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This article presents a short biographiclal account of Göran Therborns early years, hist studies, his early contribtions to sociology as well as to the New Left and the Marxist discussions in the 1960's and the 1970's, with a focus on the Swedish context.

In 1997 Sweden was the third biggest exporter of popular music in the world. This astonishing fact has often been explained as being the result of the large investments in municipal music schools that took place in Sweden from 1940. The explanation holds an interesting paradox. Most municipal music schools began with the aim to teach young people appreciate more valuable music (i.e. classical) tha

In the early 1980s many social theorists claimed that the ‘New Social Move­ments’ (NSMs) were the authentic social movements of our time. This claim is discussed in relation to two traditions in the analysis of social movements. The ‘American’ tradition focuses on the single-issue movement of a protest and mobilizing character. The ‘European’ tradition focuses on the relation between major societa

Sweden experienced a dramatic shakeout of the older workforce in the first half of the 1990s as part of the economic crisis 1991-94. The labour force participation rates and, even more pronounced the employment rates for the older workforce sank dramatically. However, when the Swedish economy recovered in the latter half of the 1990s the employment rates for the older workers, both for men and wom

En studie av ombuden vid Socialdemokraternas partikongress år 1969. Denna skrift är samling av fyra texter som beskriver en enkätundersökning av kongressombudens sociala bakgrund, utbildning, yrkesbana och deras organisatoriska förankring i ungdomsförbundet, partiet, fackföreningarna, i riks- och kommunalpolitiken m.m. Den innehåller följande fyra delar. 1. Inledning: Undersökningens tillkomst och

In the early 1980s many social theorists claimed that the ‘New Social Move­ments’ (NSMs) were the authentic social movements of our time. This claim is discussed in relation to two traditions in the analysis of social movements. The ‘American’ tradition focuses on the single-issue movement of a protest and mobilizing character. The ‘European’ tradition focuses on the relation between major societa

I boken Med sikte på profession redovisas data från ”Femklöverprojektet”. Femklövern har följt studenter på fem akademiska yrkesutbildningar vid Linnéuniversitetet, från att de började sina studier fram till deras första två år i yrkeslivet. De utbildade sig till poliser, socionomer, personalvetare, bibliotekarier och idrottscoacher. De fem utbildningsprogrammen har i olika grad ambitionen att bli