Courses Taught
Background
- Director of the Institute for Social Research 1986-2007
- Member of the research group for the Power and Democracy Study 1998-2003
- Member of the Executive Committee for The Oslo Summer School in Comparative Studies 1992-
- Member of the Norwegian Parliament’s salaries commission 1996-
- Visiting Wigeland Professor, University of Chicago, fall 1996
- Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor, Northwestern University, fall 2006.
Tags:
Sociology
Publications
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2022).
Makt i det norske samfunnet.
In Frønes, Ivar & Kjølsrød, Lise (Ed.),
Det norske samfunn : bind 2.
Gyldendal Akademisk.
ISSN 9788205572300.
p. 341–364.
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Engelstad, Fredrik; Gulbrandsen, Trygve Jens; Mangset, Marte & Teigen, Mari
(2019).
Elites and People: Challenges to Democracy.
In Engelstad, Fredrik; Gulbrandsen, Trygve Jens; Mangset, Marte & Teigen, Mari (Ed.),
Elites and people: Challenges to democracy.
Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
ISSN 978-1-83867-916-3.
p. 1–13.
doi:
10.1108/s0195-631020190000034001.
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Engelstad, Fredrik & Larsen, Håkon
(2019).
Nordic civil spheres and pro-civil states.
In Alexander, Jeffrey C.; Lund, Anna & Voyer, Andrea (Ed.),
The Nordic Civil Sphere.
Polity Press.
ISSN 978-1509538843.
p. 39–63.
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The civil sphere is a distinctively democratic field in modern societies, one that sustains universalizing cultural aspirations and organizational structures and that has tense and uncertain boundaries with other spheres of social life, like the economy, religion, family, and state. Unlike the latter, which are more particularistic and hierarchical in character, the civil sphere defines itself in terms of solidarity – the feeling of being connected with every other person in the collectivity. The utopian ideals of democratic solidarity shape every modern society, even if they are often compromised by the messy realities of social life.
This volume uses the theory of the civil sphere to shed new light on Nordic societies, while at the same time drawing on the distinctive experiences of the Nordic nations to reflect on and advance the theory of the civil sphere. Nordic societies have long been admired for creating a distinctive form of social democracy, but this admirable achievement has not been well conceptualized theoretically. Most attempts to explain Nordic social democracy focus on material and organizational factors. This volume, by contrast, emphasizes the cultural foundations and characteristics of social democracy, demonstrating how civil sensibilities are necessary for the creation of an egalitarian and democratic state. Nordic civil spheres, however, are not only pro-civil but also white in color, European in ethnicity, secular in character and gender-equal in a subtly restrictive manner. Such primordialization of state civility is vividly on display in the sometime tense relationships that develop among natives and “foreigners” in Nordic countries, relationships that expose the primordial undersides of the social democratic codes and civil values that constitute the Nordic civil sphere.
A major contribution to the theory of the civil sphere and to our understanding of the cultural and normative underpinnings of social and political life, this volume will be of particular interest to students and scholars of sociology and politics.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2018).
CHEF/Chief.
In Stene-Johansen, Knut; Refsum, Christian & Schimanski, Johan (Ed.),
Living Together – Roland Barthes, the Individual and the Community.
Transcript Verlag.
ISSN 978-3-8376-4431-9.
p. 125–134.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2018).
Models of elite integration.
In Best, Heinrich & Higley, John (Ed.),
The Palgrave Handbook of Political Elites.
Palgrave Macmillan.
ISSN 978-1-137-51903-0.
p. 439–457.
doi:
10.1057/978-1-137-51904-7_28.
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In this chapter, elites are associated with the possession of decisive political power that gives them disproportionate influence on political and social outcomes. Two opposing views of elite power in democracies are found in the literature. One is of a coalescent power structure or “power elite” and the other is of a pluralistic power structure consisting of elite groups located in diverse economic, governmental, military, media, scientific, and other sectors. The accuracy of these two conflicting views of elite power is treated as an empirical question and takes the pluralist view as the point of departure without, however, ruling out the coalescent view.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2017).
Strategic Communication and Institutional Change.
In Engelstad, Fredrik; Larsen, Håkon; Rogstad, Jon & Steen-Johnsen, Kari (Ed.),
Institutional Change in the Public Sphere: Views on the Nordic Model.
De Gruyter Open.
ISSN 978-3-11-054633-0.
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The main focus of the book is institutional change in the Scandinavian model, with special emphasis on Norway. There are many reasons to pay closer attention to the Norwegian case when it comes to analyses of changes in the public sphere. In the country’s political history, the arts and the media played a particular role in the processes towards sovereignty at the beginning of the 20th century. On a par with the other Scandinavian countries, Norway is in the forefront in the world in the distribution and uses of Internet technology. As an extreme case, the most corporatist society within the family of the “Nordic Model”, it offers an opportunity both for intriguing case studies and for challenging and refining existing theory on processes of institutional change in media policy and cultural policy. It supplements two recent, important books on political economy in Scandinavia: Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity (Kathleen Thelen, 2014), and The Political Construction of Business Interests (Cathie Jo Martin and Duane Swank, 2013).
There are further reasons to pay particular attention to the Scandinavian, and more specifically the Norwegian cases: (i) They are to varying degrees neo-corporatist societies, characterized by ongoing bargaining over social and political reform processes. From a theoretical perspective this invites reflections which, to some extent, are at odds with the dominant conceptions of institutional change. Neither models of path dependency nor models of aggregate, incremental change focus on the continuous social bargaining over institutional change. (ii) Despite recent processes of liberalization, common to the Western world as a whole, corporatism implies a close connection between state, public sphere, cultural life, and religion. This also means that institutions are closely bundled, in an even stronger way than assumed for example in the Varieties of Capitalism literature. Furthermore, we only have scarce insight in the way the different spheres of corporatism are connected and interact.
In the proposed edited volume we have collected historical-institutional case studies from a broad set of social fields (a detailed outline of contents and contributors is attached):
• Critical assessments of Jürgen Habermas’ theory of the public sphere
• Can the public sphere be considered an institution?
• The central position of the public sphere in social and political change in Norway
• Digital transformations and effects of the growing PR industry on the public sphere
• Institutionalization of social media in local politics and voluntary organizations
• Legitimation work in the public sphere
• freedom of expression and warning in the workplace
• “Return of religion” to the public sphere, and its effects.
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Engelstad, Fredrik; Larsen, Håkon; Rogstad, Jon & Steen-Johnsen, Kari
(2017).
Introduction: The Public Sphere in Change. Institutional Perspectives on Neo-corporatist Society.
In Engelstad, Fredrik; Larsen, Håkon; Rogstad, Jon & Steen-Johnsen, Kari (Ed.),
Institutional Change in the Public Sphere: Views on the Nordic Model.
De Gruyter Open.
ISSN 978-3-11-054633-0.
p. 1–21.
doi:
10.1515/9783110546330-002.
Full text in Research Archive
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The main focus of the book is institutional change in the Scandinavian model, with special emphasis on Norway. There are many reasons to pay closer attention to the Norwegian case when it comes to analyses of changes in the public sphere. In the country’s political history, the arts and the media played a particular role in the processes towards sovereignty at the beginning of the 20th century. On a par with the other Scandinavian countries, Norway is in the forefront in the world in the distribution and uses of Internet technology. As an extreme case, the most corporatist society within the family of the “Nordic Model”, it offers an opportunity both for intriguing case studies and for challenging and refining existing theory on processes of institutional change in media policy and cultural policy. It supplements two recent, important books on political economy in Scandinavia: Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity (Kathleen Thelen, 2014), and The Political Construction of Business Interests (Cathie Jo Martin and Duane Swank, 2013).
There are further reasons to pay particular attention to the Scandinavian, and more specifically the Norwegian cases: (i) They are to varying degrees neo-corporatist societies, characterized by ongoing bargaining over social and political reform processes. From a theoretical perspective this invites reflections which, to some extent, are at odds with the dominant conceptions of institutional change. Neither models of path dependency nor models of aggregate, incremental change focus on the continuous social bargaining over institutional change. (ii) Despite recent processes of liberalization, common to the Western world as a whole, corporatism implies a close connection between state, public sphere, cultural life, and religion. This also means that institutions are closely bundled, in an even stronger way than assumed for example in the Varieties of Capitalism literature. Furthermore, we only have scarce insight in the way the different spheres of corporatism are connected and interact.
In the proposed edited volume we have collected historical-institutional case studies from a broad set of social fields (a detailed outline of contents and contributors is attached):
• Critical assessments of Jürgen Habermas’ theory of the public sphere
• Can the public sphere be considered an institution?
• The central position of the public sphere in social and political change in Norway
• Digital transformations and effects of the growing PR industry on the public sphere
• Institutionalization of social media in local politics and voluntary organizations
• Legitimation work in the public sphere
• freedom of expression and warning in the workplace
• “Return of religion” to the public sphere, and its effects.
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Engelstad, Fredrik; Larsen, Håkon & Rogstad, Jon
(2017).
The Public Sphere in the Nordic Model.
In Engelstad, Fredrik; Larsen, Håkon; Rogstad, Jon & Steen-Johnsen, Kari (Ed.),
Institutional Change in the Public Sphere: Views on the Nordic Model.
De Gruyter Open.
ISSN 978-3-11-054633-0.
p. 46–70.
doi:
10.1515/9783110546330-004.
Full text in Research Archive
Show summary
The main focus of the book is institutional change in the Scandinavian model, with special emphasis on Norway. There are many reasons to pay closer attention to the Norwegian case when it comes to analyses of changes in the public sphere. In the country’s political history, the arts and the media played a particular role in the processes towards sovereignty at the beginning of the 20th century. On a par with the other Scandinavian countries, Norway is in the forefront in the world in the distribution and uses of Internet technology. As an extreme case, the most corporatist society within the family of the “Nordic Model”, it offers an opportunity both for intriguing case studies and for challenging and refining existing theory on processes of institutional change in media policy and cultural policy. It supplements two recent, important books on political economy in Scandinavia: Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity (Kathleen Thelen, 2014), and The Political Construction of Business Interests (Cathie Jo Martin and Duane Swank, 2013).
There are further reasons to pay particular attention to the Scandinavian, and more specifically the Norwegian cases: (i) They are to varying degrees neo-corporatist societies, characterized by ongoing bargaining over social and political reform processes. From a theoretical perspective this invites reflections which, to some extent, are at odds with the dominant conceptions of institutional change. Neither models of path dependency nor models of aggregate, incremental change focus on the continuous social bargaining over institutional change. (ii) Despite recent processes of liberalization, common to the Western world as a whole, corporatism implies a close connection between state, public sphere, cultural life, and religion. This also means that institutions are closely bundled, in an even stronger way than assumed for example in the Varieties of Capitalism literature. Furthermore, we only have scarce insight in the way the different spheres of corporatism are connected and interact.
In the proposed edited volume we have collected historical-institutional case studies from a broad set of social fields (a detailed outline of contents and contributors is attached):
• Critical assessments of Jürgen Habermas’ theory of the public sphere
• Can the public sphere be considered an institution?
• The central position of the public sphere in social and political change in Norway
• Digital transformations and effects of the growing PR industry on the public sphere
• Institutionalization of social media in local politics and voluntary organizations
• Legitimation work in the public sphere
• freedom of expression and warning in the workplace
• “Return of religion” to the public sphere, and its effects.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2017).
A power elite in the cultural field. A story of Norwegian neo-corporatism.
International Journal of Cultural Policy.
ISSN 1028-6632.
23(5),
p. 527–544.
doi:
10.1080/10286632.2015.1084297.
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The organizational culture elite is studied as a new elite group emerging within a stable neo-corporatist state. Does this new elite adopt existing modes of operation or place itself at bay from the more established elite groups? The emergence of and changes in the culture elite are discussed from a historical perspective in terms of social background, recruitment processes, occupational careers, gender composition, political outlooks, lobbying, and media strategies. The culture elite is systematically compared to two other elites: the university elite, the most similar among the elites, and the economic elite, assumedly representing the greatest contrast. Despite special characteristics in the social situations and political views of the culture elite, it is concluded that the mode of operation of this group indicates a high degree of adaptability to the general system of elites. A main reason is assumed to be the integrative power and liberal quality of the state in a neo-corporatist regime.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2016).
CHEF/Leder.
In Stene-Johansen, Knut; Refsum, Christian & Schimanski, Johan Henrik (Ed.),
Å leve sammen. Roland Barthes, individet og fellesskapet.
Spartacus.
ISSN 978-82-304-01781.
p. 154–166.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2016).
Welfare states - India and Scandinavia. Social Rights, Decommodification, Democracy.
In Törnquist, Olle & Harriss, John (Ed.),
Reinventing Social Democratic Development. Insights from Indian and Scandinavian Comparisons.
NIAS Press.
ISSN 978-87-7694-200-7.
p. 212–237.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2016).
Makt og demokrati. To utkast til samfunnsforståelse.
In Frønes, Ivar & Kjølsrød, Lise (Ed.),
Det norske samfunn, bind 2.
Gyldendal Akademisk.
ISSN 9788205490215.
p. 87–111.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2015).
The enigma of capitalism - Beyond human power II and John Gabriel Borkman. Bjørnstjere Bjørnson and Henrik Ibsen as critics of capitalism.
Nordlit.
ISSN 0809-1668.
34,
p. 115–127.
doi:
10.7557/13.3358.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2015).
Conflict, Compromise, Cooperation Concluding Reflections.
In Engelstad, Fredrik & Hagelund, Anniken (Ed.),
Cooperation and Conflict the Nordic Way : Work, Welfare, and Institutional Change in Scandinavia.
De Gruyter Open.
ISSN 978-3-11-044428-5.
p. 282–292.
doi:
10.1515/9783110436891-016.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2015).
Property Rights, Governance, and Power Balances.
In Engelstad, Fredrik & Hagelund, Anniken (Ed.),
Cooperation and Conflict the Nordic Way : Work, Welfare, and Institutional Change in Scandinavia.
De Gruyter Open.
ISSN 978-3-11-044428-5.
p. 36–55.
doi:
10.1515/9783110436891-004.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2014).
Om forholdet mellom politikk og kunnskap.
In Winkelmann, Annette & Johansson, Marit (Ed.),
Kulturrikets tilstand 2013 : konferanserapport.
Telemarksforsking.
ISSN 978-82-7401-682-8.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2014).
Elite compromise, crisis and democracy: The United States, Norway and Italy compared.
In Best, Heinrich & Higley, John (Ed.),
Political elites in the transatlantic crisis.
Palgrave Macmillan.
ISSN 9781137345745.
p. 138–154.
doi:
10.1057/9781137345752_8.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2014).
Kronglete stier - lysning i sikte? Argumenter for en ny-weberiansk maktforståelse.
In Claes, Dag Harald; Heidar, Knut & Holst, Cathrine (Ed.),
Politikk i grenseland - Festskrift til Øyvind Østerud.
Universitetsforlaget.
ISSN 9788215022598.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2013).
Forstillelse og forførelse. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons "Èn dag".
In Bliksrud, Liv; D'Amico, Giuliano; Wulfsberg, Marius & Åslund, Arnfinn (Ed.),
Den Engasjerte kosmopolitt : nye Bjørnson-studier.
Novus Forlag.
ISSN 9788270997251.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2013).
Kunstens makt? Tingenes makt? En refleksjon over virkninger av tekster og bilder.
Tidsskrift for kulturforskning.
ISSN 1502-7473.
p. 23–38.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2012).
Samfunn, demokrati og makt.
In Dahlgren, Kenneth & Næss, Hans Erik (Ed.),
Tanker om samfunn.
Universitetsforlaget.
ISSN 9788215019765.
p. 130–153.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2012).
Likestilling og lønnsomhet: Hva vet vi om økonomiske virkninger av kjønnskvotering til ASA-styrer?
Søkelys på arbeidslivet.
ISSN 1504-8004.
29(3),
p. 258–274.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2012).
Michel Foucault som galskapens arkeolog.
In Gilbert, Sidsel Kari; Stänicke, Erik & Engelstad, Fredrik (Ed.),
Psyke, kultur og samfunn: Perspektiver på indre og ytre virkelighet.
Abstrakt forlag.
ISSN 9788279353324.
p. 229–246.
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Engelstad, Fredrik & Teigen, Mari
(2012).
Introduction: Gender and Varieties of Economic Power – The Significance of Family and State.
In Engelstad, Fredrik & Teigen, Mari (Ed.),
Firms, Boards and Gender Quotas: Comparative Perspectives.
Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
ISSN 978-1-78052-672-0.
doi:
10.1108/s0195-6310(2012)0000029004.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2012).
The sociology of power.
In Aakvaag, Gunnar Colbjørnsen; Jacobsen, Michael Hviid & Johansson, Thomas (Ed.),
Introduction to Sociology. Scandinavian Sensibilities.
Prentice-Hall.
ISSN 978-0-273-72739-2.
p. 58–80.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2012).
Limits to state intervention into the private sector economy: aspects of property rights in social democratic societies.
In Engelstad, Fredrik & Teigen, Mari (Ed.),
Firms, Boards and Gender Quotas: Comparative Perspectives.
Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
ISSN 978-1-78052-672-0.
p. 235–265.
doi:
10.1108/s0195-6310(2012)0000029012.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2011).
The Assignment of Political Office by Lot.
In Stone, Peter (Eds.),
Lotteries in Public Life. A Reader.
Imprint Academic.
ISSN 9781845402082.
p. 177–200.
doi:
10.1177/053901889028001002.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2011).
Kan kjønnskvotering i næringslivet forsvares? : en normativ analyse.
Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning.
ISSN 0809-6341.
35,
p. 120–140.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2010).
Henrik Ibsen: The power of charisma.
In Edling, Christoffer & Rydgren, Jens (Ed.),
Sociological insights of great thinkers. Sociology through literature, philosophy, and science.
Praeger.
ISSN 9780313384707.
p. 95–103.
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Hansen, Marianne Nordli & Engelstad, Fredrik
(2010).
Samfunnsklasser og eliter.
In Frønes, Ivar & Kjølsrød, Lise (Ed.),
Det norske samfunn.
Gyldendal Akademisk.
ISSN 978-82-05-39086-7.
p. 191–213.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2010).
Makt - konsentrasjon og fordeling.
In Frønes, Ivar & Kjølsrød, Lise (Ed.),
Det norske samfunn.
Gyldendal Akademisk.
ISSN 978-82-05-39086-7.
p. 164–190.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2010).
Rom med utsikt. Om å studere samfunnets toppsjikt.
In Album, Dag; Hansen, Marianne Nordli & Widerberg, Karin (Ed.),
Metodene våre. Eksempler fra samfunnsvitenskapelig forskning.
Universitetsforlaget.
ISSN 9788215014920.
p. 173–188.
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Boken presenterer sosiologenes metodearsenal i form av fortellinger fra virkeligheten. Erfarne sosiologer skriver om egne erfaringer. Boken behandler ikke samfunnsvitenskapelig metode i generelle, allmenne, abstrakte termer. Den trekker snarere fram hvordan metoder og metodeutfordringer kommer fram i det konkrete. Forskningsspørsmålene står i sentrum, og det går tydelig fram hvordan metoder er midler til å framskaffe kunnskap, og hvordan bestemte metoder og bruken av dem avgjør hva slags svar eller kunnskap som kan bli produsert. Sammen representerer bidragsyterne et bredt spekter av tema og metodologiske innfallsvinkler.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2009).
Challenges to democracy: fairness and participation.
In Cherkaoui, Mohamed & Hamilton, Peter (Ed.),
Raymond Boudon: A Life in Sociology. Essays in honour of Raymond Boudon.
Bardwell Press.
ISSN 9781905622184.
p. 329–346.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2009).
Culture and power.
In Clegg, Stewart R. & Haugaard, Mark (Ed.),
The SAGE Handbook of Power.
Sage Publications.
ISSN 9781412934008.
p. 210–238.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2009).
Børs og katedral.
In Bastiansen, Henrik G.; Hagtvet, Bernt; Hjeltnes, Guri; Lundby, Knut & Rønning, Helge (Ed.),
Det Elegante uromoment : Hans Fredrik Dahl og offentligheten : festskrift på 70-årsdagen.
Pax Forlag.
ISSN 978-82-530-3261-0.
p. 196–210.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2009).
The self-made woman. Om blondiner, kjønn og makt.
Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning.
ISSN 0809-6341.
33(3),
p. 194–209.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2009).
Democratic elitism - conflict and consensus.
Comparative Sociology.
ISSN 1569-1322.
8(3),
p. 383–401.
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Griswold, Wendy & Engelstad, Fredrik
(2008).
State Patronage in Norway and the U.S.
In Griswold, Wendy (Eds.),
Regionalism and the Reading Class.
University of Chicago Press.
ISSN 0-226-30922-3.
p. 128–159.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2008).
Social conventions and the dialectics of recognition: Power and culture in Shakesepare and Ibsen.
Journal of Power.
ISSN 1754-0291.
1(2),
p. 143–156.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2007).
Introduction: Social and Political Elites in Modern Democracies.
In Engelstad, Fredrik & Gulbrandsen, Trygve Jens (Ed.),
Comparative Studies of Social and Political Elites.
Elsevier.
ISSN 978-0-7623-1379-2.
p. 1–9.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2006).
Demokratisk kapitalisme - er det mulig?
In Engelstad, Fredrik; Lange, Even; Pharo, Helge & Rudeng, Erik (Ed.),
Demokratisk konservatisme.
Pax Forlag.
ISSN 82-530-2909-8.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2004).
Er det makt i de lyttende ører? Om brutte dialoger og åpne rom.
In Frønes, Ivar & Wetlesen, Tone Schou (Ed.),
Dialog, selv og samfunn.
Abstrakt forlag.
ISSN 82-7935-183-3.
p. 233–249.
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Engelstad, Fredrik & Østerud, Øyvind
(2004).
Democracy and Power.
In Engelstad, Fredrik & Østerud, Øyvind (Ed.),
Power and Democracy. Critical Interventions.
Ashgate.
ISSN 0-7546-3767-0.
p. 1–10.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2004).
Economic Democracy - Does it Make Sense in the 21st Century?
In Engelstad, Fredrik & Østerud, Øyvind (Ed.),
Power and Democracy. Critical Interventions.
Ashgate.
ISSN 0-7546-3767-0.
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Hansen, Marianne Nordli & Engelstad, Fredrik
(2003).
Samfunnsklasser og klasseteorier,
Det norske samfunn.
p. 154–183.
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Hansen, Marianne Nordli & Engelstad, Fredrik
(2003).
Samfunnsklasser og eliter,
Det norske samfunn.
p. 191–211.
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Engelstad, Fredrik; Gulbrandsen, Trygve Jens; Midtbøen, Arnfinn Haagensen & Teigen, Mari
(2022).
Eliter i endring : Makt, demokrati, representasjon.
Universitetsforlaget.
ISBN 9788215063072.
360 p.
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Engelstad, Fredrik; Gulbrandsen, Trygve Jens; Mangset, Marte & Teigen, Mari
(2019).
Elites and people: Challenges to democracy.
Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
ISBN 978-1-83867-916-3.
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Engelstad, Fredrik; Holst, Cathrine & Aakvaag, Gunnar C.
(2018).
Democratic State and Democratic Society.
De Gruyter Open.
ISBN 978-3-11-063407-5.
403 p.
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Byrkjeflot, Haldor & Engelstad, Fredrik
(2018).
Bureaucracy and Society in Transition: Comparative Perspectives.
Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
ISBN 978-1-78743-284-0.
308 p.
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Engelstad, Fredrik; Larsen, Håkon; Rogstad, Jon & Steen-Johnsen, Kari
(2017).
Institutional Change in the Public Sphere: Views on the Nordic Model.
De Gruyter Open.
ISBN 978-3-11-054633-0.
269 p.
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The main focus of the book is institutional change in the Scandinavian model, with special emphasis on Norway. There are many reasons to pay closer attention to the Norwegian case when it comes to analyses of changes in the public sphere. In the country’s political history, the arts and the media played a particular role in the processes towards sovereignty at the beginning of the 20th century. On a par with the other Scandinavian countries, Norway is in the forefront in the world in the distribution and uses of Internet technology. As an extreme case, the most corporatist society within the family of the “Nordic Model”, it offers an opportunity both for intriguing case studies and for challenging and refining existing theory on processes of institutional change in media policy and cultural policy. It supplements two recent, important books on political economy in Scandinavia: Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity (Kathleen Thelen, 2014), and The Political Construction of Business Interests (Cathie Jo Martin and Duane Swank, 2013).
There are further reasons to pay particular attention to the Scandinavian, and more specifically the Norwegian cases: (i) They are to varying degrees neo-corporatist societies, characterized by ongoing bargaining over social and political reform processes. From a theoretical perspective this invites reflections which, to some extent, are at odds with the dominant conceptions of institutional change. Neither models of path dependency nor models of aggregate, incremental change focus on the continuous social bargaining over institutional change. (ii) Despite recent processes of liberalization, common to the Western world as a whole, corporatism implies a close connection between state, public sphere, cultural life, and religion. This also means that institutions are closely bundled, in an even stronger way than assumed for example in the Varieties of Capitalism literature. Furthermore, we only have scarce insight in the way the different spheres of corporatism are connected and interact.
In the proposed edited volume we have collected historical-institutional case studies from a broad set of social fields (a detailed outline of contents and contributors is attached):
• Critical assessments of Jürgen Habermas’ theory of the public sphere
• Can the public sphere be considered an institution?
• The central position of the public sphere in social and political change in Norway
• Digital transformations and effects of the growing PR industry on the public sphere
• Institutionalization of social media in local politics and voluntary organizations
• Legitimation work in the public sphere
• freedom of expression and warning in the workplace
• “Return of religion” to the public sphere, and its effects.
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Engelstad, Fredrik & Hagelund, Anniken
(2015).
Cooperation and Conflict the Nordic Way : Work, Welfare, and Institutional Change in Scandinavia.
De Gruyter Open.
ISBN 978-3-11-044428-5.
298 p.
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Gilbert, Sidsel Kari; Stänicke, Erik & Engelstad, Fredrik
(2012).
Psyke, kultur og samfunn: Perspektiver på indre og ytre virkelighet.
Abstrakt forlag.
ISBN 9788279353324.
406 p.
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Engelstad, Fredrik & Teigen, Mari
(2012).
Firms, Boards and Gender Quotas: Comparative Perspectives.
Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
ISBN 978-1-78052-672-0.
265 p.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2010).
Maktens uttrykk. Kulturforståelse som maktanalyse.
Universitetsforlaget.
ISBN 9788215014746.
352 p.
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Kalleberg, Ragnvald; Malnes, Raino Sverre & Engelstad, Fredrik
(2009).
Samfunnsvitenskapenes oppgaver, arbeidsmåter og grunnlagsproblemer. (Særtrykk av 5 kapitler fra bok publisert i 2005).
Gyldendal Akademisk.
ISBN 9788205396616.
150 p.
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Engelstad, Fredrik & Gulbrandsen, Trygve Jens
(2007).
Comparative Studies of Social and Political Elites.
Elsevier.
ISBN 978-0-7623-1379-2.
286 p.
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Engelstad, Fredrik; Lange, Even; Pharo, Helge & Rudeng, Erik
(2006).
Demokratisk konservatisme.
Pax Forlag.
ISBN 82-530-2909-8.
519 p.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2006).
Demokratisk konservatisme.
Pax Forlag.
ISBN 82-530-2909-8.
519 p.
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Asgeirsdottir, Kristin; Engelstad, Fredrik & Simonsen, Ditte Maja
(2005).
Demokrati og engagement : paradokser i de nordiske demokratier.
Nordisk Råd.
ISBN 9289310952.
177 p.
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Engelstad, Fredrik; Grenness, Carl-Erik; Kalleberg, Ragnvald & Malnes, Raino Sverre
(2005).
Introduksjon til samfunnsfag. Vitenskapsteori, argumentasjon og faghistorie.
Gyldendal Akademisk.
ISBN 82-05-31154-4.
496 p.
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Engelstad, Fredrik & Østerud, Øyvind
(2004).
Power and Democracy. Critical Interventions.
Ashgate.
ISBN 0-7546-3767-0.
248 p.
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Engelstad, Fredrik; Ekberg, Espen; Gulbrandsen, Trygve Jens & Vatnaland, Jon
(2003).
Næringslivet mellom marked og politikk.
Gyldendal Akademisk.
ISBN 8205315779.
305 p.
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Engelstad, Fredrik & Ødegård, Guro
(2003).
Ungdom, makt og mening.
Gyldendal Akademisk.
ISBN 82-05-31533-7.
422 p.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2023).
Makten i dyregården (Innledning til teaterstykket "Animal farm" ;Rogaland teater, 2023).
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Engelstad, Fredrik & Thorsen, Dag Einar
(2022).
makt.
Store Norske Leksikon (Nettutgaven).
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Engelstad, Fredrik & Larsen, Håkon
(2018).
The significance of the state for facilitating a civil sphere in Scandinavia.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2017).
Demokrati og institusjoner i endring.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2017).
Innledning.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2016).
Makt, elite, makteliter.
Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift.
ISSN 0800-336X.
4,
p. 340–344.
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Engelstad, Fredrik & Larsen, Håkon
(2016).
The public sphere in the Nordic model.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2013).
Makt.
In Godal, Anne Marit (Eds.),
Store norske leksikon (snl.no).
Store norske leksikon AS.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2013).
Dag Solhjell og Jon Øien: Det norske kunstfeltet. En sosiologisk innføring.
Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning.
ISSN 0040-716X.
54(4),
p. 511–514.
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Engelstad, Fredrik; Stänicke, Erik & Gilbert, Sidsel Kari
(2012).
Innledning: Psyke, kultur og samfunn.
In Gilbert, Sidsel Kari; Stänicke, Erik & Engelstad, Fredrik (Ed.),
Psyke, kultur og samfunn: Perspektiver på indre og ytre virkelighet.
Abstrakt forlag.
ISSN 9788279353324.
p. 9–22.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2011).
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson - samfunnsendring som kunnskapsutvikling.
Årbok / Det norske videnskaps-akademi.
ISSN 0332-6209.
p. 298–300.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2010).
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson - samfunnsendring som kunnskapsutvikling.
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Engelstad, Fredrik & Steen-Johnsen, Kari
(2010).
Hva er det med hybride organisasjoner?
Nordiske organisasjonsstudier.
ISSN 1501-8237.
12(3),
p. 3–7.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2006).
Demokrati som konflikt - filosofi og politikk hos Chantal Mouffe.
Demo.
ISSN 1503-3171.
6(1),
p. 45–48.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2003).
National regimes of collective bargaining in transformation: Nordic trends in a comparative perspective.
Makt- og demokratiutredningen.
ISSN 82-92028-59-5.
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Dølvik, Jon Erik & Engelstad, Fredrik
(2003).
National regimes of collective bargaining in transformation: Nordic trends in a comparative perspective.
Makt og demokratiutredningen.
ISSN 82-92028-59-5.
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Engelstad, Fredrik
(2003).
Olje og Makt.
Makt- og demokratiutredningen.
ISSN 8292028617.
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Østerud, Øyvind; Engelstad, Fredrik; Meyer, Siri; Selle, Per & Skjeie, Hege
(2003).
Makt og demokrati. Sluttrapport fra Makt- og Demokratiutredningen.
Norges offentlige utredninger.
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