The book aims to explain the emergence of the Norwegian—and to some extent, the Scandinavian—welfare state in historical and anthropological terms. Halvard Vike argues that particular forms of politic
Presenting the first systematic treatment of the behavior of Neron models under ramified base change, this book can be read as an introduction to various subtle invariants and constructions related to
This book offers a first overarching look at the relationship between states and their citizens abroad, approached through the concept of 'duty of care'.
As a quarry for data, testing-ground for theory and site of investigation, history has been one of the unacknowledged partners of International Relations. The last two decades has witnessed both a sub
Following on from where 2004's widely acclaimed three-volume SAGE collection, Diplomacy (ed. Jonsson & Langhorne) left off, this new four-volume major work takes a new look at a subject which has
This book discusses egalitarianism in Scandinavian countries through historically oriented and empirically based studies on social and political change. The chapters engage with issues related to soci
The provisions of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) determine the relations of the EFTA countries Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein with the EU and its Member States. On its basis, the
Norwegian-born painter Kjell Torriset (born 1950) combines fragmented figuration--primarily of nudes--with abstract signs, geometric shapes and words, dispersing them across a groundless backdrop to e
