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2. Determining the effectiveness of the Danish packaging tax policy: The case of paper and paperboard packaging imports.
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Cela, Enian and Kaneko, Shinji
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PACKAGING industry ,FISCAL policy ,GLOBALIZATION ,CARDBOARD ,ELECTRONIC equipment ,CONSTRUCTION materials - Abstract
Abstract: Paper and paperboard incorporate a large variety of use in today''s global society. Packaging is among them. The fields where paper and paperboard are adopted in the form of packaging include food and beverage, tobacco, electric and electronic equipment, machinery, construction materials, furniture, etc. But once the packed product is consumed, what happens to the packaging? What happens to the tons and tons of paper and paperboard packaging? The answer is waste accumulation. An increasing problem of waste generation has become associated with paper and paperboard packaging. Recognizing the challenge, various nations, especially EU member states have adopted packaging policies contemplated to deal with the issue. Among the policies instituted, environmental taxation has received comparatively little attention both in terms of application and investigating literature. Applied in the form of weight basis charges, the tax policy aims at reducing the demand for the subjected products. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of the environmental taxes applied on paper and paperboard industrial packaging in the case of Denmark. Using a panel data analysis, the investigation focuses on the taxation impact on the import trade flow of paper and paperboard packaging entering into Danish territory. Gravitational regression model analysis is adopted to judge on the trade pattern. Results reveal that environmental taxes were effective in reducing the quantity imported of paper and paperboard. The reasons that might have stimulated the positive implementation are also emphasized as a remainder for future applications of the policy. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2011
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3. WHITE PAPERS SVEND A AGE CHRISTENSEN.
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SØVNDAL, VILLY
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GLOBAL studies ,NATIONAL interest ,ASSOCIATION management ,ADMINISTRATIVE procedure ,SOCIETIES - Abstract
The article discusses the White Paper tradition of the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). It mentions that White papers are commissioned by the government of the parliament and the Danish White Paper tradition reflects the public service model. It states that the main purpose of the White Paper is to offers a research based report about the working of the organization.
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- 2013
4. Differences in mortality before retirement: The role of living arrangements and marital status in Denmark.
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Vigezzi, Serena and Strozza, Cosmo
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RETIREMENT age ,EARLY retirement ,LIFE expectancy ,RETIREMENT ,HEALTH equity ,MORTALITY ,MARITAL status - Abstract
BACKGROUND: To make the pension system robust to population ageing, Denmark will increase the statutory retirement age in tandem with national life expectancy. By universally increasing this age, this pension indexation policy might amplify known inequalities in mortality, such as those between people in different living arrangements. OBJECTIVE: We aim to quantify inequalities in mortality before retirement age by living arrangement over time and to estimate whether an increase in the retirement age could disproportionately affect disadvantaged groups. METHODS: We estimate the probability of dying between ages 50 and 65/67/70 for several cohorts of Danes living in different household types, stratifying by socioeconomic status. To give a more complete picture, we also calculate equivalent age for each sub-group. RESULTS: In Denmark considerable mortality inequalities exist depending on living arrangements, and they are becoming larger. Across all the dimensions of mortality we examine, single individuals cumulate a clear disadvantage. An increased retirement age would increase absolute and (for single individuals) relative differences in pre-retirement survival, adding to the widening trends across cohorts. CONCLUSIONS: Relying on the national average to set the statutory retirement age risks maintaining these subpopulations' disadvantage. While early retirement schemes exist in Denmark, they mostly impact people based on their occupation. We highlight that other characteristics are strongly tied to mortality and should also be considered. CONTRIBUTION: This paper falls within a project developed and directed by Jim Vaupel from 2019 until his death. He believed that the Danish pension indexation policy risked unfairly damaging specific groups. The results of this paper show that by neglecting existing and widening inequalities, this might indeed be the case. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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5. Inequality and redistribution: evidence from Scandinavian and Mediterranean countries.
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Claveria, Oscar and Sorić, Petar
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GROSS income ,INCOME inequality ,INCOME redistribution ,ALTMETRICS ,SCANDINAVIANS ,GOVERNMENT policy ,INHERITANCE & transfer tax - Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the adjustment of government redistributive policies in Scandinavian and Mediterranean countries following changes in income inequality over the period 1980–2021. Design/methodology/approach: The authors first modelled the time-varying dynamics between income inequality and redistribution and then used a non-linear framework to test for the existence of asymmetries and cointegration in their long-run relationship. The authors used two complementary measures of inequality – the share of total income accruing to top percentile income holders and the ratio of the share of total income accruing to top decile income holders divided by that accumulated by the bottom 50% – and computed redistribution as the difference between the two inequality indicators before and after taxes and transfers. Findings: The authors found that the sign of the relationship between income inequality and redistribution is mostly positive and time-varying. Overall, the authors also found evidence that the impact of increases in inequality on redistributive measures is higher than that of decreases. Finally, the authors obtained a significant long-run relationship between both variables in all countries except Denmark and Spain. These results hold for both Scandinavian and Mediterranean countries. Originality/value: To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first paper to account for the potential existence of non-linearities and to examine the asymmetries in the adjustment of redistributive policies to increases in income inequality using alternative income inequality metrics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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6. Oplevelser af seksualitet hos skandinaviske patienter med hjertesygdomme: et scoping review.
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Korte, Uffe Bjerrgård, Larsen, Palle, and Marcussen, Jette
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HEALTH care industry ,RESEARCH ,ONLINE information services ,CINAHL database ,PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems ,HUMAN sexuality ,SYSTEMATIC reviews ,ATTITUDES toward sex ,EXPERIENCE ,LITERATURE reviews ,THEMATIC analysis ,MEDLINE ,HEART diseases - Abstract
Copyright of Nordic Nursing Research / Nordisk Sygeplejeforskning is the property of H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard) AS and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2023
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7. Adding Balconies to Historical Tenements – Local Approaches to the Retention of Heritage Value in Poland, Germany, and Denmark.
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Smektała, Marta and Baborska-Narożny, Magdalena
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APARTMENT buildings ,SEMI-structured interviews ,BUILDING additions ,TWENTIETH century ,DWELLINGS ,HOUSING - Abstract
Approximately 22% of the existing dwellings in the EU were built before 1946. In Wrocław, Poland ca. 21% of all dwellings in multifamily houses are protected for their heritage value. For such a significant share of the residential building stock pursuit of sustainability through amenity improvement is inevitable and will gain pace with the EU endorsed Renovation Wave. The discourse about the scope of renovations should be extended to consider an improvement of historical housing's spatial quality without compromising its heritage value. Balconies are perceived as an indispensable part of new-built apartments; however, they are scarce in tenements built at the turn of 20th century. Adding balconies as a part of retrofitting is common in Germany or Denmark, but rare in Poland. By analysing heritage preservation practices in Chemnitz, Copenhagen and Wrocław, this paper aims to understand how retention of heritage value shapes local approach to adding balconies. Semi-structured interviews (18) were conducted with heritage conservation officers and other stakeholders. The results revealed a shared recognition of balcony's role as an element contributing to heritage housing preservation through enhanced usability. Factors that impede balcony additions in historical tenements in Wrocław were identified for different tenure types, followed by recommendations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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8. Mortality inequalities at retirement age between migrants and non-migrants in Denmark and Sweden.
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Callaway, Julia, Strozza, Cosmo, Drefahl, Sven, Mussino, Eleonora, and Kashnitsky, Ilya
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RETIREMENT age ,LIFE expectancy ,HEALTH equity ,IMMIGRANTS ,AGE discrimination ,AGE ,SOCIOECONOMIC status - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Denmark and Sweden index their statutory retirement ages to life expectancy. When lifespan increases, so does retirement age. This policy does not consider demographic heterogeneity in life expectancy, e.g., between migrants and non-migrants, posing possible issues for pension policies that index retirement age to life expectancy. OBJECTIVE: To understand how mortality inequalities between migrants and non-migrants interact with the indexation of statutory retirement age in Denmark and Sweden. METHODS: We used Danish and Swedish registry data from 1988-2018, and included individuals aged 50+. Migrants were classified as European-born or non-European-born. We calculated the probability of dying before retirement age, remaining life expectancy at retirement age, lifespan inequalities after retirement age, and the likelihood that a nonmigrant would outlive a migrant. We also classified the Danish-born population into four income levels and compared them to migrant groups. RESULTS: Non-European-born migrants had the survival advantage in both countries, but equal or higher lifespan inequality at retirement. Sweden had a proportionally larger migrant population, but Denmark's was more diverse. The probability that a non-migrant would outsurvive a migrant was 40%-50% in both countries. CONCLUSIONS: The healthy migrant effect was observed in both Denmark and Sweden. Despite mortality advantages, migrants do not contribute to increasing life expectancy in Denmark or Sweden. CONTRIBUTION: This study contributes to the literature on mortality differences between migrants and non-migrants in Scandinavia. The novel contributions of this paper are the consideration of the socioeconomic status of non-migrants in Denmark, and the calculation of probabilities that migrants will outsurvive non-migrants, all within the context of pension policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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9. Estimating Fluctuating Volatility Using Advanced Garch Models: Evidence from Denmark Stock Exchange.
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Kumari, Puja, Meher, Bharat Kumar, Birau, Ramona, Anand, Abhishek, Paswan, Mukesh, Simion, Mircea Laurentiu, Lupu (Filip), Gabriela Ana Maria, and Nioata (Chireac), Roxana-Mihaela
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GARCH model ,STOCKS (Finance) ,STOCK price indexes ,LAGRANGE multiplier ,PRICES - Abstract
In the stock market, volatility is a term used to describe the degree to which the prices of assets oscillate and determines the level of risk or uncertainty. The foremost objective of the present analysis is to model the behaviour of the Denmark stock market using data from December 20, 2016, to September 20, 2023. Through the application of GARCH family prototypes which, include GARCH/TARCH, EGARCH, Component ARCH (1,1), and PARCH. The analysis used a sample number of 1668 daily observations for OMXC 25 or OMX Copenhagen 25 Stock Index representing the Denmark stock market. We used some statistical techniques such as Phillips-Perron and Augmented Dickey Fuller tests, Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin test statistic, The ARCH Lagrange Multiplier (LM) test, PARCH model. We utilized the E-Views 12 Econometrics package. This empirical investigation adds to the corpus of financial econometrics and emphasizes the importance of precisely and painstakingly modelling the behaviour of stock markets. Our ability to forecast market movements and make informed decisions in a turbulent financial climate will be improved by the findings and research methodologies covered in this paper, which will serve as a solid foundation for future investigations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
10. Bridging the "consent gap": mechanisms of legitimization in a cross-border megaproject.
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Lucciarini, Silvia and Galdini, Rossana
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INTERORGANIZATIONAL networks ,ORGANIZATIONAL legitimacy ,SOCIAL acceptance ,SOCIAL processes ,PUBLIC sphere - Abstract
In the recent debate on megaprojects (MPs), greater attention is devoted to the functioning of the interorganizational and multiactor networks that are one of the most innovative features in recent years. The complexity of these structures brings out governability issues for an MP's management. Mutual recognition and consent become elements capable of inaugurating more collaborative processes and practices to reduce organizational and management criticalities in MPs. This paper focuses on a neglected relational dimension, namely legitimacy. We argue that legitimacy is instead the central dimension that attributes effectiveness and capacity for action to the organizations involved. Legitimacy regulates the relationship between various organizations--and especially--between organizations and the public sphere. Institutionalist theory assigns a central role to legitimacy in the construction of social processes, defining it as a generalized form of social acceptance toward an actor, an idea, or a project. In this paper, we hypothesize that the legitimacy attributed and "held" by the stakeholders is a crucial element in countering three critical aspects of MPs, namely the uncertainty, complexity, and conflict acting on the construction of public consensus and the quality of relationships between the participating stakeholders. We verify our hypothesis by analyzing a cross-border MP, the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link between Germany and Denmark. The paper concentrates on the mechanisms with which stakeholders can acquire legitimacy using the Eriksen discursive legitimation scheme. These mechanisms are different (evidence-based, public participation, and legislators' command) and produce different outcomes in terms of increasing or containing these three criticalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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11. Introducing the lens of markets-in-the-making to transition studies: The case of the Danish wind power market agencement.
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Karnøe, Peter, Kirkegaard, Julia Kirch, and Caliskan, Koray
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WIND power ,ELECTRICITY markets ,ECONOMIC models ,WIND forecasting ,TECHNOLOGICAL innovations ,FRAMES (Social sciences) - Abstract
• The paper responds to the call for more agency in transition Studies, to earlier studies of wind power in transitions, as well as to the 'market-as-practices approach'. • Our study provides new insigths to the making of Denmark's emblemic wind power market, by studying the role of agencies and market devices in framing and temporarily pacifying wind power across three domains: 1) the socio-political domain where discursive devices enabled the valuation of wind power and coalition-building, 2) the domain of action where devices framed the economic price-setting models for wind power investors, and, 3) domain of action where devices framing wind power's integration into the electricity grid-infrastructure were made. • The paper brings attention to dynamics of ' framing-overflowing-reframing'. Exploring the role of material devices in "framing" and pacifying the wind, the paper explores dynamics/"overflowing" of the framings, contributing not only to sustainability transition studies but also market studies. • We show how governing sustainability transitions and spurring environmental innovation necessitates a shift from understanding markets neither as niches nor as mainstream, but as market agencements working through market devices that frame and pacify some goods with peculiar economizations and as 'legitimate'. This paper contributes to a renewed understanding of markets in transition studies by focusing on how unknown things must be 'framed' and pacified in order to be attributed some 'value' that makes them 'matter'. We empirically analyze the making of a market agencement for wind power deployment in Denmark. Using an analytical framework of framing and pacifying, we trace three entangled 'domains of action' associated with the employment of (a) sociopolitical devices to enable the discursive valuation of wind power, (b) economic devices to develop price-setting models for investors, and (c) technical devices to facilitate grid integration, thereby framing wind power as socio-politically, economically, and techno-scientifically 'valuable', respectively. This market agencement has consistently produced concerns (i.e., overflows) requiring constant re-framing. We discuss how the lens of markets-in-the-making can contribute to transition studies. By showing how the domains of action entangle and 'overflow' onto each other, this study demonstrates that the relational lens of socio-technical agencements can help shed additional light on the dynamics and agency of markets in transition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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12. Visual thinking strategies as a pedagogical tool: initial expectations, applications, and perspectives in Denmark.
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Nolan, Shaun
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PRIMARY schools ,DATA analysis ,CITIZENSHIP education - Abstract
This paper examines the introduction of Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) in Denmark and its potential as a pedagogical tool used throughout Danish education culture and particularly in Danish primary schools. The first active Danish users of and trainers in VTS in the country provide purposive qualitative interview data through structured e-mail interviews focused on their experiences with VTS and their impressions of this pedagogical tool in the Danish education culture context. The analysis of this qualitative data indicates that VTS is highly and widely adaptable to Danish education culture which, like other Scandinavian education systems, is based on bildung didactic principles. In their contemporary manifestation, these principles value the emancipation of the individual and the promotion of democratic learning processes. The introduction of VTS is still a work in progress in the Danish context and is not yet formally used in the school system. However, it is precisely there that a rich vein of opportunities exists for VTS in Denmark. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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13. Spillover Impact of the US Unconventional Monetary Policy and Uncertainties on Stock-Bond Correlations.
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Hadood, Abobaker Al. Al. and Gokmenoglu, Korhan K.
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MONETARY policy ,FINANCIAL markets ,COUNTERPARTY risk ,ECONOMIC uncertainty ,ECONOMIC policy ,PORTFOLIO diversification ,QUANTILE regression ,INTERNATIONAL markets ,BOND market - Abstract
This paper investigates the spillover impact of US unconventional monetary policy and uncertainty factors on the time-varying co-movements between the US stock market and 14 advanced countries' bond markets, as based on monthly data from January 2002, to October 2015, and utilising the conditional nonlinear quantile regression approach. The empirical results reveal that US unconventional monetary policy has an asymmetric positive effect on stockbond market co-movements, with a nonlinear effect in France and Denmark and a strong effect in the UK and Finland. Further, US bond market uncertainty has heterogeneous effects on stock-bond market co-movements, with a nonlinear effect in France and Denmark and a strong effect in Finland and Sweden. In addition, default risk spread positively influences stock-bond market co-movements across most countries for all quantiles. In contrast, stock-bond market comovements negatively and symmetrically respond to the US stock market uncertainty in most countries. Finally, stock-bond co-movements exhibit mixed responses to US economic policy uncertainty across countries. Our results have valuable implications for international investors who allocate capital across developed countries' stock and bond markets. Our findings provide important information for financial communities with regard to diversification and hedging. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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14. Professionalisation and performance of Airbnb hosts in rural regions.
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Leick, Birgit, Beth Mitchell, Sara, Jan Borowiecki, Karol, Vinogradov, Evgueni, Gunnarsdóttir, Guðrún Þóra, Zhang, Jie, Gretzinger, Susanne, and Vilhjálmsdóttir, Vera
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PROFESSIONALIZATION ,RURAL tourism ,QUALITY of service ,TRAVELERS ,TOURISTS ,FAMILY-owned business enterprises ,PRIVATE companies - Abstract
This paper explores the professionalisation and performance aspects of Airbnb hosts in rural regions in Denmark, Iceland, and Norway. More specifically, based upon the professionalisation of hosts, which represents a proxy for the scale of their entrepreneurial engagement, the host landscape in the rural regions is investigated, resulting in different host profiles, including individual single- and multiple-listing hosts, and small and large tourism companies. The paper subsequently estimates the service quality performance of Airbnb hosts in relation to their professionalisation in rural regions through a u-shaped relationship, with the professionalisation influencing the performance evaluation of the hosts by the users. This twofold empirical analysis amends the extant literature, as it provides both a more nuanced and more comprehensive description of the nature and scale of Airbnb host engagement in rural regions, and points to the vast entrepreneurial opportunities for private households and companies on the platform. • Airbnb hosts in rural regions attract new travellers and amend a "thin" accommodation infrastructure. • This paper explores Airbnb host profiles in rural regions through a professionalisation-performance relationship. • The study finds multiple host profiles: individual (single- and multiple-listing) and commercial hosts (small and large tourist companies). • Individual hosts are important for a high service quality for Airbnb guests in rural regions, commercial hosts receive lower performance values by guests. • The different profiles point to various opportunities for private households and local businesses on Airbnb in rural regions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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15. What Do the Experts Say? Children's Perspectives on Wellbeing in Schools.
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Christensen, Else Nyborg and Simovska, Venka
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WELL-being ,TRUST ,SCHEDULING ,STUDENT attitudes ,SOCIAL context - Abstract
In this paper, we explore children's perspectives on wellbeing at school through a multimodal, qualitative research design. Forty-seven students from Years 2, 4 and 6 in a public school in Denmark shared their insights regarding their own wellbeing in school through written accounts and videos, as well as other articulations such as drawings, paintings and Lego models. The analysis makes use of an "extended" conceptualization of wellbeing at school, which integrates four entangled dimensions: being, belonging, becoming and agency, with aspects of the whole-school material and social environment. The analysis shows that children experience wellbeing as an embodied, multifaceted phenomenon embedded in the school context but also connected with their lives outside of school. Furthermore, the analysis points to the importance of relationships at school for wellbeing but also the significance of teacher guidance as well as the sense of safety and trust facilitated by the school staff. School facilities, workload, rhythms, time schedules and numerous transitions also play pivotal roles in student experiences of wellbeing. Finally, the findings demonstrate that in students' views, their involvement in and consequential influence on decision-making at school as a whole is decisive for their sense of wellbeing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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16. Do rural school closures lead to local population decline?
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Lykke Sørensen, Jens Fyhn, Haase Svendsen, Gunnar Lind, Jensen, Peter Sandholt, and Schmidt, Torben Dall
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SCHOOL closings ,DEMOGRAPHIC change ,RURAL schools ,RURAL population ,SOCIAL dominance ,HOUSING market - Abstract
In Denmark, many rural schools have been closed since 2000. These school closures have often resulted in heated debates between local politicians and the local population. Locals have feared that closing their school would have adverse effects and lead to local population decline. Meanwhile, previous research has found mixed evidence on the population effect of rural school closures. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the existing literature by looking at the case of Denmark. The paper analyses the local population effects of the simultaneous closure of eight village schools in 2011 in the same peripheral municipality in Denmark. The case study offers a quasi-experimental setting, and the population effects are estimated through an ordinary and a flexible difference-in-differences (DiD) analysis. Overall, the results show clear evidence of a negative population effect of rural school closures. The ordinary DiD analysis shows a population decline of 7.6 percentage points during the 10-year post-closure period. The flexible DiD analysis points to long-term effects, as the population decline first becomes statistically significant from the sixth year following the closures and onwards. To qualify the results of the econometric tests, we report findings from interviews with local people carried out in 2015 in four of the eight rural communities. Among other things, findings from interviews point to lock-in effects in terms of social capital and housing markets, which helps to understand the dominance of long-term population effects from school closures. • Eight village schools in the same peripheral municipality in Denmark were closed simultaneously in 2011. • A mixed methods approach is used to examine the population effects of the school closures. • The population development would have been 7.6 percentage points more favourable if the schools had not been closed. • Long-term effects: The population decline first becomes statistically significant from the sixth year after the closures. • Findings point to lock-in effects in terms of social capital and housing markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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17. Forensic necropsies of cattle: a study of Danish cases from 2010 to 2021 and a guideline for forensic examination of cattle.
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Barington, Kristiane, Nielsen, Thilde B., Andersen, Regitze S., and Jensen, Henrik E.
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CATTLE ,GAIT disorders ,AUTOPSY ,GRANULATION tissue ,BONE growth ,FORENSIC pathology ,FORENSIC anthropology - Abstract
Forensic post-mortem examinations of animals are carried out on suspicion of violation of European and national legislation. In Denmark, and probably also in other countries with large-scale cattle production, cattle are regularly submitted for forensic assessment. Unfortunately, only few studies of forensic pathology in cattle are available. This paper presents a retrospective study of forensic case files on Danish cattle from January 2010 to December 2021. The case files were characterized with respect to types of lesion, age assessments of lesions and other parameters such as age and sex. A total of 118 forensic case files had been archived and related to 132 cattle (14 weeks–20 years of age; 68% female, 30% male and 2% unknown sex) with 228 lesions. Locomotor disorders constituted the majority of lesions. However, cachexia/emaciation, skin ulcerations and overgrowth of cornual horn were also frequent. Most lesions were chronic (91%) and age assessments for more than 2 weeks were stated for 79% of the lesions. This indicates that in Denmark at least, there is a need to consider how cattle with locomotor disorders are treated in a timely manner in order to avoid prolonged futile treatment and, thereby, suffering. Grossly visible reparative granulation tissue and new bone formation were present in lesions of 1–2 weeks and longer duration. However, all age assessments were stated in broad time intervals due to the lack of scientifically based forensic studies of age assessments of lesions in cattle. Therefore, to improve age assessments in forensic cattle cases, studies concerning the chronology of tissue reparation in cattle are warranted. We also present a guideline for the forensic examination of cattle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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18. Den uformelle kommunikations betydning for videndeling og læring -et studie af kommunikation på en dansk sygehusafdeling.
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Folmann, Birgitte, Morthorst Rasmussen, Bo, Ebdrup Larsen, Dorte, Lise Steffensen, Rikke, and Bjerresgaard, Helle
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FIELD research ,MEETINGS ,MEDICAL quality control ,PROFESSIONS ,PROBLEM solving ,PROFESSIONAL employee training ,INTERVIEWING ,LEARNING strategies ,ETHNOLOGY research ,COMMUNICATION ,HOSPITAL wards - Abstract
Copyright of Nordic Nursing Research / Nordisk Sygeplejeforskning is the property of H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard) AS and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
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- 2023
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19. Axes of contestation in sustainability transitions.
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Madsen, Stine, Miörner, Johan, and Hansen, Teis
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SOCIOTECHNICAL systems ,CIRCULAR economy ,SUSTAINABILITY ,WASTE management - Abstract
• Transition dynamics and agency are insufficiently considered in sectors with complex configurational set-ups. • We introduce the concept of the contestation axis. • Considerable agency can play out along other axes than the typical niche-regime axis. • We analyze contestation axes in the waste sector in Denmark. • Circular economy visions trigger agentic processes between multiple socio-technical configurations. Research in sustainability transitions increasingly acknowledges that the structural characteristics of socio-technical systems differ. However, little attention has been paid to the specific transition dynamics that can result from this structural variation. In response, this paper develops a framework for studying transition dynamics that takes the structural characteristics of socio-technical systems and their influence on agency into account. We introduce the concept contestation axis to highlight alternative potential interfaces between functional solutions in a socio-technical system. We argue that considerable agency and frictions between actors can play out at other axes than between established regimes and emerging niches. Our conceptual framework is applied to a case study in the waste sector. We explore how the growing influence of the circular economy triggers misalignment between multiple socio-technical configurations in the Danish waste sector. In the case, we zoom in on three actual frictions that have manifested along different contestation axes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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20. An overview of Clinical Quality Registries (CQRs) on gynecological oncology worldwide.
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Baldewpersad Tewarie, N., van Driel, W.J., van Ham, M.A.P.C., Wouters, M.W., Rome, R.M., Høgdall, C.K., Pagano, E., Hogberg, T., and Kruitwagen, R.
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IROQUOIS (North American people) ,ONCOLOGY ,OVARIAN cancer ,STANDARDS ,CANCER patients - Abstract
Clinical Quality Registries (CQRs) were initiated in order to compare clinical outcomes between hospitals or regions within a country. To get an overview of these CQRs worldwide the aim of this study was to identify these CQRs for gynecological oncology and to summarize their characteristics, processes and QI's and to establish whether it is feasible to make an international comparison in the future. To identify CQRs in gynecological oncology a literature search in Pubmed was performed. All papers describing the use of a CQR were included. Administrative, epidemiological and cancer registries were excluded as these registries do not primarily serve to measure quality of care through QI's. The taskforce or contact person of the included CQR were asked to participate and share information on registered items, processes and indicators. Five nations agreed to collaborate: Australia, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden. Denmark, Netherlands and Sweden established a nationwide registry, collecting data on multiple tumor types, and various QI's. Australia and Italy included patients with ovarian cancer only. All nations had a different process to report feedback results to participating hospitals. CQRs serve the same purpose to improve quality of care but vary on different aspects. Although similarities are observed in the topics measured by the QI's, an international comparison was not feasible as numerators or denominators differ between registries. In order to compare on an international level it would be useful to harmonize these registries and to set an international standard to measure the quality of care with similar indicators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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21. Public perception of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage in Denmark: Support or reluctant acceptance?
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Ugarte-Lucas, Paula and Jacobsen, Jette Bredahl
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CARBON sequestration ,PUBLIC opinion ,CLIMATE change mitigation ,WILLINGNESS to pay ,PUBLIC support - Abstract
• Willingness to pay for BECCS in Denmark and factors influencing it are investigated. • Willingness to pay is linked to the view of BECCS as necessary for mitigation. • View of BECCS as a necessity reveals either support or reluctant acceptance. • Preference for renewable energies revealed by respondents unwilling to pay. • Age, views on climate change and sustainability of biomass influence WTP. Most climate change mitigation scenarios rely on negative emissions technologies like bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). However, little is known about public support for BECCS. This paper gauges Danes' willingness to pay (WTP) for biomass with carbon capture and storage and examines factors influencing it. Denmark is a suitable case study given its reliance on biomass and negative emissions to achieve climate targets. Results from a questionnaire-based survey indicate a mean WTP of 3072 DKK (412 EUR) per household per year. This correspondents to a 12% increase in heat and electricity expenses. The need for negative emissions is the main stated reason for WTP. This may be interpreted as reflecting either support for, or reluctant acceptance of, BECCS. Results show that being younger, being concerned about climate change and believing that it is mainly caused by human activity, and believing in the mitigation potential of biomass and that sustainability is a precondition of its use have a significant effect on WTP. Public views on BECCS are complex but must be acknowledged if discussion of the role of BECCS in the decarbonisation agenda is to move forward. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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22. Everyday life as a refugee in a rural setting – What determines a sense of belonging and what role can the local community play in generating it?
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Herslund, Lise
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SMALL cities ,EVERYDAY life ,COUNTRY life ,COMMUNITIES ,RENTAL housing - Abstract
This paper explores the sense of place and belonging among refugees settled in small towns in Denmark and the role local, rural communities can play in encouraging it. The entry point for creating a sense of place and belonging is rooted in their new everyday lives, the extent to which, and in what form, this is linked to the new small town in which they live, and to what factors might inhibit or promote these links and sense of belonging. The paper is based on 43 interviews conducted in 2016/2017 with refugees and members of local communities in seven small towns, as well as other key formal stakeholders. The results show that several structural factors can have a detrimental effect on the sense of belonging in a small town; for example, a lack of cheap rented accommodation, combined with a busy everyday life, affording little free time to spend in the town, and the fact that the refugees are often originally from cities and would have preferred to be settled in one. They are uncertain how to behave in a small-town setting and make the most of it. Their links to the local community are via social relations with other migrants and committed local volunteers. Volunteers can play an important role in helping refugees navigate their new everyday life and help them counter many of the problems of living in an unfamiliar and rural environment. If refugees are to settle permanently in these communities, structural challenges such as the lack of rental accommodation must be addressed; something that local communities cannot do on their own. • Lack of cheap rental housing and big city backgrounds challenge refugees' sense of belonging. • Local belonging also means local social relations to other migrants and active local people. • Local engagement plays a key role in ameliorating the drawbacks of being resettled in a small town. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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23. Technosocial configurations for sociability in rural Denmark.
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Johansen, Pia Heike and Fisker, Jens Kaae
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SOCIABILITY ,TEXT messages ,PUBLIC spaces ,DIGITAL divide ,SOCIAL media - Abstract
The proliferation of ICTs, including social media platforms, has the potential to substantially affect the technological mix that underpins rural sociability. Little is currently known about the practices of technology use emerging from this novel situation. The paper takes steps to address this gap by applying a Foucauldian-inspired mundane technologies perspective to investigate the technosocial configurations for rural sociability after the introduction of social media platforms. Empirically, a mixed-methods approach including a quantitative phone survey and qualitative online ethnography, focusing on community groups on facebook, is used to study three small areas in the Danish countryside. Results show how rural residents employ a mix of embedded and disembedded technologies to inform themselves about social life in their area. Embedded technologies include noticeboards at grocery stores, village halls, and other meeting places; free weekly newspapers, brochures and leaflets delivered by mail; face-to-face interaction (in public spaces, at the workplace, and at home). Disembedded technologies include community websites, mailing lists and newsletters, text messaging chains, and social media platforms. Importantly, technologies are used in complementary combination and a large majority of residents use several technologies. Social media platforms play a major role, but results do not suggest that they have replaced previous practices. Rather, the paper finds that they should be viewed as additions whose integration in the technology mix contributes to an on-going process of incremental reconfiguration. Rural sociability, then, has not been fundamentally reworked by the arrival of social media, although it has brought some changes of note, including the attenuation of local digital divides, the emergence of a new arena for social control, and an unprecedented external visibility of social life in the countryside, where outsiders may gain fragmented glimpses of the local gossip and goings-on. • Study of technosocial configurations for rural sociability in the Danish countryside. • Social media platforms need to be studied in the context of the local technology mix. • A Foucauldian technology concept is combined with Serres' notion of parasites. • Reappraisal of third place sociability from a mundane technologies perspective. • Social media have not radically changed the local embeddednes of rural sociability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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24. Disrupted becomings: The role of smartphones in Syrian refugees' physical and existential journeys.
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Gough, Hannah A. and Gough, Katherine V.
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SYRIAN refugees - Abstract
This paper explores the role of smartphones in facilitating the journeys of predominantly young, male Syrians following the onset of the civil war. Drawing on in-depth interviews conducted with Syrian refugees who have reached Denmark but are at different stages of the asylum process, it traces the multiple disruptions they have experienced and delves into the ways in which they navigate in their search for a better life. Their smartphones are shown to be vital tools in a myriad of ways at all stages of their physical and existential journeys starting from their lives in Syria and then Turkey, the boat crossing to Greece, overland through Europe, seeking asylum and settling into Denmark. The concept of 'chronic disruption' is developed to capture the ways in which refugees are constantly facing new hurdles in their lives, which smartphones play a key role both physically and existentially in their attempts to overcome. This paper makes an original contribution to migration studies by bringing together an analysis of the role smartphones play as part of migration infrastructure , both in facilitating access to the migration industry and shaping migrants' journeys , aspects which are rarely brought together in one study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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25. The role of cryogenic carbon capture in future carbon-neutral societies.
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Asgharian, Hossein, Marques, Daniel Lemos, Iov, Florin, Liso, Vincenzo, Nielsen, Mads Pagh, Thellufsen, Jakob Zinck, and Lund, Henrik
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CARBON sequestration ,CARBON emissions ,ENERGY industries ,SYSTEM integration ,VARIABLE costs - Abstract
• The impacts of CO 2 capture methods on Denmark's future energy sector have been assessed. • The capacity of RES must be increased to meet the demands of CO 2 capture processes. • Choosing cryogenic method results in a 45% reduction in annual investment costs. • Using cryogenic method with energy storage cuts variable costs in energy sector by 2.5%. Utilizing CO 2 capture technologies is an essential part of achieving a future carbon-neutral Society. So far, amine-based technologies, which are the most mature post-combustion CO 2 capture technologies, have been predominantly applied in large-scale CO 2 capture applications. However, the cryogenic process has also been proven to be a potential CO 2 capture technology suitable for large-scale applications. Cryogenic carbon capture offers two potential advantages over amine-based technology. First, the efficiency is higher and thus the energy penalty is lower. Next, the flexibility of system integration is also higher, and thus the technology carries the potential of better balancing variable renewable electricity productions. By using the software tool EnergyPLAN and dedicated scenarios of achieving a carbon-neutral Denmark, this paper quantitatively estimates these benefits. It is observed that, from a system perspective, utilizing cryogenic technologies to capture 90 % of CO 2 emissions in 2045 can reduce the demand for wind power by approximately 47 %, leading to a decrease in annual system costs by nearly 45 %. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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26. A constructivist approach to the spatial organization of transformative innovation policy.
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Madsen, Stine Hach Juul
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SOCIOTECHNICAL systems ,WASTE management ,ORGANIZATION - Abstract
• Proposes a constructivist approach to the spatial organization of TIP • Views scale as continuously produced and contested by actors • Rescaling is highlighted as an additional source of transformative potential • Assumes that rescaling processes are likely to vary across different contexts Recent attempts to conceptualize the multi-level governance of transformative innovation policy make strong arguments in favour of pursuing societal challenges at the subnational scale. This article suggests, that these recent efforts risk falling into a scalar trap, because they rely on a theoretical assumption about the policy effectiveness of the subnational scale. In response, the paper proposes a constructivist approach to the spatial organization of transformative innovation policy. The constructivist approach views scale as continuously produced and contested by actors. Moreover, it suggests that rescaling may be an important aspect of multi-level governance of transformative innovation policy because it has the potential to alter the influence of actors in the prevailing socio-technical system. The approach is illustrated with an empirical analysis of waste management in Denmark where a transformative innovation policy has recently been introduced, rescaling decision-making away from a traditionally strong subnational scalar arrangement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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27. A comparative analysis of game theory techniques for study of energy interactions in interconnected microgrids.
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Zeeshan, Mohammad and Jamil, Majid
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MICROGRIDS ,GAME theory ,ENERGY consumption ,CLEAN energy ,RENEWABLE energy sources - Abstract
The growing energy needs of society can be met with one or more microgrids working in conjunction. A need of a trading and scheduling mechanism for energy exchange among microgrids for sustainable development of the consumers is required. Game theory techniques have been widely utilised to study this interaction among microgrids. This paper seeks to analyse the different game theory-based energy trading techniques to elaborate on such models' efficiencies. The study is based on renewable energy generation and consumption in Denmark. Lexicographic egalitarian solution is proposed as a bargaining solution for two participating microgrids in an energy trading game. A comparison is performed between the proposed model and conventional techniques for inter-microgrid trading. The proposed bargaining solution depicts a fairness index of 0.974 compared to 0.946 for the Nash solution and 0.954 for the Kalai-Smorodinsky solution. The results of the proposed study provide a better insight into the various aspects of energy sharing algorithms and will help improve the utilisation of green energy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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28. Religion As Social Ontology: The Muslim Immigrant In (Danish) Public Discourse.
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Yilmaz, Ferruh
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RELIGION & society ,ISLAM in mass media ,DISCOURSE analysis - Abstract
This paper argues, in line with post-structuralist thought, for Islam to be understood as an empty category, the content of which is filled associatively in the course of a discursive articulation. 2. As an empty signifier with no determinate meaning, it functions as the signifier of a fundamental antagonism between traditional cultures (backwardness) and Western societies (modernity) in discursive articulations. In this sense, what Islam signifies is not a particular religion but “religion” itself thus secularizing Christianity. The struggle for hegemony is the struggle for how this empty category should be ‘overdetermined’, that is, colored by a particular signification. The paper illustrates this point with an analysis of newspaper coverage of Islam in the US and Denmark and of qualitative interviews with ordinary Danes. The second part of my argument is that hegemonic articulations are the result of discursive interventions that set up specific antagonisms according to which membership of identity categories are made meaningful and have an explanatory power for the social world. In modern times, opinion polls play a great role in fixing, however temporarly, the meaning of categories. It also directs the media’s respond to particular communications via their institutional and daily routines, professional ideologies, and their embeddedness in the ideological environment within which public debate is conducted. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
29. Comparative Competition Analysis of the Print Sectors in Denmark and Germany.
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Kurad, Astrid and Friedrichsen, Mike
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PUBLISHING ,EXPORT marketing ,INTERNATIONAL markets ,COMMUNICATIONS research - Abstract
Around the world, markets are increasingly affected by convergence as a result of ongoing internationalisation. Many industries have become global and national borders are no longer of significance, which is especially true for member states of the European Union. However, publishing markets are partly exempted from this process. An increasing number of publishing companies internationalise and enter foreign markets. Despite this development publishing markets remain geographically limited. Coalescence in publishing industries has not taken place due to cultural and linguistic barriers. Newspaper and magazine markets as adequate examples are object of investigation within the scope of this paper. More specific, this paper focuses on media economic analysis of newspaper and magazine sectors in Denmark and Germany. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
30. ASPECTS REGARDING THE DEGREE OF TAXATION IN THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION.
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FELICIA, CHIRCULESCU MARIA
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STATE taxation ,INDIRECT taxation ,DEVELOPING countries ,DIRECT taxation ,FISCAL policy - Abstract
The degree of taxation has steadily increased in the EU member countries, largely reflecting an expansion of the public sector. Many countries in the European Union have adopted measures to reduce the level of taxation, but the tax burden in the Member States of the European Union is high. The mix of fiscal policies is very different from one country to another, and this is because fiscal policy is an element of national sovereignty. In the paper, using statistical data at the level of the European Union, the degree of taxation will be highlighted, comparative studies will be carried out and conclusions about the fiscal burden registered in each Member State of the European Union will be highlighted. These calculations will be made using a series of indicators from the literature. The general objection of the paper is that in the Member States of the European Union the level of taxation varies according to the degree of development of each Member State and varies according to the fiscal policy promoted within each country. The structure analysis of the tax system adopted by each member state of the European Union in the paper highlighted the fact that at the level of the developed countries the tax systems are focused on direct taxes and the less developed countries apply tax systems focused on indirect taxes and contributions large social. For example, in the year 2016, with regard to tax revenue structure, in Denmark the share of direct taxes in GDP was 30.2%, indirect taxes in GDP was 16.5% and the share of compulsory social contributions in GDP was 0.1%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
31. A coalition for 'small tourism' in a marginal place: Configuring a geo-social position.
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Bærenholdt, Jørgen Ole, Fuglsang, Lars, and Sundbo, Jon
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RURAL development ,COALITION governments ,COALITIONS ,TOURISM - Abstract
This paper analyses a case of mobilisation for 'small tourism' where a coalition of actors in distant rural communities unite to cope with limited possibilities in ways that are meaningful to them. The theoretical bases for the analysis are resilience theory and the concept of geo-social position, the latter of which implies a reorientation to an 'earthly' commitment to the environment where people live 'down to earth' (Latour, 2018). The case study focuses on the coastal hamlet of Lildstrand, a marginal place in Northern Jutland, Denmark, whose permanent population and fisheries are in decline. Since 2017, a coalition of locals and second-home owners have mobilised for several parallel initiatives, including a series of development workshops and other events, a master plan for Lildstrand 2030, plans for the extension of a national park, new small-scale tourist designs, mass-media presence, and various lobbying for development. It is a case of citizen-driven tourism where a coalition of actors enthusiastic about the place seek slow and modest tourism activities, drawing on resources belonging to the area and its natural and cultural heritage. Key findings include how engagements emerged from familiarity with, detailed descriptions of, and plans for the local environment, and how the coalition managed to come about by uniting voluntary work across permanent and temporary residents as well as other actors committed to developing the location. Common to the commitments of this coalition is the relationship and engagement with the local environment as a common good. We suggest that the making of the coalition should be understood as a configuration of a geo-social position that is central in driving the mobilisation. This research illuminates general conditions and possibilities for the development of rural communities in peripheral regions. There is a need to collect knowledge on how different types of tourism can be used to help actors address local needs in such areas. • 'Small tourism' uses existing resources to develop a local community. • Need resilience practices to develop the common good of local environment. • Engagement in 'small tourism' concerns the liveable place. • Locals, 'second-homers', and others need to form a common geo-social position. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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32. Financial subjectivities in the agricultural sector: A comparative analysis of relations between farmers and banks in Latvia, Denmark and the UK.
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Grivins, Mikelis, Thorsøe, Martin Hvarregaard, and Maye, Damian
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SUSTAINABLE agriculture ,RATE of return ,FARMERS ,AGRICULTURAL credit ,COMPARATIVE studies ,FARMERS' attitudes ,CAMPAIGN funds - Abstract
Access to financing is crucial for farmers to ensure competitiveness and to facilitate change. A better understanding of how farmers can access funds could help farmers to remain profitable and to adopt more sustainable farming practices. However, most of the academic literature discussing agricultural financing depicts farmers' access to funds as impersonal and universal – emerging from the idea of "optimal financial behaviour". This paper takes a different approach and introduces the concept of "financial subjectivities" to show how financial markets are constructed as locally embedded reinterpretations of the financialisation of agriculture that guide local agro-financial relations. We examine financial subjectivities in Latvia, Denmark and the UK respectively to understand how stakeholders co-constitute contextually embedded relations between farmers and banks and to assess processes of agro-financial relations in specific national contexts. The cases illustrate different relationships between banks and farms. In Latvia, agricultural crediting has developed comparatively recently and is heavily supported by government intervention; in Denmark, agriculture has undergone a period of financial crisis, and farmers are struggling to refinance and remain profitable; meanwhile, in the UK, relations between farmers and banks are well established but increasingly strained as agricultural producer returns on investment yield less profit. Each case thus reflects historical development trajectories and the regulatory engagement of agro-financial relations, asserting the importance of embedding analysis of agricultural financing in specific socio-political contexts. • Most farmers do not have resources to make the investments needed to ensure the competitiveness of their farm. • Financialisation is a global phenomenon which is maintained by actors that are global in their nature and foci. • Financial relations are locally embedded and locally reimagined. • Financialisation has to be renegotiated in diverse contexts as part of a broad set of development trajectories. • Financial subjectivities are locally embedded reinterpretations of the financialisation. • Banks play an important role in facilitating a shift towards more sustainable models of farming. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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33. COVID-19: A Comprehensive Review of Epidemiology and Public Health System Response in Nordic Region.
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Nanda, Mehak, Aashima, and Sharma, Rajesh
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INTENSIVE care units ,COVID-19 ,AGE distribution ,QUARANTINE ,GOVERNMENT regulation ,TRAVEL ,COMMUNITY health services ,PUBLIC health ,POPULATION geography ,SEX distribution ,HOSPITAL care ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,COVID-19 testing ,CONTACT tracing ,ISOLATION (Hospital care) ,STAY-at-home orders ,SOCIAL distancing - Abstract
This paper investigates the epidemiology and public health response of novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in the Nordic region. The data on cases and deaths due to COVID-19 were drawn from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The data on age- and sex-wise cases, deaths and intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, and public health interventions in the Nordic region through November 10, 2020, were obtained from respective countries' health ministries. Sweden accounted for 60.59% of cases (162 240 of 267 768 cases) and 81% of deaths (6057 of 7477 cases) in the Nordic region. The incidence rate for the Nordic region was 989.59 per 100 000, varying from 327.30 per 100 000 in Finland to 1616.51 per 100 000 in Sweden, and the mortality rate for the region was 27.63 per 100 000, ranging from 5.3 per 100 000 in Norway to 60.35 per 100 000 in Sweden. The case–fatality ratio of the Nordic region was 2.79%. Females were more susceptible to COVID-19 infection than males (52.30% vs 47.66%), while males had a greater proportion of deaths (54.7%) and ICU need (71.99%) than females. It is imperative to continue with social distancing, mandatory masks, testing, prohibition of mass gatherings, isolation of confirmed cases, and preventing the importation of cases from other countries to avoid the further resurgence of cases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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34. TRENDS AND CHALLENGES OF NORDIC MANAGEMENT STYLE. SOME RESULTS FROM THE HOFSTEDE CULTURAL MODEL.
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ȚÎMBALARI, Carolina
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MANAGEMENT styles ,CULTURAL relations - Abstract
Culture is an important perspective in intercultural relations and management. In the current context of globalization, cultural research represents in-depth knowledge of values, preferences, and behaviours in various contexts. Culture affects the way national, and especially international, relations are developed and maintained. The goal of this paper is to present an overview of national culture according to Hofstede's 6-D model and to analyze the national culture of Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Using Hofstede's 6-D culture dimensions and management practices, the conclusion explains why cultural management of Nordic countries plays a such important role according to comparative management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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35. Healthcare services to socially marginalized men: A qualitative study on municipal employees' experiences with supporting unmet healthcare needs.
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Pedersen, Annette, Vardinghus-Nielsen, Henrik, Curtis, Tine, Grønkjær, Mette, and Haslund-Thomsen, Helle
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HEALTH policy ,EMPLOYEE attitudes ,HEALTH services accessibility ,MEN'S health ,HUMAN research subjects ,SOCIAL support ,INTERVIEWING ,SOCIAL isolation ,ETHNOLOGY research ,QUALITATIVE research ,INFORMED consent (Medical law) ,PUBLIC officers ,DATA analysis software ,THEMATIC analysis ,MEDICAL needs assessment - Abstract
This study aimed to explore key municipal employees' experiences and perceptions of how to support socially marginalised men's healthcare needs. The paper is based on 21 interviews with employees and managers from different policy sectors in a large Danish municipality who either work purposefully with targeting services to men in general or offering services that socially marginalised men will encounter. The findings reveal that regardless of policy sector, the participants perceived that interdisciplinary cooperation across policy sectors was crucial because the socially marginalised men had intertwined social and health challenges. The German sociologist Niklas Luhmann's theoretical concepts of differentiation and independency was used in the discussion to offer insight into the way systems work and how society handles its own problems. Organisational structures such as functional differentiation with specialization, division of labour, and increased autonomy seem to challenge the cooperation across policy sectors. Personal interorganisational conditions such as personal knowledge emerging from previous collaborative relationships or personal relations, and not the policy sectors' integrated work programs seemed crucial. Currently affected the flexibility in services that supported socially marginalised men's healthcare needs. The findings from this study contribute to the current literature on organisational organisation by providing an important opportunity to advance the understanding of healthcare employees within the municipality, particularly regarding how healthcare is organised across varying professional practiceswithin different policy sectors in relation to supporting socially marginalised men's healthcare needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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36. Does fishery activity affect local tourism? Evidence from Denmark.
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Nielsen, Max, Andersson, Anna, Nielsen, Rasmus, Blomquist, Johan, and Waldo, Staffan
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FIXED effects model ,FISHERIES ,TOURISM ,POSTAL codes ,PANEL analysis - Abstract
Fishery and tourism coexist in many harbors. Active fishing vessels may attract tourists, which may also provide income to hotels and restaurants. This paper analyzes whether fisheries affect tourism by investigating the effect of the presence of active vessels on overnight stays in coastal areas of Denmark. The analysis is based on monthly panel data from 2016 to 2021 divided into postal code areas. Estimating a double logarithmic model accounting for fixed effects, it is found that when the number of fishing vessels belonging to a harbor in a postal code area increases by 1%, overnight stays in the same area increase by 0.11%, and when the number of fishing vessels landing in an area increases by 1%, overnight stays increase by 0.08%. Our results suggest that tourism is significantly positively affected by having active fishing vessels landing in local harbors. This implies that by considering the interactive effects of fisheries and tourism when designing fisheries policy, society might attain economic gains, potentially resulting in a larger fleet than what would be optimal solely from a fisheries perspective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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37. Enacting biochar as a climate solution in Denmark.
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Hougaard, Inge-Merete
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CLIMATE change ,BIOCHAR ,PARIS Agreement (2016) ,GOVERNMENT policy on climate change ,GREENHOUSE gas mitigation ,CARBON dioxide - Abstract
Following the Paris Agreement's climate targets and the modelling community's scenarios of how to reach them, carbon dioxide removal is gaining increasing importance in national climate policies. This is also the case in Denmark – considered by itself and others a climate frontrunner – where biochar is envisioned to cover 10% of the 2030 reduction goal. However, apart from research experiments and test sites, biochar is at the time of research not employed in Denmark, raising the question how it came to constitute a large part of the national goal. This paper explores how biochar, as a method for carbon removal, comes into being as a relevant solution in Danish climate policy, and what this means for emission reduction efforts. Through document analysis, participatory observation, field visits and semi-structured interviews, I employ the framework of the dramaturgical regime and analyse how biochar is enacted as a climate solution through policy documents, conferences, media and network meetings. Here the concept of enactment indicates that different people's actions are not overtly coordinated, and the effects of such actions are not necessarily fully intentional, but they are nevertheless political. I argue that through different scientific, administrative, political, and media practices, biochar is enacted as a viable climate solution that enables the continuation of current forms of production and consumption. As biochar likely substitutes for emission reductions and is in risk of failing to deliver the anticipated amount of carbon removals, the enactment of biochar as a climate solution in Danish climate policy possibly constitutes a case of mitigation deterrence. • Biochar is enacted as a relevant solution in Danish climate policy. • This occurs in policy documents, conferences, media and network meetings. • Enactments enable a continuation of current forms of production and consumption. • Including biochar in Danish climate policy is possibly a case of mitigation deterrence. • Enactments can show how mitigation deterrence can come about as an emergent effect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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38. The importance of place-based, internal resources for the population development in small rural communities.
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Sørensen, Jens F.L.
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RURAL population ,HUMAN capital ,SYMBOLIC capital ,MULTIPLE regression analysis - Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine whether place-based, internal resources are related to population growth in small rural communities. Presumably due to data unavailability, very few previous studies have tried to model population growth at the sub-municipality level so far. This paper attempts to fill some of this gap by using a unique parish sample ( n = 489) to model population growth in rural parishes in Denmark during the period 2012–2017. The paper employs a capital framework approach and initially identifies six place-based stocks of capital that might be important to the population development in small rural communities. Moreover, the paper makes a distinction between rural parishes located in predominantly rural municipalities and rural parishes located in predominantly urban municipalities. Based on multiple regression analyses, initial levels of physical capital, economic capital and human capital were found to be related to population growth in rural parishes located in predominantly rural municipalities, whereas only symbolic capital (place reputation) was found to be related to population growth in rural parishes located in predominantly urban municipalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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39. Deconstructing the 'Formula One of Housing': Screen Representations of Malmö's Turning Torso.
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PEI-SZE CHOW
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SKYSCRAPERS in motion pictures ,ARCHITECTURE - Abstract
The transnational Öresund region, created in 1999, comprises the urban regions of Malmö in southern Sweden and Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Its spatial transformation has been marked by large-scale landmark architectural projects such as the Öresund Bridge linking the two cities and the mixed-use redevelopment of the Vdstra Hamnen (Western Harbour) district in Malmo in which the Turning Torso residential skyscraper sits. This paper examines two screen representations of the Turning Torso that have emerged from its construction to its current status as a go-to landmark used to denote the region. The spatial changes of Malmö have been documented by Fredrik Gertten, whose film Sossen, arkitekten och det skruvade huset (The Socialist, the Architect, and the Twisted Tower, 2005) maps the web of human and socio-political relationships surrounding the construction of the skyscraper. In the popular crime fiction television series Bron/Broen (The Bridge, 2011-), the gleaming fagade of the Turning Torso stands in stark visual contrast to the fragmented and broken welfare state society in which the drama takes place. By examining the socio-political context of the Turning Torso's development and its manifestation in the cultural sphere via screen media, this paper argues that these audiovisual texts articulate and critique the tensions between modern Scandinavian welfare state ideology and neoliberal trajectories represented by the Turning Torso. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
40. Toward a more consistent combined approach of reduction targets and climate policy regulations: The illustrative case of a meat tax in Denmark.
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Caro, Dario, Frederiksen, Pia, Thomsen, Marianne, and Pedersen, Anders Branth
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CLIMATOLOGY ,ENVIRONMENTAL policy ,POLICY sciences ,GREENHOUSE gas mitigation ,MEAT taxes - Abstract
In this paper we discuss how targets, policy instruments and accounting frameworks for greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction need to be complemented and aligned, to achieve a more effective road to reduce the GHG emission. We focus on gaps in the policy framework presently adopted by countries that are parties to the UNFCCC, using as illustrative case study the meat tax recently proposed in Denmark. We argue that when the GHG reduction targets for individual countries are based on a territorial approach alone (such as in the UNFCCC framework), i.e. sum of emissions from production inside the country, whether or not consumed inside or outside the country, policy regulations directed at consumption, such as a meat tax, may not effectively target the national GHG reduction obligations, and thereby they may not be sufficiently attractive to governments. In particular, emissions derived from internationally traded goods are insufficiently targeted by territorially oriented policy frameworks because a country might reduce the consumption of an imported good without contributing to the national GHG emission reduction target. If consumption-based reduction targets were implemented, a reduction of GHG emissions due to a reduction of the national demand of meat would be revealed irrespective of whether the GHG emission reduction results from a decrease of domestic or foreign demand of meat. The paper also discusses the importance of the methodological approach to accounting GHG emissions at the country level. We argue that to reveal the effect of policy instruments such as a meat tax, on GHG emissions reduced, an alternative consumption-based accounting could favorably complement the traditional GHG accounting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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41. A micro-model of car ownership dynamics: are preferences changing?
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Papu Carrone, Andrea and Rich, Jeppe
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AUTOMOBILE ownership ,DISCRETE choice models - Abstract
The objective of this paper is to examine whether and, if so, to what degree car ownership preferences of different age cohorts are changing over time. This question is examined by estimating a joint discrete choice model for car ownership at the household level. To identify change with respect to period, age, and generation, while also controlling for a variety of confounding factors, a model with time-varying coefficients is formulated. The model is applied to multiple cross-sectional data collected in Denmark from 2007 to 2017. Results reveal a significant reduction in car ownership for young age cohorts (18–37 years) and an increase in the likelihood to own two or more cars for age cohorts between 58 and 67 years. The implications of these findings are exemplified and discussed by estimating different parametric functions to capture the evolution of preferences over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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42. Structural Redesign of the Royal Arena Roof, Denmark.
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Galante Bardín, Darío and Serrano Payo, Daniel
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LATERAL loads ,ROOFS ,GREEN roofs ,ARENAS ,CONSTRUCTION slabs - Abstract
The original structure of the Royal Arena in Copenhagen consisted of an in-situ concrete multilevel oval covered by a steel roof. The bowl initially included radial frames along the perimeter, interconnected in every floor by continuous slabs with the capacity to distribute lateral forces to four concrete cores with high lateral capacity. This lateral performance allowed the structure to withstand large lateral loads from the roof. Once the construction was ongoing, structural elements which had been planned as cast-in-situ concrete were substituted with precast elements, where possible, to prioritise costs and schedule. This caused a considerable loss of lateral capacity in the bowl, motivating an innovative redesign of the roof to meet the new requirements. This paper reveals the engineering challenges faced in the redesign of the steel roof in order to reduce lateral forces transmitted from the roof to the concrete structure. It introduces the concept of lateral bracing with free expansion. The roof shape, construction sequencing, and interactions between columns/frames and supports/cores were strictly analysed and optimised to achieve the required criteria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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43. Populist Rhetoric of a Hegemonic Intervention.
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Yilmaz, Ferruh
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HEGEMONY ,DISCOURSE ,RHETORIC ,RIGHT & left (Political science) - Abstract
This paper is an analysis of the hegemonic intervention in Danish public discourse by the extreme Right in 1986. The far right?s campaign in mid-80s substantially changed the way social divisions are envisioned in Denmark, where culture, ethnicity and religion are now the signifiers of social distinctions rather than class, gender or other types of differences. What we are witnessing in Denmark and Europe is more than the normalization of racist views: it is about ethnicization of the whole field of social formations. Ethnicity/culture ? and specifically Islam ? has become the master signifier for the main controversy around which the issues of identity, globalization, and the welfare system are discussed and (re)articulated. The ?culturalization? of discourse pushed the entire political spectrum to the right.The question is: how did a single figure, S?Krarup, a priest known for his far right views, gain almost unlimited access to discourse and achieved a long-lasting influence on the ontology of the social? A big part of the answer lies in his construction of the Danish people ? the so-called silent majority ? against a dictatorial political elite who were about to destroy Denmark. The main argument is that the moral panics around the numbers of incoming refugees created a deep hegemonic crisis that provided an opportunity for Krarup to present himself as the representative of the ?silenced? masses. The paper is a discussion of the discursive environment that made possible his intervention. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
44. The Success of Right-Wing Populism in Danish Public Discourse.
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Yilmaz, Ferruh
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RIGHT & left (Political science) ,POPULISM ,DISCOURSE ,IDENTITY (Psychology) ,GLOBALIZATION - Abstract
This paper is an analysis of the hegemonic intervention in Danish public discourse by the extreme Right in 1986. The far right?s campaign in mid-80s substantially changed the way social divisions are envisioned in Denmark, where culture, ethnicity and religion are now the signifiers of social distinctions rather than class, gender or other types of differences. What we are witnessing in Denmark and Europe is more than the normalization of racist views: it is about ethnicization of the whole field of social formations. Ethnicity/culture ? and specifically Islam ? has become the master signifier for the main controversy around which the issues of identity, globalization, and the welfare system are discussed and (re)articulated. The ?culturalization? of discourse pushed the entire political spectrum to the right.The question is: how did a single figure, S?Krarup, a priest known for his far right views, gain almost unlimited access to discourse and achieved a long-lasting influence on the ontology of the social? A big part of the answer lies in his construction of the Danish people ? the so-called silent majority ? against a dictatorial political elite who were about to destroy Denmark. The main argument is that the moral panics around the numbers of incoming refugees created a deep hegemonic crisis that provided an opportunity for Krarup to present himself as the representative of the ?silenced? masses. The paper is a detailed analysis of the rhetorical strategies the extreme right?s intervention which granted them tremendous influence. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
45. To Punish or Not to Punish Blasphemy, That is Not Out of the Question: The Mohammed Cartoons Controversy and Free Speech in Denmark and France.
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Eko, Lyombe
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BLASPHEMY ,CARICATURES & cartoons ,FREEDOM of speech - Abstract
The Mohammed cartoons controversy was an unprecedented international crisis that pitted Western free speech values against the cultural values of the Arabo-Islamic world. This paper compared the legal actions against the two newspapers that were are the center of the global controversy-Jyllands-Posten of Denmark, which first published the controversial Mohammad cartoons, and Charlie Hebdo, of France, which re-published the Danish cartoons in solidarity with its Danish counterpart. This paper argues that the Mohammed cartoons controversy was a clash of "establishmentalities," the culture-specific logics underpinning the recognition or non-recognition, under the law, of state religion. In Denmark, the controversy pitted a secularized constitutional monarchy where blasphemy is a crime, against the establishmentality of Islam, under which there is no separation of mosque and state, and where Prophet Mohammed and Islam are above reproach, and cannot be visually depicted. In France, the Mohammed cartoons affair pitted the secular establishmentality of France, whose major tenet is the right to blaspheme, against global Islamic establishmentality. Despite their different politico-cultural systems, courts in Denmark and France held that publication of the Mohammad cartoons was not a criminal offence. These outcomes were just as political as the demonstrations against the cartoons. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
46. Employment relations in Denmark - Explaining flexicurity.
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Jensen, Carsten Strøby
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LABOR market ,SOCIALIZATION ,LABOR supply ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,UNEMPLOYMENT - Abstract
Employment relations in Denmark - Explaining flexicurityBy Carsten Strøby Jensen, associate professor, University of Copenhagen, Department of Sociology, csj@soc.ku.dkIn the sociological literature liberal labour market models and socialdemocratic/corporative oriented labour marked models are often seen as very different and partly as opposite ways of organizing a labour market. The discussions about flexicurity e.g. in relation to the Danish labour market has however questioned this traditional view about the differences between corporatist/social democratic and liberal systems. Analysis of patterns of flexibility in the labour market shows that we can identify quite a lot of similarities between the two models. This paper is focuring on two themes. Firstly we try to identifying characteristics about the Danish flexicurity model. Flexicurity has since the mid 1990'ies conceptualised a special form of organizing at labour markets, where we at the same time can observe flexibility and welfare. In the paper we try to identify charateristics about the Danish model of flexicurity. Especially the combination of a low level of employment protection, high welfare support in relation to unemployment and an active labour market pollicy was steesed as important factors that (might) have influenced the low level of unemployment in Denmark during the beginning of the 2000s. The second focus in the article is the question about how we can explain flexicurity. Theoretically we used individually based rational choise theories, theories about collective action and institutional theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
47. The Varieties of Capitalism and Hybrid Success: Denmark in the Global Economy.
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Campbell, John L. and Pedersen, Ove K.
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CAPITALISM ,ECONOMIC research ,CENTRAL economic planning ,ECONOMIC policy ,INTERNATIONAL economic relations - Abstract
Proponents of the varieties of capitalism literature maintain that capitalist countries whose institutions best fit either the liberal market economy or coordinated market economy types will perform better than countries whose institutions are more mixed. This is because hybrids are less likely to yield functionally beneficial institutional complementarities. This paper challenges that assertion by focusing on Denmark-a country that has performed at least as well as many other advanced capitalist countries during the 1990s, including those that fit much more closely either the pure CME or LME types. Denmark has recently developed a more hybrid form than is generally recognized by (1) increasing the exposure of actors to market forces and (2) decentralizing collective learning and decision making institutions. The institutional complementarities associated with such hybridization have contributed to its success, but these complementarities are based on institutional heterogeneity rather than homogeneity. This is demonstrated by analyses of three cases: Danish labor markets, vocational training, and industrial policy. The implication of our argument is that the varieties of capitalism theory is logically flawed. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006
48. Politics Against Markets? Social Protection and Tax Revolt in the U.S. and Denmark.
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Martin, Isaac
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PROTEST movements ,TAXATION ,PUBLIC spending - Abstract
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, sustained protest movements against taxation emerged in a few of the rich democratic countries. This paper examines the independent emergence of tax revolts in Denmark and the United States in particular. This pair of movements presents a puzzle. Why did people in some of the richest societies in the world--those that could most afford to tax themselves heavily--turn against their taxes in the latter part of the twentieth century? And of all the rich societies, how did two so dissimilar as the U.S. and Denmark give rise to such similar movements? Commentators at the time interpreted these movements as a neoliberal backlash against excessive public expenditure, and against welfare spending in particular. I present comparative evidence that supports an alternative view. The movements were reactions to ill-timed administrative reforms that attached tax liability to current market prices of labor or property, exacerbating the costs of inflation for certain groups of taxpayers. The tax rebels demanded reforms that would sever the link between volatile prices and taxes. I conclude that tax revolts were not anti-welfare-state movements. Instead, they were in at least one sense continuous with the social logic of the welfare state: they arose to demand social protection from the risks of market society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
49. Family Background and Educational Sucess in Denmark.
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McIntosh, James and Munk, Martin D.
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FAMILIES ,EDUCATIONAL attainment ,PARENTING ,INTELLIGENCE testing in children ,ACADEMIC achievement - Abstract
This research examines the role of family background variables in the determination of educational attainment in Denmark. A categorical representation of the highest level of education attained is the dependent variable. It is analyzed by procedures which take account of the presence of unobservable factors. Parent’s education and occupation along with a an indicator of ability which is represented by a set of intelligence tests explain a small but significant portion of the variation in their children’s’ educational success. Women are shown to respond differently to their environments than men and including intelligence test scores does not remove the need to deal with unmeasured attributes. This study examines the determinants of educational attainment of a sample of Danish students who were fourteen in 1968 and who participated in the 1968 Danish Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Attention focuses on factors involving the respondent’s social and economic background and the occupational and educational characteristics of the respondent’s parents.The paper has the following format. Introduction. The next section provides a brief review of the literature on educational attainments as well as some of the statistical procedures that have been used in its analysis. In section 3 Danish educational attainment data is analyzed using both ordered and unordered probability models model which are estimated by procedures which take into account the presence of unobservable factors. Our procedures are in the spirit of the work of Cameron and Heckman (1998), but are more general. Econometric issues and the results of what other Scandinavian researchers in this area have found are also discussed in section 4. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2004
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50. Approaching Rescue Efforts in Nazi-Occupied Europe as Social Movements.
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Jensen, Mette Bastholm
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RESCUE work ,ALTRUISM ,NATIONAL socialism ,NAZI persecution ,SOCIALIZATION ,BEHAVIOR - Abstract
This paper will compare cases of rescue in Nazi-occupied Denmark, France, and the Netherlands, asking why collectively organized rescue operations emerged to save persecuted groups at certain times and in certain locales, while elsewhere rescues were absent or initiated by individuals acting alone. In the early fall of 1943, the threat of deportation of Danish Jewry provoked something resembling a popular movement, involving all parts and strata of society in a successful effort to bring the 7,000 Danish Jews to safety in Sweden. Previous explanations have revolved predominantly around individual altruism, ?national character,? and responses to genocidal policies at the level of the nation state. Comparing the Danish case to the community-based rescue effort in the French village of Le Chambon and to individually initiated rescues in the Dutch city of Amsterdam, this project will focus specifically on the level of collective action. Drawing on the literatures on moral exclusion and mobilization, it will place particular emphasis on interpretive dynamics of constituency-building and the structure and quality of social networks conducive to high-risk, clandestine mobilization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2003
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