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Från motsatsförhållande till symbios? Miljöpolitik och välfärd i ekonomiska upp- och nedgångar
Full text link[From clash of interests to symbiosis? Environmental policy and welfare in times of economic boom and recession]Global challenges such as climate change, the free flow of international capital, and growing political transnational cooperation, together with two major financial crises, have put pressure on the national welfare state during recent decades. During the same period, the concepts of sustainable development and ecological modernization have contributed with an understanding of economic growth and environmental awareness as complementary. In that context, Karin Edberg’s article discusses whether environmental policy can be said to be part of the modern Swedish welfare state. Edberg makes use of the annual inaugural speeches given by the prime minister in connection with the opening of the Swedish parliament. This implies that the article’s results rather than reflecting political practice points at issues of political interest and their articulation. Edberg shows how environmental questions have fluctuated between being a de-ideologized and normalized part of the political landscape, and a political watershed. Today, the idea of sustainable development is the glue that connects environmental policies with the welfare state – at least on a rhetorical level – and which makes the environment a consensus issue.Publication history: Published original.(Published 7 October 2016)Citation: Edberg, Karin (2016) “Från motsatsförhållande till symbios? Miljöpolitik och välfärd i ekonomiska upp- och nedgångar”, in Arkiv. Tidskrift för samhällsanalys, issue 6, pp. 7–37. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13068/2000-6217.6.1Globala utmaningar som klimatförändringar, transnationella kapitalrörelser och politiskt gränsöverskridande samarbete har satt den nationella välfärdsstaten på prov under de senaste decennierna. Två större finansiella kriser har också de påverkat politikens utformning. Under samma tid har begreppen hållbar utveckling och ekologisk modernisering bidragit med ståndpunkten att tillväxt och miljömedvetenhet kan gå hand i hand. Utifrån den kontexten diskuterar Karin Edberg i sin artikel huruvida miljöpolitiken kan sägas vara en del av den nutida svenska välfärdsstaten. Till grund för sitt resonemang använder sig Edberg av de årliga regeringsförklaringar som ges av statsministern i samband med riksdagens öppnande. Detta innebär att artikelns resultat inte speglar politisk praktik utan snarare vilka frågor som anses vara i den politiska hetluften och hur de artikuleras. Edberg visar hur miljöfrågan pendlat mellan att utgöra en avideologiserad och normaliserad del av det politiska landskapet, och en politisk vattendelare. I dag är idén om hållbar utveckling kittet som binder samman miljöpolitiken med välfärdsstaten – åtminstone på en retorisk nivå – och som gör miljö till en konsensusfråga.Publiceringshistorik: Originalpublicering.(Publicerad 7 oktober 2016)Förslag på källangivelse: Edberg, Karin (2016) ”Från motsatsförhållande till symbios? Miljöpolitik och välfärd i ekonomiska upp- och nedgångar”, i Arkiv. Tidskrift för samhällsanalys, nr 6, s. 7–37. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13068/2000-6217.6.
Krisens makt
Full text link[The power of crisis]Review of Ståle Holgersen, Krisernas tid. Ekologi och ekonomi under kapitalismen (Daidalos, Gothenburg 2022).Citation: Edberg, Karin (2023) “Krisens makt”, review in Arkiv. Tidskrift för samhällsanalys, issue 15, pp. 157–164. https://doi.org/10.13068/2000-6217.15.R2Recension av Ståle Holgersen, Krisernas tid. Ekologi och ekonomi under kapitalismen (Daidalos, Göteborg 2022).Förslag på källangivelse: Edberg, Karin (2023) ”Krisens makt”, recension i Arkiv. Tidskrift för samhällsanalys, nr 15, s. 157–164. https://doi.org/10.13068/2000-6217.15.R
Från motsatsförhållande till symbios? : Miljöpolitik och välfärd i ekonomiska upp- och nedgångar
No full textGlobala utmaningar som klimatförändringar, transnationella kapitalrörelser och politiskt gränsöverskridande samarbete har satt den nationella välfärdsstaten på prov under de senaste decennierna. Två större finansiella kriser har också de påverkat politikens utformning. Under samma tid har begreppen hållbar utveckling och ekologisk modernisering bidragit med ståndpunkten att tillväxt och miljömedvetenhet kan gå hand i hand. Utifrån den kontexten diskuterar Karin Edberg i sin artikel huruvida miljöpolitiken kan sägas vara en del av den nutida svenska välfärdsstaten. Till grund för sitt resonemang använder sig Edberg av de årliga regeringsförklaringar som ges av statsministern i samband med riksdagens öppnande. Detta innebär att artikelns resultat inte speglar politisk praktik utan snarare vilka frågor som anses vara i den politiska hetluften och hur de artikuleras. Edberg visar hur miljöfrågan pendlat mellan att utgöra en avideologiserad och normaliserad del av det politiska landskapet, och en politisk vattendelare. I dag är idén om hållbar utveckling kittet som binder samman miljöpolitiken med välfärdsstaten – åtminstone på en retorisk nivå – och som gör miljö till en konsensusfråga</p
sj-docx-1-njn-10.1177_20571585211044394 - Supplemental material for Swedish family care advisors’ views on existential loneliness and existential support to informal caregivers of older people: A cross-sectional national survey
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-njn-10.1177_20571585211044394 for Swedish family care advisors’ views on existential loneliness and existential support to informal caregivers of older people: A cross-sectional national survey by Helena Larsson, Kerstin Blomqvist, Anna-Karin Edberg and Christine Kumlien in Nordic Journal of Nursing Research</p
R. I. P. Karin Schneider (1931-2019)
No full textNigel Palmer schrieb (via INCUNABULA-L): "Dr Karin Schneider, the doyenne of medieval German manuscripts studies - the Bernard Bischoff of her generation, died on 14.October. She was a wonderful scholar, so modest and yet so learned, the person in the Bavarian State Library who provided basic courteous help to readers, the author of the ground-breaking handbook on gothic script in Germany, and the author of a whole series of mss catalogues of the vernacular codices in Nuremberg, Munich and Au..
Wieviel Technology ist im Laufschuh? – Ein Gespräch mit Karin Harrasser an der Schnittstelle von Kulturwissenschaft und Sportgeschichte
No full textIn this interview Karin Harrasser, author of a recently published book, entitled ‘The Body 2.0’, discusses the relationship between sports, technology, and notions of body enhancement. Focusing on how the Paralympic Games in London 2012 were staged and on the debate around the prostheses (cheetas) of sprinter Oscar Pistorius, Harrasser emphasizes her notion that sports produce ‘superhumans’ that challenge the established ideology of fairness which forms the base of classifying different bodies in sports. Moreover, Harrasser stresses the necessity of dialogue between Cultural Studies and Sports History when dealing with issues of bodies and technologies in sports
E-biking within a transitioning transport system: the quest for flexible mobility
No full textOver the last few years, electrically assisted cycling, e-biking, has increased substantially worldwide. Replacing car driving for individual journeys, especially commuting, is highlighted as important to mitigate climate change, improve public health, and reduce congestion and other unwanted consequences connected to the car. Car driving, how-ever, is still the overwhelmingly dominant mode of personal transport globally and the ‘system of automobility’ permeates the whole of soci-ety. Flexibility and autonomy are considered the main reasons for the car’s dominance (Urry 2004). By analysing interviews and diaries kept by e-bikers, collected in semi-urban and urban settings in Sweden, this art-icle aims to contribute to knowledge about emerging micromobility practices such as e-biking in relation to a transport system where flexi-bility is the norm. The results show that e-biking encompasses elements that give the practice potential to both recruit and retain practitioners. By successfully combining elements of conventional cycling and car driving, it offers reliability, convenience, and flexibility. E-biking facili-tates transforming a dull commute into leisure as the rider can enjoy the sensuous and reflective aspects of the journey. At the same time, through that squeezing of time, it does not challenge prevailing struc-tures but rather maintains the time-space of automobilit
Book Review: Disability Rights and the American Social Safety Net
No full textAuthor: Jennifer L. Erkulwater
Reviewer: Karin F. Brockelman
Publisher: Cornell University Press, 2006.
Cloth, ISBN: 0-8014-4417-9, 272 pages
Cost: $42.50, US
The (im-)mobile e-bike: infrastructural components of an emerging micromobility practice
No full textElectrically assisted cycling, e-biking, is a growing global phenomenon. Just as with other vehicles, the e-bike is operated somewhere in place and in connection to other road users, and is far from always in motion. In this article, e-biking and related activities such as parking and storing take centre stage together with infrastructures such as parking spaces and electricity networks, which facilitate and constrain the practice in different ways. The involvement of a specific set of elements makes e-biking a practice in its own right, not only in comparison to other micromobility modes such as conventional cycling and walking, but also compared to motorised driving and in relation to infrastructure, and especially so when the e-bike is in non-motion. The starting point of the article is an understanding that practices such as e-biking are connected not only to other practices, but also to small- and large-scale infrastructures and to the context within which it is performed. The empirical material was collected in semi-urban and urban settings in Sweden, a country where cycling is presented as a primary solution to reach net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2045 but where the car is by far the dominant mode of personal transport. By analysing interviews and diaries written by e-bikers as well as policy documents, the relationship between e-biking and surrounding infrastructures comes under scrutiny. Insufficient cycle parking infrastructures are shown to discourage usage beyond trips between two places with (known) safe parking possibilities. This avoidance of linking practices risks limiting the range of activities for which e-bikes are used. An increased knowledge of the infrastructural and situational conditions of e-biking as set out in this article can facilitate planning and policy making and is important to better understand the challenges and opportunities involved in the transition towards a sustainable transport system and therefore highly relevant to contemporary debates
Corporate Social Responsibility: Politisches Engagement von Unternehmen
No full textDer Beitrag beruht auf einem Vortrag am Achten Deutsch-Österreichisch-Schweizerischen Symposium für Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht vom Juni 2017 im Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht in Hamburg. Dürfen Unternehmen Mittel ihrer Gesellschaft unentgeltlich für soziale, politische oder kulturelle Zwecke investieren? Der Beitrag geht der Frage nach, ob politisches Engagement von Unternehmen und insbesondere korporative Freigiebigkeit wie Spenden zulässig sind. Unter anderem wird auch auf die Frage eingegangen, ob staatliche Regulierung von politischem Engagement von Unternehmen erforderlich und wünschenswert ist.+ ID der Publikation: unilu_26601 + Reihe: ZSR-Beiheft + Sprache: Deutsch + Letzte Aktualisierung: 2018-08-22 11:03:5
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