"This narrative covers Sweden's Age of Greatness (1632-1718), warrior-kings who governed, chronologically describes political and religious events of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and reveals how these events produced the climate for European global expansion. It trac…
"This narrative covers Sweden's Age of Greatness (1632-1718), warrior-kings who governed, chronologically describes political and religious events of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and reveals how these events produced the climate for European global expansion. It trac…
Commercial banks are among the oldest and most familiar financial institutions. When they work well, we hardly notice; when they do not, we rail against them. What are the historical forces that have shaped the modern banking system? In Unsettled Account, Richard Grossman takes …
Breaking male dominance in old democracies
Has male dominance in political life been broken? Will gender balance in elected assemblies soon be reached? Around 100 years after women's suffrage was gained, and in spite of much effort, most countries have not achieved this goal. This book analyses the longitudinal developme…
Long description: Dieser Band geht auf ein Symposium am Hamburger Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht in Hamburg zurück. Er bietet erstmals einen breiten Vergleich gesellschafts- und kapitalmarktrechtlicher Fragen in Deutschland und den nordisch…
The idea of the 'Swedish model' has been a widespread and enduring concept in the social sciences since the 1930s, associated with the political dominance of the Social Democratic Party, peaceful social development and a tradition of political consensus. Taking this exceptionali…
