review 32(S1): 52-95 (43 pages). Available online
@Cooke, L.P. et al 2011. "Labor & Love: Employment and Divorce Risk in 11 Countries". Under journal review. (approx. 30 pages). Available online
@Goldstein, J. et al 2003. "The emergence of sub-replacement fertility ideals in Europe", in Population Research and Policy Review 22(4): 479-496. (17 pages). Available online
@Hoem, J.M. 2005. "Why does Sweden have such high fertility?", in Demographic Research 13(22): 559-572. (13 pages). Available online
@Kiernan K.2004. "Unmarried cohabitation and parenthood in Europe", in Law & Policy 26(1):33-55. (22pages). Available online
@Lutz et al. 2003. "Europe's population at a turning point", in Science 299:1991-1992. (2 pages). Available online
@Rindfuss, R.R. et al. 2011. "Child-Care Availability and Fertility in Norway", in Population and Development Review 36(4): 725-748. (23 pages). Available online
@Sobotka T. 2010. "Shifting Parenthood to Advanced Reproductive Ages: Trends, Causes and Consequences", in Tremmel, J. (Ed.) A Young Generation Under Pressure?. Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. (25 pages). Available online
Family, Work and Gender Equality: Politicising Parenthood in Scandinavia:
@Ellingss?ter, A. L. (2012) Ideational struggles over symmetrical parenthood: the Norwagian daddy quota. Journal of Social Policy 41: 695-714 (20 pages) Available online
*Ellings?ter, A.L. (2012) Nordic politicization of parenthood: unfolding hybridization? In: M .Richer & S. Andresen (eds) The Politicization of Parenthood. Berlin: Springer, 39-53, [14 pages].
@Lister, R. (2009) A Nordic Nirvana? Gender, Citizenship, and Social Justice in the Nordic Welfare States. Social Politics 16(2): 242-278 [37 pages]. Available online
Welfare states and gender segregation
@Mandel, H. and Shalev, M. (2009). "How Welfare States Shape the Gender Pay Gap: A Theoretical and Comparative Analysis", in Social Forces, 87, 1873-1911. (38 pages). Available online
*G?sta Esping-Andersen. Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies. Oxford University Press 1999, pp. 47-72. (25 pages).
Immigrants and Access to higher education
@Fangen, Katrine (2010) "Social Exclusion and Inclusion of Young Immigrants – Presentation of an Analytical Framework", Nordic Journal of Youth Research, 18(2): 133-156 [23 pages] Available online
*Fangen, Katrine and Ferdinand Andreas Mohn (2010) "Norway: The Pitfalls of Egalitarianism" in: Fangen, Katrine; Fossan, Kirsten and Mohn, Ferdinand Andreas (eds.) Inclusion And Exclusion of Young Adult Migrants in Europe: Barriers and Bridges. Surrey: Ashgate [35 pages]
*Strompl, Judit; Kaldur, Kristjan and Anna Markina (2011) "Chapter 4: Pathways in Education" in Fangen, Katrine; Johansson, Thomas and Hammarén, Nils (eds.) (2011), Young Migrants: Exclusion and Belonging in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan [38 pages]
Immigration and the Nordic welfare state. Citizenship policies in Scandinavia:
*Brochmann, Grete and Knut Kjeldstadli 2008. A history of immigration. The case of Norway 900-2000. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. pp 201-212, 223- 235 and pp 267-283 (23+16 pages).
*Hagelund, Anniken and G. Brochmann 2009. “From rights to duties? Welfare and citizenship for immigrants and refugees in Scandinavia”, in Patrick Baert, Sokratis Koniordos, Giovanna Procacci and Carlo Ruzza (eds.) Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society. London/New York: Routledge. pp 141-161. (20 pages).
@Brochmann, Grete and I. Seland 2010. “Citizenship Policies and Ideas of Nationhood in Scandinavia”, in Citizenship Studies, vol 14, no 4. Pp 429-445 (16 pages). Available online
Equality and power in working life:
@Espen L?ken and Torgeir Aarvaag Stokke (2009). Labour Relations in Norway. Oslo: Fafo report 2009-33 (50 pages). Available online
*Engelstad, Fredrik (2004). "Democracy at work? Does Democracy in Working Life Make Sense in the 21st Century?", in F. Engelstad and ?.?sterud, eds., Power and Democracy. Critical Interventions. Aldershot: Ashgate. (25 pages).
*Gulbrandsen, Trygve and Ursula Hoffmann-Lange (2007). "Consensus or Polarization? Business and labor Elites in Germany and Norway", in Comparative Social Research, 23:103-135. (33 pages).
Educational systems in the Nordic area
@Telhaug, Alfred O., Odd A. Medi?s & P. Aasen, 2006. “The Nordic Model in Education: Education as part of the political system in the last 50 years”, Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 50:3, July 2006, pp. 245-283. [38 p] Available online
@Sahlberg, Pasi (2007). “Educational policies for raising student learning: the Finnish approach”, Journal of Educational Policy, 22:2, March 2007, p. 147-171. [24 p.] Available online
What about the future? Financial openness, “competitive tendering” of the welfare state, new European labour market flows:
*Mj?set, Lars. ”Nordic political economy after financial deregulation: Banking crises, economic experts, and the role of neoliberalism”, in Comparative Social Research, 28, 2011, 365-420. (55 pages).
Total number of pages: 856.
Course material information
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