5HA353, 7,5 hp, Grundnivå

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Notes from the course

Huvudgrupp 1: Ca 600 pages
Huvudgrupp 1: Ca 600 pages

Required reading

Huvudgrupp 1

Compulsory fatherhood: the coding of fatherhood in the Swedish welfare state
Part of Making men into fathers: men, masculinities and the social politics of fatherhood
Bergman, Helena, Hobson, Barbara
2002, Cambridge Univ. Press
ISBN 9780521809276, print
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Bergman, Helena; Hobson, Barbara, Compulsory fatherhood: the coding of fatherhood in the Swedish welfare state, Ingår i: Making men into fathers: men, masculinities and the social politics of fatherhood, Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2002
Eugenics in Sweden: Efficient Care
Part of Eugenics and the welfare state: sterilization policy in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland
Broberg, G., Tydén, M.
1996, Michigan State University Press
ISBN 9780585200927, e-book
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72 ss.
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Broberg, G.; Tydén, M., Eugenics in Sweden: Efficient Care, Ingår i: Eugenics and the welfare state: sterilization policy in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland, East Lansing, Mich., Michigan State University Press, c1996 (72 ss.)
Public care work in private contexts: a historical perspective on the Swedish welfare state
Part of Global care work: gender and migration in Nordic societies
Carlsson, Karin
2010, Nordic Academic Press
ISBN 9789185509485, print
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Carlsson, Karin, Public care work in private contexts: a historical perspective on the Swedish welfare state, Ingår i: Global care work: gender and migration in Nordic societies, Lund, Nordic Academic Press, 2010
The three worlds of welfare capitalism
Esping-Andersen, Gøsta
1990, Polity
ISBN 9780745606651, print
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Introduction + ch. 1 & 2; 54 pp.
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Esping-Andersen, Gøsta, The three worlds of welfare capitalism, Cambridge, Polity, 1990 (Introduction + ch. 1 & 2; 54 pp.)
The happy 30s: a short story of social engineering and gender order in Sweden
Part of Swedish modernism: architecture, consumption and the welfare state
Hirdman, Yvonne
2010, Black Dog
ISBN 9781906155988, print
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Hirdman, Yvonne, The happy 30s: a short story of social engineering and gender order in Sweden, Ingår i: Swedish modernism: architecture, consumption and the welfare state, London, Black Dog, cop. 2010
In search of the Swedish Model. Contested Historiography
Part of Swedish modernism: architecture, consumption and the welfare state
Lundberg, Urban, Tydén, Mattias
2010, Black Dog
ISBN 9781906155988, print
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14 pp
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Lundberg, Urban; Tydén, Mattias, In search of the Swedish Model. Contested Historiography, Ingår i: Swedish modernism: architecture, consumption and the welfare state, London, Black Dog, cop. 2010, s. 36–49 (14 pp)
Social Rights and Social Security: The Swedish Welfare State, 1900-2000
Part of Scandinavian journal of history
Lundberg, Urban, Åmark, Klas
2001, nr. 3
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Lundberg, Urban; Åmark, Klas, Social Rights and Social Security: The Swedish Welfare State, 1900-2000, Ingår i: Scandinavian journal of history, vol. 26, nr. 3, 2001
The State and Voluntary Social Work in Sweden
Lundström, Tommy
1996, Sköndalsinstitutet
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Lundström, Tommy, The State and Voluntary Social Work in Sweden, Stockholm, Sköndalsinstitutet, 1996 ((Voluntas vol. 7, Issue 2, 1996.) https://uu.summon.serialssolutions.com/#!/search?bookMark=ePnHCXMwbV09D8IgECXGwc-fYGwcNR042tLORuOuzoQCxi7GWDT-fO_ApjFxYHshgcC947h7N2FzTbnZNx9quCz7kQQFkWf44BiQiKkUlMpWDoMYnqRrmY86GyrQrx-zJW5V4q_NwyZtiGEnzS05mlDvoV-NnrGhfzzRjJ73u9P2kH7bB6SGF1ClPMMjZUj-xLiq0No4fqnLGgnaCpCchMUsOg_agoMLem8ZDm6r0gjIrXPULnkd5–0IS92jAoTqtH77FSF4FcGdRVe6pmCF8a0qqMkQhQ6mbBlBVHLybPv5oJDIE4K-vzd_EaBaUKTkSZyKLM-Vf3tELyI6pFL2YFkRphQfKEZvMA)
The Moral, Economic and Political Logic of the Swedish Welfare State
Part of The Oxford handbook of Swedish politics
Rothstein, Bo
2016, Oxford University Press
ISBN 9780191755699
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- 9780191755699, 2016, Oxford University Press, e-book
- 9780199665679, 2016, Oxford University Press, print
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Rothstein, Bo, The Moral, Economic and Political Logic of the Swedish Welfare State, Ingår i: The Oxford handbook of Swedish politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2016, s. 69–85 (http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199665679.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199665679-e-1)
Building the utopia of the everyday
Part of Swedish modernism: architecture, consumption and the welfare state
Rudberg, Eva
2010, Black Dog
ISBN 9781906155988, print
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Rudberg, Eva, Building the utopia of the everyday, Ingår i: Swedish modernism: architecture, consumption and the welfare state, London, Black Dog, cop. 2010
Seeing like a state: how certain schemes to improve the human condition have failed
Scott, James C.
1998, Yale University Press
ISBN 9780300070163, print
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Introduction & ch. 3 & 4; 66 pp.
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Scott, James C., Seeing like a state: how certain schemes to improve the human condition have failed, New Haven, Conn., Yale University Press, cop. 1998 (Introduction & ch. 3 & 4; 66 pp.)
The age of social democracy: Norway and Sweden in the twentieth century
Sejersted, Francis
2011, Princeton University Press
ISBN 9780691147741, print
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p. 122–331
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Sejersted, Francis, The age of social democracy: Norway and Sweden in the twentieth century, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2011 (p. 122–331)
State and civil society in Northern Europe: the Swedish model reconsidered
Trägårdh, Lars
2007, Berghahn books
ISBN 9781845452322, print
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Ch. 1 & 7; 43 pp.
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Trägårdh, Lars, State and civil society in Northern Europe: the Swedish model reconsidered, New York, Berghahn books, 2007 (Ch. 1 & 7; 43 pp.)
Women's labour force participation in the Nordic countries during the twentieth century
Part of The Nordic model of welfare: a historical reappraisal
Åmark, Klas
2006, Museum Tusculanum Press
ISBN 9788763503419, print
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Åmark, Klas, Women's labour force participation in the Nordic countries during the twentieth century, Ingår i: The Nordic model of welfare: a historical reappraisal, Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press, 2006

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Required reading

Huvudgrupp 1

Compulsory fatherhood: the coding of fatherhood in the Swedish welfare state

Eugenics in Sweden: Efficient Care

Public care work in private contexts: a historical perspective on the Swedish welfare state

The three worlds of welfare capitalism

The happy 30s: a short story of social engineering and gender order in Sweden

In search of the Swedish Model. Contested Historiography

Social Rights and Social Security: The Swedish Welfare State, 1900-2000

The State and Voluntary Social Work in Sweden

The Moral, Economic and Political Logic of the Swedish Welfare State

Building the utopia of the everyday

Seeing like a state: how certain schemes to improve the human condition have failed

The age of social democracy: Norway and Sweden in the twentieth century

State and civil society in Northern Europe: the Swedish model reconsidered

Women's labour force participation in the Nordic countries during the twentieth century

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Required books

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