Cooperation and Confrontation in Nordic Civil Societies Since 1800.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Engh, Sunniva.

Contributor:

Hemstad, Ruth.

Mordhorst, Mads.

Series:

Nordic Studies in a Global Context Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil society--Scandinavia.

Civil society.

Nordic model.

Scandinavian cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.

Summary:

This book examines Nordic civil societies from 1800 until today, by studying the roles of voluntary action and associations in the Nordic region and beyond.

Contents:

Introduction : experiences of cooperation and confrontation in Nordic civil societies / Sunniva Engh, Ruth Hemstad and Mads Mordhorst

Expansion and incorporation : Nordic civil society in a Weberian perspective / Haldor Byrkjeflot

Nordic civil society through changes of new technologies and knowledge society : how is the function of civil society affected? / Inger-Johanne Sand

Ordering the social-socializing the order : navigating trust between civil society and state in the Swedish realm around 1800 / Andreas Önnerfors

Emerging civil society in Iceland : enlightenment ideas and Old Norse heritage / Margrét Gunnarsdóttir

Military sports in northern clothing : how sharpshooting became Nordic heritage / Odd Arvid Storsveen

Hybridity and blurred borders between market and civil society : the case of Danish cooperatives, savings banks and corporations / Mads Mordhorst, Louise Karlskov Skyggebjerg and Mathias Hein Jessen

A relationship shaped by interdependency : the Norwegian Refugee Council and the Norwegian state / Mikkel Witt Syberg

Sámi art and literature as peaceful pillar of Sámi civil society / Suze van der Poll

A networked Scandinavia : Scandinavian associations and transnational cooperation / Ruth Hemstad

State civil servants and voluntary Nordic cooperation : the Nordic Federation of Public Administration 1919-1952 / Peter Stadius

From war effort to development aid : the Scandinavian Red Cross societies and Korea / Sunniva Engh

Explosive waste : Scandinavian anti-nuclear movements' campaign against the reprocessing of spent nuclear ruel / Melina Antonia Buns

Epilogue : what was "Nordic" about Nordic civil society? / Mary Hilson.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781040298886

1040298885

9781003488286

1003488285

9781040298916

1040298915

OCLC:

1453191827

Publisher Number:

10.4324/9781003488286