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The Nordic Model and Physical Culture

The Nordic Model and Physical Culture

This book examines the relationships between the Nordic social democratic welfare system (‘The Nordic Model’) and physical culture across the domains of sport education and public space. Presenting important new empirical research it helps us to understand how the paradoxical blend of social democracy and liberalism in the Nordic countries influences physical culture which in turn contributes to a quality of life that ranks highest in the world. Drawing on perspectives from sociology cultural studies history education political science outdoor studies and urban studies the book explores topics such as dance education for sport students doping in cross-country skiing outdoor education the active body and the ideology of public parks. It includes research material from across the region including Norway Sweden Iceland Finland and Denmark. This is fascinating reading for anyone with an interest in physical culture sport studies leisure studies or outdoor studies as well as sociologists or political scientists with an interest in Nordic politics culture and society. | The Nordic Model and Physical Culture

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Peace Support Operations Nordic Perspectives

Peace Support Operations Nordic Perspectives

Peace Support Operations: Nordic Perspectives brings together Nordic academics working in the field of peace support operations broadly defined. It contains a collection of articles that present different theoretical approaches to the study of peace support operations and contribute to enhance the knowledge of the Nordic countries’ participation in such operations. Its case studies describe the development of peacekeeping forces from Norway Sweden Denmark and Finland in the face of evolving threats to world security over the past sixty years and how each country's reaction has differed. The conflicts covered in this study include the Cold War the Balkan conflict the first Gulf War and the Malawian ethnic conflict. Thus it constitutes a contribution to the academic field in both a theoretical and an empirical sense. This book was previously published as a special issue of International Peacekeeping | Peace Support Operations Nordic Perspectives

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Social Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprises Nordic Perspectives

Social Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprises Nordic Perspectives

Migrant women stepping into ethnic catering; homeless men employed to take care of bees producing honey for sale; young people on the edge getting microcredit funding to start social businesses; or former criminals joining forces to create social and economic structures for an honest lifestyle. These initiatives capture the transformative power of social enterprise and might indicate how social enterprises have the potential to make a difference for people and societies. The Nordic countries represent an interesting case. Social enterprises and co-operatives played a significant part in paving the way for the Nordic solicaristic welfare state. As the welfare state grew civil society organizations and co-operatives lost ground to a certain extent. But in recent decades the welfare state has been restructured and simultaneously the concepts social entrepreneurship and social enterprises have gained attention. The Nordic context with extensive public welfare structures and a high degree of citizens’ participation in public affairs might affect the emergence of social entrepreneurship and social enterprises. | Social Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprises Nordic Perspectives

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Nordic Whiteness and Migration to the USA A Historical Exploration of Identity

Nordic Whiteness and Migration to the USA A Historical Exploration of Identity

This volume explores the complex and contradictory ways in which the cultural scientific and political myth of whiteness has influenced identities self-perceptions and the process of integration of Nordic immigrants into multicultural and racially segregated American society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In deploying central insights from whiteness studies postcolonial feminist and intersectionality theories it shows that Nordic immigrants - Danes Swedes Finns Norwegians and Sámi - contributed to and challenged American racism and white identity. A diverse group of immigrants they could proclaim themselves ‘hyper-white’ and ‘better citizens than anybody else’ including Anglo-Saxons thus taking for granted the racial bias of American citizenship and ownership rights yet there were also various unexpected intersections of whiteness with ethnicity regional belonging gender sexuality and political views. ‘Nordic whiteness’ then was not a monolithic notion in the USA and could be challenged by other identities which could even turn white Nordic immigrants into marginalised figures. A fascinating study of whiteness and identity among white migrants in the USA Nordic Whiteness will appeal to scholars of sociology history and anthropology with interests in Scandinavian studies migration and diaspora studies and American studies. | Nordic Whiteness and Migration to the USA A Historical Exploration of Identity

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Modern Women Artists in the Nordic Countries 1900–1960

Modern Women Artists in the Nordic Countries 1900–1960

This transnational volume examines innovative women artists who were from or worked in Denmark Finland Greenland Iceland Norway Sápmi and Sweden from the emergence of modernism until the feminist movement took shape in the 1960s. The book addresses the culturally specific conditions that shaped Nordic artists’ contributions brings the latest methodological and feminist approaches to bear on Nordic art history and engages a wide international audience through the contributors’ subject matter and analysis. Rather than introducing a new history of rediscovered women artists the book is more concerned with understanding the mechanisms and structures that affected women artists and their work while suggesting alternative ways of constructing women’s art histories. Artists covered include Else Alfelt Pia Arke Franciska Clausen Jessie Kleemann Hilma af Klint Sonja Ferlov Mancoba Greta Knutson Aase Texmon Rygh Hannah Ryggen Júlíana Sveinsdóttir Ellen Thesleff and Astri Aasen. The target audience includes scholars working in art history cultural studies feminist studies gender studies curatorial studies Nordic studies postcolonial studies and visual studies. | Modern Women Artists in the Nordic Countries 1900–1960

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From Farmyard to City Square? The Electoral Adaptation of the Nordic Agrarian Parties

From Farmyard to City Square? The Electoral Adaptation of the Nordic Agrarian Parties

How successful have the Nordic Agrarian-Centre Parties been in transforming themselves from class parties to catchall parties drawing significant support from voters engaged in the non-primary sectors of the economy? Using case studies from five comparable countries David Arter provides an insightful account of an historic group of parties who still wield distinctive strength in the Nordic region. This detailed profile the first ever in English makes a unique contribution to the topical issues of party adaptation and institutional modernization. | From Farmyard to City Square? The Electoral Adaptation of the Nordic Agrarian Parties

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Neoliberalism Nordic Welfare States and Social Work Current and Future Challenges

Neoliberalism Nordic Welfare States and Social Work Current and Future Challenges

How have three decades of neoliberalism affected the Nordic welfare states as well as the organisation education and practices of social work in those countries? During recent decades the welfare states of Denmark Finland Norway and Sweden have gone through dramatic changes infl uenced by the political triumph of neoliberalism. This has led to both the electoral success of extreme right and mainstream neoliberal parties and to the neoliberal ideological transformations of social democratic parties. The neoliberal doctrine of making governance cheaper has thus been made the focus of governance and has led to increased marginalisation and social problems. This is the first book to comparatively explore the role of neoliberal reforms on social work and social policy across the Nordic welfare states. The richly theoretical and empirical chapters explore and illustrate the consequences of the dominance of neoliberal policies and provide an analysis of the effects of globalisation glocalisation welfare nationalism symbolic violence and forced migration. The book provides valuable insights into the shortcomings of retreating welfare states in a time of increasing glocal social problems. Neoliberalism Nordic Welfare States and Social Work should be considered essential reading for critical social work education. Students scholars educators and researchers of Nordic countries and beyond have much to learn from this book. | Neoliberalism Nordic Welfare States and Social Work Current and Future Challenges

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Geopolitics Northern Europe and Nordic Noir What Television Series Tell Us About World Politics

Geopolitics Northern Europe and Nordic Noir What Television Series Tell Us About World Politics

With its focus on the popular television genre of Nordic noir this book examines subtle and explicit manifestations of geopolitics in crime series from Scandinavia and Finland as well as the impact of such programmes on how northern Europe is viewed around the world. Drawing on a diverse set of literature from screen studies to critical International Relations Geopolitics Northern Europe and Nordic Noir addresses the fraught geopolitical content of Nordic television series as well as how Nordic noir as a genre travels the globe. With empirical chapters focusing on the interlinked concepts of the body the border and the nation-state this book interrogates the various ways in which northern European states grapple with challenges wrought by globalisation neoliberalism and climate change. Reflecting the current global fascination with all things Nordic this text examines the light and dark sides of the region as seen through the television screen demonstrating that series such as Occupied Trapped and The Bridge have much to teach us about world politics. This book will be of interest to those interested in geopolitics national identity and the politics of popular culture in: Scandinavian studies media/screen studies IR/political science human/cultural geography sociology anthropology cultural studies and communication. | Geopolitics Northern Europe and Nordic Noir What Television Series Tell Us About World Politics

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Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture

Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture

Organic Design in Twentieth-Century Nordic Architecture presents a communicable and useful definition of organic architecture that reaches beyond constraints. The book focuses on the works and writings of architects in Nordic countries such as Sigurd Lewerentz Jørn Utzon Sverre Fehn and the Aaltos (Aino Elissa and Alvar) among others. It is structured around the ideas of organic design principles that influenced them and allowed their work to evolve from one building to another. Erik Champion argues organic architecture can be viewed as a concerted attempt to thematically unify the built environment through the allegorical expression of ongoing interaction between designer architectural brief and building-as-process. With over 140 black and white images this book is an intriguing read for architecture students and professionals alike.

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English in the Nordic Countries Connections Tensions and Everyday Realities

English in the Nordic Countries Connections Tensions and Everyday Realities

People in the Nordic states – Norway Sweden Finland Denmark and Iceland – rank as among the most proficient speakers of English in the world. In this unique volume international experts explore how this came to be what English usage and integration looks like in different spheres of society and the economy in these countries and the implications of this linguistic phenomenon for language attitudes and identity for the region at large and for English in Europe and around the world. Led by Elizabeth Peterson and Kristy Beers Fägersten contributors provide a historical overview to the subject synthesize the latest research illustrate the roles of English with original case studies from diverse communities and everyday settings and offer transnational insights critically and in conversation with the situation in other Nordic states. This comprehensive text is the first book of its kind and will be of interest to advanced students and researchers of World/Global Englishes and English as a lingua franca language contact and dialect studies/language varieties language policy multilingualism sociolinguistics and Nordic/Scandinavian and European studies. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. | English in the Nordic Countries Connections Tensions and Everyday Realities

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Inclusion and Special Needs Education for Immigrant Students in the Nordic Countries

Inclusion and Special Needs Education for Immigrant Students in the Nordic Countries

Inclusion for immigrant students with special educational needs (SEN) is a neglected area of research. This edited volume addresses this problem providing up-to-date insights into the provided support and special needs education (SNE) for immigrant students in different contexts of the Nordic countries. This important book explores the diversity of student experiences addressing both compulsory schools and vocational education and examines how different Nordic countries conceptualise and approach support and SNE for immigrant students. Readers will get an opportunity to read various studies that address gaps in the realisation of inclusion and special need education. This book initiates a dialogue on generating new knowledge approaches and methods to expand the flexibility necessary to implement a fully inclusive education. The book offers research that includes strong theoretical and practical frameworks interviews interventions assessments case studies as well as offers future directions for inclusive and special needs education. By exploring the process of inclusion and special needs education in the Nordic countries this book is an essential read for those who intend to deepen their understanding and to enact inclusion and the development of special needs education for immigrant students. | Inclusion and Special Needs Education for Immigrant Students in the Nordic Countries

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Contested Hospitalities in a Time of Migration Religious and Secular Counterspaces in the Nordic Region

Contested Hospitalities in a Time of Migration Religious and Secular Counterspaces in the Nordic Region

This book explores the duality of openness and restriction in approaches to migrants in the Nordic countries. As borders have become less permeable to non-Europeans it presents research on civil society practices that oppose the existing border regimes and examine the values that they express. The volume offers case studies from across the region that demonstrate opposition to increasingly restricted borders and which seek to offer hospitality to migrant. One topic is whether these practices impact and transform the Nordic Protestant trajectory. The book considers whether such actions are indicative of new sensibilities and values in which traditional categories and binaries are becoming less relevant. It also discusses what these practices of hospitality indicate about the changing relationship between voluntary organizations and the Nordic welfare states in the time of migration. As such it will appeal to scholars of sociology anthropology and religious studies with interests in migration civil society resistance and social values. | Contested Hospitalities in a Time of Migration Religious and Secular Counterspaces in the Nordic Region

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The Nordic Economic Social and Political Model Challenges in the 21st Century

The Nordic Economic Social and Political Model Challenges in the 21st Century

The Nordic Model is the 20th-century Scandinavian recipe for combining stable democracies individual freedom economic growth and comprehensive systems for social security. But what happens when Sweden and Finland – two countries topping global indexes for competitiveness productivity growth quality of life prosperity and equality – start doubting themselves and their future? Is the Nordic Model at a crossroads? Historically consensus continuity social cohesion and broad social trust have been hailed as key components for the success and for the self-images of Sweden and Finland. In the contemporary however political debates in both countries are increasingly focused on risks threats and worry. Social disintegration political polarization geopolitical anxieties and threat of terrorism are often dominant themes. This book focuses on what appears to be a paradox: countries with low income differences high faith in social institutions and relatively high cultural homogeneity becoming fixated on the fear of polarization disintegration and diminished social trust. Unpacking the presentist discourse of worry and a sense of interregnum at the face of geopolitical tensions digitalization and globalization as well as challenges to democracy the chapters take steps back in time and explore the current conjecture through the eyes of historians and social scientists addressing key aspects of and challenges to both the contemporary and future Nordic Model. In addition the functioning and efficacy of the participatory democracy and current protocols of decision-making are debated. This work is essential reading for students and scholars of the welfare state social reforms and populism as well as Nordic and Scandinavian 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 4. 0 license. | The Nordic Economic Social and Political Model Challenges in the 21st Century

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Undoing Homogeneity in the Nordic Region Migration Difference and the Politics of Solidarity

Undoing Homogeneity in the Nordic Region Migration Difference and the Politics of Solidarity

The Open Access version of this book available at https://www. taylorfrancis. com/books/e/9781315122328 has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license. This book critically engages with dominant ideas of cultural homogeneity in the Nordic countries and contests the notion of homogeneity as a crucial determinant of social cohesion and societal security. Showing how national identities in the Nordic region have developed historically around notions of cultural and racial homogeneity it exposes the varied histories of migration and the longstanding presence of ethnic minorities and indigenous people in the region that are ignored in dominant narratives. With attention to the implications of notions of homogeneity for the everyday lives of migrants and racialised minorities in the region as well as the increasing securitisation of those perceived not to be part of the homogenous nation this volume provides detailed analyses of how welfare state policies media and authorities seek to manage and govern cultural religious and racial differences. With studies of national minorities indigenous people and migrants in the analysis of homogeneity and difference it sheds light on the agency of minorities and the intertwining of securitisation policies with notions of culture race and religion in the government of difference. As such it will appeal to scholars and students in social sciences and humanities with interests in race and ethnicity migration postcolonialism Nordic studies multiculturalism citizenship and belonging. | Undoing Homogeneity in the Nordic Region Migration Difference and the Politics of Solidarity

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European Integration and Nordic Alcohol Policies Changes in Alcohol Controls and Consequences in Finland Norway and Sweden 1980-97

European Integration and Nordic Alcohol Policies Changes in Alcohol Controls and Consequences in Finland Norway and Sweden 1980-97

First published in 1998 this volume constitutes a fascinating analysis of the clash of the alcohol control systems of three Nordic countries – Finland Norway and Sweden – with the free-market of the European Union. It examines of the impact of joining the EU and of remaining outside the trade area providing a detailed review from a number of perspectives that will interest not only alcohol experts but all social scientists along with all those interested in links and conflicts between public health interests market forces and trade agreements. Topics discussed include national systems of alcohol production and distribution taxation retail prices patterns of alcohol consumption economic actors social and health consequences and changes in attitudes to alcohol policy in the Nordic countries. | European Integration and Nordic Alcohol Policies Changes in Alcohol Controls and Consequences in Finland Norway and Sweden 1980-97

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Complying With Colonialism Gender Race and Ethnicity in the Nordic Region

Complying With Colonialism Gender Race and Ethnicity in the Nordic Region

Complying with Colonialism presents a complex analysis of the habitual weak regard attributed to the colonial ties of Nordic Countries. It introduces the concept of ’colonial complicity’ to explain the diversity through which northern European countries continue to take part in (post)colonial processes. The volume combines a new perspective on the analysis of Europe and colonialism whilst offering new insights for feminist and postcolonial studies by examining how gender equality is linked to ’European values’ thus often European superiority. With an international team of experts ranging from various disciplinary backgrounds this volume will appeal not only to academics and scholars within postcolonial sociology social theory cultural studies ethnicity gender and feminist thought but also cultural geographers and those working in the fields of welfare politics and International Relations. Policy makers and governmental researchers will also find this to be an invaluable source. | Complying With Colonialism Gender Race and Ethnicity in the Nordic Region

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Color that Matters A Comparative Approach to Mixed Race Identity and Nordic Exceptionalism

Color that Matters A Comparative Approach to Mixed Race Identity and Nordic Exceptionalism

This book examines the ways in which mixed ethnic identities in Scandinavia are formed along both cultural and embodied lines arguing that while the official discourses in the region refer to a post-racial or color blind era color still matters in the lives of people of mixed ethnic descent. Drawing on research from people of mixed ethnic backgrounds the author offers insights into how color matters and is made to matter and into the ways in which terms such as ethnic and ethnicity remain very much indebted to their older racialized grammar. Color that Matters moves beyond the conventional Anglo-American focus of scholarship in this field showing that while similarities exist between the racial and ethnic discourses of the US and UK and those found in the Nordic region Scandinavia and Norway in particular manifests important differences in part owing to a tendency to view itself as exceptional or outside the colonial heritage of race and imperialism. Presenting both a contextualization of racial discourses since World War II based on documentary analysis and new interview material with people of mixed ethnic backgrounds the book acts as a corrective to the blind spot within Scandinavian research on ethnic minorities offering a new reading of race for the Nordic region that engages with the idea that color has been emptied of legitimate cultural content. | Color that Matters A Comparative Approach to Mixed Race Identity and Nordic Exceptionalism

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Bringing the People Back In State Building from Below in the Nordic Countries ca. 1500-1800

Bringing the People Back In State Building from Below in the Nordic Countries ca. 1500-1800

The formation of states in early modern Europe has long been an important topic for historical analysis. Traditionally the political and military struggles of kings and rulers were the favoured object of study for academic historians. This book highlights new historical research from Europe’s northern frontier bringing ‘the people’ back into the discussion of state politics presenting alternative views of political and social relations in the Nordic countries before industrialisation. The early modern period was a time that witnessed initiatives from people from many groups formally excluded from political influence operating outside the structures of central government and this book returns to the subject of contentious politics and state building from below. | Bringing the People Back In State Building from Below in the Nordic Countries ca. 1500-1800

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Nordic Elites in Transformation c. 1050–1250 Volume II Social Networks

Nordic Elites in Transformation c. 1050–1250 Volume II Social Networks

Nordic Elites in Transformation c. 1050-1250 Volume II explores the structures and workings of social networks within the elites of medieval Scandinavia to reveal the intricate relationship between power and status. Section one of this volume categorizes basic types of personal bonds both vertical and horizontal while section two charts patterns of local regional and transnational elite networks from wide-scope longitudinal perspectives. Finally the third section turns to case-studies of networks in action analyzing strategies and transactions implied by uses of social resources in specific micro-political settings. A concluding chapter discusses how social power in the North compared to wider European experiences. A wide range of sources and methodologies is applied to reveal how networks were established maintained and put to use – and how they transformed in processes of centralizing power and formalizing hierarchies. The engagement with and analysis of intriguing primary source material has produced a key teaching tool for instructors and essential reading for students interested in the workings of medieval Scandinavia elite class structures and Social and Political History more generally. | Nordic Elites in Transformation c. 1050–1250 Volume II Social Networks

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Nordic Latin Manuscript Fragments The Destruction and Reconstruction of Medieval Books

Nordic Latin Manuscript Fragments The Destruction and Reconstruction of Medieval Books

Much of what is known about the past often rests upon the chance survival of objects and texts. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the fragments of medieval manuscripts re-used as bookbindings in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Such fragments provide a tantalizing yet often problematic glimpse into the manuscript culture of the Middle Ages. Exploring the opportunities and difficulties such documents provide this volume concentrates on the c. 50 000 fragments of medieval Latin manuscripts stored in archives across the five Nordic countries of Denmark Finland Iceland Norway and Sweden. This large collection of fragments (mostly from liturgical works) provides rich evidence about European Latin book culture both in general and in specific relation to the far north of Europe one of the last areas of Europe to be converted to Christianity. As the essays in this volume reveal individual and groups of fragments can play a key role in increasing and advancing knowledge about the acquisition and production of medieval books and in helping to distinguish locally made books from imported ones. Taking an imaginative approach to the source material the volume goes beyond a strictly medieval context to integrate early modern perspectives that help illuminate the pattern of survival and loss of Latin manuscripts through post-Reformation practices concerning reuse of parchment. In so doing it demonstrates how the use of what might at first appear to be unpromising source material can offer unexpected and rewarding insights into diverse areas of European history and the history of the medieval book. | Nordic Latin Manuscript Fragments The Destruction and Reconstruction of Medieval Books

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Military Strategy of Small States Responding to External Shocks of the 21st Century

Military Strategy of Small States Responding to External Shocks of the 21st Century

The book explores how small states adjust their military strategies in response to external shocks. Using primary sources from four Nordic countries (Denmark Finland Norway and Sweden) this volume explores how small states have adjusted their military strategies in response to external shocks of the 21st century. The 9/11 terrorist attacks the Russian interventions in Georgia and Ukraine and the rise of the Islamic State have all forced the Nordic states to adopt new strategies. While the responses have not been uniform their differing relations to the EU and NATO have not prevented these countries from behaving similarly in military affairs. Limitations in military capacity has led all four countries to pursue strategies that include cooperation with more resourceful partners. It is necessary for them to cooperate with others to protect and promote their national interests. Moreover the Nordic cosmopolitan outlook expresses milieu-shaping ambitions that we generally would not expect small states to pursue against a potential great power aggressor. This book will be of much interest to students of military strategy defense studies security studies and international relations. | Military Strategy of Small States Responding to External Shocks of the 21st Century

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Economies that Mimic Life From Biomimicry to Sustainable Prosperity

Economies that Mimic Life From Biomimicry to Sustainable Prosperity

The world economy today is at an historical inflection point. The neoclassical (industrial) model of economics is self-destructing while a new life-mimicking model based on radically different assumptions is emerging. Although rarely acknowledged in economic journals Nordic countries which pioneered the life-mimicking model have become world leaders in prosperity and productivity while those operating on the older neoclassical/industrial model are trapped in downward spirals. By approaching economies as sub-systems of life rather than super-systems that transcend life we gain transformative insights. Such thinking led to the first circular economy experiments in Kalundborg (Denmark) during the 1970s then quickly spread to the rest of the Nordic world. By placing a higher value on living assets (people and Nature) than on non-living capital assets this approach generates harmony rather than exploitation and conflict. Because Nordic people feel vested in the system and responsible for its success they are extraordinarily innovative and productive. That is why Nordic companies are regularly rated among the world’s most sustainable and profitable in their fields – even though their region holds less than half of one percent of the world’s population. Written in an accessible way for non-economists the book is ideal for readers interested in the benefits of biomimicry and methods of guiding democratic countries along a proven path of self-renewal. Economies That Mimic Life will also provide useful background for corporate leaders in scenario planning and strategic thinking. Knowing which way the political-economic wind is blowing will become increasingly important to corporate survival. | Economies that Mimic Life From Biomimicry to Sustainable Prosperity

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The Aesthetics and Politics of Linguistic Borders Multilingualism in Northern European Literature

The Aesthetics and Politics of Linguistic Borders Multilingualism in Northern European Literature

This collection showcases a multivalent approach to the study of literary multilingualism embodied in contemporary Nordic literature. While previous approaches to literary multilingualism have tended to take a textual or authorship focus this book advocates for a theoretical perspective which reflects the multiplicity of languages in use in contemporary literature emerging from increased globalization and transnational interaction. Drawing on a multimodal range of examples from contemporary Nordic literature these eighteen chapters illustrate the ways in which multilingualism is dynamic rather than fixed resulting from the interactions between authors texts and readers as well as between literary and socio-political institutions. The book highlights the processes by which borders are formed within the production circulation and reception of literature and in turn the impact of these borders on issues around cultural linguistic and national belonging. Introducing an innovative approach to the study of multilingualism in literature this collection will be of particular interest to students and researchers in literary studies cultural studies and multilingualism. | The Aesthetics and Politics of Linguistic Borders Multilingualism in Northern European Literature

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Artistic Visions of the Anthropocene North Climate Change and Nature in Art

Artistic Visions of the Anthropocene North Climate Change and Nature in Art

In the era of the Anthropocene artists and scientists are facing a new paradigm in their attempts to represent nature. Seven chapters which focus on art from 1780 to the present that engages with Nordic landscapes argue that a number of artists in this period work in the intersection between art science and media technologies to examine the human impact on these landscapes and question the blurred boundaries between nature and the human. Canadian artists such as Lawren Harris and Geronimo Inutiq are considered alongside artists from Scandinavia and Iceland such as J. C. Dahl Eija-Liisa Ahtila Toril Johannessen and Björk. | Artistic Visions of the Anthropocene North Climate Change and Nature in Art

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