Egalitarianism in Scandinavia

1. Introduction: Egalitarianism in a Scandinavian Context
Synnøve Bendixsen, Mary Bente Bringslid, Halvard Vike

Part I. The Tradition of Egalitarianism

2. The Cultural Construction of Equality in Norden
Bo Stråth

3. The Cradle of Norwegian Equality and Egalitarianism: Norway in the Nineteenth Century
Jan Eivind Myhre

4.
Likhet Is Not Equality: Discussing Norway in English and Norwegian
Simone Abram

Part II. Institutionalizing Egalitarianism

5. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Political Resistance: Notes on the Political Roots of Egalitarianism in Scandinavia
Halvard Vike

6. Social Imaginaries and Egalitarian Practices in the Era of Neoliberalization
Maja Hojer Bruun

7. Normative Hierarchy and Pragmatic Egalitarianism in Municipal Policy Development
Christian Lo

Part III. Egalitarian Welfare?

8. Social Differences in Health as a Challenge to the Danish Welfare State
Camilla Hoffmann Merrild

9. How Deep into Their Lives Can We Really Go? Diverse Populations, Professionals, and Contested Egalitarianisms in an Institutional Setting
Ida Erstad

10. The Limits of Egalitarianism: Irregular Migration and the Norwegian Welfare State
Marry-Anne Karlsen

Part IV. Egalitarianism, Inequality, and Difference

11. Riding Along in the Name of Equality: Everyday Demands on Refugee Children to Conform to Local Bodily Practices of Danish Egalitarianism
Birgitte Romme Larsen

12. Egalitarianism Under Siege? Swedish Refugee Reception and Social Trust
Kjell Hansen

13. Conditional Belonging: Middle-Class Ethnic Minorities in Norway
Monica Five Aarset

14. The (In)egalitarian Dynamics of Gender Equality and Homotolerance in Contemporary Norway
Christine M. Jacobsen

15. Postscript
Jonathan Friedman

Nyckelord: Social Sciences, Social Anthropology, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Ethnography, Politics of the Welfare State, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights