European Islam in the Age of Globalisation and Legal Pluralism by Werner Menski

“…Especially the presence of many people in the Nordic countries who are Muslims, may have strong links to other legal orders, and feel connected to a religion that they value as part of their own life and identity while also claiming the right to be Danish, Finnish, Norwegian or Swedish, cannot be ignored. …”
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Becoming an Adult in Europe: A Macro(/Micro)-Demographic Perspective

“…In the transition to adulthood the "latest-late" pattern of Southern Europe cohabits with its opposite "earliest-early" pattern of the Nordic countries. In this paper, I discuss multifaceted approaches to the explanation of why becoming an "adult" in Europe appears so diverse. …”
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Trends in Teenage Sexual Behavior and Births in Europe by Osmo Kontula

“…The transition in sexual initiation started first in the Nordic countries, then in many Western European and Central European countries and finally, one generation later, in Southern and Eastern Europe. …”
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Adapting to a Global Health Challenge: Managing Antimicrobial Resistance in the Nordics by Martin Stangborli Time, Frode Veggeland

“…Guided by assumptions derived from institutional theory, the article investigates whether, and, if so, how the AMR problem has affected the two Nordic countries’ administrative systems and frameworks for Nordic cooperation. …”
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The Nordic welfare model, law, and the financial crisis by Dawid Bunikowski

“…The author considers also how the NWS ideology influenced state law and legal way of thinking in Scandinavia and, more widely, in the Nordic countries. The case of Finland is used to show how the law in both the content and methodology was changed. …”
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Organizational Change and Employee Concerns in the Finnish Defence Forces by Minna Leinonen, Risto Nikkanen, Katri Otonkorpi-Lehtoranta

“…The Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) have, in accordance with other public sector organizations in the Nordic countries, undergone many change processes in this millennium. …”
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Norsk-russisk miljø- og ressursforvaltning i nordområdene by Geir Honneland

“…Since the end of the Cold War, a flourishing network of collaboration has grown up between Russia and neighbouring Nordic countries in the European North, especially Norway. …”
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A Vertically Integrated Perspective on Nordic Manufacturing Productivity by Daniel Lind

“…From this perspective, Norway has improved its relative productivity since 2000 and is now the leader among the Nordic countries. Finland – and Sweden to some extent – have performed relatively poorly. …”
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Governing a just future: what and how to govern? – commentary to Jones by Pia Bäcklund

“…My comments to the issues presented in Rhys Jones’ article (in this issue) are grounded in planning theory and my ongoing research concerning justification of new spatial planning practices in the Nordic countries.…”
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF ULTRA-SMALL PERIPHERAL WEST EUROPEAN REGIONS (CASE OF ÅLAND AND FAROE ISLANDS) by Elena G. Efimova, Natalia P. Kuznetsova

“…The object of investigation is small economies of West European and Nordic countries as well as ultra-small autonomous territories of Åland and Faroes islands affiliated to Finland and Denmark, respectively. …”
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Nationality Diversity in Academia: What is the Problem Represented to be? by Tatiana Maximova-Mentzoni, Cathrine Egeland

“…This article investigates problem representations of nationality diversity at higher education and research institutions in Norway and in the other Nordic countries. Nationality diversity refers to different nationalities among academic staff that increases language, value and information diversity in organizations. …”
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Information and business performance: a study of information systems and services in high-performing companies by T.D. Wilson, I. Owen, A. Abell

“…The Åbo Consortium - a loose affiliation of researchers in the U.K. and the Nordic countries has met from time to time to discuss the development of a collaborative approach to business information research and this project was intended to serve as a model for parallel investigations to be carried out in other countries. …”
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Cultural Zionism in Sweden: Daniel Brick's Judisk krönika by Stephen Fruitman

“…Not wishing to make themselves any less “Swedish”, the cultural Zionists nevertheless insisted that Jews in Sweden and other Nordic countries needed to adopt an international perspective, integrating the proposed idea for a Jewish national home in Palestine into their lives as a source of cultural pride and spiritual renewal.…”
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Blivande lärares uppfattningar och förståelse av baskunskap i ekologi i Danmark, Finland och Sverige by Irmeli Elisabeth Palmberg, Gunnar Jonsson, Eila Jeronen, Eija Yli-Panula

“…Students’ and student teachers’ decreasing interest in and knowledge of science are, according to many national and international assessments, alarming trends in the Nordic countries. This quantitative and qualitative study of student teachers’ knowledge of core concepts and processes in ecology confirms the low level of student teachers’ understanding of these issues, although a majority consider these issues to be basic knowledge for their teacher competencies. …”
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Use of administrative hospital registry data and a civil registry to measure survival and other outcomes after cancer by Sørensen HT, Lash TL

“…Cancer registries in the Nordic countries are characterized by a high level of completeness and excellent data quality.1 Cancer diagnoses are often validated through several procedures, with documentation of clinical evidence for the diagnosis. …”
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Gender Caring: The Everyday Construction of Black African Parents in Finland by Ebot, Mathias E.

“…The Nordic countries are now firmly ensconced in academia as gender-friendly welfare states. …”
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Joint Responsibility at its Peak – Searching for a New Nordic Unemployment Model by Tora Dahl

“…This article takes its point of departure in previous research into the decline in the membership densities of unemployment insurances in several Nordic countries. The article examines these tendencies and focuses on a new and rather atypical example of organizing unemployment systems in a Nordic context, namely that of the Faroe Islands. …”
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From Monthly Bulletins to eLaestadianism? Exploring Attitudes and Use of Internet within the Laestadian Movement by Bengt-Ove Andreassen

“…Among the approximately twenty different Laestadian groups which exist in the Nordic countries and America, there are only nine official websites in 2012. …”
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The influence of jurisprudential theories on legal dogmatics in Finland in the area of civil law by Matti Ilmari Niemi

“…With the help of it and original legislation, Nordic countries have restrained the strong influence of German legal doctrine. …”
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Construction of Technology in Our Country For Building Technical Ablties by Rawa zeki Younis Al- taweel

“…That scientific and technological progress the Nordic countries and the availability of financial resources and technical and advanced technical superiority reflected on the uniqueness and cultural and media. …”
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