Carsten Jensen - Böcker

We, The Drowned

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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In 1848, the young men of Marstal leave their Danish island town to fight in the First Schleswig War, and the sea begins to claim them. Set in the Danish seafaring town of Marstal from 1848 to the end of the Second World War, We, The Drowned follows three generations shaped by salt water, violence, and absence. Laurids Madsen returns from battle restless and drawn back to the ocean. His son Albert grows up in the shadow of a father who belongs more to the sea than to his family, while Knud Erik Friis comes of age during the world wars, inheriting both pride and loss. Ships sink, wars erupt, and fortunes collapse as men are lost to shipwreck, combat, and ambition. Women become the authority at home; children grow up without fathers and the identity of the town begins to shift. Spanning the First Schleswig War and both World War I and World War II, We, The Drowned is nineteenth- and twentieth-century historical fiction full of adventure, longing, and the relentless pull of the sea. ‘Impressive... rich, powerful and rewarding’ Financial Times ‘An epic tale’ Independent ‘A book to sail into, to explore, to get lost in, but it is also a book that brings the reader, dazzled by wonders, home to the heart from which great stories come’ Joseph O'Connor

The Right and the Welfare State

AvCarsten Jensen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

1 396 kr

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The Right and the Welfare State studies the welfare state policies of conservative and liberal governments. These parties have been assumed to be nothing but the welfare-sceptical flip-side of the Left, but the book presents a new theory arguing that the conventional wisdom is wrong. The policy goals of the Right - and the political means by which they pursue them - is a lot less straightforward than simply "pro" or "con" the welfare state. The book uses the distinction between labor market risks and life-course risks in order to explain why the Right's voters care much more about some social programs than about others and why, consequently, the policies of Right governments are much more diverse than is normally thought. The book also introduces the concepts of "marketization via layering" and "erode and attack" to help explain the peculiar approach to reforms adopted by Right governments. The book analyses data on public opinion and public policies from a large set of Western democracies and combines this with in-depth case studies of Australia, Denmark, and the UK.

We, The Drowned

AvCarsten Jensen

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

287 kr

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Reforming the Welfare State

AvCarsten Jensen,Georg Wenzelburger

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

621 kr

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This book introduces a unique, new dataset on welfare state reforms in the UK, Denmark, Finland, France and Germany from 1974 to 2014. Using a variety of welfare state types in Europe, the authors have systematically investigated core questions that have preoccupied the welfare state literature at least since the 1990s. These include the extent of path dependency in mature welfare states, the usage of so-called "invisible" policy instruments for hiding cutbacks, and the role of partisanship – on whether the ideological color of the incumbent affects policy – which have been analysed in depth by examining the new dataset presented in this book.This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners studying, and working in, welfare and the welfare state, and more broadly to political science, sociology and social policy.

Politics of Inequality

AvCarsten Jensen,Kees Van Kersbergen

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

528 kr

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Contemporary democracies vary greatly in how much income inequality they tolerate. Some, like the United States and the United Kingdom, have seen high and rising levels for decades, while others, such as the Nordic countries, are much more equal. This comprehensive text draws on a wealth of cutting-edge theories and empirical data to examine the political and economic causes and consequences of income inequality around the globe. It is organized around a set of key questions, including: - Is there something morally wrong with inequality? - Is inequality good or bad for economic growth? - How does inequality affect political participation and engagement? - Who decides in the politics of inequality?Systematic and accessible, this is the perfect book for students with an interest in the connections between politics and inequality.

Politics of Inequality

AvCarsten Jensen,Kees Van Kersbergen

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

1 833 kr

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Contemporary democracies vary greatly in how much income inequality they tolerate. Some, like the United States and the United Kingdom, have seen high and rising levels for decades, while others, such as the Nordic countries, are much more equal. This comprehensive text draws on a wealth of cutting-edge theories and empirical data to examine the political and economic causes and consequences of income inequality around the globe. It is organized around a set of key questions, including: - Is there something morally wrong with inequality? - Is inequality good or bad for economic growth? - How does inequality affect political participation and engagement? - Who decides in the politics of inequality?Systematic and accessible, this is the perfect book for students with an interest in the connections between politics and inequality.

Reforming the Welfare State

AvCarsten Jensen,Georg Wenzelburger

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

2 088 kr

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This book introduces a unique, new dataset on welfare state reforms in the UK, Denmark, Finland, France and Germany from 1974 to 2014. Using a variety of welfare state types in Europe, the authors have systematically investigated core questions that have preoccupied the welfare state literature at least since the 1990s. These include the extent of path dependency in mature welfare states, the usage of so-called "invisible" policy instruments for hiding cutbacks, and the role of partisanship – on whether the ideological color of the incumbent affects policy – which have been analysed in depth by examining the new dataset presented in this book.This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners studying, and working in, welfare and the welfare state, and more broadly to political science, sociology and social policy.

Welfare

Brief Books about Big Ideas

AvCarsten Jensen

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

99 kr

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A short but engaging look at how nations have succeeded and failed at welfare.In Welfare, political scientist Carsten Jensen examines how the Danish welfare model leads to some of the highest levels of happiness, education, and health in the world. He argues that this welfare model is a success story because it has created a remarkable level of equality and forged strong links between people and public institutions. Jensen probes four central questions about this model: Why do Danes support the welfare state? Which historic events and people have enabled such intimate links to arise between the state and welfare? How much welfare do Danes actually get? And finally, how has Denmark been able to combine welfare and wealth, and how viable will this model be in the future?In Reflections, a series copublished with Denmark's Aarhus University Press, scholars deliver 60-page reflections on key concepts. These books present unique insights on a wide range of topics that entertain and enlighten readers with exciting discoveries and new perspectives.

First Stone

AvCarsten Jensen

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

114 kr

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From the award-winning author of We, the Drowned comes a brutal, unflinching, and bestselling epic novel of a platoon of soldiers descending into the insanity of the war in Afghanistan.Dispatched to fight the Taliban as part of the NATO forces, the soldiers of the Third Platoon arrive in a desert hell intent on testing their courage and endurance.Among them are the charismatic platoon leader Schrøder, a former games designer fascinated by the imaginative potential of war; Colonel Steffensen, whose negotiating tactics will have deadly consequences; Sidekick, the LifeLogger whose online “war memorial” will blur into horror; and the hardened but vulnerable Hannah, who must bury her womanhood—or sacrifice her soul.Confronted by a betrayal that no military training could prepare them for, the soldiers must embark on a desperate mission to track down an enemy whose methods are as murderous as they are unfathomable.As the hunters become the hunted, the mission turns into a depraved, hallucinatory voyage into an Afghanistan they never knew existed. With the Third Platoon’s most fundamental notions of good and evil called into question, survival becomes their only mission.An explicitly brutal portrait of battle told with the propulsion of a harrowing psychological thriller, The First Stone is a stunning and epic depiction of comradeship, humanity, and the bestial realities of a conflict without end.

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Controversy and Consensus: Nuclear Beta Decay 1911–1934

AvCarsten Jensen,Finn Aaserudm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

540 kr

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To all four of us, Carsten was the best possible friend and colleague. To Finn, he was a fellow student in the history of science for several years at the Niels Bohr Institute; to Relge, he was a welcome resource for personal and intellectual interac tion in an otherwise less than fertile environment for the history of science; Roger was Carsten's friend and advisor, not least in the development of the dissertation on which the present book is based; and as director of the Niels Bohr Archive, Erik was his main advisor in his historical work. Because he was the person closest to Carsten's work on his Ph. D. dissertation on the history of beta decay, on which the present book is based, it is only fitting that Erik stands as single author of the words in Carsten's memory at the very beginning of this book. Before his untimely death shortly after the completion of the Ph. D. disser tation, Carsten had himself plans to develop the dissertation into a book. Being a true perfectionist, he wanted to rework the manuscript substantively, especially with regard to relating it to the broader discussion among historians of science.

Wir Ertrunkenen

AvCarsten Jensen

Häftad, Tyska, 2018

208 kr

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Controversy and Consensus: Nuclear Beta Decay 1911–1934

AvCarsten Jensen,Finn Aaserudm. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

540 kr

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To all four of us, Carsten was the best possible friend and colleague. To Finn, he was a fellow student in the history of science for several years at the Niels Bohr Institute; to Relge, he was a welcome resource for personal and intellectual interac tion in an otherwise less than fertile environment for the history of science; Roger was Carsten's friend and advisor, not least in the development of the dissertation on which the present book is based; and as director of the Niels Bohr Archive, Erik was his main advisor in his historical work. Because he was the person closest to Carsten's work on his Ph. D. dissertation on the history of beta decay, on which the present book is based, it is only fitting that Erik stands as single author of the words in Carsten's memory at the very beginning of this book. Before his untimely death shortly after the completion of the Ph. D. disser tation, Carsten had himself plans to develop the dissertation into a book. Being a true perfectionist, he wanted to rework the manuscript substantively, especially with regard to relating it to the broader discussion among historians of science.

Antonio Gramscis Aktualitet

AvCarsten Jensen

Häftad, Danska, 2020

399 kr

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Putins Rusland

AvMette Skak,Carsten Jensen

Häftad, Danska, 2021

238 kr

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Den mindst ringe verdensorden

USA og Mellemøsten 2011-2020

AvCarsten Jensen

Häftad, Danska, 2022

237 kr

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Populisme fra venstre

Erfaringer fra Europa og Latinamerika

AvCarsten Jensen

Häftad, Danska, 2022

349 kr

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Kupepidemien

Militærets rolle i det globale syd

AvMikael Bjerrum,Carsten Jensen

Häftad, Danska, 2023

210 kr

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Equality in the Nordic World

AvCarsten Jensen

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

133 kr

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Rising inequality is one of the most prominent characteristics of the modern age of globalized economies. To some observers, inequality is a natural consequence of economic growth that ought to be accepted to ensure a prosperous future. To others, rising inequality is a cause for alarm—not just because it is unfair, but also because, as Pope Francis has said, “inequality is the root of social evil.”By most measures, the Nordic countries consistently rank among the best not only when it comes to equality, but also when it comes to business friendliness. Political scientist Carsten Jensen delves into what is exceptional about equality in the region, and outlines “the four equalities” that set it apart: economic (the distance between the poor and rich is relatively low), inter-generational (success in life is not dependent on the status of one’s parents), gender (women are highly integrated into the labor market and independent from the family), and health (the poor have access to the same medical treatments as the well-off).All four types of equalities have their origins in unique political settlements made in the 20th century. The resulting special social market economies of these countries affect their growth and levels of equality even today.

Mot stjärnorna

AvCarsten Jensen

Inbunden, Svenska, 2019

255 kr

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Det mest värdefulla ungdomen äger är framtiden som ett öppet forum för drömmar och kritiskt tänkande, för självförverkligande samhällsförändring, för det ohörda och osagda.

När de unga inte vill bli vuxna och de vuxna inte vill vara det, vem tar då ansvar för framtiden? Hämmade universitetsstudenter? Jeremy Corbyn? Edward Snowden eller de unga i SKAM?

Människor gillar inte att känna att ingen behöver dem. Kan vi engagera oss över generationsgränserna och tillsammans skapa stora berättelser? Är de unga endast en bieffektsgeneration på grund av digitaliseringen eller en helt ny världsmedborgare?

Huvudstupa : om människor på flykt och konsten att motstå tyngdkraftens frestelse

AvCarsten Jensen

1

Inbunden, Svenska, 2020

255 kr

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Varför kallar vi dem flyktingar och inte bara människor på flykt?

Få föddes som flyktingar. Ingen önskar att dö som flykting. Trots det så talar vi om flyktingar som om de vore samma sak som att vara dansk, svensk eller norsk. Människor på flykt har tvingats bryta med allt men ändå när de drömmar och hopp om framtiden.

De kastar sig huvudstupa från hopptornets 10-meters avsats och hoppas att det finns vatten i bassängen. Tyngdlagen kan man dö av. Därför blir själva fallet en konstart.

Detta är inte en bok om flyktingar, men om människor som kastar sig huvudstupa, om människor på väg.

Bjälken i mitt öga

AvCarsten Jensen

1

Inbunden, Svenska, 2021

273 kr

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Carsten Jensens fjärde debattbok handlar om det eviga kriget och glädjen i att döda varandra. Är kriget vår arts neuros, den obarmhärtiga sanningen bakom alla våra civilisatoriska strävanden, ett makt- och destruktionslystet manligt köns genetiska förbannelse som nedkallats över hela mänskligheten, en självpåkallad katastrof och ett självpåkallat straff? Är vi en hemsökt myrart som inte bara bär myrstackens konstruktion utan också budet om dess destruktion i våra gener?

Våra eviga krig har blivit bakgrundsmusik, en avlägsen, dunkande baslinje som vi ibland nickar i patriotisk takt till, men oftast ignorerar.

Som i sina tidigare debattböcker fokuserar Carsten Jensen på ämnen som engagerar samhället just nu. Bjälken i mitt öga handlar om krig, terrorism och självmordsepidemin bland unga människor, men det är också en bok som i förlorade liv försöker finna hopp.

Den första stenen

AvCarsten Jensen

10

Pocket, Svenska, 2017

99 kr

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Den första stenen är en roman om människor fångade i kriget, om förlust och död, om kärlek, vänskap, förräderi och katastrof.

Jag går mellan fulla och tomma gravar. Vem kontrollerar kistornas innehåll? Vem inspekterar gravstenarnas inskriptioner? Vilka var de, när de levde? Vilka är de, när de dör?

Journalisten och författaren Carsten Jensen slog igenom på 90-talet som reseskildrare, bland annat från Afghanistan som han besökte första gången 1988 och som han sedan återvänt till under fyra decennier. Sina erfarenheter och upplevelser i detta land – drabbat av ett krig som aldrig tycks ta slut – har han omvandlat till en mäktig och tankeväckande roman om krigets många ansikten och framför allt om vad kriget gör med de människor som deltar i det med sina egna kroppar.

I centrum för berättelsen står en grupp unga män och kvinnor som anmält sig till att delta i kriget i Afghanistan, drivna av ett behov av att utmana sig själva under extrema förhållanden. Men snart står de inför prövningar som ingen militär träning har förberett dem på, och överlevnad mot alla odds blir deras enda uppdrag. Avskurna från omvärlden och förlorade i okänt territorium, är de på jakt efter en övermäktig fiende. Rollerna som förföljare och förföljda skiftar oavbrutet, tills de inte längre kan skilja gott från ont, vän från fiende, verklighet från fantasi. Den slutliga uppgörelsen tvingar dem till en uppgörelse också med sig själva.

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Carsten Jensen - Böcker

We, The Drowned

The Right and the Welfare State

We, The Drowned

Reforming the Welfare State

Politics of Inequality

Politics of Inequality

Reforming the Welfare State

Welfare

First Stone

Controversy and Consensus: Nuclear Beta Decay 1911–1934

Wir Ertrunkenen

Controversy and Consensus: Nuclear Beta Decay 1911–1934

Antonio Gramscis Aktualitet

Putins Rusland

Den mindst ringe verdensorden

Populisme fra venstre

Kupepidemien

Equality in the Nordic World

Mot stjärnorna

Huvudstupa : om människor på flykt och konsten att motstå tyngdkraftens frestelse

Bjälken i mitt öga

Den första stenen

Mina sidor

Mina sidor

Hjälp

Hjälp

Om Bokus

Om Bokus

Populärt

Populärt

Inspiration

Inspiration