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Stein Ringen

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

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).

He has written several books in Norwegian and English. He is also a regular contributor to Norwegian public debate.

Books

  • 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

ARTICLES Faith in freedom (2011): http://www.sgiquarterly.org/feature2011Jly-2.html


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