This book examines Nordic civil societies from 1800 until today, by studying the roles of voluntary action and associations in the Nordic region and beyond.
Through its diverse and historically informed analyses of civil society, traditionally held to be a vital and integrated part of the democratic development of the region, this book actively engages in discourses addressing the development of Norden, the Nordic Model of society and the idea of a Nordic exceptionalism. Focussing on the state-civil society nexus and transnational dimension, the book offers a comprehensive multidisciplinary discussion through twelve case studies, and analyses what if anything is particularly Nordic about civil society developments in the region, whether and how the Nordic countries stand out in terms of civil societies roles and impact, and the blurred boundaries between civil society, the state and the market.
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of Nordic or Scandinavian Studies, European Studies, Civil Society Studies, Political Science, History, Sociology and Literary studies.
The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
1. Introduction: Experiences of Cooperation and Confrontation in Nordic
Civil Societies Part 1: Nordic Civil Society Theoretical Perspectives
2.
Expansion and Incorporation: Nordic Civil Society in a Weberian Perspective
3. Nordic Civil Society through Changes of New Technologies and Knowledge
Society: How is the Function of Civil Society Affected? Part 2: Civil
Society, the State and the Market in a Nordic Context
4. Ordering the Social
Socializing the Order: Navigating Trust between Civil Society and State in
the Swedish Realm around 1800
5. Emerging Civil Society in Iceland:
Enlightenment Ideas and Old Norse Heritage
6. Military Sports in Northern
Clothing: How Sharpshooting became Nordic Heritage
7. Hybridity and Blurred
Borders between Market and Civil Society: The Case of Danish Cooperatives,
Savings Banks and Corporations
8. A Relationship Shaped by Interdependency:
The Norwegian Refugee Council and the Norwegian State
9. Sámi Art and
Literature as Peaceful Pillar of Sámi Civil Society Part 3: Civil Society and
Transnational Encounters
10. A Networked Scandinavia: Scandinavian
Associations and Transnational Cooperation
11. State Civil Servants and
Voluntary Nordic Cooperation: The Nordic Federation of Public Administration
19191952
12. From War Effort to Development Aid: The Scandinavian Red Cross
Societies and Korea
13. Explosive Waste: Scandinavian Anti-Nuclear Movements
Campaign against the Reprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuel
14. Epilogue: What
was Nordic about Nordic Civil Society?
Sunniva Engh is Professor of Modern History, Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo, Norway.
Ruth Hemstad is Associate Research Professor at the Department of Research and Collections, National Library of Norway and Researcher at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History, University of Oslo, Norway.
Mads Mordhorst is Associate Professor at the Department of Business Humanities and Law, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
