The Nordic civil sphere / Jeffrey C. Alexander, Anna Lund and Andrea Voyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, Jeffrey C., 1947- author.

Lund, Anna, 1969- author.

Voyer, Andrea M., 1972- author.

Contributor:

Alexander, Jeffrey C., 1947- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society--Scandinavia.

Civil society.

Democracy--Scandinavia.

Democracy.

Social conditions.

Scandinavia--Social conditions--21st century.

Scandinavia.

Physical Description:

xiii, 309 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, 2019.

Summary:

"This volume uses the theory of the civil sphere to shed new light on Nordic societies, while at the same time drawing on the distinctive experiences of the Nordic nations to reflect on and advance the theory of the civil sphere. Nordic societies have long been admired for creating a distinctive form of social democracy, but this admirable achievement has not been well conceptualized theoretically. Most attempts to explain Nordic social democracy focus on material and organizational factors. This volume, by contrast, emphasizes the cultural foundations and characteristics of social democracy, demonstrating how civil sensibilities are necessary for the creation of an egalitarian and democratic state"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Social Democracy and the Civil Sphere p. 15

1 The Civil Sphere and the Welfare State p. 15 / Henrik Enroth and Malin Henriksson

2 Nordic Civil Spheres and Pro-Civil States p. 39 / Fredrik Engelstad and Håkon Larsen

3 Complicated Translations p. 64 / Liv Egholm

Part II The Struggle for Recognition: Performing Civility

4 "You Can't Liberate the Free": Gender, Work, and Swedish Hijabis p. 95 / Henrik Nilsson and Åsa Trulsson

5 Arts Difference and Incorporation: Swedish Hip-Hop as a Site for Civil Repair p. 124 / Carly Elizabeth Schall

6 Sámi Sport in the Nordic Civil Sphere: Assimilation, Multiculturalism, and Multiple Axes of Membership p. 151 / Eivind Å. Skille and Trygve B. Broch

Part III Civil and Uncivil Immigrant Identities

7 "They're Immigrants Who Are Kind of Swedish": Universalism, Primordialism, and Modes of Incorporation in the Swedish Civil Sphere p. 177 / Anna Lund and Andrea Voyer

8 Immigrant Incorporation in Education: High School Students' Negotiation of Belonging p. 203 / Stefan Lund

Part IV Nativism and Extremism in the Pro-Civil State

9 Global Terrorism and the Civil Sphere in Norway: Renegotiating Civil Codes p. 229 / Kari Steen-Johnsen and Marte Slagsvold Winsvold

10 The True Finns/Finns Party: A Right-Wing Populist Party and the Backlash against Multiculturalism in a Consensus-Oriented Civil Sphere p. 256 / Peter Kivisto and Pasi Saukkonen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Voyer, Andrea, The nordic civil sphere

ISBN:

9781509538836

1509538836

9781509538843

1509538844

OCLC:

1104008185