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The modern meaning of the term the people has developed at least three different meanings: as a political unity (demos), as a cultural entity (ethnos) and as a social entity (plethos).

The people" can mean many things: it can be a political unit (demos), a cultural entity (ethnos), and a social multitude (pléthos). Modern historian Ove Korsgaard focuses on the crucial struggles over who has (or has not) belonged to the people in the past 175 years and looks at its implications for state- and nation-building in Denmark and other Nordic countries.

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In this book Ove Korsgaard, the well-known scholar of democracy, examines how the concept people has changed throughout Danish history. Interpretations and uses of this notion have had dramatic influence on the building of the Danish society. The struggle of the people is the struggle for power in society. Until The Age of Enlightenment the concept was used to categorise the subjects of the master of the house, the subjects of the King, the su...

This book presents a biography of Grundtvig and an analysis of his contribution to current political science.

Adult Learning & the Challenges of the 21st Century was the title of Theme One at the fifth UNESCO conference on Adult Education in Hamburg July1997. The theme had the following keywords: Adult learning for democracy and human rights, Promoting a culture of peace, Encouraging active citizenship, The Role of NGOs, Poverty alleviation, Adult learning and gender issues, Cultural diversity/minority issues, Indigenous peoples. The Association for W...