1st Edition
Sustainable Modernity The Nordic Model and Beyond
Foreword 1. Sustainable Modernity and the Architecture of the "Well-being Society": Interdisciplinary Perspectives Nina Witoszek and Atle Midttun 2. Cooperation, Competition, and Multilevel Selection: A New Paradigm for Understanding the Norwegian Model David Sloan Wilson and Dag O. Hessen 3. Nordic Humanism as a Driver of the Welfare Society Nina Witoszek and Øystein Sørensen 4. Individualism and Collectivism in Nordic Schools. A Comparative Approach Kirsti Klette 5. Scaling up Solidarity from the National to the Global: Sweden as Welfare State and Moral Superpower Lars Trägårdh 6. Scandinavian Feminism and Gender Partnership Cathrine Holst 7. A Welfare "Regime of Goodness"? Self-interest, Reciprocity, and the Moral Sustainability of the Nordic Model Kelly McKowen 8. Challenges to the Nordic Work-Life Model in the Age of Globalized Digitalization Atle Midttun 9. Between Communitarianism and Individualism: The Nordic Way of Doing Politics Nik Brandal and Dag Einar Thorsen 10. Civilising Global Capitalism: Aligning CSR and the Welfare State Atle Midttun 11. Ecomodernity Nordic Style: The Challenge of Aligning Ecological and Socio-Economic Sustainability Atle Midttun and Lennart Olsson Afterword. Lessons of the Nordic Model: the US Perspective Jerry Lieberman and Pamela Izvanariu
Biography
Nina Witoszek is a research professor at the Centre for Development and the Environment, Norway, and the Director of the Arne Næss Programme in Global Justice and the Environment at the University of Oslo, Norway.
Atle Midttun is a professor at the BI Norwegian School of Management, Department of Law and Governance, Norway; the Co-Director of the Centre for Corporate Responsibility, Denmark; and the Co-Director of the Centre for Energy and Environment, UK.
