Publications
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Humaniora i välfärdssamhället
(2023)
This book highlights the diverse roles of the humanities in the history of the Swedish welfare society. This society has often been seen as dominated by an instrumental view of knowledge that rewarded the social sciences, ...
Den engagerade reportern
(2024)
Social reportages are written by reporters who fight for the weak and expose injustices. So it is said in the profession, in handbooks and among the genre’s supporters. But what is hidden behind the ideal? And what does ...
Politiskt aktörskap i en omvandlingstid
(2024)
In the anthology Politiskt aktörskap i en omvandlingstid the reader meets ten people who in one way or another acted politically in the decades around the turn of the last century. Members of Parliament such as Nelly Thüring ...
Antirasismer och antirasister
(2024)
In the book Anti-Racisms and Anti-Racists. Realistic utopias, tensions and everyday experiences, 24 researchers explore how resistance to various forms of racism is pursued and embodied among groups of people who dream ...
Vetenskapen som försvann?
(2023)
It is well known that Sweden once had a state institute for racial biology, as well as that extensive racial research was conducted in Sweden during the first decades of the 20th century. But what actually happened to ...
Att fästa sig vid staten
(2024)
The expression ""to attach oneself to the state"" is a paraphrase for entering into marriage: when a man married, he was also considered to attach himself to the state and become a cog in a larger context. Marriage was ...
Barnavård till salu
(2024)
This book addresses the child care market existing before and in parallel with Swedish welfare state’s public welfare for children, 1900–1975. The focus is on commercial maternity homes where unmarried mothers could give ...
Frihetsretorik och marknadslogik
(2024)
In Frihetretorik och markandslogik Johanna Ringarp investigates the impact that market liberal ideas have had on Swedish universities. The focal point is the political reforms in education during the 1990s, which were put ...
Varför ökar den offentliga byråkratin i Sverige?
(2025)
A well-functioning bureaucracy is very important, but in Sweden there are clear signs that bureaucratization is taking place - that there are too many personnel who govern, administer and control operations rather than ...
Nelly Thüring
(2024)