1st Edition
Cooperation and Confrontation in Nordic Civil Societies since 1800
1. Introduction: Experiences of Cooperation and Confrontation in Nordic Civil Societies
Sunniva Engh, Ruth Hemstad and Mads Mordhorst
Part I Nordic Civil Society: Theoretical Perspectives
2. Expansion and Incorporation: Nordic Civil Society in a Weberian Perspective
Haldor Byrkjeflot
3. Nordic Civil Society through Changes of New Technologies and Knowledge Society: How is the Function of Civil Society Affected?
Inger-Johanne Sand
Part II 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
Andreas Önnerfors
5. Emerging Civil Society in Iceland: Enlightenment Ideas and Old Norse Heritage
Margrét Gunnarsdóttir
6. Military Sports in Northern Clothing: How Sharpshooting became Nordic Heritage
Odd Arvid Storsveen
7. Hybridity and Blurred Borders between Market and Civil Society: The Case of Danish Cooperatives, Savings Banks and Corporations
Mads Mordhorst, Louise Karlskov Skyggebjerg and Mathias Hein Jessen
8. A Relationship Shaped by Interdependence: The Norwegian Refugee Council and the Norwegian State
Mikkel Witt Syberg
9. Sámi Art and Literature as Peaceful Pillar of Sámi Civil Society
Suze van der Poll
Part III Civil Society and Transnational Encounters
10. A Networked Scandinavia: Scandinavian Associations and Transnational Cooperation
Ruth Hemstad
11. State Civil Servants and Voluntary Nordic Cooperation: The Nordic Federation of Public Administration 1919−52
Peter Stadius
12. From War Effort to Development Aid: The Scandinavian Red Cross Societies and Korea
Sunniva Engh
13. Explosive Waste: Scandinavian Anti-Nuclear Movements’ Campaign against the Reprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuel
Melina Antonia Buns
14. Epilogue: What was “Nordic” about Nordic Civil Society?
Mary Hilson
Biography
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.
