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When the City has Triumphed
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City and country hand in hand
Life in the city and in the country are becoming blurred. Centre and periphery are a question of our subjective experience. We are becoming regionalised, individualised and globalised in an urbanised setting.
Two politicians – two worlds
When the Swedish political scene was dominated by Thorbjörn Fälldin and Olof Palme, the major issues of society were always at the centre. As party leaders, they represented completely different perspectives on citizenship, personal responsibility and the role of the State.
The land of rebirth
Spanish-speaking Latinos are now the largest group of minorities in the US. In America's immigrant society, cultural heterogeneity still lives on in fertile symbiosis with national identity and community.
City of degradation
Vilhelm Moberg's and Maria Sandel's depictions of the city are still quite pertinent. The pattern in women's and men's relation to urbanisation repeats itself.