Utopia Like Any Other

Inside the Swedish Model

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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A Utopia Like Any Other is an accessible and easy to understand guide to contemporary Sweden and its politics. Part travelogue, part academic primer and part reflection on our own need for utopias, the book takes readers on a journey from the 1930s to the present day and from an Arctic iron mine to the suburbs of Shanghai. On its way it features a migrant camp, political festivals, radical feminist activists and concrete housing projects, TV talk shows and celebrity economists, faded bathing resorts, neo-Nazis, and the Scottish independence referendum. All of these different locations and characters are used to explain the Swedish model; what it is, how it works and what it means for the rest of the world.

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-04-30
Mått:140 x 212 x 13 mm
Vikt:200 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:168
Förlag:Luath Press Ltd
ISBN:9781910745328

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Dominic Hinde holds an undergraduate degree in German and Scandinavian Studies and a Masters by Research from the University of Edinburgh on environmental narratives in Sweden. He also work as a professional literary translator and freelance journalist, writing about Scotland in Sweden and the Scandinavian countries internationally.

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ForewordIntroductionChapter One: Everybody’s UtopiaChapter Two: A Workers’ UtopiaHow Sweden made work pay Chapter Three: Democratic UtopiaSweden’s diverse democracyChapter Four: A Feminist UtopiaHow Sweden is halfway to equalityChapter Five: SvennotopiaThe struggle for SwedishnessChapter Six: EcotopiaA sustainable country in a dirty worldChapter Seven: Cultural UtopiaHow Sweden became a cultural powerhouseChapter Eight: MetropiaHow Sweden built its homes for peopleChapter Nine: A Moderate UtopiaThe new Swedish modelChapter Ten: A Utopia Like Any OtherHow Sweden’s future is everyone’s futureRecommended reading