Syllabus/achievement requirements

Books that have to be purchased:

Titles marked with * are from books that have to be purchased. The others are to be in compendiums in the bookshop, Akademika, at Blindern or amazon.com and AbeBooks.com

*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.

* Korsvik, Trine and Ane St? (eds.): The Nordic Approach, 2011. Kolofon forlag. ISBN:?978-82-300-0804-1 .

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

*Fehr, Drude von der et al.: Is there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on culture and society, 1998. London: UCL Press. .

*Jonasdottir, Anna G. and Drude von der Fehr: Introduction: aambigiuos times - contested spaces in the politics, organization and identities of gender" pp 1-18

*Wetterberg, Christina Carlsson: "Equal or different? That’s not the question. Women’s political strategies in a historical perspective" pp 21-40

*Karlsson, Gunnel: "Social Democratic women’s coup in the Swedish parliament" pp 44-66

*Sigurbjarnardottir, Sighurdur, Helga: ""On their own premises”: the political project of the Icelandic Women’s Alliance"pp 69-88

*Bj?rnsdottir, Inga Dora: "They had a different mother: the central configuration of Icelandic nationalist discourse"pp 90-102

*S?rensen, Anne Scott: "Taste, manners and attitudes – the bel esprit and literary salon in Scandinavia c. 1800" pp 121-145

*Sj?rup, Karen: "The gender relation and professionalism in the postmodern world: social brotherhood and beyond" pp 217-242

*Haavind, Hanne: "Understanding women in the psychological mode: the challenge from the experiences of Nordic women" pp 243-271

*Hein?maa, Sara, Martina Reuter: "Reflections on the rationality of emotions and feelings" pp 272-290

*Ve, Hildur: “Rationality and identity in Norwegian feminism”pp 325-343

*Rosenbeck, Bente: “Nordic women’s studies and gender research” pp 344-357

Compendium

The articles in the syllabus are gathered in compendiums which you can buy in the bookshop, in the basement of Akademika/Kopiutsalget, Blindern. Titles with links may be downloaded via your University of Oslo server.

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 . link.

Andersson, M?ns : "Gendering animals. Representation, identification and demise of simplicity" in NIKK magasin No 3, 2006. pp 12-15 (4p). link.

* Annfelt, Trine : "The ‘new father’: gender equality as discursive resource for family politics" in 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 Polity Press. pp 119-134 (9 p).

Bacchi, Carol: "Poststructuralism, Discourse and Problematization: Implications for gender mainstreaming" in Kvinder, k?n & forskning (4): 2010. pp 62-72.

Bj?rnholt, Margunn: "Like Father, Like Son? The Transmission of Values, Family Practices and Work-Family Adaptations to Sons of Work-Sharing Men" in Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research and Practice about Men as Fathers, 8(3), pp 276–299.

Borchorst, Anette: "What is institutionalised gender equality?" in Bergquist, Christina et al. (eds.): Equal Democracies? Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries, 1999. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press. ISBN:?82-00-12799-0. pp 161-166.

* 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. Bristol: Policy Press. pp 27-43 .

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

Dahlerup, Drude, : "Women in Nordic politics – a continuing success story?” " in Kirsti Niskanen (ed.): Gender and Power in the Nordic Countries, 2011. NIKK publication 2011:1. p. 59-86, 23 p . link (pdf).

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. link.

*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).

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

*Fiig, Christina: "A Scandinavian feminist public sphere: Discourses on feminism and gender equality" in in Melby, Kari, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg (eds.) : Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia, 2008. Bristol: Policy Press. pp 199-214.

Gislason, Ingolfur V. : "Introduction" in Gislason, Ingolfur V. and Gudny Bj?rk Eydal (eds.): Parental leave, childcare and gender equality in the Nordic countries. , 2011. TemaNord 2011:562 Sweden. pp 13-30 . Lenke.

Haavind, Hanne: "Love and Power in Marriage" in Holter, Harriet (ed.) : Patriarchy in a Welfare Society, 1984. Universitetsforlaget. pp 136-167.

Holli, Anne Maria : "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, 1999. Scandinavian University Press. pp 233-252..

Husu, Liisa: "Sexism, support and survival in academia: Finnish experiences" in NIKK magasin 3, 2001. pp 8-10 (3p). link.

*Jutterdal, Anna: "The Swedish Law, Kvinnofrid: Knowledge About Men’s violence Against Women" in Korsvik, Trine and Ane St? (eds.): The Nordic Approach, 2011. Kolofon forlag.

Korsvik, Trine Rogg: "Childcare policy since the 1970s in the ‘most gender equal country in the world’: A field of controversy and grassroots activism" in European Journal of Women's Studies, 201. SAGE journals online. link.

* Korsvik, Trine and Ane St?: "The Nordic Battle for the Minds of Men" in Korsvik, Trine and Ane St? (eds.): The Nordic Approach, 2011. Kolofon Forlag, Oslo. pp 7-21 .

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

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

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). link.

* 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).

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.

Lotherington, Ann Therese : Innovative Women and Gender-Power in Norwegian Regional Development Policy, 2005. NORA 2 (13). pp 101-114. link.

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.

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) .

Magnusson, Eva : "Psychology as Producer of Gender" in NIKK magasin , 2001. 3, pp 33-35. link.

* 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).

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. link.

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. link.

Niskanen, Kirsti: : "Gender and Power in the Nordic Countries: a Comparative Perspective" in Kirsti Niskanen (ed.): Gender and Power in the Nordic Countries,, 2011. NIKK publication 2011:1. p. 11-57. lenke.

Official Norwegian Report : Summary: Structure for Equality, NOU 2011:18 . lenke.

Rogg, Elisabet: Passion and pain in Academica, 2001. NORA 3 (9). pp 154-161. Lenke.

*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).

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

* Smaadahl, Tove: "”Radical Feminists” and the Dispute About How to Understand Prostitution" in Korsvik, Trine and Ane St? (eds.): : The Nordic Approach, 2011. Kolofon Forlag, Oslo. pp 84-98 .

Teigen, Mari : "The Universe of Gender Quotas" in NIKK magasin 3, 2002. pp 4-8 (4p). link.

Teigen, Mari: "Quotas in Corporate Boards" in Kirsti Niskanen (ed.): Gender and Power in the Nordic Countries, 2011. NIKK publication 2011:1. lenke.

Tsarouhas, Dimitris: "Frame Extension, Trade Union Identities, and Wage Politics: Evidence from Sweden" in /419.short?rss=1: Social Politics 2011 Vol. 18, No 3 . pp 419-437 . lenke.

* 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 .

Widerberg, Karin : "Harriet Holter: A Pioneer in Gender Studies and Sociology" in Acta Sociologica 43 (4), 2000. pp 413-420 (7p). link.

Aarseth, Helene : "Between Labour and Love: The Re-erotization of Home-making in Egalitarian Couples within a Nordic Context" in 2007. NORA VOL 15 NO. 2-3. pp 133-143 . Lenke (pdf).

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