Books that have to be purchased:
Titles marked with * are from books that have to be purchased that you can buy in the bookshop Akademika at Blindern.
*Melby, Kari, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg (eds.): Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia. The limits of political ambition?, 2008. Policy Press, Bristol.
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Compendium
The articles in the syllabus you will find in a compendium that you can buy in the basement of Akademika/Kopiutsalget, Blindern.
Reading list
Ahlberg, Jenny, Christine Roman and Simon Duncan: "Actualizing the "Democratic Family"? Swedish Policy Rhetoric versus Family Practices" in Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, 2008. Advance Access published. pp 79-100. (22p) link.
Andersson, Måns: "Gendering animals. Representation, identification and demise of simplicity" in NIKK magasin No 3, 2006. pp 12-15 (4p). link.
Bacchi, Carol: "Poststructuralism, Discourse and Problematization: Implications for gender mainstreaming" in Kvinder, køn & forskning (4): 2010. pp 62-72.(11p)
Balkman, Dag, LeeAnn Iovanni and Keith Pringle: ”A Reconsideration of Two ”Welfare Paradises”: Research and Policy Responses to Men’s Violence in Denmark and Sweden” in Men and Masculinities 2009 12: 155 (15p). link.
Bergman, Solveig: ”Women in New Social Movements” in Bergquist, Christina et al. (eds.): Equal Democracies? Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries, 1999. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press. ISBN: 82-00-12799-0. pp 98-120 (20p).
Bjørnholt, Margunn: "Like Father, Like Son? The Transmission of Values, Family Practices and Work-Family Adaptations to Sons of Work-Sharing Men" in Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research and Practice about Men as Fathers, 8(3), 2010, pp 276–299. (24p).
Borchorst, Anette and Birte Siim: ”Women friendly policies and state feminisms: Theorizing Scandinavian gender equality” in Feminist Theory 2008 9:207 (15p). link.
*Borchorst, Anette : "Women-friendly policy paradoxes? Childcare policies and gender equality visions in Scandinavia" in Melby, Kari, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg (eds.): Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia. The limits of political ambition?, 2008. Bristol: Policy Press. pp 27-43. (17p)
Christensen, Ann-Dorte and Nina C. Raaum: "Models of political mobilisation" in Bergquist, Christina et al. (eds.): Equal Democracies? Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries, 1999. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press. pp 17-26.(10p)
Dahlerup, Drude, : "Women in Nordic politics – a continuing success story?” " in Kirsti Niskanen (ed.): Gender and Power in the Nordic Countries, 2011. NIKK publication 2011:1. p. 59-86, (23 p). link
Ellingsæter, Anne Lise: "Women’s right to work: The interplay of state, market and women’s agency" in NORA 2-3 (7), 1999. pp 109-123. (15p) link.
Ericsson, Kjersti: "Sexual harassment and the genderization of work" in Fehr, Drude von der et al. (eds.): Is there a Nordic Feminism? Nordic feminist thought on culture and society, 1998. London: UCL Press. pp 176-196 (21p).
Eriksson, Maria: "Men’s violence, men’s parenting and gender politics in Sweden" in NORA 1 (10), pp 6-15.(10p) link.
*Fiig, Christina: "A Scandinavian feminist public sphere: Discourses on feminism and gender equality" in in Melby, Kari, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg (eds.): Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia, 2008. Bristol: Policy Press. pp 199-214.(16p)
Gislason, Ingolfur V. : "Introduction" in Gislason, Ingolfur V. and Gudny Björk Eydal (eds.): Parental leave, childcare and gender equality in the Nordic countries. 2011. TemaNord 2011:562 Sweden. pp 13-30.(18p) link.
Hearn, Jeff, Marie Nordberg, Kjerstin Andersson, Dag Balkmar, Lucs Gottzén, Roger Klinth, Keith Pringle and Linn Sandberg: ”Hegemonic Masculinity and Beyond: 40 Years of Research in Sweden” in Men and Masculinities 2012 15: 31 (19p). link.
Husu, Liisa: "Sexism, support and survival in academia: Finnish experiences" in NIKK magasin 3, 2001. pp 8-10 (3p). link.
Jutterdal, Anna: "The Swedish Law, Kvinnofrid: Knowledge About Men’s violence Against Women" in Korsvik, Trine and Ane Stø (eds.): The Nordic Approach, 2011. Kolofon forlag.(15p). (hand-out in class)
Korsvik, Trine Rogg: "Childcare policy since the 1970s in the ‘most gender equal country in the world’: A field of controversy and grassroots activism" in European Journal of Women's Studies, 2011. SAGE journals online.(19p) link (pdf).
Korsvik, Trine and Ane Stø: "The Nordic Battle for the Minds of Men" in Korsvik, Trine and Ane Stø (eds.): The Nordic Approach, 2011. Kolofon Forlag, Oslo. pp 7-21 (14p) (hand-out in class)
Kvande, Elin: "Doing Masculinities in Organizational Restructuring" in NORA 1 (10), 2002. pp 16-25.(10p) link.
Lahelma, Elina: "School Grades And Other Resources: “The Failing Boys” Discourse Revisited" in NORA 2 (13) , 2005. pp 78-89.(12p) link.
Langvasbråten, Trude : "A Scandinavian Model? Gender Equality Discourses on Multiculturalism" in Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society , 2008. Advance Access published on March 5, 2008, 15. pp. 32-52 (21p). link.
Lister, Ruth: ”A Nordic Nirvana? Gender, Citizenship, and Social Justice in the Nordic Welfare States” in Social Politics 16 (2) 2009. Pp 242-278 (36p). link (pdf).
Longva, Anh Nga: "The Trouble with Difference: Gender, Ethnicity and Norwegian Social Democracy" in Grete, Brochmann, (ed.): The Multicultural Challenge Comparative Social Research 22, 2003. Elsevier Ltd. pp 153-175. (23p)
Lovenduski, Joni: "Change in Women’s Political Representation" in Rossilli, Mariagrazia (ed.): Gender Policies in the European Union, 2000. New York: Peter Lang. pp 87- 104. (18 p)
Lotherington, Ann Therese: "Innovative Women and Gender-Power in Norwegian Regional Development Policy" in NORA, 2005. Routledge. pp 101-114. (14 p) link.
Lützen, Karen : "Gay and Lesbian Politics: Assimilation or Subversion: A Danish Perspective" in Löfström, Jan (ed.): Scandinavian Homosexualities. Essays on Gay and Lesbian Studies, 1998. New York: Hayworth Press. pp 233-243 (11p) .
Magnusson, Eva: "Psychology as Producer of Gender" in NIKK magasin 3, 2001, pp 33-35. (3 p) link.
*Melby, Kari, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg: "A Nordic model of gender equality? Introduction" in *Melby, Kari, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg (eds.): Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia. The limits of political ambition?, 2008. Policy Press, Bristol. pp 1-26 (26 p)
Nielsen, Harriet Bjerrum and Monica Rudberg: "Gender, Love and Education in Three Generations. The Way Out and Up" in The European Journal of Women’s Studies 7 (4), 2000. pp 423-453. (31 p) link.
Nielsen, Harriet Bjerrum: "European Gender Lessons: Girls and boys at scout camps in Denmark, Portugal, Russia and Slovakia”" in Childhood 11 (2), 2004. pp 207-226.(20 p) link.
Railo, Erkka: ”Women’s Magazines, the Female Body, and Political Participation” in NORA-Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research 2014 1. pp 48-62 (13 p). link.
Rydström, Jens: “Summary and conclusions” in Rydström, Jens: Odd Couples. A History of Gay Marriage in Scandinavia. 2011. Amsterdam: Aksant. s.167-177. notes 212. (10s)
Sainsbury, Diane: “Gender and the Making of Welfare States: Norway and Sweden. In Social Politics Spring 2001.(27p). link.
*Siim, Birte : "Dilemmas of citizenship: tensions between gender equality and cultural diversity in the Danish welfare state" in Melby, Kari, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg (eds.): Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia. The limits of political ambition?, 2008. Policy Press, Bristol. pp 149-166 (18 p).
Skjeie, Hege & Mari Teigen:”Duties to promote equality” in Freidenvall, Lenita and Michele Micheletti (eds.) Comparisons, Quotas and Critical Change: in honor of Drude Dahlerup, 2012. Stockholm Publisher: Department of Political Science, Stockholm University (12p) (hand-out in class).
Skjeie, Hege & Mari Teigen: "Political Constructions of Gender Equality : Travelling Towards… a Gender Balanced Society" in NORA 3 (13), 2005. pp 187-197.(11p) link.
*Smaadahl, Tove: ”Radical Feminists” and the Dispute About How to Understand Prostitution" in Korsvik, Trine and Ane Stø (eds.): The Nordic Approach, 2011. Kolofon Forlag, Oslo. pp 84-98.(15p)
Teigen, Mari : "The Universe of Gender Quotas" in NIKK magasin 3, 2002. pp 4-8 (5p). link.
Teigen, Mari: "Quotas in Corporate Boards" in Kirsti Niskanen (ed.): Gender and Power in the Nordic Countries, 2011. NIKK publication 2011:1.(24p) link.
*Wetterberg, Christina Carlsson and Kari Melby : "The claim of economic citizenship: the concept of equality in a historical context" in Melby, Kari, Anna-Birte Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg (eds.): Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia. The limits of political ambition? , 2008. Bristol: Policy Press. pp 43-62 .(20p)
Widerberg, Karin: "Harriet Holter: A Pioneer in Gender Studies and Sociology" in Acta Sociologica 43 (4), 2000. pp 413-420 (8p). link.
Aarseth, Helene: "Between Labour and Love: The Re-erotization of Home-making in Egalitarian Couples within a Nordic Context" in 2007. NORA VOL 15 NO. 2-3. pp 133-143. (21p) link (pdf).