In today's society, women - having entered the workplace in growing numbers worldwide - are increasingly expected to earn wages whilst still being primarily ...

Globalization poses new challenges for the modern welfare state and democracies. One controversial issue is how struggles for economic equality are linked ...

The main objective of this thesis is to study how social and cultural norms regarding body and appearance are perceived and interpreted by young people. ...

In the Nordic countries we agree that men and women are equal. Gender equality means that women and men should have the same opportunities, rights and ...

Equal Democracies? Gender and Politics in the Nordic Countries is the result of a joint effort between several Nordic scolars specialising in the study ...

This book explores the highly topical issue of the gender divide of welfare. A common characteristic of welfare states of the OECD (Organisation for Economic ...

The topic of this book is the interaction of ’labour’ and ’love’ in modern society, the curious ways in which these separate modes ...

This report is a collection of articles that have been published over a period of several years. The purpose of collecting the articles is to emphasise ...

Cultural pluralisation - reinforced by immigration - has had major consequences for the political agenda in recent years in liberal democratic states. ...