LEADER 02990nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910465754603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-49671-1 010 $a9786613591944 010 $a0-85745-270-3 035 $a(CKB)2560000000082422 035 $a(EBL)915494 035 $a(OCoLC)793996542 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000639163 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12207413 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000639163 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10598418 035 $a(PQKB)10908235 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC915494 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL915494 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10594422 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL359194 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000082422 100 $a20110513d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aNordic paths to modernity$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Jo?hann Pa?ll A?rnason and Bjo?rn Wittrock 210 $aNew York $cBerghahn Books$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (296 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78238-684-X 311 $a0-85745-269-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aNordic 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; Index 330 $aWithin 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 som 606 $aHistory 607 $aScandinavia$xHistory$y21st century 607 $aScandinavia$xSocial policy$y21st century 607 $aScandinavia$xCivilization$y21st century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHistory. 676 $a948 701 $aA?rnason$b Jo?hann Pa?ll$f1940-$0481951 701 $aWittrock$b Bjo?rn$0382146 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465754603321 996 $aNordic paths to modernity$91994614 997 $aUNINA