02990nam 2200613Ia 450 991046575460332120200520144314.01-280-49671-197866135919440-85745-270-3(CKB)2560000000082422(EBL)915494(OCoLC)793996542(SSID)ssj0000639163(PQKBManifestationID)12207413(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000639163(PQKBWorkID)10598418(PQKB)10908235(MiAaPQ)EBC915494(Au-PeEL)EBL915494(CaPaEBR)ebr10594422(CaONFJC)MIL359194(EXLCZ)99256000000008242220110513d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNordic paths to modernity[electronic resource] /edited by Jóhann Páll Árnason and Björn WittrockNew York Berghahn Books20121 online resource (296 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78238-684-X 0-85745-269-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Nordic Paths to Modernity; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Nordic Modernity; Chapter 2 - The Danish Path to Modernity; Chapter 3 - Denmark 1740-1940; Chapter 4 - The Making of Sweden; Chapter 5 - History and Ethics in Pre-revolutionary Sweden; Chapter 6 - The Metamorphoses of Norwegian Reformism; Chapter 7 - Alternative Processes of Modernization?; Chapter 8 - Nordic and Finnish Modernity; Chapter 9 - Paradoxes of the Finnish Political Culture; Chapter 10 - Icelandic Anomalies; Chapter 11 - Icelandic Modernity and the Role of Nationalism; Notes on Contributors; IndexWithin 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 somHistoryScandinaviaHistory21st centuryScandinaviaSocial policy21st centuryScandinaviaCivilization21st centuryElectronic books.History.948Árnason Jóhann Páll1940-481951Wittrock Björn382146MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465754603321Nordic paths to modernity1994614UNINA