Young Muslims’ estrangement from Swedish majority society by Anne Sofie Roald

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Lower unemployment benefits and old-age pensions is a major setback in social policy by Kenneth Nelson

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Acquisition of the majority language in Norwegian ECEC: Relating language-learning environment in ECEC to expressive vocabulary by Joakim Hansen, Erik Eliassen, Anna Sara Hexeberg Romøren, Rasmus Kleppe, Nina Gram Garmann, Elisabeth Bjørnestad

“…The sample included 1,078 children (876 children with parents who spoke the majority language exclusively, 104 children with one parent who spoke the majority language and one parent who spoke another language, and 57 children with no majority language speaking parents). …”
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Ti interviews i anledning af 100-året for Genforeningen by Peter Buhrmann

Subjects: “…Danish, German, Borderland, Centennial, Minority, Majority…”
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Swedish cities now belong to the most segregated in Europe by Catharina Thörn, Håkan Thörn

“… This article presents our research on contemporary urban developments in major Swedish cities. First, we present an analysis of new forms of urban governance in major cities, particularly focusing on inner city developments. …”
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“We’re not here anymore”: The cultural dislocations of creative organizations in outlying regions by Dany Baillargeon

“…Yet this creative doxa, associated with prestigious clients and major campaigns, and spread virally by social media, appears to be the province of the major metropolitan agencies. …”
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The Russian Orthodox Church and the Pandemic: Problems, Challenges, Responses by Mikhail Suslov

“…This research identifies and analyzes major ideological cleavages on this issue, such as the possibility of transmitting viruses via the Eucharist, the religious meaning of the pandemic, and possibilities of digitalizing the rituals. …”
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Sosial kontroll begrenser minoritetsungdommers identitetsutvikling i majoritetsfosterhjem by Tina Hansen

“…English abstract Social control limits the identity development of minority youth in majority foster homes In this article, I discuss identity development among Norwegian minority youth living in majority foster homes, a little researched topic in Nordic foster home research. …”
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The sustainability revolution by Tom R. Burns

“… The Sustainability revolution: A societal paradigm shift – ethos, innovation, governance transformation This paper identifies several key mechanisms that underlie major paradigm shifts. After identifying four such mechanisms, the article focuses on one type of transformation which has a prominent place in the sustainability revolution that the article argues is now taking place. …”
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Early childhood education and care in Greece: In search of an identity by Konstantinos Petrogiannis

“…The paper briefly presents a set of issues that are linked to the current situation of ECCE in the country such as a number of socio-cultural elements that outline the connection between family structure and childcare coverage, the types of ECCE arrangements and participation rates, the issue of quality and the major problems linked with this. Finally, the major findings that have been revealed by the few research studies are presented including the link between quality and developmental outcomes.…”
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Bodies speak louder than words by Nora Stene

“…The parental narratives uncover ongoing negotiations occurring between parents and the minority/majority population. The article argues that circumcision serves as a rite of passage as much for parents as for the infant. …”
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“Perhaps we see it in negative terms, but, ultimately, it is positive” by Simon Sorgenfrei

“…Salafism is often presented in academic literature and by the media as a current that is at odds with the majority society. The material analyzed shows that the Salafi group upon which this article focuses can rhetorically criticize certain expressions in the majority culture while simultaneously emphasizing the importance of heeding the recommendations of the Swedish authorities. …”
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Do antioxidants have a health benefit? by Anette Karlsen

“…However, the majority of RCT using antioxidant supplementation demonstrates no protective effect against disease. …”
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Islam og demokrati by Peter Steensgaard Paludan

“…Next, the article examines the results of the World Value Survey in the Islamic workd. A major part of the Muslim populations has been surveyed. …”
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Revisiting studies of multicultural school events from the perspective of strategic essentialism by Joke Dewilde, Thor-André Skrefsrud

“…The contribution of the article is a theoretically informed discussion of how these events may ascribe agency to the participating families, reducing the way critics perceive them solely as victims of a majority-dominated and non-inclusive practice.…”
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Radicalism or realpolitik? The Foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran by Jubin Goodarzi

“…While there have been major changes in Iranian foreign policy since 1979, there have also been important continuities. …”
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Genre-Hybridization – a Key to Hyper-Bestsellers? by Kerstin Bergman

“…The majority of the novels that during the first decade of the 2000s became hyper-bestsellers share one thing in common: They tend to be genre-hybrids, mixing several different, often popular, fiction genres. …”
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Biografin som filosofihistorisk genre by Svante Nordin

“…Every year several important biographies of major (and minor) philosophers are published. But the philosophical significance of this genre is seldom discussed. …”
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Populärvetenskapligt skrivande vidgar perspektivet och ökar förståelsen by Susanne Pelger

“…In an earlier study we analysed the quality of popular science papers written by degree project students of biology. Our major observation was that most students had difficulties in changing perspectives, and in arguing the importance and relevance of their findings. …”
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Kognition og betydning by Jeppe Sinding Jensen

“…Over the past decade, the cognitive study of religion has gained momentum as a major theoretical breakthrough. However, most of its major contributors, often referred to as ‘cognitive hardliners’, have so far largely disregarded issues that have otherwise been of central concern to scholars in the study of religion, namely those concerning the cultural levels of e.g. meaning and semantics. …”
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