Compendium
* Brochmann, Grete and Knut Kjeldstadli 2008. A history of immigration. The case of Norway 900-2000. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. pp 201-212, 223- 235 and pp 267-285 [23+18 pages] (korrigert sideantall 21.9)
* Engelstad, Fredrik (2004), “Democracy at work? Does Democracy in Working Life Make Sense in the 21st Century?” In F. Engelstad and ?.?sterud, eds., Power and Democracy. Critical Interventions. Aldershot: Ashgate (25 pages)
* Esping-Andersen, G?sta (1990), “De-commodification in social policy”, Ch 2 (pp. 35-54) in Esping-Andersen, The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Cambridge: Polity. [20 pages]
* G?sta Esping-Andersen: Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies. Oxford University Press 1999, pp. 47-72. [25 pages]
* Fangen, Katrine and Ferdinand Andreas Mohn (2010) “Norway: The Pitfalls of Egalitarianism” in: Fangen, Katrine; Fossan, Kirsten and Mohn, Ferdinand Andreas (eds.) Inclusion And Exclusion of Young Adult Migrants in Europe: Barriers and Bridges. Surrey: Ashgate [35 pages]
* Gulbrandsen, Trygve and Ursula Hoffmann-Lange (2007), “Consensus or Polarization? Business and labor Elites in Germany and Norway”, Comparative Social Research, 23:103-135. (33 pages)
* Hagelund, Anniken and G. Brochmann 2009. “From rights to duties? Welfare and citizenship for immigrants and refugees in Scandinavia”. In Patrick Baert, Sokratis Koniordos, Giovanna Procacci and Carlo Ruzza (eds.) Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society. London/New York: Routledge. pp 141-161 [20 pages]
* Kuhnle, Stein (2009). “The Nordic Model: Ambiguous, but Useful Concept” in Herbert Obinger, Elmar Rieger (Hg.) Wohlfahrtsstaatlichkeit in entwickelten Demokratien: Herausforderungen, Reformen und Perspektiven, Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag, 2009: 275-294. [19 pages]
* Mj?set, Lars (2003). “Norden in the European state system. A presentation of Einar Maseng’s forgotten analysis”, in Ralf Eriksson, Markus J?ntti & Johan Willner, editors, Att f?rst? och f?r?ndra v?rlden: En festskrift f?r Jan Otto Andersson, ?bo Akademis F?rlag, Turku 2003, pp. 161-206. [46 pages]
E-readings
@ Bratsberg, Bernt and Knut R?ed (2016) “The Nordic welfare model in an open European labor market” Nordic Economic Policy Review 2/2015: 19-42. (24 pages)
@ Brochmann, Grete and I. Seland 2010. “Citizenship Policies and Ideas of Nationhood in Scandinavia”. Citizenship Studies, vol 14, no 4. Pp 429-445 [16 pages]
@ Cooke, L.P. et al 2013. “Labor and Love: Wives’ Employment and Divorce Risk in its Socio-Political Context”, Social Politics, 20:4, 482-509.
@ Ellings?ter, A. L. (2012) “Ideational struggles over symmetrical parenthood: the Norwegian daddy quota”, Journal of Social Policy 41: 695-714 [20 pages].
@ Hermansen, Are Skeie (2016). ”Moving Up or Falling Behind? Intergenerational Socioeconomic Transmission among Children of Immigrants in Norway.” European Sociological Review 32 (5): 675-689. [15 pages]
@ Hoem, J.M. 2005. “Why does Sweden have such high fertility?”, Demographic Research 13(22): 559-572. (13p)
@ Kangas, Olli, Urban Lundberg and Niels Ploug (2010). ”Three Routes to Pension Reform: Politics and Institutions in Reforming Pensions in Denmark, Finland and Sweden”, Social Policy & Administration, 44:3, 265–284. [19 p]
@ Kiernan K.2004. “Unmarried cohabitation and parenthood in Europe”, Law & Policy 26(1):33-55. (22p)
@ Lister, R. (2009) “A Nordic Nirvana? Gender, Citizenship, and Social Justice in the Nordic Welfare States”, Social Politics 16(2): 242-278 [37 pages].
@ Lutz et al. 2003. “Europe's population at a turning point”, Science 299:1991-1992 (2p)
@ Espen L?ken, Torgeir Aarvaag Stokke and Kristine Nergaard (2013) Labour Relations in Norway. Oslo: Fafo report 2013-09 [62 pages]
@ Mandel, H. and Shalev, M. (2009). “How Welfare States Shape the Gender Pay Gap: A Theoretical and Comparative Analysis”, Social Forces, 87, 1873-1911. (38 pages)
@ McDonald, P. (2006). ”Low Fertility and the State: The Efficacy of Policy.” Population and Development Review, 32(3), 485-510. (25p)
@ Peng Ito and Joseph Wong (2010). “East Asia”, in F. G. Castles, et. al., editors, The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State. Oxford: Oxford University press 2010, s. 656-670. [14 pages]
@ Rindfuss, R.R. et al. 2011. “Child-Care Availability and Fertility in Norway” 36(4): 725-748. (23p)
@ Sahlberg, Pasi (2007). “Educational policies for raising student learning: the Finnish approach”, Journal of Education Policy, 22:2, March 2007, p. 147-171. [24 p.]
@ Sobotka T. 2010. “Shifting Parenthood to Advanced Reproductive Ages: Trends, Causes and Consequences” in Tremmel, J. (Ed.) A Young Generation Under Pressure?. Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. (25p)
@ Vaupel, J. W., & Kistowski, K. G. (2008). ”Living longer in an ageing Europe: a challenge for individuals and societies.” European View, 7(2), 255-263. (8p)
@ Volckmar, Nina and Susanne Wiborg, 2014. A Social Democratic Response to Market-Led Education Policies: Concession or Rejection? 117-131 U. Blossing et al. (eds.), The Nordic Education Model: ‘A School for All’ Encounters Neo-Liberal Policy, Policy Implications of Research in Education 1, Dordrecht: Springer Science/Business Media. [14 p]
@ Wiborg , Susanne 2004. “Education and Social Integration: a comparative study of the comprehensive school system in Scandinavia.” London Review of Education, Vol. 2, No. 2, July 2004, 83-93. [10 p]
@ ?stby, Lars and Kristin Henriksen (2013) “Immigrants – what we know and don’t know” [English version] Samfunnsspeilet 5/2013: 2-9. (9 pages)
Other articles
Lars Mj?set, “The Nordic models – historical dynamics and present challenges. An analysis with reference to international conditions and social movements” (37 pp), translation of a chapter published as Ch. 10 of Ivar Fr?nes & Lise Kj?lsr?d, editors, Det norske samfunnet, 7th edition, volume 1, Oslo: Gyldendal 2016. [Manuscript will be made available on Fronter]
Mj?set, Lars (2016), ”The Nordic Route to Development”, Ch. 29 in Erik S. Reinert, Jayati Ghosh & Rainer Kattel (red.), Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Development. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar 2016, 533-569. [Manuscript will be made available on Fronter]
Total number of pages: 823
Sale of readings
Readings can be purchased at Akademika, the campus bookshop. For this course, you need to buy the compendium (consisting of readings that can not be retrieved from the web). You can buy it at the basement floor of Akademika, at the counter labelled "Kopiutsalget". You will need to show a valid card showing that you are registered for this semester. Students that do not have a permission to study can buy the compendium as long as they have paid the semester fee and have registered.