Kenneth Hermele
Biographic Data
| ID | 244522 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth Hermele |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth |
| FAMILY NAME | Hermele |
| SIGNATURE | HERMELE K |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Blighted Harvest
The Debt Crisis in Africa
A Letter From Sweden
In Sweden, Christian organizations have in recent years taken the lead in promoting solidarity and justice between the North and the South. For instance, it is with a basis in Christianity that the most forceful arguments in favor of Third World debt cancellation have been formulated, and Christian institutions have published the best studies on the effects of the debt crisis on the poor of this planet.This article can also be found at the Monthl…
The Past and Future of Swedish Social Democracy
Kenneth Hermele's recent MR article, "The End of the Middle Road: Whatever Happened to the Swedish Model?" (March 1993) relates a story about the demise of Swedish social democracy which American progressives should come to grips with. Based on my reading of Swedish political economy and the experience of working in Sweden for large parts of the past seven years, however, I find Hermele's analysis and forecast only about half right.This article c…
The End of the Middle Road
If there is one single industrial product that has symbolized the Swedish "middle road," it must be the Volvo car: high quality, middle to upper class, safety first, and manufactured in a humane way, without a traditional assembly line. Now this symbol has run up against serious problems. In November 1992, Volvo announced that it would close down two of its assembly plants in Sweden, precisely the two plants in Kalmar and Uddevalla where the new …
Land Struggles and Social Differentiation in Southern Mozambique
Sweden and the third world
Sweden has a certain reputation in the Third World as its aid is less tied, more in the form of grants, is a greater proportion of national income than other donors, and is generally directed to ‘progressive’ countries, like Mozambique, Vietnam and Tanzania. However, even under the Social Democratic governments up to 1976, this ‘radical’ aid policy co‐existed with a general stance of support for the established international economic order. Since…
A Blighted Harvest
The End of the Middle Road
If there is one single industrial product that has symbolized the Swedish "middle road," it must be the Volvo car: high quality, middle to upper class, safety first, and manufactured in a humane way, without a traditional assembly line. Now this symbol has run up against serious problems. In November 1992, Volvo announced that it would close down two of its assembly plants in Sweden, precisely the two plants in Kalmar and Uddevalla where the new …
Sweden and the third world
Sweden has a certain reputation in the Third World as its aid is less tied, more in the form of grants, is a greater proportion of national income than other donors, and is generally directed to ‘progressive’ countries, like Mozambique, Vietnam and Tanzania. However, even under the Social Democratic governments up to 1976, this ‘radical’ aid policy co‐existed with a general stance of support for the established international economic order. Since…
Land Struggles and Social Differentiation in Southern Mozambique
The Past and Future of Swedish Social Democracy
Kenneth Hermele's recent MR article, "The End of the Middle Road: Whatever Happened to the Swedish Model?" (March 1993) relates a story about the demise of Swedish social democracy which American progressives should come to grips with. Based on my reading of Swedish political economy and the experience of working in Sweden for large parts of the past seven years, however, I find Hermele's analysis and forecast only about half right.This article c…
The End of the Middle Road
If there is one single industrial product that has symbolized the Swedish "middle road," it must be the Volvo car: high quality, middle to upper class, safety first, and manufactured in a humane way, without a traditional assembly line. Now this symbol has run up against serious problems. In November 1992, Volvo announced that it would close down two of its assembly plants in Sweden, precisely the two plants in Kalmar and Uddevalla where the new …
The Debt Crisis in Africa
A Letter From Sweden
In Sweden, Christian organizations have in recent years taken the lead in promoting solidarity and justice between the North and the South. For instance, it is with a basis in Christianity that the most forceful arguments in favor of Third World debt cancellation have been formulated, and Christian institutions have published the best studies on the effects of the debt crisis on the poor of this planet.This article can also be found at the Monthl…
A Blighted Harvest
Political science (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · History (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Debt (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Development economics (2 works)