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Record Nr.

UNINA9910913766303321

Autore

Engh Sunniva

Titolo

Cooperation and Confrontation in Nordic Civil Societies Since 1800

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2024

©2025

ISBN

9781040298886

1040298885

9781003488286

1003488285

9781040298916

1040298915

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 pages)

Collana

Nordic Studies in a Global Context Series

Altri autori (Persone)

HemstadRuth

MordhorstMads

Disciplina

306.20948

Soggetti

Civil society - Scandinavia

Nordic model

Scandinavian cooperation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.