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Preface; References; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction: Egalitarianism in a Scandinavian Context; Egalitarianism as a Theoretical Possibility; Egalitarianism and the Welfare State; The State and Civil Society; The Local Level of the State; Egalitarianism as an Unintended Effect; Egalitarianism: Cultural and Social Values; The Institutionalization of Egalitarian Social and Cultural Values; Egalitarianism as a Political Project in the Era of Migration; Multiculturalism and Equality; Gender Equality as a Political Ambition
The Political Construction of Inegalitarian Egalitarianism?The Future of the Institutionalization of Egalitarianism; Conclusion; Structure of the Book; References; Part I: The Tradition of Egalitarianism; Chapter 2: The Cultural Construction of Equality in Norden; Some Points of Departure: A Nordic Sonderweg?; Freedom and Solidarity from a Theoretical Perspective; The Political Practices in the Construction of Social Community: The European Framework; The Social Protest: The People's Movements; Toward the Social Democratic Welfare Governments; The Question of Equality Today and for the Future
Challenging OrthodoxiesConclusion; References; Part II: Institutionalizing Egalitarianism; Chapter 5: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Political Resistance: Notes on the Political Roots of Egalitarianism in Scandinavia; Introduction; Of Peasants and State Capitalism; The Dynamics of Political Change in Scandinavia; Challenges to State Power: Some Examples of Political Mobilizations and Their Aftermath; The Lofthus Rebellion; The Haugians; The Menstad Battle; Political Mobilization: Some Preliminary Conclusions; Local Politics: A Contemporary Perspective; Conclusion; References
Chapter 6: Social Imaginaries and Egalitarian Practices in the Era of NeoliberalizationIntroduction; Housing for All; Two Cooperatives; The Danish Version of Neoliberalism; Following the Market; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Normative Hierarchy and Pragmatic Egalitarianism in Municipal Policy Development; Introduction; The Village and the State as Sources of Political Legitimacy; Normative Hierarchy; The Paradoxes of Municipal Entrepreneurship; Pragmatic Egalitarianism; Embedding the State and the Village; Organized Egalitarianism and the Morals of Membership; References
The Political Construction of Inegalitarian Egalitarianism?The Future of the Institutionalization of Egalitarianism; Conclusion; Structure of the Book; References; Part I: The Tradition of Egalitarianism; Chapter 2: The Cultural Construction of Equality in Norden; Some Points of Departure: A Nordic Sonderweg?; Freedom and Solidarity from a Theoretical Perspective; The Political Practices in the Construction of Social Community: The European Framework; The Social Protest: The People's Movements; Toward the Social Democratic Welfare Governments; The Question of Equality Today and for the Future
Challenging OrthodoxiesConclusion; References; Part II: Institutionalizing Egalitarianism; Chapter 5: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Political Resistance: Notes on the Political Roots of Egalitarianism in Scandinavia; Introduction; Of Peasants and State Capitalism; The Dynamics of Political Change in Scandinavia; Challenges to State Power: Some Examples of Political Mobilizations and Their Aftermath; The Lofthus Rebellion; The Haugians; The Menstad Battle; Political Mobilization: Some Preliminary Conclusions; Local Politics: A Contemporary Perspective; Conclusion; References
Chapter 6: Social Imaginaries and Egalitarian Practices in the Era of NeoliberalizationIntroduction; Housing for All; Two Cooperatives; The Danish Version of Neoliberalism; Following the Market; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Normative Hierarchy and Pragmatic Egalitarianism in Municipal Policy Development; Introduction; The Village and the State as Sources of Political Legitimacy; Normative Hierarchy; The Paradoxes of Municipal Entrepreneurship; Pragmatic Egalitarianism; Embedding the State and the Village; Organized Egalitarianism and the Morals of Membership; References