Erik Allardt
Biographic Data
| ID | 3586790 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erik Allardt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erik |
| FAMILY NAME | Allardt |
| SIGNATURE | ALLARDT E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 47 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 183 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 47 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1955 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Sociologiens janushoved(er)
The Janus Face(s) of Sociology There exists in sociology a continuous tension between a positivitic and herme¬neutic approach. Sociologists perform many activities in a similar manner as natural scientists do. They try to gather data about observable events in a syste¬matic and painstaking manner, and they try to discover regularities and invariant forms in social action and society. On the other hand sociologists are future¬-oriented and many of…
Perspektiv och perspektivförskjutningar inom nordisk
Paradigms and vicissitudes in the perspectives of 20th century Nordic sociology Both as regards its own development and its cultural impact 20th century was an era of sociology. There was, however, in the central focuses considerable vicissitudes, clearly observable in the sociology of the Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The de-velopmental patterns can be divided into three periods: (1) an emphasis on evolution an…
A political sociology of the Nordic countries
The Nordic countries of Europe have many common traits. They are small countries in Northern Europe, they have been Lutheran since the Reformation, and they had, for centuries, a strong landholding peasantry but a weak aristocracy. They developed a comprehensive welfare state after the Second World War, and they are more sceptical about European integration than people from other countries in Western Europe. Despite attempts to create a Nordic un…
Edward Westermarch: A Sociologist Relating Nature and Culture
A core idea in all of Edward Westermarck's studies is the strong connection between nature and culture. As attempts to survive environmental threats, moral ideas contain similarities in a very wide range of historical situations. Westermarck connected nature and culture in the three major fields of his scholarship: in his studies of the human marriage and family, in his Moroccan field-work dealing with rituals and moral beliefs, and in his studie…
Edward Westermarck: A Sociologist Relating Nature and Culture
The Future of the Social Sciences in the 21st Century - A Comment
Sociology is a multi-purposive field of study. There are inbuilt dualisms in the questions that can be asked about the basic principles of sociological inquiry. One such dualism exists between a positivistic-individualist-structuralist vision on the one hand, and an interpretative-communal-cultural vision on the other. A second kind of dualism can be found in the tensions between an actor-oriented and an institution-oriented perspective. A third …
Is There a Scandinavian Political Sociology Today
Having, Loving, Being: An Alternative to the Swedish Model of Welfare Research
Allardt describes the basic principles underlying the indicator system originated in the Comparative Scandinavian Welfare Study of 1972; contrasts them with those conceived in the Swedish Level of Living Survey of 1968; and argues that the comparative model not only offers a more comprehensive set of indicators but also permits the introduction of new indicators and measures when society changes. By focusing on the level of need satisfaction inst…
Scandinavian Sociology and its European Roots and Elements
Commentary on James Beckford's and Emile Poulat's Papers on the Predicament of the Sociology of Religion
Challenges for Comparative Social Research
The comparative study of nations and countries has been built on the notion that causal inferences in the field should approximate the design of natural science expenments. It seems fair to say, however, that there is not a single social science comparative study which has succeeded many strict manner in complyingwith the rulesof scientific experiments and the canons of John Stuart Mill. The attempts to base comparative sociology on a quantitativ…
Recent Developments in Scandinavian Sociology
After World War II a rapid development of sociology occurred in the Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. By combining national intellectual traditions with different specialities in American sociology some clearly distinctive features developed within the sociology in the four countries. The student revolt at the end of the 1960s and its aftermath had substantial effects on the development of Scandinavian sociology. The d…
What constitutes a language minority
(1984). What constitutes a language minority? Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development: Vol. 5, No. 3-4, pp. 195-205
A Minority in Both Centre and Periphery: An Account of the Swedish‐Speaking Finns
The Swedish‐speaking minority in Finland has its origin in population movements from Sweden to Finland during the Middle Ages. The members of this minority do not identify themselves with Sweden; they define themselves as Swedish Finns. Before the general European national awakening the Swedish Finns were united neither in action nor in selfconsciousness. Today they possess a sense of unity and a shared minority identity despite the fact that the…
Reflections on the Rural Nature of Past and Future
Scenarios and projections into the future are strongly influenced by our conceptions of the past. Misconceptions about historical development are never entirely harmless. Industrialization is often conceived of as an irreversible process while traditional peasant society is pictured as stable and monolithic. Yet recent research clearly shows that processes of industrialization existed in the countryside long before large scale production began to…
Forschungsnotiz. Ethnie Mobilization and Minority Resources
Reflections on Stein Rokkan's Conceptual Map of Europe
Among the leading scholars studying nation‐building and national development Stein Rokkan (1921–1979) has had an unique position because of his ability to combine different approaches, to focus on both the general and the unique, and to use both quantitative measurement and qualitative data. Among his most enduring and original contributions is his conceptual map of Europe. It is an elaborate but in principle open typology or system of classifica…
Le Minoranze Etniche Nell'europa Occidentale: Una Ricerca Comparata
IntroduzioneLa mobilitazione politica e l'agitazione di vari gruppi etnici hanno costituito una caratteristica preminente della situazione interna delle società industriali avanzate sin dalla fine degli anni ‘60 e per tutti gli anni ‘70
Experiences from the Comparative Scandinavian Welfare Study, with a Bibliography of the Project
Prerequisities and Consequences of Ethnic Mobilization in Modern Society
There are abundant observations of a revival of ethnic feelings among linguistic, territorial minorities in advanced, industrialized societies. Less is known about the nature and intrinsic qualities of this revival. An assessment of the implications of the renaissance of ethnicity requires an analysis both of changes in the nature of ethnicity and of basic organisatory principles in the modem society. The increasing importance of categorizations …
Sociology in Finland
Dimensions of welfare in a Comparative Scandinavian Study
as a word has many connotations. In the English language and particularly in its American variant the word brings to mind the notion of public assistance. Something of the same idea is present in the most common usage of the term welfare A society with a high amount of public expenditure in the fields of social security, education and health is characterized as a state. Here the word refers to the state of need-satisfaction in a national populati…
A welfare model for selecting indicators of national development
Swedish Sociology
Scandinavian sociology
Dimensions of welfare in a Comparative Scandinavian Study
as a word has many connotations. In the English language and particularly in its American variant the word brings to mind the notion of public assistance. Something of the same idea is present in the most common usage of the term welfare A society with a high amount of public expenditure in the fields of social security, education and health is characterized as a state. Here the word refers to the state of need-satisfaction in a national populati…
Dimensions of Welfare in a Comparative Study of the Scandinavian Societies
On the Cumulative Nature of Leisure Activities
This paper is concerned with interrelations of different forms of leisure activities and social participation among Finnish youth. The data reported here are based on a survey 1 conducted among a national probability sample of male and female youth aged 10 to 29. The point of departure for this study was very general hypothesis that different forms of leisure activities are positively correlated. The hypothesis simply means that individuals with …
Is There a Scandinavian Political Sociology Today
Experiences from the Comparative Scandinavian Welfare Study, with a Bibliography of the Project
Challenges for Comparative Social Research
The comparative study of nations and countries has been built on the notion that causal inferences in the field should approximate the design of natural science expenments. It seems fair to say, however, that there is not a single social science comparative study which has succeeded many strict manner in complyingwith the rulesof scientific experiments and the canons of John Stuart Mill. The attempts to base comparative sociology on a quantitativ…
Cleavages, Ideologies and Party Systems: Contributions to Comparative Political Sociology
What constitutes a language minority
(1984). What constitutes a language minority? Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development: Vol. 5, No. 3-4, pp. 195-205
A welfare model for selecting indicators of national development
Political Parties in Norway: A Community Study
People of the Tor: A Cultural-Anthropological Study on the Tribes of the Tor Territory (Northern Netherlands New Guinea)
Recent Developments in Scandinavian Sociology
After World War II a rapid development of sociology occurred in the Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. By combining national intellectual traditions with different specialities in American sociology some clearly distinctive features developed within the sociology in the four countries. The student revolt at the end of the 1960s and its aftermath had substantial effects on the development of Scandinavian sociology. The d…
A Minority in Both Centre and Periphery: An Account of the Swedish‐Speaking Finns
The Swedish‐speaking minority in Finland has its origin in population movements from Sweden to Finland during the Middle Ages. The members of this minority do not identify themselves with Sweden; they define themselves as Swedish Finns. Before the general European national awakening the Swedish Finns were united neither in action nor in selfconsciousness. Today they possess a sense of unity and a shared minority identity despite the fact that the…
Le Minoranze Etniche Nell'europa Occidentale: Una Ricerca Comparata
IntroduzioneLa mobilitazione politica e l'agitazione di vari gruppi etnici hanno costituito una caratteristica preminente della situazione interna delle società industriali avanzate sin dalla fine degli anni ‘60 e per tutti gli anni ‘70
Forschungsnotiz. Ethnie Mobilization and Minority Resources
Sociology in Finland
Scandinavian sociology
A political sociology of the Nordic countries
The Nordic countries of Europe have many common traits. They are small countries in Northern Europe, they have been Lutheran since the Reformation, and they had, for centuries, a strong landholding peasantry but a weak aristocracy. They developed a comprehensive welfare state after the Second World War, and they are more sceptical about European integration than people from other countries in Western Europe. Despite attempts to create a Nordic un…
Edward Westermarck: A Sociologist Relating Nature and Culture
Approaches in the Sociology of Religion
No abstract available
Evolutionary, Structural, and Institutional Characteristics of Societies
Several alternative strategies have been used in studies of the structure and development of national societies. In descriptions of single national societies there is often a tendency to search for unique features and patterns. While unique patterns of development certainly can be found, it is nevertheless reasonable to claim that in comparative studies categorical concepts should be transformed to variables the values of which are identifiable i…
Community Activity, Leisure Use and Social Structure
Internal and External Criteria of Behavior Regularities
Edward Westermarch: A Sociologist Relating Nature and Culture
A core idea in all of Edward Westermarck's studies is the strong connection between nature and culture. As attempts to survive environmental threats, moral ideas contain similarities in a very wide range of historical situations. Westermarck connected nature and culture in the three major fields of his scholarship: in his studies of the human marriage and family, in his Moroccan field-work dealing with rituals and moral beliefs, and in his studie…
Commentary on James Beckford's and Emile Poulat's Papers on the Predicament of the Sociology of Religion
The Influence of Different Systems of Social Norms on Divorce Rates in Finland
Drinking and Drinkers: Three Papers in Behavioral Sciences
Alcohol Sales and Experiment in Rural Finland
On the Cumulative Nature of Leisure Activities
This paper is concerned with interrelations of different forms of leisure activities and social participation among Finnish youth. The data reported here are based on a survey 1 conducted among a national probability sample of male and female youth aged 10 to 29. The point of departure for this study was very general hypothesis that different forms of leisure activities are positively correlated. The hypothesis simply means that individuals with …
Internal and External Criteria of Behavior Regularities
Sociologi
Community Activity, Leisure Use and Social Structure
The Westermarck Society
People of the Tor: A Cultural-Anthropological Study on the Tribes of the Tor Territory (Northern Netherlands New Guinea)
Cleavages, ideologies, and party systems: Contributions to Comparative Political Sociology
Political Parties in Norway: A Community Study
Files for Aggregate Data By Territorial Units in Finland
Cleavages, Ideologies and Party Systems: Contributions to Comparative Political Sociology
Basic Approaches in Comparative Sociological Research and the Study of Sport
The merger of American and European traditions of sociological research: Contextual analysis
Political Science and Sociology
Parliament, Parties, and Society in France 1946-1958
Evolutionary, Structural, and Institutional Characteristics of Societies
Several alternative strategies have been used in studies of the structure and development of national societies. In descriptions of single national societies there is often a tendency to search for unique features and patterns. While unique patterns of development certainly can be found, it is nevertheless reasonable to claim that in comparative studies categorical concepts should be transformed to variables the values of which are identifiable i…
Mass Politics
Approaches in the Sociology of Religion
No abstract available
Dimensions of Welfare in a Comparative Study of the Scandinavian Societies
Structural, Institutional, and Cultural Explanations
Types of explanation can be differentiated in many ways but the typology here presented is obtained by cross tabulating two kinds of classifications. The first one is rather philosophical. It is assumed that explanations of human behavior are given mainly in terms of either causes, habits1 or motives. As sociology focuses on groups and societies it will be assumed that the problems involved in these three kinds of explanation can be discussed by …
A welfare model for selecting indicators of national development
Swedish Sociology
Scandinavian sociology
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