Autor: Fredrik Engelstad

During the last decade gender equality in business life has become a hot topic. One impetus is the recent reform in Norway, prescribing gender quotas to the boards of directors of public companies. S …

This volume of 'Comparative Social Research’ emphasizes unsolved issues and new developments within class and stratification analysis, discussing both theoretical and methodological innovations and r …

This volume contains an Open Access chapter.Relationships between elites and democracy have always been strained. The very concept of elites – of 'chosen people’ – stands in contradiction to democrat …

This volume contains an Open Access chapter.Relationships between elites and democracy have always been strained. The very concept of elites – of 'chosen people’ – stands in contradiction to democrat …

The Nordic model attracts attention in a mixture of applause and disbelief. Among its merits, but also a precondition to its future survival, is its capacity to modify and adapt to changing circumsta …

The main focus of the book is institutional change in the Scandinavian model, with special emphasis on Norway. There are many reasons to pay closer attention to the Norwegian case when it comes to an …

After the optimism following the fall of the Berlin Wall, the world has seen more of a democratic backlash. But despite the backlashes, in some societies the stability of democracy does not seem to b …