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P.O. Box 59
00014 University of Helsinki
Finland

Visiting adress:
Unioninkatu 33
Room 309

 

Publications

Monographs, Anthologies,Conference Reports and Evaluation Reports , Journal Articles etc., Reviews, Surveys, Debates, Installation lecture, Series Multiple Europes

 

Monographs


8. Union och demokrati. De Förenade rikena Sverige-Norge 1814-1905 (Union and Democracy. The United Kingdoms Sweden-Norway 1814-1905). Nora: Nya Doxa 2005. 734 pp. Ill. Norwegian translation Union og demokrati. Dei sameinte rika Sverige-Noreg 1814–1905. Oslo: Pax 2005. Abstract

 

7. Mellan medbestämmande och medarbetare: Metall och samhällsutveklingen, 1957-1976 (Between Co-determination and Co-worker: The Swedish Metal Workers' Federation and the Transformation of Society, 1957-1976). Metall, Stockholm 2000. 334 pp. Abstract

 

6. Mellan två fonder: LO och den svenska modellen. Atlas, Stockholm 1998. 339 pp. Abstract

 

 

5. Organisation of Labour Markets: Governance, Culture and Modernity in Germany, Sweden, Britain and Japan. Routledge, London 1996. Abstract

 

 

4. Folkhemmet mot Europa: Ett historiskt perspektiv på 90-talet. Tiden, Stockholm 1993. 352 pp. Abstract

 

 

3. The Politics of Deindustrialisation. The Contraction Process of the West European Shipbuilding Industry. Croom Helm, London 1987. xi+295 pp. (Spanish edition: La Politica de Desindustrializacion. La Contraccion de la industria de la construccion naval en Europa Occidental, Ministero de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Madrid 1989). Abstract

 

2. Varvsarbetare i två varvsstäder. Svenska Varv, Gothenburg 1982. 372 pp. Abstract

 

 

1. Nordic Industry and Nordic Economic Cooperation, Diss. A&W International, Stockholm 1978. 334 pp. Abstract

 

 

Anthologies, Conference Reports and Evaluation Reports


European Memory? 24. Małgorzata Pakier and Bo Stråth (eds), A European Memory? Contested Histories and Politics of Remembrance . Oxford: Berghahn Books 2010.

 

 

23. Bortenfor nasjonen i tid og rom: fortidens makt og fremtidens muligheter i norsk historieforskning. Evaluering av norsk historiefaglig forskning. (Beyond the Nation in Time and Space. The Power of the Past and the Prospects of the Future in Norwegian Historical Research. Evaluation of Norwegian Research in History). Oslo: Forskningsrådet 2008. Together with Thomas Lindkvist, Dorthe Gert Simonsen, Vera Schwach, Nils Erik Villstrand, Anette Warring.


22. Lars Magnusson and Bo Stråth (eds.), European Solidarities. Tensions and Contentions of a Concept. Brussels: PIE-Peter Lang 2007.



21. Hans-Åke Persson and Bo Stråth (eds.), Reflections on Europe. Defining a Political Order in Time and Space. Brussels: PIE-Peter Lang 2007. Abstract



20. Christian Joerges, Bo Stråth and Peter Wagner (eds.),The Economy as a Polity. London: Cavendish Press 2005. Edited with Christian Joerges and Peter Wagner. Abstract




19. Lars Magnusson and Bo Stråth (eds.), A European Social Citizenship? Preconditions for Future Policies from a Historical Perspective. Brussels: PIE-Peter Lang 2004. Abstract



18. Anna Triandafyllidou and Bo Stråth (eds.), Representations of Europe and the Nation in Current and Prospective Member States: Media, Elites and Civil Society. The Collective State of the Art and Historical Reports, Brussels: European Commission Research Directorate, 2003. (Download pdf)

17. Quentin Skinner, Bo Stråth (eds.), States and Citizens. History, Theory, Prospects. Cambridge UP, 2003. Abstract




16. Ron Robin, Bo Stråth (eds.), Homelands. Poetic Power and the Politics of Space. P.I.E. Lang, Brussels 2003. Abstract




15. Bo Stråth e.a. (eds.), Förändring och nyorientering inom den offentliga sektorn - utvärdering av ett forskningsprogram. Vetenskapsrådets rapportserie No. 3 2003.

14. Mikael af Malmborg, Bo Stråth (eds.), The Meaning of Europe. Variety and Contention within and among Nations. Berg Publishers, Oxford 2002. Abstract



13. Lars Magnusson, Bo Stråth (eds.), From the Werner Plan to the EMU, In Search of a Political Economy for Europe. Work and Society No. 29. P.I.E.-Peter Lang, Brussels 2001. Abstract



12. Bo Stråth (ed.), Europe and the Other, Europe as the Other. Multiple Europes No. 10. P.I.E.-Peter Lang, Brussels 2000. Abstract



11. Bo Stråth (ed.), Myth and Memory in the Construction of Community, Historical Patterns in Europe and Beyond. Multiple Europes No. 9. P.I.E.-Peter Lang, Brussels 2000. Abstract


10. Bo Stråth (ed.), After Full Employment. European Discourses on Work and Flexibility. PIE-Peter Lang, Brussels 2000. Abstract




9. James Kaye, Bo Stråth (eds.), Enlightenment and Genocide, Contradictions of Modernity. Philosophy and Politics No. 5. P.I.E.-Peter Lang, Brussels 2000. Abstract



8. Johannes U. Müller, Bo Stråth (eds.), Nationalism and Modernity. EUI Working Papers HEC No. 99/1. Badia Fiesolana, San Domenico1999.

7. Bo Stråth, Nina Witoszeck (eds.), The Postmodern Challenge: Perspectives East and West. Postmodern Studies 27. Rodopi, Amsterdam 1999. Abstract


 

6. Øystein Sørensen, Bo Stråth (eds.), The Cultural Construction of Norden. Scandinavian University Pres, Oslo 1997. Abstract




5. Hannes Siegrist, Bo Stråth (Hg), Wohnungsbau im internationalen Vergleich. Planung und gesellschaftliche Steuerung in den beiden deutschen Staaten und in Schweden 1945-1980. Leipziger Universitätsverlag 1996.

4. Suveränitet och demokrati. Betänkande av EG-konsekvensutredningarna: subsidiaritet SOU, Stockholm 1994.

3. Bo Stråth (ed.), Language and the Construction of Class Identities. The Struggle for Discursive Power in Social Organisation: Scandinavia and Germany after 1800. Gothenburg University 1990. Abstract

 

2. Wolfgang Jacobeit, Josef Mooser, Bo Stråth (eds.), Idylle oder Aufbruch? Das Dorf im bürgerlichen 19. Jahrhundert. Ein europäischer Vergleich. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin (DDR) 1990.

 

1. Bo Stråth (ed.), Democratisation in Scandinavia in Comparison. Gothenburg University 1988. Abstract

 


Journal Articles etc.


123. "Introduction: A European Memory?" Together with Małgorzata Pakier in: Małgorzata Pakier and Bo Stråth (eds), A European Memory? Contested Histories and Politics of Remembrance . Oxford: Berghahn Books 2010.

122. ”The Social Democrats in Power. Social Rights and the Social State in the Democratic Countries in the Interwar Years: the Case of Sweden”  in: Alice Kessler and Maurizio Vaudagna (eds), Democracy and Social Rights in the Two Wests. Torino: Electronic publishing house Otto. Series Nova Americana 2010.

121. "'Norden' as a European Region: Democration and Belonging" in: Johann Arnason and Natalie Doyle (eds), Domains and Divisions of European history. Liverpool: Liverpool U P 2010.

120.  “The Nordic Countries and European Integration” in: Revue d'Histoire Nordique. Vol 16 Nr 4 2009

119. "Humanism and the Social: an Unclarified Relationship" in: Jörn Rüsen and Henner 
Laass (eds), Humanism in Intercultural Perspective. Experiences and Expectations. New Brunswick and London: Transaction Publishers 2009.

118. ”Curt Weibull. Källkritisk vägröjare med syntetisk ambition” in: Ragnar Björk and Alf W Johansson (eds), Svenska historiker. Från medeltid till våra dagar. Stockholm: Norstedts 2009.

117. “Erik Gustaf Geijer. Mångfacetterad historiker, poet och samhällsdebattör” in: Ragnar Björk and Alf W Johansson (eds), Svenska historiker. Från medeltid till våra dagar. Stockholm: Norstedts 2009.

116. “Europe ─ Discourse ─ Politics ─ Media ─ History: Constructing ‘Crises’?” Together with Ruth Wodak in: Anna Triandafyllidou, Ruth Wodak, and Michal Krzyzanowski (eds), The European Public Sphere and the Media Europe in Crisis. London: Palgrave 2009.

115. “A Memory or a History of Europe’s Expelled Peoples?” in Barbara Törnquist- Plewa and Bo Petersson (eds), Remembering Europe’s Expelled peoples of the Twentieth Century. CFE Conference Papers Nr 4. Lund: Centrum för Europaforskning 2009, pp 15-24.

114. "Path Dependence versus Pathbreaking crises: an Alternative View" in: Lars Magnusson and Jan Ottosson (eds), The Evolution of Path Dependence. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Edgar 2009.

113. “Europe and the Other and Europe as the Other” in: Jörg Baberowski, Hartmut Kaelble & Jürgen Schriewer (Hg), Selbstbilder und Fremdbilder. Repräsentation sozialer Ordnungen im Wandel. Frankfurt am Main: Campus 2008.

112. “Die politische Ambivalenz des Sozialen” in: Christian Joerges, Matthias Mahlemann & Ulrich K Preuss (Hg), “Schmerzliche Erfahrungen der Vergangenheit” und der Prozess der Konstitutionalisierung Europas. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2008.

111. “Belonging and European Identity” in: Gerard Delanty , Paul Jones , and Ruth Wodak (eds), Identity, Belonging, and Migration . Liverpool: Liverpool U P 2008

110.“Introduction” (together with Patricia Chiantera-Stutte) in: European Journal of Social Theory 11 (2) 2008.

109. ”Mitteleuropa. From List to Naumann” in: European Journal of Social Theory 11 (2) 2008 pp 171-183.

108. "Constructivist Themes in the Historiography of the Nation" in James A
Holstein and Jaber F Gubrium (eds), Handbook for Constructivist Research.
New York: Guilford Press 2008.

107. "Unsichtbare Öffentlichkeit?" in: Kulturreport Fortschritt Europa.
Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen 2007 (also in English, French and
Polish).

106. "Histoire, remémoration publique et assomption du passé" in: Bronisław
Geremek et Robert Picht (eds), Vision d'Europe. Paris: Odile Jacob 2007.

105. "Introduction" (together with Lars Magnusson) in: Lars Magnusson and Bo Stråth (eds), European Solidarities. Tensions and Contentions of a Concept. Brussels: PIE-Peter Lang 2007.

104."Historiography, Social Sciences and the Master Narratives" in: Edward Wang and Franz L Fillafer (eds), The Many Faces of Clio. Cross-cultural Approaches to Historiography. Essays in Honor of Georg G Iggers. Oxford: Berghahn Books 2007.

103. "Social Models? A Critical View on a Concept from a Historical and European Perspective" in: European Review Vol 15 Nr 3 2007 pp 335-352.

102. "Europe and the Other and Europe as the Other" in: China Public Administration Review May 2007 (in Chinese).

101. "The Political, the Social and the Economic in a European Political Order" in: Hans-Åke Persson and Bo Stråth (eds), Reflections on Europe. Defining a Political Order in Time and Space. Brussels: PIE-Peter Lang 2007.

100. "Time and Space. Introduction to Reflections on Europe as a Political Order" (together with hans-Åke Persson) in: Hans-Åke Persson and Bo Stråth (eds), Reflections on Europe. Defining a Political Order in Time and Space. Brussels: PIE-Peter Lang 2007.

99. "Der Volksbegriff in der Organisation der Religionsausübung Schwedens" in: Lucian Hölscher (Hg), Baupläne der sichtbaren Kirche. Sprachliche Konzepte religiöser Vergemeinschaftung in Europa. Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag 2007.

98. "Le modèle nordique. La construction d'un modèle nordique: pressions externes et compromis interne" in: Revue Internationale de Politique Comparèe Vol 13Nr 3 2006.

97. "A Critical Question about the Prospects of European Integration from a Historical Perspective" in: Frank R. Pfetsch (ed), Germany Re-united and the European Union: The Role of Germany in European Integration. Jerusalem: European Forum at the Hebrew University, Helmut Kohl Institute for European Studies and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung 2006.

96. "Future of Europe" in: Journal of Language and Politics Vol 5:3 2006.

95. "Europe: What Values and how Common?" in: Josef Kružik (ed.), Vita Activa Vita Contemplativa. Janu Sokolovi k Sedmdesátým narozeninám. Prague: UK FHS 2006.

94. "Framstegstanken som utopi eller som empirisk pragmatism?" in: Fredrik Engelstad, Even Lange, Helge Pharo of Erik Rudeng (red), Demokratisk konservatisme. Frihet, Fremskritt, Fred. Festskrift til Francis Sejersted på 70-årsdagen. Oslo: Pax 2006.

93. "Ideology and History" in: Journal of Political Ideologies Nr 1, 2006 (Routledge, London).

92. "Insiders and Outsiders: Borders in Nineteenth Century Europe" in: Stefan Berger (ed), A Companion to Nineteenth Century Europe. Oxford: Blackwell 2006.

91. "Historia som teleologi? Ett annat perspektiv på unionen Sverige-Norge" in: Sosiologi idag (Oslo) Nr 3 2005.

90. "De Förenade rikena Sverige och Norge 1814-1905: En eller två kulturer?" in: RIG Nr 2 2005.

89. "Models of the Welfare State Formation in the Global Context." Convenor's introduction. Proceedings of the World History Congress in Sydney, 3-9 July, 2005. Specialised Theme Session 21. CD publication.

88. "The Monetary Issue and European Economic Policy in Historical Perspective" in: Christian Joerges; Bo Stråth and Peter Wagner (eds), The Economy as a Polity. London: Cavendish Press 2005.

87. "The Idea of a Scandinavian Nation" in: Lars-Folke Landgrén and Pirkko Hautamäki (eds), People, Citizen, Nation. Festschrift for Henrik Stenius. Helsinki: Renvall Institute 2005.

86. "Karten -- Repräsentationen Europas aus vier Jahrhunderten" in: Rüdiger Hohls, Iris Schröder, Hannes Siegrist (Hg), Europa und die Europäer. Quellen und Essays zur modernen europäischen Geschichte. Festschrift für Hartmut Kaelble zum 65. Geburtstag. Berlin: Steiner Verlag 2005.

85. "Europa: welche Werte und welche Geschichte?" in: Jürgen John, Dirk van Laak, Joachim von Puttkammer (Hg), Zeit-GHeschichten. Miniaturen in Lutz Niethammers Manier. Essen: Klartext 2005.

84. "Methodological and Substantive Remarks on Myth, Memory and History in the Construction of a European Community" in: Special Issue of German Law Journal Febr 2005 ed. by Christian Joerges.

83. "The Normative Foundations of the Scandinavian Welfare States in Historical Perspective" in: Nanna Kildaland Stein Kuhnle (eds), Normative Foundations of the Welfare State: The Nordic Experience. London: Routledge 2005.

82. "Nordic Modernity: Origins, Trajectory and Prospects" in: Thesis Eleven Nr 77, 2004.

81. "Towards a European Democracy" in: Sonja Puntscher Riekmann, Monika Mokre, Michael Latzer (eds), Transformations of Statehood from a European Perspective. Frankfurt/Main: Campus 2004.

80. "A European Social Citizenship? Preconditions for Future Policies from a Historical Perspective" (together with Lars Magnusson) in: Lars Magnusson and Bo Stråth (eds), A European Social Citizenship? Preconditions for Future Policies from a Historical Perspective. Brussels: PIE-Peter Lang 2004.

79. "Integration von links. Historische Bedingungen der 'Volksgeschichte' in Schweden" in: Manfred Hettling (Hg), Volksgeschichten im Europa der Zwischenkriegszeit, Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht 2003.

78. "The State and its Critics: Is there a Post-Modern Challenge?", in: Quentin Skinner and Bo Stråth, States and Citizens, Cambrigde UP, Cambridge 2003.

77. "Introduction" (together with Quentin Skinner) in: Quentin Skinner and Bo Stråth, States and Citizens, Cambrigde UP, Cambridge 2003.

76. "Hembygd as a Pragmatic Concept: The Alternative Case" in: Ron Robin and Bo Stråth, Homelands, PIE-Peter Lang, Brussels 2003.

75. "Introduction. Poetics of Space and Place" (together with Ron Robin) in: Ron Robin and Bo Stråth, Homelands, PIE-Peter Lang, Brussels 2003.

74. "Contextualising immigration policy implementation in Europe" (together with Bill Jordan and Anna Triandafyllidou), Special Issue, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 29, 2, March 2003.

73. "Comparing Cultures of Discretion" (together with Bill Jordan and Anna Triandafyllidou), Special Issue, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 29, 2, March 2003.

72. "Till minnet av Mikael af Malmborg. Europabilden genom tiderna" in: Internationella Studier Nr 2, Utrikespolitiska Studier, Utrikespolitiska Institutet, Stockholm , 2002.

71. "Europäische Integration. Grundlinien und Interpretationen" (together with Thomas Sandkühler) in: Beiträge zur Geschichte des Nationalsozialismus Vol 18 2002.

70. "A European Identity: to the Historical Limits of a Concept" in: European Journal of Social theory No 5 (4) November, 2002 (special issue edited by Gerard Delanty).

69. "Images of Europe in the World" 2002.

68. "1968-2001: Measuring the Distance. Continuities and Discontinuities in Recent History". With Paul Ginsborg, Luisa Passerini and Peter Wagner in: Thesis Eleven Nr 68, 2001.

67. "1968: From Co-determination to Co-workers. The Power of Language" in: Thesis Eleven Nr 68, 2001.

66. " Det svenske biletet av Europa som det Andre” in: Stein Ivar Angell (ed), Den europeiske identiteten og den skandinaviske. Volda: Høskolen i Volda 2001.

65. "Community/Society: History of the Concept" in: N. J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes (eds.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavroial Sciences, Pergamon, Oxford 2001.

64. "Nordic Capitalism and Democratisation" in: Haldor Byrkjeflot et al (eds), The democratic Challenge to Capitalism. Management and Democracy in the Nordic Countries. Oslo: Fagbokforlaget 2001.

63. "Europe: a View from Within and the Outside" (Together with Karma Nabulsi) in: Hans-Åke Persson (ed.), Ett utvidgat EU, några reflektioner i samband met EU:s östutvidgning, Häften för Europastudier 3, Studentlitteratur, Lund 2001.

62. "Neutralitet som självförståelse" in Kurt Almqvist and Kay Glans (eds), Den svenska framgångssagan?, Fischer & Co, Stockholm 2001. (English version "Neutrality as self-awareness" in: Kurt Almqvist and Kay Glans (eds), The Swedish Success Story?, Axel och Margaret Ax: Son Johnson Foundation, Stockholm 2004).

61. "Postscript" (together with Lars Magnusson) in: Lars Magnusson and Bo Stråth (eds), From the Werner Plan to the EMU, In Search of a Political Economy for Europe, PIE-Peter Lang, Brussels 2001.

60. "Money and Political Economy: From the Werner Plan to the Delors Report and Beyond" (together with J Peter Burgess) in: Lars Magnusson and Bo Stråth (eds), From the Werner Plan to the EMU, In Search of a Political Economy for Europe, PIE-Peter Lang, Brussels 2001.

59. "Introduction. From the Werner plan to the EMU: In Search of a European Political Economy. Historical Perspectives and Future Prospects" (together with Lars Magnusson) in: Lars Magnusson and Bo Stråth (eds), From the Werner Plan to the EMU, In Search of a Political Economy for Europe, PIE-Peter Lang, Brussels 2001.

58. "Sozialistische Strömungen in Europa seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Das Beispiel Skandinavien" in: Dieter Dowe (Hrsg), Demokratischer Sozialismus in Europa seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Reihe Gesprächskreis Geschichte Heft 38, Bonn 2001.

57. "Östersjön som vision och illusion" in: Paul Raudsepp (red), Mare nostrum -- Mare Balticum. Commentationes in honorem Professoris Matti Klinge. Raud Publishing, Helsinki 2000.

56. "Continuity Rather than Revolution", in: Security Dialogue, vol. 31, nr. 2, December 2000, 6 pp.

55. "L'Image suédoise de l'Europe comme l'Autre" in: Arquivos Do Centro Cultural Calouste Gulbenkian, vol. 40, Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa-Paris 2000.

54. "The Contours of a European Political Economy: From the Werner Plan to the EMU" in: Bo Stråth (ed.), After Full Employment. European Discourses on Work and Flexibility, PIE-Peter Lang, Brussels 2000. Abstract

53. "The Concept of Work in the Construction of Community" in: Bo Stråth (ed.), After Full Employment. European Discourses on Work and Flexibility. PIE-Peter Lang, Brussels 2000. Abstract

52. "Introduction, After Full Employment and the Breakdown of Conventions of Social Responsibility" in Bo Stråth (ed.), After Full Employment. European Discourses on Work and Flexibility. PIE-Peter Lang, Brussels 2000. Abstract

51. "Introduction, Enlightenment and Genocide, Contradictions of Modernity" with James Kaye in: James Kaye, Bo Stråth (eds.), Enlightenment and Genocide, Contradictions of Modernity, Philosophy and Politics No. 5. P.I.E.-Peter Lang, Brussels 2000. Abstract

50. "Die Große und stille Kehrtwendung: Die Schwedische Integrationspolitik 1985-1994" in: Michael Gehler, Rolf Steininger (Hrsg.), Die Neutralen und die europäische Integration 1945-1995, Bölau Verlag, Wien, Koln, Weimar, 2000, pp. 337-354.

49. "Poverty, Neutrality and Welfare: Three Key Concepts in the Modern Foundation Myth of Sweden" in: Bo Stråth (ed.), Myth and Memory in the Construction of Community, Historical Patterns in Europe and Beyond, Multiple Europes No. 9. P.I.E.-Peter Lang, Brussels 2000, pp. 375-401. Abstract

48. "The Baltic as an Image and Illusion: The Construction of a Region between Europe and the Nation" in: Bo Stråth (ed.), Myth and Memory in the Construction of Community, Historical Patterns in Europe and Beyond, Multiple Europes No. 9. P.I.E.-Peter Lang, Brussels 2000, pp. 199-214. Abstract

47. "Introduction: Myth, Memory and History in the Construction of Community" in: Bo Stråth (ed.), Myth and Memory in the Construction of Community, Historical Patterns in Europe and Beyond, Multiple Europes No. 9, P.I.E.-Peter Lang, Brussels 2000, pp. 19-46. Abstract

46. "Multiple Europes: Integration, Identity and Demarcation to the Other" in: Bo Stråth (ed.), Europe and the Other, Europe as the Other, Multiple Europes No. 10,.P.I.E.-Peter Lang, Brussels 2000, pp.385-420. Abstract

45. "The Swedish Image of Europe as the Other" in: Bo Stråth (ed.), Europe and the Other, Europe as the Other, Multiple Europes No. 10, P.I.E.-Peter Lang, Brussels 2000, pp. 359-383. Abstract

44. "Introduction: Europe as a Discourse" in: Bo Stråth (ed.), Europe and the Other, Europe as the Other, Multiple Europes No. 10, P.I.E.-Peter Lang, Brussels 2000, pp. 13-44. Abstract

43. "Nationalism and Modernity - an Outdated Relationship?", (together with Johannes U. Müller) in: Johannes U. Müller and Bo Stråth, Nationalism and Modernity, EUI Working Papers HEC No. 99/1, Badia Fiesolana, San Domenico 1999, pp. 7-21.

42. "Introduction", (together with Nina Witoszeck) in: Bo Stråth and Nina Witoschek (eds), The Postmodern Challenge: Perspectives East and West, Postmodern Studies 27, Rodopi, Amsterdam 1999, pp. 9-23. Abstract

41. "Geschichte von vorne: Für eine pluralistische und vergleichende Kultur- und Gesellschaftsgeschichte", in: Bernd Henningsen and Stephan Michael Schröder (eds), Vom Ende der Humboldt-Kosmen. Konturen von Kulturwissenschaft. Nomos, Baden-Baden 1997.

40. "Historiens nya ängel och det föränderliga förflutna' in: Lars M Andersson and Ulf Zander (red), In med historien. Fem historiker om korta och långa perspektiv I samtidshistorien. Lagerbringbiblioteket. Skriftserie utgiven av historiska institutionen vid Lunds universitet och Historiska Media. Historiska Media, Lund 1997.

39. "Sweden: The Emergence and Erosion of a 'Model'" in: Patrick Pasture, Johan Verberckmoes and Hans de Witte (eds), The Lost Perspective? Trade Unions between Ideology and Social Action in the New Europe. Vol 1 Ideological Persistence in National Traditions. Aldershot: Aveburg 1996.

38. "Östersjön som vision och illusion' in: Mare nostrum - mare Balticum. Commentationes in honorem professoris Matti Klinge viri doctrini preclari. AB Raud Publishing Ltd, Helsinki 1996.

37. "Die kulturelle Konstruktion von Gemeinschaften und die Transformation von Gesellschaften", in: Wolfgang Kaschuba, Thomas Scholze and Leonore Scholze-Irrlitz (Hg), Alltagskultur im Umbruch. Böhlau Verlag, Weimar, Köln, Wien 1996.

36. "Staten I historisk belysning", in Riksrevisionsverket (utg), Det offentliga åtagandet. RRV, Stockholm 1996.

35. Hannes Siegrist and Bo Stråth, "Wohnungsbau als Problem gesellschaftlicher Steuerung. BRD, DDR und Schweden in vergleichender Perspektive" in: Hannes Siegrist and Bo Stråth (Hg), … 1 b)

34. "The Postmodern Challenge and a Modernised Social History", in: Ragnar Björk and Karl Molin (eds), Societies Made up of History. Akademitryck, Stockholm 1996.

33. Bernd Henningsen och Bo Stråth, "Die Transformation des schwedischen Wohlfahrtsstaates. Ende des 'Modells'?", in: Jahrbuch für Politik Nr 2 1995.

32. "Scandinavian Identity: a Mythical Reality", in: Nils A. Sörensen (ed), European Identities: Cultural Diversity and Integration since 1700. Odense University Press 1995.

31. "Nordiska Rådet och nordiskt samarbete' in: Den jyske historiker No 69-70 1994.

30. "Industriborgerskapets roll i den svenska samhällsomvandlingen" in: Knut Kjeldstadli, Sissel Myklebust and Lars Thue (eds), Formingen av industrisamfunnet i Norden fram til 1920. TMV Skriftserie Nr 5 1994, Oslo University 1994.

29. "Restructuring at the industry level: Resolving the shipbuilding crisis in Germany and Sweden" (together with Hainer Heseler) in: Werner Sengenberger and Duncan Campbell (eds), Creating Economic Opportunities. The Role of Labour Standards in Industrial Restructuring. International Institute for Labour Studies, Geneva 1994.

28. "The Swedish Path to National Identity in the Nineteenth Century' in: Øystein Sørensen (ed), Nordic Paths to National Identity in the Nineteenth Century. Nasjonal identitet (Oslo University) No 1/94.

27. "Modes of Governance in the Shipbuilding in West Germany, Sweden and Japan" in: Rogers Hollingsworth, Philippe Schmitter and Wolfgang Streeck (eds), Comparing Capitalist Economies: Variations in the Governance of Industrial Sectors. Oxford UP 1994.

26. "Den nordiska modellen. Historisk bakgrund och hur talet om en nordisk modell uppstod", in: Nordisk Tidskrift No 1 1993.

25. "Structural Change and Cultural Transformation of Industrial Relations: the Case of Shipbuilding in the Gothenburg and Malmö Regions" in: Rainer Schulze (ed), Structural Change in Early-Industrialized Regions: A European Comparison. Klartext Verlag, Essen 1993.

24. "Den socialdemokratiska statskyrkopolitiken under 1900-talet" in: Arkiv för studier i arbetarrörelsens historia 1993.

23. Bo Stråth and Rolf Torstendahl, "State Theory and State Development: States as Network Structures in Change in Modern European History" in: Rolf Torstendahl (ed), State History and State Theory. Sage, London 1992.

22. "Der Nachkriegsboom in Schweden: Zur Frage von Kontinuität und Bruch im Gesellschaftswandel" in: Hartmut Kaelble (Hg), Der Boom, 1948-1973. Gesellschaftliche und wirtschaftliche Folgen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und in Europa. Westdeutsche Verlag, Opladen 1992.

21. "A Conditional Plea for the Modern Project: Cultural Production of Meaning and Social Change" in: Konrad Jarausch, Jörn Rüsen and Hans Schleier (eds), Geschichtswissenschaft vor 2000. Perspektiven der Historiographiegeschichte, Geschichts-theorie, Sozialgeschichte. Margit Rottman Medien Verlag 1991.

20. "Les chantiers navals suédois et leurs ouvriers de 1890 à 1990" in: Mouvement Social No 156 June-September 1991.

19. "Union Strategies in Historical Perspective: Sweden and Germany". EUI Working Papers in History HEC No 90/5. European University Institute, Florence 1990.

18. "Liberalismen och moderniseringen av Sverige" in: Jörgen Kyle and Thomas Magnusson (red), Liberala perspektiv. Vision och verklighet i historia och politik. Festskrift till Jörgen Weibull sommaren 1990. Bra Böcker, Höganäs 1990.

17. "Einleitung" (together with Wolfgang Jacobeit and Josef Mooser) in: Wolfgang Jacobeit, Josef Mooser, Bo Stråth (eds), Idylle oder Aufbruch? Das Dorf im bürgerlichen 19. Jahrhundert. Ein europäischer Vergleich, Akademie-Verlag, Berlin (DDR) 1990.

16. "Introduction" in: Bo Stråth (ed), Language and the Construction of Class Identities. The Struggle for Discursive Power in Social Organisation: Scandinavia and Germany after 1800, Gothenburg University 1990. Abstract

15. "Democratisation in Scandinavia in Comparison" in: Bo Stråth (ed), Democratisation in Scandinavia in Comparison. Gothenburg University 1988. Abstract

14. "Industrial Restructuring in the Swedish Shipbuilding Industry" in: Labour and Society Vol. 14 Nr. 2, April 1989. 19 pp. (French version: "La restructuration industrielle dans l'industrie suédoise des constructions navales' in: Travail et Société Vol. 14 no 2 avril 1989).

13. "Verkstadsklubbarna vid Volvo och Saab: Facklig politik i två företagskulturer" in: Bo Öhngren (ed), Metall 100 år - fem uppsatser. Metall, Stockholm 1988. 25 pp.

12. "Die bürgerliche Gesellschaft Schwedens im 19. Jahrhundert. Soziale Struktur und politischer Wandel" in: Jürgen Kocka (ed), Bürgertum im 19. Jahrhundert. Deutschland im europäischen Vergleich. Vol 1. dtv, Munich 1988. 23 pp.

11. "Die Arbeiterbewegung in Kiel und Bremen. Bedingungen für das Entstehen verschiedener politischer Traditionen" in: Rainer Paetau and Holger Rüdel (eds), Arbeiter und Arbeiterbewegung in Schleswig-Holstein im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1987. 31 pp.

10. "Industrial Policies in Western Europe During the Restructuring of the Shipbuilding Industry" in: Anthony Slaven and Fred Walker (eds), The 4th International Shipbuilding & Ocean Engineering Conference. Helsinki, Finland 7th-10th September 1986. Gothenburg 1986. 6 pp.

9. "Redundancy and Solidarity: Tripartite Politics and the Contraction of the West European Shipbuilding Industry" in: Cambridge Journal of Economics Vol. 10 No 2 1986. 17 pp.

8. "Socialdemokratisk ideologi mellan utopi och verklighet" in: Arkiv för studier i arbetarrörelsens historia nr 34-35 1986. 18 pp.

7. "Industrial Policies in Western Europe in an Era of Restructurin"' in: Staatliche Modernisierungspolitik gegenüber dem industriellen Wirtschaftssektor. Dossier für das Programm FAST II der EG-Kommission. EC, Brussels 1986. 12 pp.

6. "The Process of Contraction and Restructuring in West European Shipbuilding and Unemployment as an Individually or Collectively Experienced Threat" in: VII Conference of the International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation. Tomo 1. Santiago de Compostela 1985. 21 pp.

5. "Western European Shipbuilding Trade Unionism" in: Fred Walker and Anthony Slaven (eds), European Shipbuilding. One Hundred Years of Change. Proceedings of the Third Shipbuilding History Conference at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich 13-15 April 1983. Marine Publications International, London 1983. 8 p

4. "Workers' Radicalism in Theory and Practice. A Study of the Shipyard Workers and Industrial Development in Gothenburg, Malmö and Breme"' in: Scandinavian Journal of History Vol. 8 1983. 31 pp.

3. "Folkbildning i Jönköpings län. Godtemplar- och arbetarrörelsens studieverksamhet i ett historiskt perspekti"' in: Bo Andersson et al, Centralt och lokalt - förr och nu. Folkbildning och samhälle. 3. Kungälv 1982. 14 pp.

2. "Trade Unions and Workers' Radicalism" in: Jan Kuuse and Anthony Slaven (eds), Development Problems in Historical Perspective. Scottish and Scandinavian Shipbuilding Seminar in Glasgow 21-23 September 1980. 27 pp.

1. "The Illusory Nordic Alternative to Europe" in: Cooperation and Conflict XV 1980. 12 pp.

Reviews, Surveys, Debates

63. "Historiska jubileer är politiska manifestationer" in: Historisk Tidskrift för Finland Nr 1 2010

62. Review Margrit Pernau, Bürger mit Turban. Muslime in Delhi im 19. Jahrhundert. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2008 in: Redescriptions Vol 13 2009

61. "Förord" in. Peter Haldén (ed.), 1648. Den Westfaliska freden. Arv, kontext och konsekvenser. Lund: Nordic Academic Press 2009.

60. ”En samhällsteori med en historisk dimension” in: Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning Nr 2 2009, pp 217-229.

59. Review of Ulrich Beck and Edgar Grande, Cosmopolitan Europe.
Cambridge: Polity Press, 2007 in: Insight Turkey, Vol. 11, No.2, 2009, p. 149.

58. Preface in: Stefan Donecker and Imbi Sooman (eds), The 'Baltic Frontier' Revisited. Power Structures and Cross-Cultural Interactions in the Baltic Sea Region. Proceedings of the International Symposium in Florence, February 29th and March 1st, 2008. Vienna 2009.

57. Review of Richard Mole (ed), „Discursive Constructions of Identity in European Politics“. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave 2007 in: Nations and Nationalism Vol 14 Part 3 July 2008.

56. Review of Hartmut Kaelble, „Sozialgeschichte Europas“. München: Beck 2007 in: H-Soz-u-Kult/Rezensionen/Bücher 25.07.2008.

55. Review of Fogu, Claudio, Wulf Kantsteiner and Richard Ned Lebow (eds.), "The Politics of Memory in Postwar Europe". Durham: Duke U P 2006 in: The German Quarterly Spring Issue 2008.

54. "Bakom festtalen djupnar krisen" in: Svenska Dagbladet 22 March 2007.

53. Review of Hartmut Kaelble and Günther Schmid (Hg), "Das europäische Sozialmodell: auf dem Weg zum transnationalen Sozialstaat". Berlin: Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin Jahrbuch 2004 in: Historisk Tidskrift Nr 1 2007.

52. Review of Luca Dotti, "L'utopia eugenetica del welfare state svedese (1934-1975): il programma socialdemocratico di sterilizzazione, aborto e castrazione". Rubbettino: Soneria Mannelli 2004 in: Historisk Tidskrift Nr 1 2007.

51. Review of Ståle Dyrvik, Året 1814. Oslo: "Det Norske Samlaget 2005" in: Scandinavian Journal of History Vol 31 No 3 Sept 2006.

50. "EU -- ett skydd mot populismen" in: Svenska Dagbladet 19 June 2006.

49. "Christallization of Civilizations: a Problematic Conceptual Couple" in: Erwägen, Wissen, Ethik (ISSN 1610-3996) Jg 17 Heft 1 2006.

48. "Orienteringsvetenskap i ett tolkande samhälle" in: Tvärvetenskap (Vetenskapsrådet, Stockholm) Nr 4 2005.

47. Review Reinhart Koselleck, "Futures Past. On the Semantic of Historical Time" (translated and with an introduction by Keith Tribe). New York: Columbia University Press, 2004 and Kari Palonen, "Die Entzauberung der Begriffe. Das Umschreiben der politischen Begriffe bei Quentin Skinner und Reinhart Koselleck". Münster: LIT Verlag, 2004 in: European Journal of Social Theory 8 (4) 2005 .

46. "Union och demokrati. Svar till Kåre Lunden" in: Klassekampen (Oslo) 18-19 June and 5 July 2005.

45. Review Gerald Stourzh (Hg) unter Mitarbeit von Barbara Haider/Ulrike Harmat, "Annäherungen an eine europäische Geschichtsschreibung". Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 2002 in: Wiener Zeitschrift zur Geschichte der Neuzeit Jahrgang 5 2005 Heft 1.

44. Mabel Berezin and Martin Schain (eds.), Europe without Borders: Remapping Territory, Citizenship, and Identity in a Transnational Age. Review in Contemporary Sociology 34, 3 2005.

43. "De Förenade rikena 1814-1905. En tillbakablick på unionen Sverige-Norge" in: Tvärsnitt (Vetenskapsrådet, Stockholm) Nr 1, 2005 pp 20-23.

42. "Union and Democracy: Viewpoints on the United kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, 1814-1905", in The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. Annual Report 2004. Stockholm: Riksbankens Jubileumsfond 2005 pp 115-121. Also in Swedish as "Union och demokrati. Perspektiv på De Förenade rikena Sverige och Norge 1814-1905" i: Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. Årsberättelse 2004. Stockholm: Riksbankens Jubileumsfond 2005 pp 115-121.

41. Jenny Andersson, Mellan tillväxt och trygghet. Diss. Uppsala University 2003. Review in: Historisk Tidskrift No 2 2005.

40. Birgitta Eimer, "Eine Königin macht Politik. Sophie zu Nassau 1836-1913". Nordbuch, Greifswald 2003. Review in: Historisk Tidskrift Nr 1 2005.

39. Speech at the opening of the Network for European Studies at Helsinki University, download here.

38. "SAP saknar svar på värdekrisen" in: Svenska Dagbladet 7 March 2004.

37. "Det förlorade initiativet" in: Svenska Dagbladet 5 October 2003.

36. "Historievetenskapen och minnet av det förflutna", in: Historisk Tidskrift 4/2003, pp 630-36 (review of Roger Johansson, Kampen om historien. Ådalen 1931, Hjalmarsson och Högberg, Stockholm 2001.)

35. Review of Peter A Swenson, "Capitalists Against Markets: The Making of Labour Markets and Welfare States in the United States and Sweden" in: Economic and Industrial Democracy Vol. 24 (3), 2003, pp 479-480.

34. Review of David P Calleo, "Rethinking Europe's Future" in: Economic and Industrial Democracy Vol. 24 (1), 2003 pp 129-131.

33. "Unionsupplösningen 1905 och dess bakgrund" in: Krig mellom broderfolkene? Rapport from Bernadotteseminaret 20-21 April 2002 at Voksenåsen, Voksenåsen, Oslo 2002.

32. "Universitetens värdekris blir synlig i Lund" in: Svenska Dagbladet 7 May 2002.

31. Review of Giuliana Gemelli (ed.), "American Foundations and Large-Scale Research: Construction and Transfer of Knowledge", in: Annale SISSCO Il mestiere di storico 2002.

30. Review of Cris Shore, "Building Europe. The Cultural Politics of European Integration", in Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans Vol. 2, No 4, November 2002.

29. "In the midst of history: towards an active Europe" at: openDemocracy.net.

28. Review of Reinhart Koselleck (2000), "Zeitschichten. Studien zur Historik mit einem Beitrag von Hans-Georg Gadamer". Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp in: European Journal of Social Theory 2001 4 (4).

27. "Representation, Nation and Time" Review of Jussi Kurunmäki (2000), Representation, Nation and Time: the Political Rhetoric of the 1866 Parliamentary Reform in Sweden in: Finnish Yearbook of Political Thought 2001 pp 207-210.

26. Review of Carl Lankowski (ed.), "Breakdown, Breakup. Breakthrough: Germany's Difficult Passage to Modernity" in: Economic and Industrial Democracy Vol. 21 (4), 2000.

25. "Die Norderweiterung der EU: Hintergrund und Zukunftsperspektive', in: Standpunkt Nr. 5, May/June 1995. Senatsverwaltung für Arbeit und Frauen, Berlin.

24. Review of "Etterkrigshistorisk Register", in: Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning No 3, 1994.

23. Review of Susan Houseman, "Industrial Restructuring with Job Security. The Case of European Steel" in: Economic and Industrial Democracy, Arbetslivscentrum Vol. 14, No 1, 1993.

22. Review of Rolf Torstendahl, "Bureaucratisation in Northwestern Europe, 1880-1985", in: Business History Review, Harvard Autumn Vol. 66, 1992.

21. "Dem Kapital hinterher", in: EGmagazin (Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden) Februar 1-2 1992 perspektiv. Nyhetsbrev från LRFs Internationella enhet Nr. 9, 15 April, 1992.

19. Review of "Trond Nordby, Det moderne gjennombruddet i bondesamfunnet, Norge 1870-1920", in: Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning No. 2, 1992.

18. "Perspektiven der Arbeiterkulturforschung in Schweden" in: Wolfgang Kaschuba, Gottfried Korff, Bernd Jürgen Warneken (Hg.), Arbeiterkultur seit 1945. Ende oder Veränderung? 5. Tagung der Kommission Arbeiterkultur in der deutschen Gesellschaft für Volkskunde vom 30. April bis 4. Mai 1989 in Tübingen. Tübinger Vereinigung für Volkskunde, Tübingen 1991.

17. Review of Allan Pred, Lost Words and Lost Worlds, in: Social History Vol. 16 Nr. 3 October 1991.

16. "Sverige och EG - en trestegsraket", in Handelskammartidningen (Stockholm) Nr. 6 30 August 1991.

15. "Schweden, Europa und die EG", in Nordeuropaforum Nr. 1, June 1991.

14. "Samhälls- och vardagshistoria: ett närmande", in: Svensk Historisk Tidskrift No 2, 1991.

13. Review of Peter Gundelach, "Sociale bevaegelser og samfundsaendringer" in: Scandinavian Journal of History Vol. 14, 1989.

12. Review of Gerhard A. Ritter, "Der Sozialstaat" in: Svensk Historisk Tidskrift N. 4, 1989.

11. "Vägar och byråkrati', in: Svensk Historisk Tidskrift No. 2, 1989.

10. Review of Ingrid Gilcher-Holtey, "Das Mandat des Intellektuellen. Karl Kautsky und die Sozialdemokratie", in: Svensk Historisk Tidskrift No 1 1989.

9. "Nyare teoribildning kring staten. Tendenser och luckor', in: Svensk Historisk Tidskrift No 3 1988.

8. "Historia som samhällsvetenskat", in: Forskning om utbildning No 3, 1988.

7. "Arbetarrörelse med förhinder", in: Svensk Historisk Tidskrift No 1 1988, 5 pp.

6. "Facklig makt och Popper", in: Svensk Historisk Tidskrift No 4, 1987, 6 pp.

5. "Socialdemokratin och maktövertagandet", in: Svensk Historisk Tidskrift No 2, 1987, 6 pp.

4. "Japanska och västtyska under och kriser", in: Svensk Historisk Tidskrift No 4, 1985, 4 pp.

3. "Ekonomins och politikens roll för arbetarradikalismen. Ett genmäle" in: Arkiv för studier i arbetarrörelsens historia No 29-30, 1984, 5 pp.

2. "Recent Development in Swedish Social History of the Period since 1800", in Social History Vol. 9 No 1, 1984, 8 pp.

1. "Klios nya ängel och Ikaros", in: Svensk Historisk Tidskrift No. 4, 1983, 4 pp.

Installation lecture


Installation Lecture, Helsinki University February 2008

The inaugural lecture by FidiPro Professor Bo Stråth was held on Monday 4th February at 2 pm. In his lecture Professor Stråth dealt with the topic: Historikerns framtida roll: från det nationella uppdraget till det globala (The Future Role of the Historian: from the National towards the Global Mandate). The lecture was followed by refreshments in the Teachers’ Lounge.

Text of the lecture (pdf)

Series Multiple Europes


Series Multiple Europes published by PIE-Peter Lang, Brussels. Series editor since Nr 9 Bo Stråth

Introduction to Multiple Europes series (pdf)

Multiple Europes series titles (pdf)