Norway, Sweden and Denmark
Author | : Elise C. Otté |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : Arctic regions |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Elise C. Otté |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : Arctic regions |
ISBN | : |
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1860 |
Genre | : Scandinavia |
ISBN | : |
Author | : T. K. Derry |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 2000-04-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780816637997 |
Traces the history of Scandinavian countries, emphasizing common features in their heritage.
Author | : Andrew Crichton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 1838 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Michael Booth |
Publisher | : Picador |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2015-01-27 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1250061970 |
NAMED THE #1 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, A WITTY, INFORMATIVE, AND POPULAR TRAVELOGUE ABOUT THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES AND HOW THEY MAY NOT BE AS HAPPY OR AS PERFECT AS WE ASSUME Journalist Michael Booth has lived among the Scandinavians for more than ten years, and he has grown increasingly frustrated with the rose-tinted view of this part of the world offered up by the Western media. In this timely book he leaves his adopted home of Denmark and embarks on a journey through all five of the Nordic countries to discover who these curious tribes are, the secrets of their success, and, most intriguing of all, what they think of one another. Why are the Danes so happy, despite having the highest taxes? Do the Finns really have the best education system? Are the Icelanders as feral as they sometimes appear? How are the Norwegians spending their fantastic oil wealth? And why do all of them hate the Swedes? In The Almost Nearly Perfect People Michael Booth explains who the Scandinavians are, how they differ and why, and what their quirks and foibles are, and he explores why these societies have become so successful and models for the world. Along the way a more nuanced, often darker picture emerges of a region plagued by taboos, characterized by suffocating parochialism, and populated by extremists of various shades. They may very well be almost nearly perfect, but it isn't easy being Scandinavian.
Author | : Lars Skov Henriksen |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2018-10-09 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 3319987178 |
Since the 1990’s, a number of studies have documented a remarkable high and stable amount of popular engagement in civic organizations in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Often these countries have been considered deviant cases against the proliferating decline of social capital studies. However, despite great international interest in the Scandinavian region, the volume argues that the civil societies and the civic engagement of these countries remain poorly understood. Most interest in the Scandinavian welfare models addresses the balance between state and market, but under communicates the role played by civil society and popular engagement in associations and voluntary organizations. The contributions offer a coherent portrait of stability and change in formal and informal forms of civic engagement over the past 25 years as well as offering contextualized knowledge of the history and institutional design in which Scandinavian civil societies are embedded.
Author | : Andrew Crichton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 1846 |
Genre | : Scandinavia |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Robert Nisbet Bain |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 1905 |
Genre | : Scandinavia |
ISBN | : |
Author | : William Lawrence Shirer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : Finland |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Gunnar Broberg |
Publisher | : Uppsala Studies in History of |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780870137587 |
In 1997 Eugenics and the Welfare State caused an uproar with international repercussions. This edition contains a new introduction by Broberg and Roll-Hansen, addressing events that occurred following the original publication. The four essays in this book stand as a chilling indictment of mass sterilization practices, not only in Scandinavia but in other European countries and the United States--eugenics practices that remained largely hidden from the public view until recently. Eugenics and the Welfare State also provides an in-depth, critical examination of the history, politics, science, and economics that led to mass sterilization programs in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland; programs put in place for the "betterment of society" and based largely on the "junk science" of eugenics that was popular before the rise of Nazism in Germany. When the results of Broberg's and Roll-Hansen's book were widely publicized in August 1997, the London Observer reported, "Yesterday Margot Wallstrom, the Swedish Minister for Social Policy, issued a belated reaction to the revelations. She said: 'What went on is barbaric and a national disgrace.' She pledged to create a law ensuring that involuntary sterilisation would never again be used in Sweden, and promised compensation to victims." Ultimately, the Swedish government not only apologized to the many thousands who had been sterilized without their knowledge or against their will, but also put in place a program for the payment of reparations to these unfortunate victims.