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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.
List of contents
1. Introduction: Experiences of Cooperation and Confrontation in Nordic Civil Societies
Part 1: Nordic Civil Society - Theoretical Perspectives 2. Expansion and Incorporation: Nordic Civil Society in a Weberian Perspective 3. Nordic Civil Society through Changes of New Technologies and Knowledge Society: How is the Function of Civil Society Affected?
Part 2: Civil Society, the State and the Market in a Nordic Context 4. Ordering the Social - Socializing the Order: Navigating Trust between Civil Society and State in the Swedish Realm around 1800 5. Emerging Civil Society in Iceland: Enlightenment Ideas and Old Norse Heritage 6. Military Sports in Northern Clothing: How Sharpshooting became Nordic Heritage 7. Hybridity and Blurred Borders between Market and Civil Society: The Case of Danish Cooperatives, Savings Banks and Corporations 8. A Relationship Shaped by Interdependency: The Norwegian Refugee Council and the Norwegian State 9. Sámi Art and Literature as Peaceful Pillar of Sámi Civil Society
Part 3: Civil Society and Transnational Encounters 10. A Networked Scandinavia: Scandinavian Associations and Transnational Cooperation 11. State Civil Servants and Voluntary Nordic Cooperation: The Nordic Federation of Public Administration 1919¿1952 12. From War Effort to Development Aid: The Scandinavian Red Cross Societies and Korea 13. Explosive Waste: Scandinavian Anti-Nuclear Movements' Campaign against the Reprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuel 14. Epilogue: What was "Nordic" about Nordic Civil Society?
About the author
Sunniva Engh is Professor of Modern History, Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo, Norway.
Ruth Hemstad is Associate Research Professor at the Department of Research and Collections, National Library of Norway and Researcher at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo, Norway.
Mads Mordhorst is Associate Professor at the Department of Business Humanities and Law, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
Summary
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.
