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Power of the periphery: how Norway became an environmental pioneer for the world
Where does Norwegian self-confident environmental well-wishing come from? Spanning thirty years of Norwegian history, this book begins with the translation of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in 1962 and ends with Norwegians attending the Earth Summit in 1992. It tells a story of how scientists considered outdoor life and environmental research to be superior. The Power of the Periphery was that o…
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- 9781108763851
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- xiii, 288 pages; illustration
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- Studies in environment and history
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- 363.7009481 ANK p
Families and food in hard times : European comparative research
Food is fundamental to health and social participation, yet food poverty has increased in the global North. Adopting a realist ontology and taking a comparative case approach, Families and Food in Hard Times addresses the global problem of economic retrenchment and how those most affected are those with the least resources. Based on research carried out with low-income families with children ag…
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- 9781787356559
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- xiii, 274 p. : ill
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- 362.5094 OCO f
Measuring the master race : physical anthropology in Norway, 1890-1945
Measuring the Master Race by Kyllingstad,which explores the various theories and debates held by Norwegian anthropologists and eugenicists on the concept of a superior Nordic race in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, is an important contribution to [Physical anthropology's history] research . . . Measuring the Master Race, the first monograph to open up Norwegian anthropology to the Engli…
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- 9781909254565
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- xxii, 251p.
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- 599.909481 KYL m
Norwegian shipping in the 20th century : Norway's successful navigation of th…
This open access book discusses how Norwegian shipping companies played a crucial role in global shipping markets in the 20th century, at times transporting more than ten per cent of world seaborne trade. Chapters explore how Norway managed to remain competitive, despite being a high labour-cost country in an industry with global competition. Among the features that are emphasised are market de…
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- 9783319956398
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- xiii, 327p. : ill.
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- 387.5094810904 TEN n
Boundary strugle: contestation of free speech in the Norwegian public sphere
Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right and a core value in liberal democracies. It is also, however, one of our time’s most contested issues, constantly claimed to be either too wide-ranging, at the peril of vulnerable minority groups, or too limited, restricting dissent and democratic deliberation. Employing a sociological lens on the dynamics of the public sphere, this book investig…
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- 9788202535032
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- 326p.: ill.
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- 323.4 BOU b
Children's rights in Norway: an implementation paradox?
Malcolm Langford, Marit Skivenes and Karl Harald Søvig (eds.).
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- 9788215031422
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- 452 pages : color diagrams ; 24 cm
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