* = the article is in the course compendium
@ = the article is available online
Family, Work and Gender Equality: Politicising Parenthood in Scandinavia
Ellingsæter, Anne Lise and Arnlaug Leira (2006) "Introduction: politicising parenthood in Scandinavia", Ch 1 in Ellingsæter, Anne Lise and Arnlaug Leira (eds). Politicising Parenthood in Scandinavia. Gender relations in welfare states. Bath: Policy Press. Pp. 1-26 [25].
@ Fraser, Nancy (1994) “After the family wage: gender equity and the welfare state”, Political Theory, 44 (4), pp. 591-618 [27]. Available online
Lammi-Taskula, Johanna (2006) "Nordic men on parental leave: can the welfare state change gender relations?" in Ellingsæter, Anne Lise og Arnlaug Leira (eds), Politicising Parenthood in Scandinavia. Gender relations in welfare states. Bath: Policy Press. Pp 79-100 [21].
Leira, Arnlaug (2006) "Parenthood change and policy reform in Scandinavia, 1970s-2000s", Ch. 2 in Ellingsæter, Anne Lise og Arnlaug Leira (eds), Politicising Parenthood in Scandinavia. Gender relations in welfare states. Bath: Policy Press. Pp. 27-52 [25].
Comparative European demography: Fertility woes and family changes
@ Coleman, D. 2006. "Europe's demographic future: Determinants, Dimensions and Challenges", Population and Development Review 32(S1): 52-95 (43p) Available online
Cooke, L.P. et al 2011 "Labor & Love: Employment and Divorce Risk in 11 Countries", Under journal review. (approx. 30p) NB! Will be handed out in class
@ Duvander,A.-Z. et al. 2010. "Family policy and fertility: fathers’ and mothers’ use of parental leave and continued childbearing in Norway and Sweden", Journal of European Social Policy 20(1): 45-57 (12p) Available online
@ Goldstein, J. et al 2003. "The emergence of sub-replacement fertility ideals in Europe", Population Research and Policy Review 22(4): 479-496. (17p) Available online
@ Hoem, J.M. 2005. "Why does Sweden have such high fertility?", Demographic Research 13(22): 559-572. (13p) Available online
@ Kiernan K.2004. "Unmarried cohabitation and parenthood in Europe", Law & Policy 26(1):33-55. (22p) Available online
Lyngstad, T.H. Lecture notes on basic demographic measures (5-10p) NB! Will be handed out in class
@ Noack, T. 2001. "Cohabitation - an accepted and increasingly regulated way of living", International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 15(1): 102-117 (15p) Available online
@ Lutz et al. 2003. "Europe's population at a turning point", Science 299:1991-1992 (2p) Available online
@ Rindfuss, R.R. et al. 2011. "Child-Care Availability and Fertility in Norway" 36(4): 725-748. (23p) Available online
@ Sobotka T. 2010. "Shifting Parenthood to Advanced Reproductive Ages: Trends, Causes and Consequences" in Tremmel, J. (Ed.) A Young Generation Under Pressure?. Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. (25p) Available online
Historical background and overview of the Nordic models of socio-economic development
* Alestalo, Matti & Stein Kuhle (1987): The Scandinavian Route: Economic, Social, and Political Developments in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. In: Erikson, R., E.J. Hansen, S. Ringen, H. Uusitalo eds.: The Scandinavian Model: Welfare States and Welfare Research. M.E. Sharpe: Armonk-London, pp. 3-38. [35 pages]
* Mjøset, Lars (2003). “Norden in the European state system. A presentation of Einar Maseng’s forgotten analysis”, in Ralf Eriksson, Markus Jäntti & Johan Willner, editors, Att förstå och förändra världen: En festskrift för Jan Otto Andersson, Åbo Akademis Förlag, Turku 2003, pp. 161-206. (ISBN 951-765-154-6). [46 pages]
* Kuhnle, Stein (2009). "The Nordic Model: Ambiguous, but Useful Concept" in Herbert Obinger, Elmar Rieger (Hg.) Wohlfahrtsstaatlichkeit in entwickelten Demokratien: Herausforderungen, Reformen und Perspektiven, Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag, 2009: 275-294. [19 pages]
Young adult immigrants' experiences of exclusion and inclusion in school and in access to higher education: Norway and Sweden as contrasted to Estonia and France
* Fangen, Katrine (2010) ‘Social Exclusion and Inclusion of Young Immigrants – Presentation of an Analytical Framework’, Nordic Journal of Youth Research, 18(2): 133-156 (23 pages)
* Fangen, Katrine and Ferdinand Andreas Mohn (2010) ‘Norway: The Pitfalls of Egalitarianism’ in: Fangen, Katrine; Fossan, Kirsten and Mohn, Ferdinand Andreas (eds.) Inclusion And Exclusion of Young Adult Migrants in Europe: Barriers and Bridges. Surrey: Ashgate (35 pages)
* Strompl, Judit; Kaldur, Kristjan and Anna Markina (2011) ‘Chapter 4: Pathways in Education’ in Fangen, Katrine; Johansson, Thomas and Hammarén, Nils (eds.) (2011), Young Migrants: Exclusion and Belonging in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan (38 pages)
Equality and power in working life
@ Espen Løken and Torgeir Aarvaag Stokke (2009) Labour Relations in Norway. Oslo: Fafo report 2009-33 (50 pages) Available online
* Engelstad, Fredrik (2004), “Democracy at work? Does Democracy in Working Life Make Sense in the 21st Century?” In F. Engelstad and Ø.Østerud, eds., Power and Democracy. Critical Interventions. Aldershot: Ashgate (25 pages)
* Gulbrandsen, Trygve and Ursula Hoffmann-Lange (2007), "Consensus or Polarization? Business and labor Elites in Germany and Norway" Comparative Social Research, 23:103-135. (33 pages)
Parenthood policy struggles: gender equality versus choice
Chapter 6 and 11 in A.L. Ellingsæter & A. Leira (eds) Politicising parenthood in Scandinavia. Bristol: Policy Press (pp. 121-144, pp. 265-277)
@ Ellingsæter, A. L. (2007) ’Old’ and ’new’ politics of time to care: three Norwegian reforms. Journal of European Social Policy, 17(1): 49-60. Available online
@ Ellingsæter, A. L. & Gulbrandsen, L. (2007) Closing the child care gap: The interaction of childcare supply and mothers’ agency in Norway. Journal of Social Policy, 36(4) : 649-669. Available online
@ J.C. Gornick & M. K. Meyers (2008) Creating Gender Egalitarian Societies: An agenda for reform. Politics & Society 36(3): 313-349. Available online
Immigration and the Nordic welfare state. Citizenship policies in Scandinavia
Brochmann, Grete and Knut Kjeldstadli 2008. A history of immigration. The case of Norway 900-2000. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. pp 201-232 and pp 267-294 (31+27)
* Hagelund, Anniken and G. Brochmann 2009. “From rights to duties? Welfare and citizenship for immigrants and refugees in Scandinavia”. In Patrick Baert, Sokratis Koniordos, Giovanna Procacci and Carlo Ruzza (eds.) Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society. London/New York: Routledge. pp 141-161 (20)
@ Brochmann, Grete and I. Seland 2010. “Citizenship Policies and Ideas of Nationhood in Scandinavia”. Citizenship Studies, vol 14, no 4. Pp 429-445 (16) Available online
Drugs, crime and ethnicity in a welfare state context
S. Sandberg & W. Pedersen: Street capital, Polity Press, paperback edition, 2011. chapters 1, 2, 3, 8. (approx. 80 pages)
Equality and inequality in the Norwegian labour market
@ Blackburn, R. M., Jarman, J. and Brooks, B. (2000). The puzzle of gender segregation and inequality: A cross-national analysis. European Sociological Review, 16, 119-135. (16 pages) Available online
* Dolton, P., Asplund, R. and Barth, E. (2009). Education, wage inequality and the labour market. In: Dolton, P., Asplund, R. and Barth, E. (eds.) Education and Inequality Across Europe, pp. 1-23. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. (23 pages)
@ Hansen, M. N. (2010). Change in intergenerational economic mobility in Norway: conventional versus joint classifications of economic origin, Journal of Economic Inequality, 8, 133-151. (18 pages) Available online
@ Mandel, H. and Shalev, M. (2009). How Welfare States Shape the Gender Pay Gap: A Theoretical and Comparative Analysis, Social Forces, 87, 1873-1911. (38 pages) Available online
* Mastekaasa, A. (2004). Social origins and recruitment to Norwegian business and public sector elites. European Sociological Review, 20, 221-235. (15 pages) Available online
Course material information
Books on the syllabus will be available at the bookstore Gnist Akademika at Blindern. The course compendium will be available at Kopiutsalget in the basement of the bookstore. Please bring your student card.
@ - articles
@ = articles are available online through Bibsys' subscriptions on e-journal databases for employees and students. To access the articles it is necessary to use a computer in the UiO network. This is because the UiO subscription access is controlled by IP-address. To download the articles from computers outside the UiO network it is necessary to connect to the UiO network by VPN client.
Some ejournal databases do not facilitate a direct link to the PDF-file. In such cases the link leads to the issue-index or the journal from where the correct article can be located and downloaded.
Available curriculum articles on the internet are an advantage in the sense that required reading will be available to the students sooner than compendiums, and the students may choose to read the text on the screen. Students pay for print-outs if exceeding their print quota, but this is also cheaper than printed compendium per page.