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6. Social Equality in the Nordic Region

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Abstract

In comparison to other countries, the Nordic states on the average have higher or even decisively better statistics as regards participation of women in the economic, social, and political life. Some people claim it is praiseworthy and a model to follow. The clearly visible differences in the status of women in the Nordic countries and the rest of the world seem to be the result of the Scandinavian social policy which followed a somewhat unique path there.

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Fußnoten
1
Evident, for example, in the works of Maria-Pia Boëthius, e.g. Skylla sig själv , Heder och samvete and others.
 
2
For data on the issue, go to Nordic Gender Equality in Figures 2015.
 
3
Norwegian political scientist and activist of the Labour Party.
 
4
On the basis of: Forsas-Scott, H. (1989). pp. 45–49.
 
5
Stein Rokkan was a Norwegian political scientist whose research strongly influenced studies on the process of political motivation to act in political parliamentary and party systems.
 
7
The name of a Swedish nineteenth century writer and feminist.
 
8
Even more interesting could be the consecutive document: Varannan damernas väg till Riksdagen, Tidskrift för genusvetenskap, no. 4 2007, http://​dspace.​mah.​se/​bitstream/​handle/​2043/​7039/​TGV%20​4.​07%20​2.​pdf?​sequence=​1.
 
9
In the same aspect, equality of genders is also researched at Norwegian universities. For example, at licentiate studies at the University of Oslo a student can select the major of Prosperity of the Scandinavian countries: family, work and gender equality. No wonder then that sometimes the Northern states are called feminist countries.
 
10
It was in the year 2010. Even after the changes, the number of women MPs has not grown significantly. It is particularly noticeable when we realize that in Sweden half of the positions in public institutions are occupied by women.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Social Equality in the Nordic Region
verfasst von
Ryszard M. Czarny
Copyright-Jahr
2017
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42363-0_6