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Within the growing attention to the diverse forms and trajectories of modern societies, the Nordic countries are now widely seen as a distinctive and instructive case. While discussions have centred on the 'Nordic model' of the welfare state and its record of adaptation to the changing global environment of the late twentieth century, this volume's focus goes beyond these themes. The guiding principle here is that a long-term historical-sociological perspective is needed to make sense of the Nordic paths to modernity; of their significant but not complete convergence in patterns, which for some time were perceived as aspects of a model to be emulated in other settings; and of the specific features that still set the five countries in question (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland) apart from one another. The contributors explore transformative processes, above all the change from an absolutistmilitary state to a democratic one with its welfarist phase, as well as the crucial experiences that will have significant implications on future developments. Introduction / Jóhann Páll Árnason and Björn Wittrock Nordic modernity : origins, trajectories, perspectives / Bo Stråth The Danish path to modernity / Uffe Østergaard Denmark 1740-1940 : a centralised cultural community / Niels Kayser Nielsen The making of Sweden / Björn Wittrock History, ethics and the path to modernity in pre-revolutionary Sweden / Peter Hallberg Shifting knowledge regimes : the metamorphoses of Norwegian reformism / Rune Slagstad Alternative processes of modernization? / Gunnar Skirbekk Nordic modernity and Finnish modernity : similarities and differences / Risto Alapuro The Finnish Grand Duchy and the paradoxes of the Finnish political culture / Henrik Stenius Icelandic anomalies / Jóhann Páll Árnason 'The time will come' : Icelandic modernity and the role of nationalism / Guðmundur Hálfdanarson. The 11 essays have been hammered out from earlier versions, some published in the journal Thesis Eleven (no. 77, 2003) and some from an April 2005 workshop in Uppsala. Historians and political scientists in or from the five Nordic countries reflect on features of the advent of modernity that are specific to the Nordic context. Among their topics are the centralized cultural community of Denmark 1740-1940, history and ethics in pre-revolutionary Sweden, the metamorphoses of Norwegian reformism, paradoxes of the Finnish political culture, and Icelandic modernity and the role of nationalism. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Within the growing attention to the diverse forms and trajectories of modern societies, the Nordic countries are now widely seen as a distinctive and instructive case. While discussions have centered on the Nordic modelA" of the welfare state and its record of adaptation to the changing global environment of the late twentieth century...