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8. Jun 2009
Sino-Icelandic relations in times of intense globalization – Mutual respect and benefits for all? By Lilja Hjartardóttir
gender, Globalization, InFocus
Sino-Icelandic relations are a recent and undertheorised phenomenon compared with Sino-Nordic relations that were already established early in the 20th century. Once business relations took hold in the 1990s Icelanders moved quickly into the immense Chinese market. While trade relations have maintained their priority status in the execution of foreign policy, participation in the international […]
Read more25. May 2009
From Thailand to Svalbard: migration on the margins by An-Magritt Jensen
gender, Globalization, InFocus
Halfway between the European mainland and the North Pole, a group of islands, Svalbard, has become a Thai diaspora in miniature. Longyearbyen, the only place with permanent settlement, is a tiny city with only 2,000 inhabitants. Norwegians are in the majority and make up 85 per cent of the population. But among the 30 other […]
Read more15. May 2009
The contradictory impact of globalization and migration on gender equality by Professor Birte Siim
gender, Globalization, InFocus
The challenges from globalization and migrationGlobalization is contested, and the meanings of globalization need to be discussed within different contexts. Trans-nationalism challenges established research paradigms connected to the nation states. One of the challenges of gender research is arguably to focus on diversities among women within and between nation states, for example between women in […]
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