How national culture impacts organizational culture--and business success Using extensive case studies of successful global corporations, this book explores the impact of national culture on the corporate strategy and its execution, and through this ultimately business success--…
Many people think of Sweden as a compilation of four stereotypes: sex, suicide, socialism and spirits. Unfair and just plain incorrect according to this bicultural author team. True to its title the book traces many of Sweden's cultural traits back to its Viking heritage: self-…
This text challenges the conventional view of Japanese society as monocultural and homogenous. Offering historical breadth and interdisciplinary orientation, "Multicultural Japan" ranges from prehistory to the present, arguing that cultural diversity has always existed in Japan.…
"Germany's New Right as Culture and Politics" is the first full-length study in English of the New Right in Germany and it breaks new ground by considering the New Right as both a political and a cultural movement. This approach reveals the problems that arise when a political m…
This book explains why nations elevate images of their own defeat to the center of their symbolism and understanding of their history.
This book explains why nations elevate images of their own defeat to the center of their symbolism and understanding of their history
The whole world wants to learn the secrets of Nordic exceptionalism: Why are the Danes the happiest people in the world, despite having the highest taxes? If the Finns really have the best education system, how come they still think all Swedish men are gay? Are the Icelanders re…
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A study of the Czech Republic, tracing the practices initiated to achieve what is a strikingly difficult task - the creation of a normal, particular "European" society and nation. It seeks both to show and to interpret what the Czechs have wanted since 1989 but especially since …
Scope and content: "Following a crushing defeat in World War II, Japan rose like a phoenix from the literal ashes to become a model of modernity and success, for decades Asia's premier economic giant. Yet it remains a nation hobbled by rigid gender roles, protectionist policies,…
In this new book, Ulrich Beck develops his now widely used concepts of second modernity, risk society and reflexive sociology into a radical new sociological analysis of the cosmopolitan implications of globalization. Beck draws extensively on empirical and theoretical analyses …
This work examines the role of language in the present and past creation of social, cultural and national identities in Europe. It considers the way in which language may sometimes reinforce national identity (as in England) while tending to subvert the nation-state (as in the U…
