Syllabus/achievement requirements

(Titles marked with * are from books that have to be purchased. The others are to be in compendiums in the bookshop, Akademika, at Blindern).

Introduction

* Rosenbeck, Bente: "Nordic women’s studies and gender research" in Fehr, Drude von der et al. (eds.): Is there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on culture and society, 1998. London: UCL Press. pp 344-357.

* Melby, Kari, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg : "A Nordic model of gender equality? Introduction" in Melby, Kari, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg (eds.): Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia. The limits of political ambition?, 2008. Policy Press, Bristol. pp 1-26 (20p).

Husu, Liisa: "Sexism, support and survival in academia: Finnish experiences" in NIKK magasin 3, 2001. pp 8-10 (3p). http://www.nikk.uio.no/publikasjoner/nikkmagasin/abonnement/magutgaver.html.

Knudsen, Susanne V: "Barriers and careers in academia" in NIKK magasin 3, 2002. NIKK. pp 13-15 (3p). http://www.nikk.uio.no/publikasjoner/nikkmagasin/abonnement/magutgaver.html.

Theories on gender

Magnusson, Eva : "Psychology as Producer of Gender" in NIKK magasin 3, 2001. NIKK. pp 33-35 (3p). http://www.nikk.uio.no/publikasjoner/nikkmagasin/abonnement/magutgaver.html.

Lynggard, Trine : "In pursuit of gendered codes" in NIKK magasin 3, 2001. pp 38-41 (4p). http://www.nikk.uio.no/publikasjoner/nikkmagasin/abonnement/magutgaver.html.

Nielsen, Harriet Bjerrum: "European Gender Lessons: Girls and boys at scout camps in Denmark, Portugal, Russia and Slovakia”" in Childhood 11 (2), 2004. pp 207-226. http://chd.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/11/2/207.

Holmberg, Tora : "Ghost hunt? Understanding “Biology” in Gender Research " in NIKK magasin No 3, 2006. pp 9-11 (3p). http://www.nikk.uio.no/publikasjoner/nikkmagasin/abonnement/magutgaver.html.

Andersson, M?ns : "Gendering animals. Representation, identification and demise of simplicity" in NIKK magasin No 3, 2006. pp 12-15 (4p). http://www.nikk.uio.no/publikasjoner/nikkmagasin/abonnement/magutgaver.html.

Widerberg, Karin : "Harriet Holter: A Pioneer in Gender Studies and Sociology" in Acta Sociologica 43 (4), 2000. pp 413-420 (7p). http://asj.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/43/4/413.

* Ve, Hildur : "Rationality and identity in Norwegian feminism" in Fehr, Drude von der et al. (eds.): Is there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on culture and society, 1998. UCL Press, London. pp 325-343 (19p).

Walby, Sylvia : "Gender Mainstreaming: Productive Tensions in Theory and Practice" in Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State Society, 2005. Advance Access published on November 8. pp 321-343 (ca 20p). http://sp.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol12/issue3/index.dtl#ARTICLES.

*Holli, Anne Marie: "The debate on Gender Equality within the Armed Forces - A case study of Finland" in Bergquist, Christina et al. (eds.): Equal Democracies? Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries, 1998. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press. pp 233-252 (20p).

Gender politics and equality politics

Teigen, Mari : "The Universe of Gender Quotas" in NIKK magasin 3, 2002. pp 4-8 (4p). http://www.nikk.uio.no/publikasjoner/nikkmagasin/abonnement/magutgaver.html.

* Borchorst, Anette: "What is institutionalised gender equality?", * Borchorst, Anette: "Equal status institutions” Bergquist" and * Borchorst, Anette: "Gender equality law" in Bergquist, Christina et al. (eds.): Equal Democracies? Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries, 1999. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press. pp 161-166, 167-189, 190-207.

Skjeie, Hege & Mari Teigen: "Political Constructions of Gender Equality : Travelling Towards… a Gender Balanced Society" in NORA 3 (13), 2005. pp 187-197.

Lotherington, Ann Therese: "Innovative Women and Gender-Power in Norwegian Regional Development Policy" in NORA 3 (13), 2005. pp 187-197.

R?nnblom, Malin: "Letting Women in? Gender Mainstreaming in Regional Policies" in NORA 3 (13), 2005. pp 164-174.

Bergman, Solveig : "Collective Organizing and Claim Making on Child Care in Norden: Blurring the boundaries between the Inside and the Outside" in Social Politics, vol. 11, no 2, 2004. pp 217-240 (24p). http://sp.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol11/issue2/index.dtl.

The Royal Ministry of Children and Family Affairs, Norway: The Norwegian Gender Equality Act, 2000. 7 p.

The Royal Ministry of Children and Family Affairs, Norway: Gender mainstreaming in Norway: Guide to gender impact assessment of Government policy, 2000. 4 p.

Gendered division of labour and reconciliation of paid work and family obligations

* Wetterberg, Christina Carlsson and Kari Melby : "The claim of economic citizenship: the concept of equality in a historical context" in Melby, Kari, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg (eds.): Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia. The limits of political ambition? , 2008. Bristol: Policy Press. pp 43-62 .

Ellings?ter, Anne Lise: "Women’s right to work: The interplay of state, market and women’s agency" in NORA 2-3 (7), 1999. pp 109-123.

Haavind, Hanne: "Love and Power in Marriage" in Holter, Harriet (ed.) : Patriarchy in a Welfare Society, 1984. pp136-167.

Kjelstad, Randi: "Gender policies and gender equality" in Kautto, Mikko, Johan Fritzell, Bj?rn Hvinden, Jon Kvist & Hannu Uusitalo: Nordic Welfare States in the European , 2001. London: Routledge. pp 66-97.

Leira, Arnlaug: Working parents and the welfare state. Family change and policy reform in Scandinavia, 2002. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp 1-14, 132-149.

* Borchorst, Anette : "Women-friendly policy paradoxes? Childcare policies and gender equality visions in Scandinavia" in Melby, Kari, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg (eds.): Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia. The limits of political ambition?, 2008. Beistol: Policy Press. pp 27-43 .

Skrede, Kari and Marit R?nsen : "Gender equality and fertility" in NIKK magasin 3, 2006. pp 17-20 (4p).

* Ahlberg, Jenny, Christine Roman and Simon Duncan : "Actualizing the "Democratic Family"? Swedish Policy Rhetoric versus Family Practices" in Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society , 2008. Advance Access published . pp 79-100 . http://sp.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol15/issue1/index.dtl#ARTICLES.

Aarseth, Helene : "Between Labour and Love: The Re-erotization of Home-making in Egalitarian Couples within a Nordic Context" in NORA Vol. 15, No 2-3 , 2007. 133-143 (9p). http://kilden.forskningsradet.no/c16877/publikasjon/vis.html?tid=47847.

* Annfelt, Trine : "The ‘new father’: gender equality as discursive resource for family politics" in Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society , 2008. Advance Access published on February 26 2008. pp 79-100 . http://sp.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol15/issue1/index.dtl#ARTICLES.

Eriksson, Maria: "Men’s violence, men’s parenting and gender politics in Sweden" in NORA 1 (10), pp 6-15.

Education and work organisations

Lahelma, Elina: "School Grades And Other Resources: “The Failing Boys” Discourse Revisited" in NORA 2 (13) , 2005. pp 78-89.

* Ericsson, Kjersti: "Sexual harassment and the genderization of work" in Fehr, Drude von der et al. (eds.): Is there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on culture and society, 1998. London: UCL Press. pp 176-196 (21 p).

Kvande, Elin: "Doing Masculinities in Organizational Restructuring" in NORA 1 (10), 2002. pp 16-25.

Political participation and representation

Lovenduski, Joni: "Change in Women’s Political Representation" in Rossilli, Mariagrazia (ed.): Gender Policies in the European Union, 2000. New York: Peter Lang. pp 87- 104.

* Christensen, Ann-Dorte and Nina C. Raaum: "Models of political mobilisation" and * Raaum, Nina C: "Women in Parliamentary Politics: Historical lines of development" in Bergquist, Christina et al. (eds.): : Equal Democracies? Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries, 1999. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press. pp 17-26, pp 27-47.

Holli, Anne Maria : "A politics for presence: state feminism, women’s movements and political representation in Finland" in Lovenduski, Joni (ed): State Feminism and Political Representation, 2005. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 62-84 (19p). http://books.google.no/books?id=9MXEb_tyde8C&dq=state+feminism+and+political+representation&pg=PP1&ots=SFn2sE5bZp&sig=jJmaLJP40h9l-f9gVWnq5KwqFD8&hl=no&prev=http://www.google.no/search%3Fsourceid%3Dnavclient%26ie%3DUTF-8%26rls%3DDBNO,DBNO:2006-43,DBNO:en%26q%3DState%2BFeminism%2Band%2BPolitical%2B%2BRepresentation&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail#PPP1,M1.

Sainsbury, Diane : "Party feminism, state feminism and women’s representation in Sweden" in Lovenduski, Joni (ed): State Feminism and Political Representation, 2005. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. pp 195-215 (19p). http://books.google.no/books?id=9MXEb_tyde8C&dq=state+feminism+and+political+representation&pg=PP1&ots=SFn2sE5bZp&sig=jJmaLJP40h9l-f9gVWnq5KwqFD8&hl=no&prev=http://www.google.no/search%3Fsourceid%3Dnavclient%26ie%3DUTF-8%26rls%3DDBNO,DBNO:2006-43,DBNO:en%26q%3DState%2BFeminism%2Band%2BPolitical%2B%2BRepresentation&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail#PPP1,M1.

* Christensen, Ann-Dorte : "Young women’s attitudes toward feminism and gender equality" in Melby, Kari, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg (eds.): Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia. The limits of political ambition?, 2008. Policy Press, Bristol. pp 183-198 .

Ethnic relations/Human Rights

Langvasbr?ten, Trude : "A Scandinavian Model? Gender Equality Discourses on Multiculturalism" in Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society , 2008. Advance Access published on March 5, 2008, 15. pp. 32-52 (17p). http://sp.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol15/issue1/index.dtl#ARTICLES.

*Siim, Birte : "Dilemmas of citizenship: tensions between gender equality and cultural diversity in the Danish welfare state" in Melby, Kari, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg (eds.): Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia. The limits of political ambition?, 2008. Policy Press, Bristol. pp 149-166 (ca 16p).

*Mulinari, Diana : "Women friendly? Understanding gendered racism in Sweden" in Melby, Kari, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg (eds.): Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia. The limits of political ambition? , 2008. Policy Press, Bristol. pp 167-182 (ca 14p).

Longva, Anh Nga: "The Trouble with Difference: Gender, Ethnicity and Norwegian Social Democracy" in Grete, Brochmann, (ed.): The Multicultural Challenge Comparative Social Research 22, 2003. Elsevier Ltd.. pp 153-175.

Love and Sexuality

Nielsen, Harriet Bjerrum and Monica Rudberg: "Gender, Love and Education in Three Generations. The Way Out and Up" in The European Journal of Women’s Studies 7 (4), 2000. pp 423-453. http://ejw.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/7/4/423.

M?nsson, Sven -Axel: "Men?s Practices in Prostitution. The Case of Sweden" in Pease, Bob and Keith Pringle: A Man?s World? Changing Men?s Practices in a Globalized World, 2001. London: Zed Books. pp135-149.

L?fstr?m, Jan: "Introduction: Sketching the Framework for a History and Sociology of Homosexualities in the Nordic CountriesIntroduction: Sketching the Framework for a History and Sociology of Homosexualities in the Nordic Countries" and Lützen, Karen: "Gay and Lesbian Politics: Assimilation or Subversion: A Danish Perspective" in L?fstr?m, Jan (ed.): : Scandinavian Homosexualities. Essays on Gay and Lesbian Studies, 1998. New York: Hayworth Press. pp 1-15, 233-243.

Lützen, Karen : "Gay and Lesbian Politics: Assimilation or Subversion: A Danish Perspective" in L?fstr?m, Jan (ed.): Scandinavian Homosexualities. Essays on Gay and Lesbian Studies, 1998. New York: Hayworth Press . pp 233-243 (11p) .

Kj?rholt, Vigdis, Saga and Anette Dina S?rensen : "Generation XXX. Normalization and Criticism of Pornography amongst Young People" in NIKK magasin 3, 2006. pp 34-36 (3p). http://www.nikk.uio.no/publikasjoner/nikkmagasin/abonnement/magutgaver.html.

L?fgren-M?rtenson, Lotta and Sven-Axel M?nsson : "Different porn careers? Girls’ and Boys’ Porn Consumption" in NIKK magasin 3, 2006. pp 37-39 (3p). http://www.nikk.uio.no/publikasjoner/nikkmagasin/abonnement/magutgaver.html.

Summing up:

* Lister, Ruth v: "Gender, citizenship and social justice in the Nordic welfare states: a view from outside" in Melby, Kari, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg (eds.): Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia. The limits of political ambition? , 2008. Bristol: Policy Press. pp 215-222 (ca 6p).

Just for students at KFL4060: Nordic feminist thought on culture and society

*Wetterberg, Christina Carlsson: "Equal or different? That’s not the question. Women’s political strategies in a historical perspective", *Karlsson, Gunnel: "Social Democratic women’s coup in the Swedish parliament", *Sigurbjarnardottir, Sighurdur, Helga: ""On their own premises”: the political project of the Icelandic Women’s Alliance", *Bj?rnsdottis, Inga Dora: "They had a different mother: the central configuration of Icelandic nationalist discourse", *S?rensen, Anne Scott: "Taste, manners and attitudes – the bel esprit and literary salon in Scandinavia c. 1800", *Sj?rup, Karen: "The gender relation and professionalism in the postmodern world: social brotherhood and beyond" and *Hein?maa, Sara, Martina Reuter : "Reflections on the rationality of emotions and feelings" in Fehr, Drude von der et al., (eds.): Is there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on culture and society, 1998. London: UCL Press.

Halsaa, Beatrice : "A Passion for Love. Essays in honor of Anna G. Jonasdottir" in Karlsson, Gunnel and Kathy Jones (eds.): Gender and the interest of love, 2008. Sverige: Senter f?r feministiska samh?llsstudier, ?rebro, skriftserie nr. 6. pp 1-27, 30-31 (30p).

* Andersen, Charlotte and Anne-Birte Ravn : "From powerful to powerless fathers: Gender equality in Danish family policies on parenthood" in Melby, Kari, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg (eds.): Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia. The limits of political ambition?, 2008. Policy Press, Bristol. pp 135-148 (ca 12p).

Lovenduski, Joni : "Introduction: state feminism and the political" in Lovenduski, Joni (ed): State Feminism and Political , 2005. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press . pp 1-19 (18p). http://books.google.no/books?id=9MXEb_tyde8C&dq=state+feminism+and+political+representation&pg=PP1&ots=SFn2sE5bZp&sig=jJmaLJP40h9l-f9gVWnq5KwqFD8&hl=no&prev=http://www.google.no/search%3Fsourceid%3Dnavclient%26ie%3DUTF-8%26rls%3DDBNO,DBNO:2006-43,DBNO:en%26q%3DState%2BFeminism%2Band%2BPolitical%2B%2BRepresentation&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail#PPP1,M1.

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