Böcker av Göran Therborn

Hur ser det svenska samhället ut på tröskeln till 2020-talet? Den frågan ställdes till ett 40-tal forskare och utredare och svaret är ett allt hårdare klassamhälle. Sverige är idag det europeiska land med de snabbast växande klyftorna, den svårast...

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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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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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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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Why are cities centers of power? A sociological analysis of urban politicsIn this brilliant, very original survey of the politics and meanings of urban landscapes, leading sociologist Göran Therborn offers a tour of the world’s major ca...

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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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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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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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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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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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Why are some cities more powerful than others? What makes a capital city different from others in a nation state? In this brilliant survey of urban politics, leading sociologist Goran Therborn looks at what makes a metropolis. Through a historical...

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The intricate practices of the elite and how they maintain their dominance.In his new book, Göran Therborn – author of the now standard comparative work on classical sociology and historical materialism, Science, Class and Society&...

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Set 16 of Verso's Radical Thinkers series.On the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth, four titles that consider the life and works of Karl Marx.

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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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A comprehensive history of the development of Marxist theory and the parameters of 21st-century politicsIn this pithy and panoramic work—both stimulating for the specialist and the accessible to the general reader—one of the world's le...

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In his new book, Goeran Therborn - author of the now standard comparative work on classical sociology and historical materialism, Science, Class and Society - looks at successive state structures in an arrestingly fresh perspective. Therborn uses ...

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Over the last century, global inequality has developed and continues to develop in unexpected and disturbing patterns. In this important new book, Therborn and his colleagues connect current world inequality to different national constellations of...

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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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