Reflections on the Making of Norway
This chapter discusses the development of Norway - like Scotland, a small, peripheral country - into an economically efficient and relatively egalitarian nation. A comparison is drawn between the subsistence economy in Rural North Norway and the Scottish Highlands and Islands, and the effects of ind...
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Edinburgh University Press
2015
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9780748696208.003.0007 |
| Summary: | This chapter discusses the development of Norway - like Scotland, a small, peripheral country - into an economically efficient and relatively egalitarian nation. A comparison is drawn between the subsistence economy in Rural North Norway and the Scottish Highlands and Islands, and the effects of industrialisation and consequent urbanisation in both countries. It considers the effects of land ownership in Scotland where the pre-industrial subsistence system was largely destroyed, and contrasts it with the relative attractiveness of subsistence farming in Norway and the opportunities for farm ownership and pluriactivity available to the rural populace, which was denied to their Scottish counterparts. Various important factors which contributed to the existence of equable pay levels for rural and urban employment in Norway are also touched upon in the Chapter. |
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