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Normative Social Action
Av Fredrik Engelstad, Ragnvald Kalleberg
Inbunden, 1997
1591 kr
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Focusing particularly upon normative social action, this text is divided into five sections, each with a theme. The first section deals with collective memory with a study of German collective memory. This central theme is explored through examinations of other aspects of society: cultural studies; …
Methodological Issues in Comparative Social Science
Av Fredrick Engelstad, Kalleberg Ragnvlad m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
1591 kr
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Focusing upon the area of social methodology, this volume examines diverse approaches toward sociological research. These include case-orientated research versus variable orientated research, a multi-methodological approach and comparing historical sequences. The book should serve as a source of …
Regional Cultures
Av Fredrick Engelstad, Kalleberg Ragnvlad m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
1829 kr
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This analysis of regional cultures is the 17th part in a series on social research. Topics covered include: the emergence of Wales and Saxony as modern regions in Europe; state support and literary regionalism in Norway and the US; and regional industrialization and political mobilization.
Family Change
Practices, Policies, and Values
Inbunden, 1999
1456 kr
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The yearbook Comparative Social Research aims at furthering the international orientation in the social sciences.Each volume is concentrated on a specific topic, mostly of substantive, but also of methodological character. As a rule, the articles present two or more cases for comparison, be they …
Comparative Perspectives on Universities
Av R. Kalleberg, Fredrik Engelstad m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
1483 kr
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Despite the growing awareness of globalization, the main bulk of empirical work in the social sciences remains within the frames of what Stein Rokkan termed "national empiricism". The yearbook Comparative Social Research aims at furthering the international orientation in the social sciences. Each …
Comparative Study of Conscription in the Armed Forces
Av Lars Mjoset, Stephen Van Holde
Inbunden, 2002
1358 kr
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This volume contributes to the comparative study of military conscription. Issues discussed include: a conceptual clarification of conscription as distinguished from volunteerism and militia service; the emergence of the citizen soldier model; patterns of anti-militarism before World War I; …
Comparative Studies of Culture and Power
Inbunden, 2003
1738 kr
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The "cultural turn" in sociology created a new interest in power questions. This has led to a renewed interest in conceptual discussions of power in the field of culture studies, whereas empirical work is still less developed. "Comparative Studies of Culture and Power" sets the focus on the uses of …
Multicultural Challenge
Inbunden, 2003
1884 kr
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Cultural pluralisation - reinforced by immigration - has had major consequences for the political agenda in recent years in liberal democratic states. New types of tension have arisen - new forms of social and cultural differentiation, and new patterns of inequality. The diversity also reshapes the …
Capitalisms Compared
Av Lars Mjoset, Tommy H. Clausen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
1695 kr
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Over the last decade, political economists and other macro-oriented scholars have increasingly focused on the comparative specificities of distinct capitalist systems. Mostly, these systems are studied as national systems. Such models of capitalism are often studied with reference to various …
Comparative Studies of Social and Political Elites
Av Trygve Gulbrandsen, Fredrik Engelstad
Inbunden, 2006
1646 kr
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How can the existence of elites be compatible with democratic governance? Any democratic society is inevitably confronted by this basic question. This book reviews existing research on elites and their interactions with those around them. How the recruitment to elites changes in the long run …
Childhood
Changing Contexts
Av Arnlaug Leira, Chiara Saraceno
Inbunden, 2008
1175 kr
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Demographic and societal changes are strongly affecting the contexts of childhood and the experience of being children. At the same time, across social groups and across societies, diversities and inequalities in childhood are taking new forms. In the developed world, in particular, children their …
Troubled Regions and Failing States
The Clustering and Contagion of Armed Conflict
Inbunden, 2010
1485 kr
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Is the phenomenon of state failure better understood through a focus on the regional context? To what extent may studies of regional security benefit from a focus on the capacities and vulnerabilities of the states involved? These are the questions addressed in this volume of "Comparative Social …
Nordic Varieties of Capitalism
Av Lars Mjoset
Inbunden, 2011
1569 kr
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This is the only comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the political economy of the five Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden). Five studies have been written within a project, and are based on thorough discussions on a common framework within which the distinct …
Firms, Boards and Gender Quotas
Comparative Perspectives
Av Mari Teigen, Fredrik Engelstad
Inbunden, 2012
1400 kr
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During the last decade gender equality in business life has become a hot topic. One impetus is the recent reform in Norway, prescribing gender quotas to the boards of directors of public companies. Shortly after the Norwegian reform was enacted, several other European countries have adopted similar …
Childhood
Changing Contexts
Av Arnlaug Leira, Chiara Saraceno
Häftad, 2012
555 kr
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Demographic and societal changes are strongly affecting the contexts of childhood and the experience of being children. At the same time, across social groups and across societies, diversities and inequalities in childhood are taking new forms. In the developed world, in particular, children their …
Class and Stratification Analysis
Inbunden, 2013
1512 kr
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This volume of "Comparative Social Research" emphasizes unsolved issues and new developments within class and stratification analysis, discussing both theoretical and methodological innovations and revisions. Studies of social stratification comprises a range of topics, such as social mobility, …
Gender Segregation in Vocational Education
Av Liza Reisel, Kristinn Hegna m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1385 kr
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The gender segregated nature of vocational education (VET) has received little attention in the stratification literature, despite the well-known consequences of VET for differences in labour market outcomes, such as job placement, income and access to full-time employment. This book investigates …
Labour Mobility in the Enlarged Single European Market
Av Jon Erik Dølvik, Line Eldring
Inbunden, 2016
1355 kr
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The 2004 reunification of Eastern and Western Europe and the subsequent economic crisis caused a surge in intra-European labour mobility and a profound shift in preceding patterns of migration in Europe. While previous decades of European integration brought very modest cross-border flows of …
Bureaucracy and Society in Transition
Comparative Perspectives
Av Haldor Byrkjeflot, Fredrick Engelstad
Inbunden, 2018
1301 kr
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New Public Management has held a central position within public administration over the past few decades, complemented by various models promoting post-bureaucratic organization. But ‘traditional’ bureaucracy has not disappeared, and bureaucracy is in transition in the West and the rest of the …
Whistleblowing and Freedom of Expression in Working Life
Comparative Perspectives
Av David Lewis, Sissel C. Trygstad m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
288 kr
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The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read onlineWhistleblowing and Freedom of Expression in Working Life examines how the right to blow the whistle is regulated across various national contexts. With contributors from Europe, the United States, Australia, and …
Consumers and Consumption in Comparison
Av Eivind Jacobsen, Pål Strandbakken m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1199 kr
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Consumption studies are underrated in the social sciences. Drawing specific attention to this need for further analysis, this latest volume of Comparative Social Research presents a rich collection of chapters offering an up-to-date view of the sociology of consumption.Providing a theoretically …
Comparative Historical and Typological Approach to the Middle Eastern State System
Taking Stein Rokkan’s Ambitions Beyond Europe
Av Lars Mjøset, Nils Butenschøn m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1339 kr
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The study of state formation and nation building is a proud tradition. Currently, however, it is difficult to discern a unified research frontier in this field, due to a persistent gap between the more case-based historical focus seen in area studies, and more generalizing approaches inspired by …
Elites and People
Challenges to Democracy
Av Fredrik Engelstad, Trygve Gulbrandsen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
1062 kr
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This volume contains an Open Access chapter.Relationships between elites and democracy have always been strained. The very concept of elites - of 'chosen people' - stands in contradiction to democratic ideals of political equality. Simultaneously, they are necessary parts of democratic societies. …
Social Democracy in the 21st Century
Av Nik Brandal, Øivind Bratberg m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
1273 kr
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Social democrats in the Western world look back on a century where growth and expansion of centre-left values seemed, during certain periods of time, to be a law of nature. Today, the so-called golden era from the 1940s to the 1970s is just a distant memory for the social democratic movement.Volume …
Social Democracy in the 21st Century
Av Nik Brandal, Øivind Bratberg m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
414 kr
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Social democrats in the Western world look back on a century where growth and expansion of centre-left values seemed, during certain periods of time, to be a law of nature. Today, the so-called golden era from the 1940s to the 1970s is just a distant memory for the social democratic movement.Volume …
Civil Society in Comparative Perspective
Av Bernard Enjolras, Karl Henrik Sivesind
Inbunden, 2009
1245 kr
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This book presents a collection of comparative studies of civil society around two main issues: the comparison and analysis of civil society regimes in relation to different constructions of citizenship and welfare states and the role of civil society in governance and active participation of …
