University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Instructor: Dr. Lynn Walter
Course Schedule: MWF 1:00
Office: MAC
B308 Class
Room: MAC 223
Phone: 465-2474 Course Page: www.uwgb.edu/walterl/denmark
Office Hours: 11-12
MWF
Email: walterl@uwgb.edu
Class
email: mailto:c9865@uwgb.edu
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course examines several themes of international interest raised by studying social change and development in Denmark. These themes include the social welfare state; social democracy and economic democracy; multi-party, parliamentary politics; egalitarian values and programs; class and gender consciousness and the labor and women's movements; nationalism and national identity; and European integration. We will explore these themes in a seminar format with some lectures.
TEXTS AND HANDOUTS:
Borish, Steven
M. 1991. The Land of the Living.
Handout: Rasmussen, Halfdan
"Something about Heroes"
Keillor, Garrison "The Tidy Secret of Danish
Freedom"
Rifbjerg, Klaus
"Oh, to be Danish,"
ARTICLES: (All the articles listed below are on e-reserve, except those that are available through one of Cofrin Library on-line databases or though the web.)
Arendt, Hannah "Denmark and the Jews"
Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen and Lene Arnett Jensen 1994. "Socialization and Risk Behavior in Two Countries: Denmark and the United States" Youth & Society 26 (1): 3-22.
Bjøl, Erling 1986. "Denmark: between Scandinavia and Europe" International Affairs 62 (4): 601-617. (available on-line through Academic Search Elite)
Buckser, Andrew 2001. "Rescue and Cultural Context During the Holocaust: Grundtvigian Nationalism and the Rescue of the Danish Jews" Shofar 19(2): 1-17
Christiansen, Niels Finn and Klaus Petersen 2001. "The Dynamics of Social Solidarity: The Danish Welfare State, 1900-2000. Scandinavian Journal of History 26(3): 177-197. (Full text available through Academic Search Elite.)
Einhorn, Eric & John Logue 1986. "The Scandinavian Democratic Model" Industrial & Labor Relations Review, Vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 193-208.
Einhorn, Eric & John Logue 1989. "Scandinavian Welfare States and their Critics" in Modern Welfare States, New York: Praeger.
Enoch, Yael 1994. "The Intolerance of a Tolerant People: Ethnic Relations in Denmark" Ethnic and Racial Studies, 17 (2): 282-200. (Full text available through Academic Search Elite).
Goodman, Myrna 1998. "Foundations of Resistance in German-Occupied Denmark" in Resisting the Holocaust, Ruby Rohrlich, ed., Berg: Oxford, NY, pp. 213-36.
Levine, Daniel 1978. "Conservatism and Tradition in Danish Social Welfare Legislation, 1890-1933: A Comparative View" Comparative Studies in Society and History 20 (1): 54-69. (Full text available on-line through JSTOR Arts and Sciences)
Matthiessen, Poul Christian. 1993. "Family Formation in Denmark" in Welfare Trends in Scandinavian Countries, Erik Jorgen Hansen, et. al, eds., Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, pp. 320-326.
Ministry of Social Affairs 2002. Social Policy in Denmark
Tham, Henrik. 1993. "Crime, Drugs, and Suicide in the Scandinavian Countries" in Welfare Trends in Scandinavian Countries, Erik Jorgen Hansen, et.al, eds., Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, pp. 320-326.
Walter, Lynn 2003. "Denmark" In Women's Issues in Europe, Lynn Walter, ed., Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Walter, Lynn 2004 "The Redstocking Movement: Sex, Love, and Politics in 1968
Yahil, Leni 1991. "National Pride and Defeat: A Comparison of Danish and German Nationalism" Journal of Contemporary History 26 (3-4): 453-478. (Full text available on-line through JSTOR Arts and Sciences).
Østergård, Uffe 2000. "Danish National Identity: Between Multinational Heritage and Small State Nationalism. In Denmark's Policy towards Europe after 1945. Hans Branner & Morten Kelstrup, eds. Odense: Odense University Press, pp. 139-84.
ALSO ON RESERVE:
Goldberger, Leo ed. 1987. The Rescue of the Danish Jews, New York: New York University Press.
Borish, Steven 1991. The Land of the Living, Nevada City: Blue Dolphin.
Jones, W. Glyn 1986. Denmark, A Modern History, London: Croom Helm.
REQUIREMENTS AND DUE DATES:
| Requirements | Percent of Grade | Due Dates |
| Paper Topic | Paper Topic Sept. 17 | |
| Bibliography | 5% | Bibliography Oct. 11 |
| Web links | 10% | Web links Oct. 18 |
| Annotations | 15% | Annotations Oct. 25 |
| Term paper | 25% | Research Paper Nov. 12 |
| Presentation | 10% | To Be Arranged |
| Class participation | 10% | |
| Final exam | 25% | Final Exam Dec. 20, 1-3pm |
Quizzes The instructor may give unannounced quizzes on the reading for the day.
Find five web links that you think are especially interesting and useful on Denmark in general and/or your paper topic in particular. In an in-class session in the computer lab, pick one of these to demonstrate to the rest of the class. Do consider web sources with international data (e.g. from UN, EU, OECD) that may also have useful information on Denmark.
Term Paper
Choose a topic, in consultation with the instructor, and construct a bibliography on this topic of at least 10 items. Order all of those items on your bibliography through interlibrary loan and do an annotated bibliography. Develop a thesis, in consultation with the instructor and class and write a paper based upon these sources. Present the paper in written form via email to the rest of the class and lead a discussion of your paper in class.
Class Participation
Everyone is expected not only to have read the assignment but also to contribute to the discussion. In cases in which a student's grade is between two marks, good class discussion participation will raise her/his grade to the higher one.
THEMES
Danish
Culture
The Nation State: Race, Ethnicity and National Identity
The Folk
High Schools, Cooperatives and Farmers
The Rescue of the Danish Jews
The
Development of Social Democracy and the Welfare State
Welfare State
Programs
Family, Gender and Welfare in Denmark
Denmark and Europe
SCHEDULE
Week 1 Sept. 3-10: Introduction to the Course: Why Study Denmark?
Introduction to Denmark: Language, Geography, Demography.
Reading: Borish, Parts I & II.
Film: "Approaching Denmark"
Week 2 Sept. 13-17: Feudal Peasants to Capitalist Farmers: The Role of Education and Religion
*****Sept. 17: Paper Topic Due
Reading: Borish, Part III
Film: "The Bell of Freedom"
Week 3 Sept. 20-24: Meet in Computer Lab A of General Access Lab IS 1129A
Week 4 Sept. 27-Oct. 1: Danish Culture
Reading: Borish, Part IV & V.
Rifbjerg
Film:
"Babettes Gaestebud"
Week 5 Oct. 4-8: The Rescue of the Danish Jews
Reading:
Arendt
Handout:
Rasmussen
Goodman or Buckser
Yahil
Week 6 Oct. 11-15: The Nation State: Race, Ethnicity and National Identity
Reading: Østergård, pp. 159-184. (note that the assignment is the second half
of the article)
Enoch
***** Bibliography due on Oct. 11.
Week 7 Oct. 18-22: Week 8 Oct. 25-29: Social Democracy and Danish Political Culture
Reading: Einhorn & Logue, "The Scandinavian Democratic Model"
***** Weblinks due on Oct 18
Week 8 Oct. 25-29 The Welfare State
Reading: Ministry of Social Affairs, Social Policy in
Denmark
Christiansen and Petersen
*****Annotations due on Oct. 25
Week 9 Nov. 1-5: Family, Gender, and Welfare
Reading:
Walter 2003 or Walter 2004
Polakow
Week 10 Nov. 8-12: Nov. 15-19: Problems in the Social Welfare State
Reading: Einhorn & Logue, "The Scandinavian Welfare States and their
Critics"
Tham
or Arnett and Jensen
Matthiessen
*****Term
paper due on Nov. 12
Week 11 Nov. 15-19 Presentation of Research Papers begins
Week 13 Nov. 22-24: The Culture of Social Democracy
Film: "Danzen med Regitze"
Thanksgiving Break Nov. 25-26
Week 13 Nov. 29-Dec. 3: Presentation of Research Papers continues
Week 14 Dec. 6-10: Presentation of Research Papers
Week 15 Dec. 13-15: Presentation of Research Papers
Final Exam: Monday, Dec. 20, 1:00-3:00 p.m.