Societies in Transition: East-Central Europe Today : Prague Papers on Social Responses to Transformation

by Stein Ringen, Claire Wallace (Editor)

240 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1994

About the author

Stein Ringen (born July 5, 1945) is a Norwegian sociologist and political scientist. He is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford (formerly Green College, Oxford).

Early life and education
Ringen holds a magister degree in political science (a 7-year degree including 3 years of research) from the University of Oslo (1972) and a Dr. philos. degree from the University of Oslo (1987).

Career
He has been a visiting professor at Université de Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne (1995, 1996), École Normale Supérieure de Cachan (1996-1997), Masaryk University (2003), Charles University (2003), University of the West Indies (2004, 2006) and Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (2006).

Books
2023: The Story of Scandinavia: From the Vikings to Social Democracy
2016: The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century[2][3]
2013: Nation of Devils: Democratic Leadership and the Problem of Obedience, Yale Univ. Press[1]
2009: The Economic Consequences of Mr Brown
2007: What Democracy Is For
2006: The Possibility of Politics (new edition)
2005: Citizens, Families, and Reform (new edition)
2004: Norges nye befolkning
2000: Veien til det gode liv'
1999: Ordet som er (co-author)
1998: The Family in Question
1997: Reformdemokratiet