Norway Center And Periphery
Norway is by history and culture very much a Scandinavian nation with its own unique profile. This book analyzes the factors that have shaped the sociocultural fabric of Norwegian politics. One of the most important themes Heidar analyzes is the power of the periphery, both in social as well as geographic terms. In the geographic sense, Norway is a small nation, and although it has been able to remain economically and politically stable, it is situated on the European flank. It is therefore dependent upon and vulnerable to external economic and political developments. In critical periods of its history, Norway's size has made it an object rather than an initiator of change. In the social sense, Norway has existed as a ?periphery nation?. It is this multi-dimensional center-periphery situation that has been crucial in shaping institutional structures and practices. Another theme that Heidar explores is Norway's enduring egalitarian culture. This book focuses on the primacy of politics in Norway and the role played by the nineteenth-century peasant movement and the twentieth-century labor movement in shaping modern Norway. Today, political and cultural traditions are challenged by the force of globalization. Norway is defined as a stable, parliamentary, multiparty system with a social democratic tradition. It was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Book of 2001.
Norway ni kwa historia na utamaduni sana taifa la Scandinavia na profile yake mwenyewe ya kipekee. Kitabu hiki kinachambua mambo ambayo yameunda muundo wa kijamii na kitamaduni wa siasa za Norway. Moja ya mandhari muhimu zaidi Heidar anachambua ni nguvu ya pembezoni, wote katika kijamii kama vile suala la kijiografia. Norway ni nchi ndogo, na ingawa imeweza kubaki imara kiuchumi na kisiasa, iko upande wa Ulaya. Kwa hiyo inategemea na ni dhaifu kwa maendeleo ya nje ya kiuchumi na kisiasa. Katika vipindi muhimu vya historia yake, ukubwa wa Norway umefanya kuwa kitu badala ya mwanzilishi wa mabadiliko. Katika maana ya kijamii, Norway imekuwapo kama "taifa la pembeni". Ni hali hii ya katikati-kando ya pande nyingi ambayo imekuwa muhimu katika kuunda miundo na mazoea ya taasisi. Mandhari nyingine ambayo Heidar anachunguza ni utamaduni wa usawa wa kudumu wa Norway. Kitabu hiki kinazingatia umuhimu wa siasa nchini Norway na jukumu lililochezwa na harakati za wakulima wa karne ya kumi na tisa na harakati za wafanyakazi wa karne ya ishirini katika kuunda Norway ya kisasa. Leo, mapokeo ya kisiasa na ya kitamaduni yanatiliwa shaka na nguvu ya utandawazi. Norway inafafanuliwa kama imara, bunge, mfumo wa vyama vingi na utamaduni wa kidemokrasia ya kijamii. Kitabu hicho kilitambuliwa kama kitabu bora cha kitaaluma cha mwaka 2001.