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Nordic Paths to Modernity (Paperback)
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Within the growing attention to the diverse forms and trajectories
of modern societies, the Nordic countries are now widely seen as a
distinctive and instructive case. While discussions have centred on
the 'Nordic model' of the welfare state and its record of
adaptation to the changing global environment of the late twentieth
century, this volume's focus goes beyond these themes. The guiding
principle here is that a long-term historical-sociological
perspective is needed to make sense of the Nordic paths to
modernity; of their significant but not complete convergence in
patterns, which for some time were perceived as aspects of a model
to be emulated in other settings; and of the specific features that
still set the five countries in question (Denmark, Sweden, Norway,
Finland and Iceland) apart from one another. The contributors
explore transformative processes, above all the change from an
absolutistmilitary state to a democratic one with its welfarist
phase, as well as the crucial experiences that will have
significant implications on future developments.
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