Nordic Paths to Modernity /

Nordic Paths to Modernity / / ed. by Jóhann Páll Árnason, Björn Wittrock.

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Within the growing attention to the diverse forms and trajectories of modern societies, the Nordic countries are now widely seen as a distinctive and instructive case. While discussions have centred on the ‘Nordic model’ of the welfare state and its record of adaptation to the changing global enviro...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Alapuro, Risto,
Hallberg, Peter,
Hálfdanarson, Guðmundur,
Nielsen, Niels Kayser,
Skirbekk, Gunnar,
Slagstad, Rune,
Stenius, Henrik,
Stråth, Bo,
Wittrock, Björn,
Árnason, Jóhann Páll,
Østergård, Uffe,
HerausgeberIn:
Wittrock, Björn,
Árnason, Jóhann Páll,
Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1. Nordic Modernity: Origins, Trajectories, Perspectives
  • 2. The Danish Path to Modernity
  • 3. Denmark 1740–1940: A Centralized Cultural Community
  • 4. The Making of Sweden
  • 5. History and Ethics in Pre-revolutionary Sweden
  • 6. The Metamorphoses of Norwegian Reformism
  • 7. Alternative Processes of Modernization?
  • 8. Nordic and Finnish Modernity: A Comparison
  • 9. Paradoxes of the Finnish Political Culture
  • 10. Icelandic Anomalies
  • 11. Icelandic Modernity and the Role of Nationalism
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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