{"product_id":"nordic-paths-to-modernity-9781782386841","title":"Nordic Paths to Modernity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tWithin the growing attention to the diverse forms and trajectories of modern societies, the Nordic countries are now widely seen as a distinctive and instructive case. While discussions have centred on the ‘Nordic model’ of the welfare state and its record of adaptation to the changing global environment of the late twentieth century, this volume’s focus goes beyond these themes. The guiding principle here is that a long-term historical-sociological perspective is needed to make sense of the Nordic paths to modernity; of their significant but not complete convergence in patterns, which for some time were perceived as aspects of a model to be emulated in other settings; and of the specific features that still set the five countries in question (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland) apart from one another. The contributors explore transformative processes, above all the change from an absolutistmilitary state to a democratic one with its welfarist phase, as well as the crucial experiences that will have significant implications on future developments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…the articles, taken together, provide an exciting picture of the diversity that is unified in the Nordic region… [and] a significant contribution to the discussion of multiple modernities.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Scandinavian-Canadian Studies\/Études scandinaves au Canada\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The contributors to this volume are supremely well-qualified to explore these themes; most of them have spent long and distinguished careers researching these or similar questions…As one might expect, the book impresses above all with the weight of scholarship displayed here.\u003c\/em\u003e” \u003cb\u003e ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eH-Soz-u-Kult\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“…\u003cem\u003ethe chapters are lucidly composed, and consequently pleasant to read…The introduction by the editors is very fine indeed…I find something compellingly interesting everywhere in the text. The combination of theory, conception and fact is quite gracefully handled. No heavy-footed jargon here\u003c\/em\u003e.” \u003cb\u003e ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheldon Rothblatt\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJóhann Páll \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eÁrnason\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003eBjörn\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e Wittrock\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eNordic Modernity: Origins, Trajectories, Perspective\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBo Stråth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Danish Path to Modernity\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eUffe Østergård\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eDenmark 1740-1940: A Centralised Cultural Community\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNiels Kayser Nielsen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Making of Sweden\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBjörn Wittrock\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eHistory, Ethics and the Path to Modernity in Pre-Revolutionary Sweden\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePeter Hallberg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eShifting Knowledge Regimes: The Metamorphoses of Norwegian Reformism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRune Slagstad\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eAlternative Processes of Modernization?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGunnar Skirbekk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eNordic Modernity and Finnish Modernity: Similarities and Differences\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRisto Alapuro\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Finnish Grand Duchy and the Paradoxes of the Finnish Political Culture\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHenrik Stenius\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. \u003c\/strong\u003eIcelandic Anomalies\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJóhann Páll Árnason\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11. \u003c\/strong\u003e‘The Time Will Come’: Icelandic Modernity and the Role of Nationalism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGuðmundur Hálfdanarson\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042221359447,"sku":"9781782386841","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781782386841.jpg?v=1750953504","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/nordic-paths-to-modernity-9781782386841","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}