Böcker av Göran Therborn

Vart är Sverige på väg? Det Sverige som en gång lovade bli jämlikhetens land har blivit Nordens mest ojämlika klassamhälle, med Västeuropas värsta förmögenhetskoncentration. Ojämlikheten skenar och fåväldet breder ut sig. Kapitalet och ett litet ö...

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Ojämlikhet handlar inte bara om tjockleken på våra plånböcker. Det är en sociokulturell ordning som, för de flesta av oss, inskränker våra möjligheter att fungera som mänskliga varelser, försvagar vår hälsa, minskar vår värdighet, vår självkänsla,...

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The institution of the family changed hugely during the course of the twentieth century. In this major new work, Goeran Therborn provides a global history and sociology of the family as an institution and of politics within the family, focusing on...

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In this pithy and panoramic work-both stimulating for the specialist and accessible to the general reader-one of the world's leading social theorists, Goeran Therborn, traces the trajectory of Marxism in the twentieth century and anticipates its l...

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Hur ser 2000-talets värld ut, nu när det inte längre är självklart att mittpunkten ligger i Nordatlanten, mellan Västeuropa och USA? Hur byggdes våra dagars samhällen och kulturer upp, och hur formades banden mellan dem? Vad är det som driver dage...

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Inequality is not just about the size of our wallets. It is a socio-cultural order which, for most of us, reduces our capabilities to function as human beings, our health, our dignity, our sense of self, as well as our resources to act and partici...

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Som en del av Arkiv förlags samarbete med det fackliga idéinstitutet Katalys projekt "Klass i Sverige" återutger vi nu Göran Therborns klassiska arbete från 1981, "Klasstrukturen i Sverige 1930-1980. Arbete, kapital, stat och patria...

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Den svenska borgarklassen är ekonomiskt en av världens mest framgångsrika men har politiskt och kulturellt aldrig förmått skapa en egen nationell hegemoni. Byråkratin å sin sida åtnjuter unik styrka och självständighet. I denna bok linjerar Göran ...

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En omfattande analys av arbetslöshetens utveckling i de 16 viktigaste kapitalistiska länderna. Therborn gör rent hus med mängder av populära vanföreställningar om arbetslöshetens orsaker. Han visar i stället att den är följden av medvetna politisk...

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Vad gör härskarna -- de mäktiga i samhället -- när de härskar? Vart leder ledarna de ledda? Det är frågor som Göran Therborn här försöker besvara, bland annat i en jämförande historisk studie av maktens organisation under feodalismen, kapitalismen...

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Few concepts have been so intensely discussed or so widely sponsored as that of 'ideology'. Whether read as the expression of social classes or attributed a material independence and efficacy, whether devalued as false and non-scientific or assert...

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Hur kommer det sig att i de mest utvecklade länderna en liten minoritet -- borgarklassen -- kan utöva sin makt med demokratiska medel? Den frågan försöker Göran Therborn besvara utifrån en systematisk historisk analys av den borgerliga demokratins...

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En kritisk genomgång av Frankfurtskolan. Skolans uppkomst ses som en förtunning av de materialistiska och klasskampsbetonade dragen i marxismen. I stället uppfattar den kritiska teorin sig själv som ett väsentligt samhällsomdanande element. Politi...

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The institution of the family changed hugely during the course of the twentieth century. In this major new work, Goran Therborn provides a global history and sociology of the family as an institution and of politics within the family, focusing on ...

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The authors examine how the USA, Great Britain, France, Sweden and Germany have responded to the increasing challenge of international competition since the mid-1970s. Apart from in Sweden, the pursuit of competitiveness has undermined economic an...

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European integration is one of the most ambitious and socially far-reaching developments in world politics and in world economics. Against growing opposition and despite increasing social heterogeneity, the European Union continues to expand and t...

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European integration is one of the most ambitious and socially far-reaching developments in world politics and in world economics. Against growing opposition and despite increasing social heterogeneity, the European Union continues to expand and t...

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The institution of the family changed hugely during the course of the twentieth century. In this major new work, Goeran Therborn provides a global history and sociology of the family as an institution and of politics within the family, focusing on...

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What is the world of the 21st century like now that the centralityof the West is no longer given? How were the societies and culturesof today's world together with their interconnections forged, andwhat is driving human society in our times? In sh...

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What is the world of the 21st century like now that the centrality of the West is no longer given? How were the societies and cultures of today's world together with their interconnections forged, and what is driving human society in our times? In...

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Inequality is not just about the size of our wallets. It is a socio-cultural order which, for most of us, reduces our capabilities to function as human beings, our health, our dignity, our sense of self, as well as our resources to act and partici...

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Capital cities today remain central to both nations and states. They host centres of political power, not only national, but in some cases regional and global as well, thus offering major avenues to success, wealth and privilege. For these reasons...

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In this book one of Europe's foremost sociologists offers a profound and accessible overview of the trajectory of European societies, East and West, since the end of World War II. Combining theoretical depth with factual analysis, Gran Therborn ad...

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In this book one of Europe's foremost sociologists offers a profound and accessible overview of the trajectory of European societies, East and West, since the end of World War II. Combining theoretical depth with factual analysis, Gran Therborn ad...

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The institution of the family changed hugely during the course of the twentieth century. In this major new work, Goran Therborn provides a global history and sociology of the family as an institution and of politics within the family, focusing on ...

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The institution of the family changed hugely during the course of the twentieth century. In this major new work, Goran Therborn provides a global history and sociology of the family as an institution and of politics within the family, focusing on ...

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What do cities tell us about power? How does power shape cities? These are the main questions answered by a multidisciplinary set of eminent urban scholar in crisp articles on capital cities from around the world, from Buenos Aires to Tokyo, from ...

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What do cities tell us about power? How does power shape cities? These are the main questions answered by a multidisciplinary set of eminent urban scholar in crisp articles on capital cities from around the world, from Buenos Aires to Tokyo, from ...

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The authors examine how the USA, Great Britain, France, Sweden and Germany have responded to the increasing challenge of international competition since the mid-1970s. Apart from in Sweden, the pursuit of competitiveness has undermined economic an...

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