Guðmundur Jónsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6480746 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Guðmundur Jónsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Guðmundur |
| FAMILY NAME | Jónsson |
| SIGNATURE | JÓNSSON G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iceland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8539-3189 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Iceland and the Nordic Model of Consensus Democracy
The Nordic countries – including Iceland – have been portrayed in the political-science literature as consensual democracies, enjoying a high degree of legitimacy and institutional mechanisms which favour consensus-building over majority rule and adversarial politics. In this explorative article the author argues that consensus politics, meaning policy concertation between major interest groups in society, a tendency to form broad coalitions in i…
Iceland, Oeec and the trade liberalisation of the 1950s
While Western Europe was experiencing a trade boom and adopting a more liberal economic framework during the 1950s, Iceland was moving in the opposite direction. External trade was historically at its lowest point and its external economic policy was characterized by extreme caution towards European cooperation and integration. Iceland's commitment to a more open economy and closer economic integration with Europe was at best half-hearted as her …
Icelandic economic history
Economic history as an independent field of study is of fairly recent origin in Iceland, emerging only in the last quarter of the twentiethth century with the increased specialisation and differentiation of the history profession.1 With no separate economic history departments and in fact, only one general university, the University of Iceland in Reykjavfk, it is not surprising that economic history has largely been in the hands of either histori…
The Icelandic Welfare State in the Twentieth Century
(2001). The Icelandic Welfare State in the Twentieth Century. Scandinavian Journal of History: Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 249-267
Changes in food consumption in Iceland, 1770–1940
The history of food consumption in Iceland differs in many fundamental ways from that in the rest of Europe. The prominence of domestically produced dairy products, fish, meat and suet, and the insignificance of cereals until the nineteenth century, are among the most unusual features. This paper presents the first attempt to estimate total food consumption in Iceland on the basis of food supply data, covering the period 1770–1940. The data, deri…
Institutional change in Icelandic agriculture, 1780–1940
This article examines the restructuring of the institutional framework of Icelandic agriculture with emphasis on institutional arrangements inhibiting the modernization of agriculture and the growth of non-agrarian sectors. Two institutions were of particular importance in this respect. One was the system of land tenures with its heavy obligations to landlords and insecure farm leases, which discouraged fixed capital investment on the farms. The …
The Icelandic Welfare State in the Twentieth Century
(2001). The Icelandic Welfare State in the Twentieth Century. Scandinavian Journal of History: Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 249-267
Iceland and the Nordic Model of Consensus Democracy
The Nordic countries – including Iceland – have been portrayed in the political-science literature as consensual democracies, enjoying a high degree of legitimacy and institutional mechanisms which favour consensus-building over majority rule and adversarial politics. In this explorative article the author argues that consensus politics, meaning policy concertation between major interest groups in society, a tendency to form broad coalitions in i…
Institutional change in Icelandic agriculture, 1780–1940
This article examines the restructuring of the institutional framework of Icelandic agriculture with emphasis on institutional arrangements inhibiting the modernization of agriculture and the growth of non-agrarian sectors. Two institutions were of particular importance in this respect. One was the system of land tenures with its heavy obligations to landlords and insecure farm leases, which discouraged fixed capital investment on the farms. The …
Changes in food consumption in Iceland, 1770–1940
The history of food consumption in Iceland differs in many fundamental ways from that in the rest of Europe. The prominence of domestically produced dairy products, fish, meat and suet, and the insignificance of cereals until the nineteenth century, are among the most unusual features. This paper presents the first attempt to estimate total food consumption in Iceland on the basis of food supply data, covering the period 1770–1940. The data, deri…
The Icelandic Welfare State in the Twentieth Century
(2001). The Icelandic Welfare State in the Twentieth Century. Scandinavian Journal of History: Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 249-267
Icelandic economic history
Economic history as an independent field of study is of fairly recent origin in Iceland, emerging only in the last quarter of the twentiethth century with the increased specialisation and differentiation of the history profession.1 With no separate economic history departments and in fact, only one general university, the University of Iceland in Reykjavfk, it is not surprising that economic history has largely been in the hands of either histori…
Iceland, Oeec and the trade liberalisation of the 1950s
While Western Europe was experiencing a trade boom and adopting a more liberal economic framework during the 1950s, Iceland was moving in the opposite direction. External trade was historically at its lowest point and its external economic policy was characterized by extreme caution towards European cooperation and integration. Iceland's commitment to a more open economy and closer economic integration with Europe was at best half-hearted as her …
Iceland and the Nordic Model of Consensus Democracy
The Nordic countries – including Iceland – have been portrayed in the political-science literature as consensual democracies, enjoying a high degree of legitimacy and institutional mechanisms which favour consensus-building over majority rule and adversarial politics. In this explorative article the author argues that consensus politics, meaning policy concertation between major interest groups in society, a tendency to form broad coalitions in i…
Political science (5 works) · European Socioeconomic and Political Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Economy (3 works) · Icelandic (3 works) · Economic history (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works)