Globalising the Nordic model : from exceptionalism to entanglement / edited by Mary Hilson, Carl Marklund, Andreas Mørkved Hellenes, Byron Z. Rom-Jensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hilson, Mary, Author.

Contributor:

Hilson

Series:

European Politics Series

European politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nordic model.

Scandinavia--Social policy.

Scandinavia.

Scandinavia--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2026.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Biography/History:

Andreas Mørkved Hellenes is a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Technology Management and Economics at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, and research fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge.

Mary Hilson is professor at the Department of History and Classical Studies, Aarhus University.

Carl Marklund is affiliated scholar at Institute of Contemporary History, Södertörn University, and senior researcher at Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Jyväskylä.

Byron Zachary Rom-Jensen is post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo.

Summary:

A critical examination of the Nordic model and its claims to exceptionalism, exploring how Nordic welfare states have both shaped and been shaped by global events since 1970--from Cold War tensions and globalization to the COVID-19 pandemic--through diverse case studies and perspectives.

Contents:

Introduction : Nordic models in global entanglements / Mary Hilson, Andreas Mørkved Hellenes, Carl Marklund, Byron Z. Rom-Jensen

1. The evolution of Nordic global entanglements since 1960 / Mary Hilson, Carl Marklund, Andreas Mørkved Hellenes, Byron Z. Rom-Jensen

2. Mobilising Nordic experiences for development : co-operative movements and development aid in Denmark and Sweden, 1960s-1970s / Mary Hilson

3. The Portugal campaign : Swedish social democratic assistance in Portugal after the Carnation Revolution

Carl Marklund and Jan Olsson

4. A religious group versus a multinational corporation : Finn Church Aid, Namibia and the Shell boycott / Jerkko Holmi

5. Being Nordic, becoming Nordic : the Nordic gender equality model in the 'WoMen and Democracy' conferences / Byron Z. Rom-Jensen

6. The Nordic state as a global investor : a reflection on Norway's ethical stance on investments since 2000 / Ada Nissen and Einar Lie

7. Development aid and aid critique : Jakob Ejersbo's Liberty and the postcolonial turn in Danish literature and public discourse / Lill-Ann Körber

8. Social democracy or neoliberalism with a human face? : discursive uses and meanings of the Nordic model in Spain in the aftermath of the great recession (2013-2016) / Alan Granadino

9. From activist to feminist : turning foreign policy into a Swedish model / Emma Elinor Lundin

10. Public health nationalism and diplomacy : the Swedish and Nordic models in the global COVID-19 pandemic / Yohann Aucante .

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ISBN:

1-5261-8427-3

1-5261-8429-X

9781526184276

OCLC:

1573654045