Scandinavia

Learning from the worst behaved: Iceland's financial crisis and the Nordic comparison

by Mar Wolfgang Mixa

Co-authored with Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson

This article explores how the financial crisis in 2008 could have been partially avoided by Iceland through observing... more This article explores how the financial crisis in 2008 could have been partially avoided by Iceland through observing the warning signs. Iceland experienced the harshest consequences from the financial crisis in the Western world, such as the total collapse of its banking sector. This article compares the prelude of Iceland's financial crisis to the Scandinavian one, less than 20 years ago, providing an understanding of the sources of the crisis and its impact. Results show that signs of over-expansion in Iceland were clear and numerous. Iceland's structural weaknesses resemble many other badly hit countries, simply more extreme.

Кнут Лавард, принц датский

by Fjodor Uspenskij

Именослов. История языка. История культуры / Отв. ред. Ф. Б. Успенский. М., 2012
[в соавторстве с А. Ф. Литвиной]

The Births of Denmark and Sweden's Immigrants' Cultural Policies: Respective Ideas from Policy Legacy and Olof Palme

by Mahama Tawat

Working Paper. Comments are welcomed. Modified titled. American Political Science Association 2011 Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1902336

This article traces the process of adoption of a multicultural policy in the late 1960s in Sweden in contrast to... more This article traces the process of adoption of a multicultural policy in the late 1960s in Sweden in contrast to Denmark despite shared history, socioeconomic and political structures and a similar policy record towards immigrants. Using theories of agenda-setting and decision-making, it demonstrates that in both countries, ideas were the primary factors of divergence. In Sweden, they guided an agent, Olof Palme, then Minister of Culture and Prime Minister. He introduced multiculturalism despite the objection of prominent party members that it would undermine the egalitarian nature of the welfare state project. In Denmark, ideas were embedded in a policy legacy, the 1950s Historic Compromise on Culture, a component of the cross-party agreement of the country's welfare state project. The nationalist (grundtvigian) orientation of this agreement prevented the adoption of multiculturalism.

Toleration and the Celebration of Difference: Danish and Swedish Immigrants’ Cultural Policies between 1960 and 2006

by Mahama Tawat

Paper submitted. Available upon request for consultation.

Multiculturalism and Policymaking : A comparative study of Danish and Swedish cultural policies since 1969

by Mahama Tawat

This master’s thesis deals with the cultural diversity policies of Denmark and Sweden within the cultural sector. It... more This master’s thesis deals with the cultural diversity policies of Denmark and Sweden within the cultural sector. It attempts at explaining why these two “most-similar” scandinavian countries having in common the same cultural model, “the architect model”, opted for different policies when it came to cultural diversity: Assimilationism for Denmark and multiculturalism for Sweden.
I show that though institutional and power-interest factors had an impact, ideas as “programmatic beliefs” (Sheri E. Berman 2001) or “frames” (Erik Bleich 2003) played the ultimate role. I evaluate their relative importance by analyzing the anthropological dimension of the countries cultural policies since 1969.

The study confirms that at least in the cultural sector, Danish policies have been assimilationist and Swedish ones multiculturalist and proposes a new classification of terms.

By investigating immigrants cultures, it fills a gap left by previous researchers working on a common Nordic cultural model.

Eck (1980) A new Social wasp from Scandinavia (Hymenoptera Vespinae) English Translation

by Anthony Daglio

Eck (1980) A new Social Wasp from Scandinavia (HYmenoptera Vespidae) IN GERMAN

by Anthony Daglio

A Jurassic (Pliensbachian) flora from Bornholm, Denmark-a study of a historic plant-fossil collection at Lund University, Sweden

by Vivi Vajda

Money can't buy me hygge: Danish middle-class consumption, egalitarianism and the sanctity of inner space

by Jeppe Trolle Linnet

This paper has been published in an international peer-reviewed journal of social anthropology. Reference:

Linnet, Jeppe Trolle (2011). “Money can't buy me hygge: Danish middle-class consumption, egalitarianism and the sanctity of inner space”. Social Analysis: Journal of Cultural and Social Practice 55 (2): 21-44

Swedish welfare state and female poverty. Course paper.

by Oleksandra Tarkhanova

Supervisor - Chia-Ling Yang

Sweden is considered to have the most successful welfare state, which worked out the best way to decrease poverty in... more Sweden is considered to have the most successful welfare state, which worked out the best way to decrease poverty in general and female poverty in particular. In this paper the researcher is analyzing Swedish social welfare policies and the official Swedish statistics. The research suggests that Swedish welfare system has several important positive points which have effectively improved women’s living standards. But at the same time there are several weak points which despite relatively successful social policies couldn’t be overcome. The biggest problem of Swedish welfare system is its failures in integration policy. People who were not born in Sweden suffer from different disadvantages: in employment, in income distribution, in social services etc.. So, although Sweden is still the best country in diminishing female poverty due to its effective welfare social policies, there are some categories of women who experience higher risk of having poor living conditions and lower income. 

Suddenly I'm a ghost: HIV in older gay men's lives

by Mats Christiansen

Book section in a forthcoming edited textbook about the lives of older LGBT women and men in the Nordic Countries.

The chapter focuses on three aspects: the ones ones who survived the advent of the epidemic some 30 years ago, the... more The chapter focuses on three aspects: the ones ones who survived the advent of the epidemic some 30 years ago, the challenges of aging with HIV, and third, the growing numbers of newly infected older than 50.

İskandinav İnanışlarında Elfler (Elves in Scandinavian Beliefs)

by Emre Aygün

http://www.scribd.com/doc/64470797/%C4%B0skandinav-%C4%B0nan%C4%B1%C5%9Flar%C4%B1nda-Elfler-Bilim-ve-Gelecek-Haziran-2011

Nordic Satanism and Satanism Scares: The Dark Side of the Secular Welfare State

by Jesper Aagaard Petersen

Thou Shalt Believe -- Or Not

by Jonathan Lanman

A recent opinion piece in the New Scientist summarizing my doctoral research on atheism.