The Age of Social Democracy : : Norway and Sweden in the Twentieth Century /

The Age of Social Democracy : : Norway and Sweden in the Twentieth Century / / Francis Sejersted; ed. by Madeleine B. Adams.

This 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 realizin...

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VerfasserIn:
Sejersted, Francis,
HerausgeberIn:
Adams, Madeleine B.,
TeilnehmendeR:
Daly, Richard.
MitwirkendeR:
Sejersted, Francis,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
©2011
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (552 p.) :; 19 halftones.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. 1905-1940: Growth and Social Integration
  • Chapter 1. Dreaming the Land of the Future
  • Chapter 2. National Integration and Democracy
  • Chapter 3. Assistance for Self-Help
  • Chapter 4. Revolution or Reform
  • Chapter 5. Distance and Proximity
  • Part II. 1940-1970: The Golden Age of Social Democracy
  • Chapter 6. Cooperation in a Menacing World
  • Chapter 7. "The Most Dynamic Force for Social Development"
  • Chapter 8. The Crowning Glory
  • Chapter 9. What Kind of People Do We Need?
  • Chapter 10. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy
  • Part III. 1970-2000: A Richer Reality
  • Chapter 11. A Difficult Modernity
  • Chapter 12. What Happened to Economic Democracy?
  • Chapter 13. From Equality to Freedom
  • Chapter 14. The Return of Politics
  • Chapter 15. The Last "Soviet States"?
  • After Social Democracy: Toward New Social Structures?
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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