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Kingdom of Nokia : how a nation served the needs of one company
Kingdom of Nokia tells a fascinating story of corporatism in Finland. How did the mobile phone giant Nokia make the Finnish elite willing to serve the interests of the company? Nokia became a global player in mobile communications in the 1990s, and helped establish Anglo-Saxon capitalism in Finland. Through its success and strong lobbying, the company managed to capture the attention of Finnish…
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- 9789523690318
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- x + 265 p
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- 338.76213094897 CAR k
Lived nation as the history of experiences and emotions in finland, 1800-2000
This open access book uses Finland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as an empirical case in order to study the emergence, shaping and renewal of a nation through histories of experience and emotions. It revolves around the following questions: What kinds of experiences have engendered national mobilization and feelings of national belonging? How have political and societal conflicts tu…
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- 9783030698829
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- xxi, 392p. : ill
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- Palgrave Studies in the History of Experience
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- 306.09 VIL l
The challenges of religious literacy : the case of Finland
This open access book presents religious literacy as the main explanatory factor when dealing with certain ethnic groups that attract stereotypes which gloss over other personal factors such as age, class, gender and cultural differences. It discusses freedom of religion, and the Christian revival movement. It examines religious literacy and religious diversity in multi-faith schools. It looks …
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- 9783030475765
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- xi, 84p. : ill.
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- 200.94897 CHA c
Myth and mentality: studies in folklore and popular thought
"The recent fascination in Finnish folklore studies with popular thought and the values and emotions encoded in oral tradition began with the realisation that the vast collections of the Finnish folklore archives still have much to offer the modern-day researcher. These archive materials were not only collected by scholars, but also by the ordinary rural populace interested in their own traditi…
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- 9789522228499
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- 317 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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- Studia Fennica. 8
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- 398.094897 SII m
Sport, recreation and green space in the European city
Green space has become a major issue in European cities in recent years as a result of enhanced environmental awareness, urban marketing, planning policy and growing population densities. Up to now, however, the subject of sports areas and grounds has attracted little research, despite the fact that since the First World War such public and private areas – from football pitches and running tr…
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- 9789522227911
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- 220 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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- Studia Fennica. 16
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- 796 SPO s
The psychology of study success in universities
Universities around the world are under increasing pressure to maintain high levels of graduation and to make study processes as efficient as possible, with teachers and students struggling to meet the expectations placed upon them as a result. The Psychology of Study Success in Universities asks whether it is possible to meet these demands at the same time as protecting the well-being of stude…
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- 9781315212104
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- x, 143p. : ill.
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- 378.101094897 MAA p
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