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Nordic Paths to Modernity

Beschreibung

Explores the "Nordic model" of the welfare state through a long-term historical-sociological perspective Traces the transformative movements from a military state to a democratic one Details the significant features which set the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland) apart from one another

Autor

Björn Wittrock is Principal of the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS), Uppsala, and University Professor at Uppsala University. He has published extensively, currently eighteen books, in the fields of intellectual history, historical social science, social theory and civilizational analysis. Recent publications include: Frontiers of Sociology (co-editor, Brill 2009) and Eurasian Transformations, Tenth to Thirteenth Centuries: Crystallizations, Divergences, Renaissances (co-editor, Brill 2004).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 585g
• ISBN-13: 9780857452696
• ISBN-10: 085745269X
• Artikelnr.: 34378634