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The Danish economy offers a dose of American labor market flexibility inside a European welfare state. The Danish government allows employers a relatively high level of freedom to dismiss workers, but also provides generous unemployment insurance. Widespread union coverage and an active system of collective bargaining help regulate working conditions in the absence of strong government regulation. Denmark's rate of low-wage work--8.5 percent--is the lowest of the five countries under analysis. In Low-Wage Work in Denmark, a team of Danish researchers combines comprehensive national registry data with detailed case studies of five industries to explore why low-end jobs are so different in Denmark. Some jobs that are low-paying in the United States, including hotel maids and meat processors, though still demanding, are much more highly compensated in Denmark. And Danes, unlike American workers, do not stay in low-wage jobs for long. Many go on to higher paying jobs, while a significant minority ends up relying temporarily on income support and benefits sustained by one of the highest tax rates in the world. Low-Wage Work in Denmark provides an insightful look at the particularities of the Danish labor market and the lessons it holds for both the United States and the rest of Europe.

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Title: A survey of the written reception of Carl Nielsen, 1931-2006.
Author: Niels Krabbe
Publication: Notes (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 64Issue: 1Page: 43(14)

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Chapters: Viggo Jensen, Niels Larsen, Holger Nielsen, Erik Sætter-Lassen, Eugen Schmidt, Anders Peter Nielsen, Povl Gerlow, Laurits Larsen, Niels Andersen, Ole Olsen, Jens Hajslund, Lars Jørgen Madsen, Frants Nielsen, Niels Christian Christensen, Anders Petersen, Hans Kjeld Rasmussen, Hans Denver. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Alexander Viggo Jensen (June 22, 1874 - November 2, 1930) was a Danish weightlifter, shooter, gymnast, and athlete. He was the first Danish Olympic champion, at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. The first weightlifting event held was the two-handed lift, in a style now known as the clean and jerk. Jensen and Launceston Elliot of Great Britain and Ireland finished the competition tied at 111.5 kilograms, though the judges declared Jensen had performed the lift with better form and would be awarded first place. The British delegation protested, resulting in more attempts being given both lifters to improve their scores. Neither did and therefore Jensen retained first place, but he had injured his shoulder in the extra attempts. That injury hampered Jensen's efforts in the one-handed lift, the snatch. He was able to lift only 57.0 kilograms to Elliot's 71.0 kilograms, taking second place in the event. Jensen competed in the shot put, placing fourth. He was not among the top four in the discus throw, placing sixth. In the gymnastics competitions, Jensen entered the rope climbing event. He did not finish the climb, placing fourth behind the two Greeks who did reach the top of the 14 metre rope and Fritz Hoffmann, who had gotten higher than Jensen. He was ahead of Launceston Elliot in the event. He also competed in the two rifle events. In the military rifle, Jensen placed sixth with a score of 1,640 points and 30 hits of 4...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=225827 ... Read more

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Chapters: Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen, Ragnhild Hveger, Michael Maze, Niels Larsen, Holger Nielsen, Jørn Sørensen, Kristine Roug, Camilla Martin, Christian Frederiksen, Louise Bager Due, Erik Hansen, Charles Buchwald, Arne Nielsson, Johannes Gandil, Karl Aage Hansen, Karen Harup, Lene Rantala, Trine Hansen, Mette Schjoldager, Hans Pedersen, Greta Andersen, Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen, Anthon Olsen, Erik Sætter-Lassen, Vilhelm Wolfhagen, Ole Berntsen, Erik Kuld Jensen, Knud Lundberg, Johan Andersen, Harald Hansen, Ejvind Hansen, Eugen Schmidt, Ellen Osiier, Ludvig Drescher, Axel Thufason, Ivar Lykke, Karen Hoff, Jesper Bank, Lis Hartel, Jakob Jensen, Anders Peter Nielsen, Paul Berth, Harald Klem, Eskild Ebbesen, Thomas Ebert, Birte Christoffersen, Tonje Kjærgaard, Camilla Andersen, Karen Brødsgaard, Katrine Fruelund, Hans Jacob Nielsen, Tina Bøttzau, Rikke Petersen-Schmidt, Niels Petersen, Axel Petersen, Helena Blach Lavrsen, Anette Hoffmann, Charles Winckler, Lotte Kiærskou, Kristine Andersen, Karin Mortensen, Benny Nielsen, Margit Pörtner, Steen Secher, Niels Fredborg, Laurits Larsen, Janne Kolling, Anne Dorthe Tanderup, Mette Vestergaard, Oluf Olsson, Emil Jørgensen, Lukas Nielsen, Johannes Eriksen, Henning Holst, Henning Enoksen, Carl Andersen, Herold Jansson, Niels Andersen, Eva Arndt, Valdemar Bandolowski, Poul Hansen, Christina Roslyng, Ole Olsen, Peter Christiansen, Poul Jensen, Søren Petersen, Hjalmar Christoffersen, Jane Bidstrup, Peter Marius Andersen, Jørgen Bojsen-Møller, Erik Husted, Marius Skram-Jensen, Oluf Pedersen, Dan Frost, Finn Tugwell, Hans Trier Hansen, Victor Feddersen, Halvor Birch, Henriette Mikkelsen, John Danielsen, Gergely Salim, Svend Wad, Christian Von Bülow, Ernst Schultz, Trine Qvist, Marius Thuesen, Robert Madsen, Viktor Rasmussen, Frode Kirkebjerg, Inge Sørensen, Arvor Hansen, Rikke Hørlykke, Gitte Sunesen, Jens Hajslund, Knud Holm, Steen Olsen, Marianne Florman, Aage Larsen, Bent Hansen, Christian H...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2327712 ... Read more

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Chapters: Viggo Jensen, Niels Larsen, Holger Nielsen, Erik Sætter-Lassen, Eugen Schmidt, Anders Peter Nielsen, Povl Gerlow, Laurits Larsen, Niels Andersen, Ole Olsen, Lars Jørgen Madsen, Jens Hajslund, Frants Nielsen, Niels Christian Christensen, Anders Petersen, Hans Kjeld Rasmussen, Hans Denver,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Alexander Viggo Jensen (June 22, 1874 - November 2, 1930) was a Danish weightlifter, shooter, gymnast, and athlete. He was the first Danish Olympic champion, at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. The first weightlifting event held was the two-handed lift, in a style now known as the clean and jerk. Jensen and Launceston Elliot of Great Britain and Ireland finished the competition tied at 111.5 kilograms, though the judges declared Jensen had performed the lift with better form and would be awarded first place. The British delegation protested, resulting in more attempts being given both lifters to improve their scores. Neither did and therefore Jensen retained first place, but he had injured his shoulder in the extra attempts. That injury hampered Jensen's efforts in the one-handed lift, the snatch. He was able to lift only 57.0 kilograms to Elliot's 71.0 kilograms, taking second place in the event. Jensen competed in the shot put, placing fourth. He was not among the top four in the discus throw, placing sixth. In the gymnastics competitions, Jensen entered the rope climbing event. He did not finish the climb, placing fourth behind the two Greeks who did reach the top of the 14 metre rope and Fritz Hoffmann, who had gotten higher than Jensen. He was ahead of Launceston Elliot in the event. He also competed in the two rifle events. In the military rifle, Jensen placed sixth with a score of 1,640 points and 30 hits of ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=225827 ... Read more

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Chapters: Dieterich Buxtehude, Carl Nielsen, Knud Jeppesen, Niels Gade, Jesper Kyd, Bent Lorentzen, Rued Langgaard, Jurij Moskvitin, Jens Fink-Jensen, List of Danish Composers, Thomas Troelsen, Asger Hamerik, Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, Martin Lohse, Erling Brene, Peter Lange-Müller, Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt, Carl Viggo Meincke, Anne Linnet, Vagn Holmboe, Carsten Bo Eriksen, Bent Fabric, Joachim Andersen, Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, Per Nørgård, Tommy Seebach, Karl Aage Rasmussen, Nicolaus Bruhns, Emil Hartmann, Mogens Winkel Holm, Niels Eje, Arthur Ivan Allin, Friedrich Kuhlau, Ib Nørholm, Franz Xaver Neruda, Hans Abrahamsen, Hakon Børresen, Remee, Werner Knudsen, Simon Ravn, F.l.æ. Kunzen, Holger Lagerfeldt, Søren Hyldgaard, Jacob Gade, Frederik Magle, John Frandsen, Franz Syberg, Marcus Meibomius, Paul Von Klenau, Johannes Frederik Fröhlich, Ludolf Nielsen, Aksel Agerby, Gustav Helsted, Birgitte Alsted, Marilyn Mazur, Nancy Dalberg, Thomas Koppel, Victor Bendix, Peter Arnold Heise, Christian Skeel, Aage Stentoft, Christian Geisler, Kai Aage Bruun, Otto Malling, Ida Henriette Da Fonseca, Jens Bjerre Jacobsen, Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Johannes Erasmus Iversen, Hans Christian Lumbye, Henning Christiansen, Joachim Neergaard, Launy Grøndahl, Truid Aagesen, Lotte Anker, Hans Ernst Krøyer, Jørgen Ditleff Bondesen, Carl Cohn Haste, Louis Glass, Thomas Laub, Ditlev Ludvig Rogert, Bent Sørensen, Julius Bechgaard, Ludvig Schytte, Finn Høffding, Eduard Holst, Carl Bergstrøm-Nielsen, Poul Ruders, Morten Olsen, Lars Winther, Emil Reesen, Bjarne Hoyer, Ilja Bergh, Andreas Peter Berggreen, Kjell Roikjer, Otto Mortensen, Benny Andersen, Johan Amberg, Bo Holten, Ludvig Holm, Claus Schall, Holger Simon Paulli, Siegfried Salomon, Joseph Glæser, Henrik Carlsen, Carl Ludvig Gerlach, Niels Peter Jensen, Ole Buck, Axel Grandjean, Knudåge Riisager, Karsten Vogel, Niels La Cour, Lars Lilholt, Johan Voltmar, Georg Carl Bohlmann, Aske Bent...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=87145 ... Read more

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Presidentual morality and civil religion
Dr Nielsen clarifies for us the historic co-existence in the U.S. of an American civil religious setting vis-a-vis our traditional ecclesiastical setting.He traces with clarity the country's absorption of the ethical and moral tone set by each president beginning with George Washington.This moral and ethical tone iminating from the Presidency explains our national morality as complementing our private denominational religious authority and perhaps making possible the balance between a seperate but equally moral/ethical state and church.The encapsulated history of selected Presidents constructs this premise beginning with Geprge Washington.Washington is seen as setting the standard for presidentual integrity and prudence even in small anecdotes including Washington's admonition to his soldiers not to torture prisoners.The thread of Presidentual ethical influence is woven interestengly through numerous presidents including Lincoln, Wilson,Roosevelt, Nixon, Bush and Obama.Dr Nielsen concludes that President Obama understands well that the Presidency carries heavy symbolic religious significance and also recognizes the reality of growing religious pluralism in America and all that portends for our future.

A solid addition to any collection focusing on politics or religion
When Henry the VIII embraced Protestantism, much of England did as well. Does the same principle apply in America? "God in the Obama Era: Presidents' Religion and Ethics from George Washington to Barack Obama" analyzes faith in politics and its status throughout history. One of the country's founding principles is freedom of religion, and this fact has given rise to unusual and unique to America aspects of politics and how it relates to the arena of God. "God in the Obama Era" is a fine collection of essays from Niels C. Nielsen, and a solid addition to any collection focusing on politics or religion.

God in the Obama Era
Well-known scholar Niels Nielsen has written a timely book about American presidents and their religious beliefs.He begins appropriately with George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, continues to Abraham Lincoln, and then in an interesting jump goes to Woodrow Wilson and Warren Harding, an enormous contrast.With each study of the presidents he reviews, the author compares salient aspects of their beliefs with those of President Obama, providing provocative examinations that are certain to lead to lively discussions for a group and serious rumination for the single reader.

Mary Seaton Dix, editor emerita, Papers of Jefferson Davis, Rice University

Religious and Ethical influences on the American Presidency as seen by a highly revered scholar
Dr. Nielsen is the author of REVOLUTIONS IN EASTERN EUROPE: THE RELIGIOUS ROOTS, a study of the role religious beliefs entered into the liberation of Eastern Europe after Communist domination and how those beliefs inspire oppressed peoples to this day. In SOLZHENITSYN'S RELIGION, Dr. Nielsen describes how Solzhenitsyn's moral ethics and religious beliefs were reflected in his many magisterial literary masterpieces such as ONE DAY and the Gulag novels.In his latest work, Dr. Nielsen describes how many of our major Presidents religious beliefs and ethics affected important decisions that were made in the context of the eras in which they served. Dr. Nielsen also outlines the religious and ethical influences that are the bases of President Obama's decision making processes.This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in religion and its affects on the men who have occupied the office of President of the United States.

Perspective
Perspective.That is the word for Niels Nielsen's book about the religion of the presidents, "God In The Obama Era".There are popular conceptions about the religious views of our best known presidents.Dr. Nielsens book is based on factual ifnormation and keen insght.The combination yields a well written and helpful understanding of presidential religion that goes beyond the views popularized in the media.If you want to make informed statements about the religious views of some of our best know presidents which will add perspective for the Obama era, this book is a very helpful read.

Jim Bankston ... Read more