The Nordic Model: Does It Exist? Can It Survive?

Ryner, Magnus

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“…One region of Europe that is commonly described as comprising a specific societal model is the Nordic region. However, most of the research done on the Nordic Model of social democracy has tended to focus on the welfare state and working life (i. e. Dølvik et al, 2015, Esping-Andersen, 1990, Ryner, 2007, Alestale et al, 2009, and in large part neglected to take into account the important role that the public sphere and the culture sector play for this societal model. Although there are a few notable exceptions, these have instead focused solely on the media (Syvertsen et al, 2014, Hallin andMancini, 2004) or cultural policy (Duelund, 2003, Mangset et al, 2008 in discussing the Nordic model, and have not payed sufficient attention to how these are connected to larger societal structures.…”

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Archives, libraries and museums in the Nordic model of the public sphere

Larsen¹

2018

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Purpose: The purpose of this article is to discuss the role of ALM-organizations within a Nordic model of the public sphere.Design/methodology/approach: This is a conceptual article discussing the role of archives, libraries and museums in light of a societal model of the Nordic public sphere. Throughout the discussions, I draw on empirical and theoretical research from sociology, political science, media studies, cultural policy studies, archival science, museology, and library and information science, to help advance our understanding of these organizations in a wider societal context. Findings:The article shows that ALM-organizations play an important role for the infrastructure of a civil public sphere. Seen as a cluster, these organizations are providers of information that can be employed in deliberative activities in mediated public spheres, as well as training arenas for citizens to use prior to entering such spheres. Furthermore, ALMorganizations are themselves public spheres, as they can serve specific communities and help create and maintain identities, and solidarities, all of which are important parts of a civil public sphere. Research implications/implications:Future research should investigate whether these roles are an important part of ALM-organizations contribution to public spheres in other regions of the world. Originality/value:Through introducing a theoretical model developed within sociology and connecting it to ongoing research in archival science, museology, and library and information science, I connect the societal role of archives, libraries, and museums to broader discussions within the social sciences.

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Archives, libraries and museums in the Nordic model of the public sphere

Larsen¹

2018

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“…This foundation is a strong vision or mobilising image in public debate (Ryner ). Yet convergence on similar immigrant integration policies has not been the case.…”

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What can and cannot be willed: how politicians talk about national identity and immigrants

Jensen

2014

Nations and Nationalism

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The ethnic‐civic framework remains widely used in nationalism research. However, in the context of European immigrant integration politics, where almost all ‘nation talk’ is occurring in civic and liberal registers, the framework has a hard time identifying how conceptions of national identity brought forth in political debate differ in their exclusionary potential. This leads some to the conclusion that national identity is losing explanatory power. Building on the insights of Oliver Zimmer, I argue that we may find a different picture if we treat cultural content and logic of boundary construction – two parameters conflated in the ethnic‐civic framework – as two distinct analytical levels. The framework I propose focuses on an individual and collective dimension of logic of boundary construction that together constitute the inclusionary/exclusionary core of national identity. The framework is tested on the political debate on immigrant integration in Denmark and Norway in selected years. Indeed, the framework enables us to move beyond the widespread idea that Danish politicians subscribe to an ethnic conception of the nation, while Norwegian political thought is somewhere in between an ethnic and civic conception. The true difference is that Danish politicians, unlike their Norwegian counterparts, do not acknowledge the collective self‐understanding as an object of political action.

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“…In contrast to the German model, a large social service sector provides the basis for high rate "post-industrial" employment. In addition, the Nordic principle of welfare state universalism makes a sharp contradiction to the German model and other Christian democratic welfare regimes, as well as the Anglo system, which offers minimum universal services with private alternatives for the rich (Ryner, 2007).…”

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Human resource management practices and the HRM-performance link in public and private sector organizations in three Western societal clusters

Vanhala

Stavrou

2013

Baltic Journal of Management

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Purpose -The purpose of the paper is to explore HRM practices and HRM-performance (HRM-P) link in public and private sector organizations across three societal clusters: the Anglo, the Germanic, and the Nordic European. Design/methodology/approach -The article is based on international Cranet HRM survey data collected from large private and public organizations. Findings -According to results, HRM is more advanced in private companies than in public sector organizations, even across three societal clusters. Instead, the analyses related to HRM-P link in private and public organizations refer to interesting similarities but also differences between organizational sectors (public versus private) and societal clusters.Research limitations/implications -The main limitation is retaining in those performance indicators that are applicable in both private and public organizations: subjective measures of productivity and service quality, only. Performance measures relevant especially in the public sector (e.g. qualitative targets, attaining budget frames) were not available, and the operationalization of HRM as an index covering the main areas of HRM may have reduced differences between public and private organizations. More in-depth research designs are needed in public sector HRM-P research. Originality/value -The paper contributes to HRM-P research by showing that the level of HRM and the HRM-P relationship varies to some extent according to sector and across Western societal clusters.

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The Nordic Model: Does It Exist? Can It Survive?

Cited by 44 publications

References 8 publications

Archives, libraries and museums in the Nordic model of the public sphere

Archives, libraries and museums in the Nordic model of the public sphere

What can and cannot be willed: how politicians talk about national identity and immigrants

Human resource management practices and the HRM-performance link in public and private sector organizations in three Western societal clusters

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