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Research
Stein Kuhnle
Externally funded RESEARCH PROJECTS (1980-2018):
“Fairness, personal responsibility and the welfare state”, directed by Alexander Cappelen, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH); four research teams; Principal Investigator of cooperative research team from University of Bergen; financed by Norface, part of Welfare States Futures program (2015-2017), local grant: 180.000 EUR;
“Labour migration and the normative basis of the Norwegian welfare state”, Project director, financed by Research Council of Norway (RCN) (2013-2017); grant: NOK 9.175.000
“Towards a new Chinese welfare state: Chinese perceptions of distributive justice”, project led by Jon Hippe, Fafo, Oslo. Participant, financed by RCN (2013-2017), NOK 9.500.000 (total), Department of Comparative Politics: NOK 1.900.000
“Sino-Nordic Welfare Research Network” (SNoW), project leader, (2010- ) financed by NordForsk (2011-2013): NOK 800.000; by Nordic Council of Ministers (2013-2015): DKK 835.000; University of Bergen (2016): NOK 35.000; Norwegian General Consulate Shanghai (2016): NOK 40.000; Nordic Centre, Fudan University (2016): 3.000 EUR
“The Russian Welfare State under Quadruple Influence: Stability or Conflict?”, project led by Jørn Holm Hansen,NIBR, Oslo. Participant, financed by RCN (2013-2016), NOK 5.500.000 (total), Department of Comparative Politics: NOK 191.000
“The Nordic Welfare State – Historical Foundations and Future Challenges”, Nordic Centre of Excellence, directed by Pauli Kettunen, University of Helsinki; Co-chair of one theme group, Member of management board, financed by NordForsk (2007-2013)
“Developing a normative framework for effective and efficient social security provisioning: an institutional perspective”, Co-director with Marius Olivier, University of Johannesburg, financed by RCN and SA Research Council (2002-2006), grant: NOK 1.500.00
“Welfare, work, legitimacy and globalization”, Co-director with Olav Korsnes, Dept of Sociology, Univ. of Bergen, financed by RCN (2001-2005), grant: NOK 9.000.000
“The Politics of Democratic and Welfare Development in South Eastern Europe”, Director. Financed by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and RCN (2001-2004), grant: NOK 6.000.000
“Reforming Social Protection Systems in Europe”, COAST A15 project, Participant, financed by the European Commission (2000-2004)
“Social Policy in a Development Context”, directed by Huck-ju Kwon, UNRISD, Geneva, Participant, (2002-2004)
“European Social Lessons”, directed by Katherine Marshall and Olivier Butzbach, Participant, funded by ASEM Trust Fund, (2000-2003)
“World Development Report”, subproject funded and organized by The World Bank, Participant (2002-2003)
“The Normative Basis of the Scandinavian Welfare Model”, Co-director with Nanna Kildal, Stein Rokkan Centre, Bergen, financed by RCN (2000-2003), grant: NOK 2.500.000
“Recasting European Welfare States”, directed by Martin Rhodes and Maurizio Ferrera, European Forum, European University Institute, Florence, Participant (1998-1999)
“The Invisible Welfare State”, Director, financed by RCN (1996-1998), grant: NOK 1.200.000
“European Integration and Restructuring of the Welfare State”, Director, financed by RCN/RCN for Applied Social Sciences (1992-1995), grant:
“Bergen-Budapest workshop”, Director, financed by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and RCN (1993-1994), grant: NOK 100.000
“Small States Compared: Norway and Slovenia”, Director, financed by Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and RCN (1992-1994), grant:
“Voluntary organizations and the welfare state”, Director, financed by RCN for Applied Social Sciences (1988-1991), grant: NOK 1.600.000
“Voluntary organizations and the private/public boundary”, Co-director with Per Selle, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, financed by RCN for Applied Social Sciences (1987-1990), grant:
“Welfare: different institutional solutions”, Co-director with Per Selle, financed by RCN for Applied Social Sciences (1986-1988), grant:
“The welfare state: problem-producer or problem-solver?”, Director, financed by RCN for Science and the Humanities (1980-1983), grant: NOK 1.200.000
“Growth to Limits: The Development of West European Welfare States Since 1945”, Directed by Peter Flora, European University Institute, Participant (1980-1983)
Teaching
As of JANUARY 2025
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND GUEST LECTURES
University of Bergen: A great number of topics at all levels in sociology (1977-1982), and comparative politics (1974-1976; 1982-2005; 2009-2023); supervision of a great number of theses at all levels.
Hertie School of Governance, Berlin: A number of topics within comparative social policy for master students (2005-2013); supervision of 40+ master student theses; also lectures for executive training seminars (2012-2015).
Nanjing University, School of Social Development and Behavioral Sciences, intensive course on “Social policies in historical and comparative perspective” (2019)
Nordic Centre, Fudan University, Shanghai; courses on Scandinavian Politics (1995-2003) for master students; course on Nordic Studies (2015, 2017, 2024) for bachelor students; PhD courses 2013, 2015.
European Summer School in Comparative Politics, Chania, Crete (July 1998)
GUEST LECTURES around the world
Australia
- Australian National University, Canberra
Belgium
-Université Libre Bruxelles
Bosnia and Herzegovina
-Institute for Strengthening Democracy, Konjic
Brazil
- Centro Universitario do Distrito Federal
Bulgaria
-University of Sofia
China, People’s Republic
-Fudan University, Shanghai
-Shanghai Teachers‘ University
-East China Normal University, Shanghai
-Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing
-Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing
-Peking University
-Tsinghua University, Beijing
-Nanjing University
-Jiao Tong University, Shanghai
-Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
-Zhejiang University, Hangzhou
-Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, Gansu
-Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu
-Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong
China, SAR Hong Kong
-Chinese University of Hong Kong
-Hong Kong Baptist University
-City University of Hong Kong
-Hong Kong Polytechnic University
-The Education University of Hong Kong
-Hong Kong Social Security Administration
China, SAR Macao
-Macao Polytechnic Institute
China, Taiwan
-National Chung-Cheng University. Chia-Yi
-Ministry of Labour, Taipei
Costa Rica
-University of Costa Rica
Croatia
-Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik
Czech Republic
-Charles University, Prague
Denmark
-University of Aarhus
-National Institute for Social Research, Copenhagen
Finland
-University of Helsinki
-Office oft he Prime Minister
Germany
-University of Mannheim
-Freie Universität Berlin
-University of Bremen
-University of Göttingen
-University of Greifswald
-University of Bonn
-University of Tübingen
-Humboldt University
-Nordic Embassies, Berlin
-Heinrich Böll Stiftung
-Bundestagfraktion Die Grünen
Hungary
-Budapest University of Economics
Indonesia
-Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta
-UNDP, Jakarta
-Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta
Italy
-European University Institute. Florence
Japan
-Tokai University, Tokyo
-Waseda university, Tokyo
-Osaka University of Foreign Studies
-Ritsumeikan University, Ibaraki-Osaka
-Swedish Embassy, Tokyo
- Soka University, Tokyo
- Shiga Prefectoral University
- Kyoto Prefectoral University
- Hosei University, Tokyo
- Tohuko Gakuin University, Sendai
Korea, Republic of
-Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul
-Seoul National University
Latvia
-University of Latvia, Riga
-Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, Valmiera
Lithuania
-Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas
Nepal
-University of Kathmandu
The Netherlands
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Norway (NB: several changes of institutional names since lecturing)
--University of Tromsø
-NTNU, University of Trondeim
-Regional College, Volda
-Regional College, Sogndal
-Regional College, Kristiansand
-Regional College, Bergen
-Molde University College
-College for Social Work, Stavanger
-University of Stavanger
-University of Oslo
-Ministry of Social Affairs
-Norwegian School of Municipal and Social Studies
- „Senior universities“ in Bergen; Fana & Ytrebygda; Laksevåg; Åsane; Askøy; Øygarden & Sotra; Fyllingsdalen; Odda, Haugesund; Førde; Arendal;
Poland
-University of Poznan
-Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Warsaw
Russia
-Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
-Russian Academy of State Management/Public Services, Moscow
-Foundation of Social Ecology, Moscow
Slovenia
-University of Ljubljana
South Africa
- University oft he Western Cape, Cape Town
Soviet Union
-Soviet Academy of Sciences
Spain
-University of Autnomy, Barcelona
-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid
-University of Oviedo
Sweden
-Gothenburg (Nordic Council of Ministers)
Switzerland
-University of Bern
Thailand
-Thamassat University, Bangkok
-Thammasat University, Udon Thani
-University of Chiang Mai
-Rangsit University, Bangkok
Turkey
- Koç University, Istanbul
United Kingdom
-University of Warwick
-University of Sussex
-London School of Economics and Political Science
United States of America
-University of Missouri, St- Louis
-University of California, Berkeley
-American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.
Yugoslavia (1990)
-University of Ljubljana
Publications
Academic article
- Cappelen, Cornelius Wright; Kuhnle, Stein; Linde, Jonas et al. (2025). Adding economic insult to chauvinistic injury? Attitudes toward immigration in Germany, Sweden and the UK. (external link)
- Sass, Katharina; Kuhnle, Stein (2022). The Gender Cleavage: Updating Rokkanian Theory for the Twenty-First Century. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2021). The Nordic Welfare Model: Foundation, Status, Future. (external link)
- Cook, Linda J.; Holm-Hansen, Jørn; Kivinen, Markku et al. (2019). Introduction: The Russian welfare state in a time of economic stagnation. (external link)
- Kainu, Markus; Kivinen, Markku; Kuhnle, Stein et al. (2019). Reform and Stability - The Russian and Chinese Welfare Systems Compared. (external link)
- Cappelen, Alexander Wright; Cappelen, Cornelius; Kuhnle, Stein et al. (2018). How to retrench the welfare state: Attitudes in the general population. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2017). Globalizing welfare. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Hort, Sven E.O.; Alestalo, Matti (2017). "LIÇÕES DO MODELO NÓRDICO DO ESTADO DE BEM-ESTAR SOCIAL E GOVERNANÇA CONSENSUAL" . (external link)
- Nowiak, Wojciech; Kuhnle, Stein; Narozna, Dominika (2016). Rodzina migracyina. Obraz rodziny na podstawie badán polskich imigrantów w Norwegii (Migrant families. The experience of Poles in Norway). (external link)
- Cappelen, Cornelius; Kuhnle, Stein; Midtbø, Tor (2016). Velferdssjåvinisme i Norge? Et listeeksperiment. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Vollebæk, Knut; Axworthy, Lloyd et al. (2014). "Introduction: Human Security at 20 - Lysøen Revisited". (external link)
- Alestalo, Matti; Hort, Sven E.O.; Kuhnle, Stein (2014). Das skandinavische Wohlfahrtsmodell: Merkmale, Rahmenbedingungen und Herausforderungen. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2013). The European Welfare State in Perspective (publisert på kinesisk og engelsk i samme utgave av tidsskriftet). (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Kildal, Nanna (2012). Welfare Principles and Reform Trends in Norway: Towards More Conditional Social Rights?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2011). "Towards a Nordic-East Asian welfare dialogue?". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2010). Commentary: What Role for the Third Sector in European Public Policy-Making?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2010). Turning point for the european social model?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2009). Globalization and social policy. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2008). "The Role of Civil Society for the Development of the Nordic Welfare States". (external link)
- Schiller, Christof; Kuhnle, Stein (2008). "The Erosion of the Institutional Pillars of the German Sozialstaat". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). "Democracy and Productive Welfare: European and Korean Welfare Policy Development in Perspective". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). Das Überleben des Nordischen Wohlfahrtsstaatsmodells in einer globalisierten Weltwirtschaft. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). The Nordic welfare state in a European context: dealing with new economic and ideological challenges in the 1990s. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). The Scandinavian Welfare State in the 1990s. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Hort, Sven (2000). The coming of East and South-East Asian welfare states. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Hort, Sven (2000). The coming of East and South-East Asian welfare states. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). 'The Scandinavian Welfare State in the 1990s'. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). The Nordic welfare state in a European context: dealing with new economic and ideological challenges in the 1990s. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Listhaug, Ola (1997). Makropolitiske komparasjoner, partier og politisk adferd: linjer, status og utfordringer i norsk statsvitenskap. (external link)
Popular scientific article
- Kuhnle, Stein (2023). The Welfare State: The Challenges of Sustainability. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2016). Sosial utjevning i historisk perspektiv. (external link)
- Lindén, Tord Skogedal; Kuhnle, Stein (2013). Er Norge på vei inn i nedturen?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2012). Velferdsstaten globaliseres. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2004). Er velferdsmodellen utgått på dato?. (external link)
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
- Selle, Per; Strømsnes, Kristin; Kuhnle, Stein (2022). Scenarios for Civil Society Impact in Norway. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Sander, Anne (2021). The Emergence of the Western Welfare State. (external link)
- Aidukaite, Jolanta; Hort, Sven E. O.; Kuhnle, Stein (2021). Introduction: Baltic and Nordic Countries from a comparative perspective - family policies and pensions in the era of ageing. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2019). Welfare States with Nordic Characteristics. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Selle, Per; Hort, Sven E.O. (2019). Introduction: globalizing welfare - and evolving Asian-European dialogue. (external link)
- Ervik, Rune; Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein et al. (2019). Changing normative principles of social justice in the Norwegian pension system. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Lindén, Tord Skogedal (2018). Velferdspolitikk i EU og dens konsekvenser for Norge. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Kildal, Nanna (2018). "Velferdsstatens idégrunnlag i perspektiv". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Ervik, Rune (2018). Velferdsstatens politiske grunnlag. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Lindén, Tord Skogedal (2018). Norge - et annerledesland?. (external link)
- Pedersen, Axel West; Kuhnle, Stein (2017). The Nordic welfare state model. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Alestalo, Matti (2017). The Modern Scandinavian Welfare State. (external link)
- Oldervoll, Johannes Andresen; Kuhnle, Stein (2016). The sustainability of European welfare states: the significance of changing labour markets. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2015). Velferdsstaten: Rettigheter for sosial trygghet og likhet. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Kettunen, Pauli; Ren, Yuan (2014). The Development and diffusion of welfare systems and policies in the Nordic countries and China. (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2014). "The principle of universalism challenged". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2014). "Work-life Balance and Social Investment: Towards a Sustainable Post-Industrial European Welfare State" (in Chinese). (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2014). "The principle of universalism challenged: Towards an ideational shift in the Norwegian welfare state?". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2013). "The Global Economic Crisis and Implications for Social and Employment Policy in the EU". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2013). Den norske velferdsstaten i et langsiktig og internasjonalt perspektiv. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2012). Globalization of the welfare state. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2012). The Nordic and East Asian Welfare Models: On Converging Paths?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2011). International Modeling in the Making of the Nordic Social Security Systems. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Ervik, Rune (2011). Velferdsstatens politiske grunnlag. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Kildal, Nanna (2011). Velferdsstatens idégrunnlag i perspektiv. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2011). The Scandinavian Path to Welfare. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Lindén, Tord Skogedal (2011). Norge i møte med Europa. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Graser, Alexander (2010). Social Policy and Multi-level Governance. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Sander, Anne (2010). The Emergence of the Western Welfare State. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Sander, Anne (2010). Welfare State. (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2010). The Nordic model of welfare: the idea of universalism. (external link)
- Alestalo, Matti; Hort, Sven E.O.; Kuhnle, Stein (2010). The Nordic Welfare Model: Conditions, Origins, Outcomes, Lessons. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2009). The Nordic Model: Ambiguous, but Useful Concept. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2008). "Den nordiske modell". (external link)
- Olivier, Marius; Kuhnle, Stein (2008). "Developing a normative framework for effective and efficient social security provisioning: an institutional perspective". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Selle, Per (2008). "Historical relations between voluntarty organizations and government in Norway". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2008). "The concept of the welfare state". (external link)
- Ervik, Rune; Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2008). Knowledge-bearing groups, epistemic communities and the development of normative benchmarking. Historical and contemporary perspectives. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2005). Sozialsysteme im Wandel. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Brömmling, Ulrich (2005). Einleitung: Nah dran: Politik und Soziales. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2005). Nordic Welfare States: Characteristics and Challenges. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2005). Preface. (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2005). "The Nordic welfare model and the idea of universalism". (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2005). "Introduction". (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2004). Universalism in Nordic Social Policy. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2004). Productive Welfare in Korea: Moving Towards a European Welfare State Type?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2004). Nordic Welfare States in Perspective. (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2004). Norway: an amenable member of the OECD. (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2004). 'The principle of universalism: tracing a key idea in the Scandinavian welfare model'. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2003). Alternatives to Neo-Liberalism in social Policy? Is the Nordic Welfare State Still Alive?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Hatland, Aksel; Hort, Sven E O (2003). A Work-Friendly Welfare State: Lessons from Europe. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2001). The Nordic welfare state in a European context: dealing with new economic and ideological challenges in the 1990s. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2001). Den skandinaviske velferdsstat i det globale konkurransesamfunn. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). The Scandinavian Type of Welfare State. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). 'The Scandinavian Welfare States in the 1990s: Challenged but Viable'. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). 'European welfare lessons of the 1990s'. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Eitrheim, Pål (2000). 'Nordic welfare states in the 1990s: institutional stability, signs of divergence'. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Reflections on the Nordic Welfare State. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Alestalo, Matti (2000). 'Introduction: growth, adjustments and survival of European welfare states'. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Political Reconstruction of the European Welfare State (in Japanese). (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1999). Tyskland og sosialforsikringens gjennombrudd i Norge. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1999). Deutschland und der Durchbruch der Sozialversicherung in Norwegen. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1998). The Scandinavian Type of Welfare State. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1997). Stein Rokkan, Sammenliknende politikk, Velferdsstat. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1997). Political Reconstruction of the European Welfare States. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1997). Reshaping the Welfare State. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1997). La Reconstruccion Politica de los Estados del Bienestar Europeos. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1997). Fra Karfucius via Bismarck til Beveridge? Kinesisk velferdspolitikk i støpeskjeen. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Ervik, Rune (1997). The Nordic Welfare Model and the European Union. (external link)
- Ervik, Rune; Kuhnle, Stein (1993). Forord. (external link)
- Ervik, Rune; Kuhnle, Stein (1993). Sosial kunnskap, risiko og sosialpolitikk. (external link)
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
- Aidukaite, Jolanta; Hort, Sven E. O.; Kuhnle, Stein (2021). Challenges to the Welfare State: Family and Pension Policies in the Baltic and Nordic Countries. (external link)
- Jing, Tian-kui; Kuhnle, Stein; Pan, Yi et al. (2019). Aging Welfare and Social Policy: China and the Nordic Countries in Comparative Perspective. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Selle, Per; Hort, Sven E.O. (2019). Globalizing Welfare: An Evolving Asian-European-Dialogue. (external link)
- Hatland, Aksel; Kuhnle, Stein; Romøren, Tor Inge (2018). Den norske velferdsstaten. (external link)
- Petersen, Klaus; Kuhnle, Stein; Otsuka, Yoko et al. (2017). The Nordic Welfare Model: Still Sustainable? Five Exceptions and Policy Cooperation. (external link)
- Liu, Chunrong; Kuhnle, Stein (2015). Fudan Political Science Review, Special Issue, Vol. 14. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Kettunen, Pauli; Ren, Yuan (2014). Reshaping Welfare Institutions in China and the Nordic Countries. (external link)
- Ngok, Kinglun; Kuhnle, Stein; Yan, Xueyong (2014). Work-life Balance: Theoretical Implications and Chinese Reality. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Ngok, Kinglun (2014). Work-life Balance: Theoretical implications and Chinese reality. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Chen, Yinzhang; Petersen, Klaus et al. (2010). The Nordic Welfare State. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Chen, Yinzhang; Petersen, Klaus et al. (2010). The Nordic Welfare State. (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2005). "Normative Foundations of the Welfare State: The Nordic experience". (external link)
- Gregorieva, Irina; Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein et al. (2004). Welfare State Development in Nordic Countries and Russia (russisk/engelsk). (external link)
- Mishra, Remesh; Kuhnle, Stein; Gilbert, Neil et al. (2004). Modernizing the Korean Welfare State: Towards the Productive Welfare Model. (external link)
Popular scientific book
Book review
- Kuhnle, Stein (2019). Bokomtale: The Changing Meanings of the Welfare State: Histories of a key concept in the Nordic countries. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2010). "Velferdens grenser. Innvandringspolitikk og velferdsstat i Skandinavia 1945-2010" (Oslo, Universitetsforlaget), av Grete Brochmann og Anniken Hagelund. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2010). "The Narcissism of Minor Differences: How America and Europe Are Alike", (Oxford University Press, 2009), av Peter Baldwin. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2010). "Når velferd blir politikk. Partier, organisasjoner og opinion", av Ann Helen Bay, Axel West Pedersen, og Jon Saglie. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2009). E.P.Hennock, The Origin of the Welfare State in England and Germany, 1850-1914: Social Policies Compared. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2009). Daniel Béland and André Lecours, Nationalism and Social Policy: The Politics of Territorial Solidarity. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2009). Nationalism and Social Policy: The Politics of Territorial Solidarity. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2008). Anmeldelse av Jon Arne Dølvik, Tone Fløtten, Gudmund Hernes and Jon Hippe (red) "Hamskifte: Den norske modellen i endring" (Oslo, Gyldendal, 2007). (external link)
Editorial
- Elvbakken, Kari Tove; Hansen, Hans-Tore; Kuhnle, Stein (2018). Velferdsstatens normative spørsmål. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Lindén, Tord Skogedal (2013). The financial crisis and the European welfare state(s). (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2005). Global Ideas Matter, Local Power Decides? Guest Editor's Introduction. (external link)
Doctoral dissertation
- Palmer, Erika; Kuhnle, Stein; Haskins, Cecilia (2017). Systems Engineering Applied to Evaluate Social Systems. Analyzing systemic challenges to the Norwegian welfare state. (external link)
- Gåsemyr, Hans Jørgen; Kuhnle, Stein; Strømsnes, Kristin (2015). Non-governmental participation within authoritarian constraints: Twenty years of organizational growthand institutional developmentaround AIDS in China. (external link)
- Berven, Nina; Kuhnle, Stein (2005). National politics and cross-national ideas : welfare, work and legitimacy in the United States and Norway. (external link)
Popular scientific chapter/article
Academic lecture
- Cappelen, Alexander Wright; Cappelen, Cornelius; Kuhnle, Stein (2016). How to tighten social security: attitudes in the general population. (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2014). “Free movement of European citizens: New policy discourses and political responses in Norway”. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2013). European welfare states and pension reforms: challenges and directions. (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2012). “The Principle of Universalism Challenged: Towards an Ideational Shift in the Norwegian Welfare State?”. (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2011). “The principle of universalism challenged? Recent ideas and reforms in the Norwegian welfare state”. (external link)
- Lindén, Tord Skogedal; Kuhnle, Stein (2010). Norge i møte med Europa. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Kildal, Nanna (2010). Velferdsstatens idégrunnlag i perspektiv. (external link)
- Ervik, Rune; Kuhnle, Stein (2010). Velferdstatens politiske grunnlag. (external link)
- Sander, Anne; Schmitt, Christopher; Kuhnle, Stein (2010). "Towards a Chinese Welfare State? Tagging the Concept of Social Security in China". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2008). "Tysk sosialpolitikk". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2008). "Die nordischen Welfare Regimes - Vorbild oder Auslaufmodell?". (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2006). Universal old age pensions: Arguments at time of introduction in Canada, Mauritius and Norway. (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2006). "International ideas and employment and family support policies in Denmark and Norway 1990-2005". (external link)
- Ervik, Rune; Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2005). "From Local and Partial to National and All Inclusive: How the Welfare State Got to Where it Now Is". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2005). The concept of the welfare state and the developmental welfare state in Scandinavia. (external link)
- Ervik, Rune; Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2005). "Knowledge-bearing groups, epistemic communities, and the development of normative becnhmarking. Historical and contemporary perspectives". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Selle, Per (2005). Historical relations between voluntary organizations and government in Norway. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2005). Globalization and the development of social policy. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Kildal, Nanna (2005). "Welfare - whose responsibility? A Note on the Nordic Distinctiveness". (external link)
- Ervik, Rune; Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2004). Knowledge-bearing groups, epistemic communities and development of normative benchmarking. Historical and contemporary perspectives�. (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2004). "Global ideas and impact on small countries: Scandinavian employment and family support policies". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2004). Hvorfor er det sammenheng mellom lokaldemokrati og velferd?. (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2004). "Global ideas and impact on small countries: Scandinavian employment and family support policies". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2004). Velferdspolitikken i EU - og konsekvenser for Norge. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2003). "Global welfare: who thinks what and why?", innlegg på post-graduate course. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2003). Velferdsstaten. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Hort, Sven E O (2003). "The Developmental Welfare State in Scandinavia: Lessons to the Developing World". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2003). Alternatives to neo-liberalism in social policy. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2003). The tragedy of the commons. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2003). Hart's inverse health law". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2003). The Nordic welfare state - still alive?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). 'Whither Scandinavian welfare states?'. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). 'National welfare states and European integration'. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). 'The making of Nordic modern societies'. (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2002). "Universalism in the Scandinavian Welfare Policy". (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2002). The Principle of Universalism: Tracing a Key Idea in the Scandinavian Welfare Model. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). Productive welfare in Korea: Moving towards a European welfare state type?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). Alternatives to neo-liberalism in social policy. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). The Nordic Welfare State in Perspective. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). "The Nordic Welfare Model Meets the New Global Economy: Still Sustainable?". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). Nordic welfare states in perspective. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Kwon, Huck-ju; Selle, Per et al. (2002). Political institutions, democracy and welfare: a comparative study of Norway and Korea. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). Nordic welfare states in perspective. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). End of the Scandinavian welfare state?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). Alternatives to neo-liberalism in social policy. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). "End of the Scandinavian Welfare State?". (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2002). "The Principle of Universalism: Tracing a Key Idea in the Scandinavian Welfare Model". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). 'Nordic politics'. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). 'End of the Scaninavian welfare state?'. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). 'Nordic welfare states in perspective'. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). 'Alternatives to neo-liberalism: The Nordic welfare state still alive?'. (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2002). The Principle of Universalism: Tracing a Key Concept in the Scandinavian Welfare Model. (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein; Zeiner, Hilde (2001). Norway. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2001). Demokratisering i Kina?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2001). The Nordic Welfare Model Meets the New Global Economy: Still Sustainable?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2001). Democracy and Productive Welfare: European and Korean Welfare Policy Development in Perspective. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2001). Alternatives to Neo-liberalism?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2001). Nordic Welfare States in Perspective. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2001). Nordic Welfare States in Perspective. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2001). Nordic Welfare States in Perspective. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2001). Globalisation of the welfare state?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2001). Globalisation of the Welfare State?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2001). Reform and consolidation of Scandinavian welfare states. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2001). Das Überleben des nordischen Wohlfahrtsstaatsmodells in einer globalisierten Weltwirtschaft. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Hort, Sven E O (2001). "Bringing East and Southeast Asia into Welfare State Modelling and Theorising". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2001). Democracy and Productive Welfare: Korean Welfare Policy in Perspective. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Challenges to the Nordic welfare state. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). 'Why welfare states?'. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). 'How to compare welfare states?'. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). 'The Scandinavian Type of Welfare States'. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Challenges to the European Welfare State. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Globalization of the Welfare State?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). 'The Scandinavian Welfare States in the 1990s: Challenged but Viable'. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Den europeiske velferdsstats fremtid, utviklingstrekk og utfordringer. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Reform and consolidation of Scandinavian welfare states. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Types of European Welfare States. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). History of the European Welfare State. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Refrom and consolidation of Scandinavian welfare states. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Challenges of European Welfare States. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Hatland, Aksel; Hort, Sven (2000). A Work-Friendly Welfare State: Lessons from Europe. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Hatland, Aksel; Hort, Sven (2000). A Work-Friendly Welfare State: Lessons from Europe. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Hatland, Aksel; Hort, Sven (2000). A Work-Friendly Welfare State: Lessons from Europe. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Globalisering av velferdsstaten?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). History of the European Welfare State. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Challenges to the European Welfare State. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Globalization of the Welfare State?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Refrom and consolidation of Scandinavian welfare states. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). How to compare welfare states?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Reform and consolidation of Scandinavian welfare states. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Opening statement. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Why welfare states?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). The Scandinavian Welfare States in the 1990s: Challenged but Viable. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Types of European Welfare States. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Den europeiske velferdsstats fremtid, utviklingstrekk og utfordringer. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). The Scandinavian Type of Welfare States. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Hatland, Aksel; Hort, Sven (2000). A Work-Friendly Welfare State: Lessons from Europe. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Challenges to the Nordic welfare state. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Challenges of European Welfare States. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1999). The Coming of Asian Welfare States. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1999). Unemployment, Poverty and Welfare Policy in Europe. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1999). European Welfare States in perspective. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1999). The Scandinavian Welfare Model. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1999). The Scandinavian Welfare State and its Challenges. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1999). Issues of Social Policies in Scandinavia. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1999). Why Welfare states?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1999). Prospects for Welfare Policy Development in a Pauperized Society. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1999). Models of European Welfare States. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Ervik, Rune (1992). The Scandinavian Welfare States and the Limited Relevance of the EC. (external link)
Report
- Gong, Sen; Ge, Yanfeng; Kuhnle, Stein (2016). China National Human Development Report 2016: Social Innovation for Inclusive Human Development (også utgitt på kinesisk). (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2005). Social Policy Development in South Eastern Europe: Outside Influences and Domestic Forces. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Hort, Sven E.O. (2004). The Developmental Welfare State in Scandinavia: Lessons for the Developing World. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Sokolovic, Dezmal (2003). The Balkans: Searching for Solutions Conference Proceedings. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Sokolovic, Dezmal (2003). The Balkans: Searching for Solutions. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1999). Survival of the European Welfare State, ARENA Working Paper Series. (external link)
- Eitrheim, Pål; Kuhnle, Stein (1999). The Scandinavian Welfare Model: Trends and Perspectives. (external link)
Feature article
- Mjelde, Hilmar Langhelle; Kuhnle, Stein (2016). Det amerikanske velferdsunntaket. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2016). The dilemma of more taxes for better welfare. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2015). Add a Nordic touch to China's welfare society. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2013). Flere barn skal redde eldrebølgen. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2013). "Store utfordringer for den kinesiske landsbygden: Etterlatt, forlatt, overlatt". (external link)
- Gåsemyr, Hans Jørgen; Kuhnle, Stein (2013). Velferd i Kina: Verdens største velferdsreform skal løfte landet. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2013). Ombygging av velferdsstaten. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2013). Spammens evinnelige forbannelse. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2013). Den nordiske modellen - en supermodell for hele verden?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2012). På vei mot velferdsstat? Går det mot et postkommunistisk velferdsregime i Kina?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2012). "Ny britisk barnetrygd: Et eksempel - ikke til etterfølgelse". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Lindén, Tord Skogedal (2011). Velferd kan dempe uro. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2011). "Velferdsstatens ukritiske import av begreper". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2011). Kan Norden vise vei? Kina ved et velferdspolitisk veiskille. (external link)
- Lindén, Tord Skogedal; Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2011). Barnetrygd og fattigdom. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2011). "21 dager med Dagbladet". (external link)
- Lindén, Tord Skogedal; Klose, Oliver; Kuhnle, Stein (2010). Politisk bullshit om dogshit: kontroll og moral i velferdsstaten. (external link)
- Lindén, Tord Skogedal; Ervik, Rune; Kuhnle, Stein (2009). Finanskrise og økende ulikhet. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2008). "Hvem tjener på mørketallene?". (external link)
- Lærum, Ole Didrik; Kuhnle, Stein (2008). "Naboskap eller tvangsekteskap?". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2008). "Utvandringens pris". (external link)
- Grønmo, Sigmund; Kuhnle, Stein (2004). Avklarende om høyere utdanning. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Lærum, Ole Didrik (2004). Rektorenes lederrolle og ny universitetslov. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Lærum, Ole Didrik (2004). Rektorenes lederrolle og ny Universitetslov. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2004). Er velferdsmodellen utgått på dato?. (external link)
- Kildal, Nanna; Kuhnle, Stein (2004). OECD og "spillet om idéer". (external link)
- Grønmo, Sigmund; Kuhnle, Stein (2004). Avklarende om høyere utdanning. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2003). Lokaldemokrati og velferdspolitikk. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Kwon, Huck-ju (2002). Sør-Koreas vei ut av krisen. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Kwon, Huck-ju (2002). Koreansk krisemedisin - 'produktiv velferd'. (external link)
- Grønmo, Sigmund; Kuhnle, Stein (2001). Styringsreform ved universitetene. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2001). Reform og kunnskap. (external link)
- Grønmo, Sigmund; Kuhnle, Stein (2001). Styringsreform ved universitetene. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2001). "Før drittsekk-tv". (external link)
- Grønmo, Sigmund; Kuhnle, Stein (2001). Styringsreform ved universitetene. (external link)
- Yao, Xiaoling; Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Demokratisering på kinesisk vis. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). 'Bergenisering'. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Universitet eller konsern. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Mjøs-utvalgets mirakel. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Globalisering: omstridt begrep og fenomen. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Yao, Xiaoling (2000). Demokratisering på kinesisk. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Den europeiske velferdsstat som sosial kapital. (external link)
- Hort, Sven; Kuhnle, Stein (1999). Asias nye velferdsstater. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1999). Tenkeforbud for arbeidsledige studenter?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1999). Australias farvel til dronningen?. (external link)
Popular scientific lecture
- Kuhnle, Stein (2013). Den nordiske modellen - et forbilde for verden?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2008). "Den tyske velferdsstaten". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2008). "Den norske velferdsstaten - sosialdemokratisk eller politisk-kulturelt felleseie?". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2005). Vil den nordiske velferdsmodellen overleve den europeiske integrasjonen?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2004). "Er den nordiske velferdsmodellen utgått på dato?". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2003). Globalisering - farvel til velferdsstaten?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2003). 'Globalisering - farvel til velferdsstaten?'. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2003). Globalisering - farvel til velferdsstaten?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). "Globalisering - farvel til velferdsstaten?". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). Velferdsstatens verdigrunnlag. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). Globalisering - farvel til velferdsstaten?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2002). "Globalisering - farvel til velferdsstaten?". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2001). Nordic Welfare States in Perspective. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2001). Globalisering - farvel til velferdsstaten?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Opening statement. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Globalisering av velferdsstaten?. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Velferdsstaten i en ny tid. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Velferdsstaten i en ny tid. (external link)
Reader opinion piece
- Kuhnle, Stein (2013). Tvilende til "ubevisst diskriminering". (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Kuhnle, Stein; Lindén, Tord Skogedal (2010). Migration auf norwegisch. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2003). Ærverdige universiteter og styreformer. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2003). Sterk universitetsledelse. (external link)
- Yao, Xiaoling; Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Demokratisering på kinesisk vis. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). 'Bergenisering'. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein; Yao, Xiaoling (2000). Demokratisering på kinesisk. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Globalisering: omstridt begrep og fenomen. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Universitet eller konsern. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Den europeiske velferdsstat som sosial kapital. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Mjøs-utvalgets mirakel. (external link)
Short communication
Textbook
Introduction
Non-fiction book
- Olivier, Marius; Kuhnle, Stein (2008). Norms and institutional design: Social security in Norway and South Africa. (external link)
- Hatland, Aksel; Kuhnle, Stein; Romøren, Tor Inge (2001). Den norske velferdsstaten. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Survival of the European Welfare State. (external link)
- Karvonen, Lauri; Kuhnle, Stein (2000). Party Systems and Voter Alignments Revisited. (external link)
- Ervik, Rune; Kuhnle, Stein (1993). Kunnskap, risiko og sosialpolitikk. Institusjonelle perspektiver på skandinavisk utvikling. (external link)
- Kuhnle, Stein (1986). Det politiske samfunn: Linjer i norsk statsvitenskap. (external link)
Thesis at a second degree level
See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.
PUBLICATIONS as of January 2025
Books/Edited volumes/Booklets
Jolanta Aidukaite, Sven E. O. Hort, and Stein Kuhnle (eds.) (2021), Challenges to the Welfare State: Family and Pnsion policies in the Baltic and Nordic Countries. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publising.
Stein Kuhnle, Per Selle and Sven E. O. Hort (eds.) (2019), Globalizing Welfare: An Evolving Asian-European Dialogue. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Jing, T., Kuhnle, S. Pan, Y., Chen, S. (eds.) (2019), Ageing Welfare and Social Policy: China and the Nordic Countries in Comparative Perspective. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
Aksel Hatland; Stein Kuhnle; Tor Inge Romören (eds) (2018, 5th revised, expanded edition; earlier editions 1994,1996,2001, 2011) Den norske velferdsstaten (The Norwegian Welfare State). Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk
Klaus Petersen, Stein Kuhnle, Yoko Otsuka, Pauli Kettunen, and Akio Kamiko (eds) (2017) The Nordic Welfare Model: Still Sustainable? Five Exceptions and Policy Cooperation. Tokyo: Minerva Shobo. Published in Japanese.
Pauli Kettunen, Stein Kuhnle and Yuan Ren (eds) (2014) Reshaping welfare institutions in China and the Nordic Countries, Helsinki: NordWel Studies in Historical Welfare State Research. Also published in extended version in Chinese, by Fudan University Press
Ngok Kinglun, Stein Kuhnle, Yan Xueyong (eds) (2014) Work-life Balance: Theoretical Implications and Chinese Reality. Shanghai: Truth & Wisdom Press, Shanghai Century Publishing. Published in Chinese.
Stein Kuhnle, Chen Yinzhang, Klaus Petersen, and Pauli Kettunen (eds) (2010) The Nordic Welfare State, Shanghai: Fudan University Press. Published in Chinese.
Stein Kuhnle (ed.) Stein Rokkan - Statesman of the Social Sciences (2009) published by the Norwegian Social Science Data Services (Bergen) and International Social Science Council (Paris), Bergen.
Marius Olivier and Stein Kuhnle (eds (2008) Norms and institutional design: social security in Norway and South Africa, Stellenbosch, South Africa: Sun Press.
Nanna Kildal and Stein Kuhnle (eds)(2005) Normative Foundations of the Welfare State: The Nordic Experience, London/New York: Routledge
Irina Grigorieva, Nanna Kildal, Stein Kuhnle and Vera Minina (eds) (2004) Welfare state development: Nordic and Russian perspectives, St. Petersburg: State University of St. Petersburg.
Ramesh Mishra, Stein Kuhnle, Neil Gilbert, Kyungbae Chung (eds) (2004) Modernizing the Korean Welfare State, New Brunswick, N.J., Transaction
Lauri Karvonen and Stein Kuhnle (eds) (2000) Party Systems and Voter Alignments Revisited, London/New York: Routledge.
Stein Kuhnle (ed.) (2000) Survival of the European Welfare State, London/New York: Routledge.
Peter Flora with Stein Kuhnle and Derek Urwin (eds) (1999) State Formation, Nation-Building, and Mass Politics in Europe. The Theory of Stein Rokkan, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Ian Budge, Kenneth Newton, R.D. Mc Kinley, Emil Kirchner, Derek Urwin, Klaus Armingeon, Ferdinad Müller-Rommel, Michael Waller, Matthew Shugart, Michael Nentwich, Stein Kuhnle, Hans Keman, Hans-Dieter Klingemann, Bernhard Wessels, and Peter Frank (1997) The Politics of the New Europe: Atlantic to Urals, London/New York: Longman.
Bojko Bucar and Stein Kuhnle (eds) (1994) Small States Compared: The Politics of Norway and Slovenia, Bergen: Alma Mater
Stein Kuhnle (1994) The Development of the Welfare State: The Norwegian Model (published in Russian, Moscow: Progress Publishers
Rune Ervik and Stein Kuhnle (eds) (1993) Kunnskap, risiko og sosialpolitikk (Knowledge, Risk and Social Policy), published in Norwegian, Bergen: Alma Mater.
Stein Kuhnle and Per Selle (eds) (1992, 2nd printing 1995) Government and voluntary organizations, Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Avebury, Ashgate Publishing
Stein Kuhnle and with Per Selle (eds) (1990) Frivillig organisert velferd - alternativ til offentlig? (Voluntary Welfare - Alternative to Public?), published in Norwegian, Bergen: Alma Mater.
Anders Hovdum, Stein Kuhnle and Liv Stokke (eds) (1990) Visjoner om velferdssamfunnet (Visions of the Welfare Society), published in Norwegian, Bergen: Alma Mater
Stein Kuhnle (ed.) (1986) Det politiske samfunn: Linjer i norsk statsvitenskap (The Political Society: Trends in Norwegian Political Science), published in Norwegian, Oslo: Tano
Stein Kuhnle and Liv Solheim (1985, 2nd rev. ed. 1991) Velferdsstaten - vekst og omstilling (The Welfare State - Growth and Change), published in Norwegian, Oslo: Tano
Stein Kuhnle (1983) Velferdsstaten. Fakta om Norge (The Welfare State. Facts about Norway), published in Norwegian, Oslo: Tiden
Stein Kuhnle (1983, 2nd printing 1990) Velferdsstatens utvikling: Norge i komparativt perspektiv (The Welfare State - Norway in a Comparative Perspective), published in Norwegian, Bergen: Universitetsforlaget
Stein Kuhnle(1975) Patterns of Social and Political Mobilization: A Historical Analysis of the Nordic Countries, London/Beverly Hills: Sage Professional Papers in Contemporary Political Sociology
Journal articles
Cornelius Cappelen, Stein Kuhnle, Jonas Linde, Tor Midtbø (2025), “Adding economic insult to chauvinistic injury? Attitudes toward immigration in Germany, Sweden, and the UK”, European Journal of Political Research, published online 6 January 2025: https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12752
Stein Kuhnle (2023), "The Welfare State: The Challenges of Sustainability", Socialiné teorijia, empirija, politika ir praktika. (Vilnius University Press) Vol. 26, pp. 60-68. https://doi.org/10.15388/STEPP.203.5
Katharina Sass and Stein Kuhnle (2022), “The Gender Cleavage: Updating Rokkanian Theory for the Twenty-First Century”, Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society, https://doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxac003
Stein Kuhnle (2021), “The Nordic Welfare Model: Foundation, Status, Future”, in Political and Legal Studies of Japan 3: 1-12.
Linda J. Cook, Jørn Holm-Hansen, Markku Kivinen, and Stein Kuhnle (2019), “Introduction: The Russian welfare State in a Time of Economic Stagnation”, Russian Politics 4: 291-301.
Markus Kainu, Markku Kivinen, Stein Kuhnle, and Chunling Li (2019), “Reform and Stability – The Russian and the Chinese Welfare Systems Compared”, Russian Politics 4: 423-446.
Alexander W. Cappelen, Cornelius Cappelen, Stein Kuhnle & Bertil Tungodden (2018): "How to retrench the welfare state: Attitudes in the general population", Social Policy & Administration. First published: 25 April 2018. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12402 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/spol.12402
Kari Tove Elvbakken, Hans-Tore-Hansen og Stein Kuhnle (2018), “Velferdsstatens normative spørsmål”, Norsk Sosiologisk Tidsskrift, Vol. 2 (1): 5-7.
Stein Kuhnle, Sven E.O. Hort, and Matti Alestalo (2017), “Lições do modelo Nórdico de estado de bem-estar social e governança consensual” (Lessons from the Nordic model of welfare and consensual governance”), Revista Direito das Relações Sociais e Trabalhistas, v.3, n.1: 37-52.
Stein Kuhnle (2017), «Globalizing Welfare», Journal of Policy Science (Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto), vol. 11: 47-60.
Wojciech Nowiak, Stein Kuhnle and Dominika Narozna (2016), «Rodzina migracyjna. Obraz rodziny na podstawie badán polskich imigrantów w Norwegii» (in Polish) (Migrant families: The experiences of Poles in Norway), Research Papers of Wroclaw University of Economics, no. 438: 81-106.
Cornelius Cappelen, Stein Kuhnle and Tor Midtbø (2016), “Velferdssjåvinisme i Norge? Et listeeksperiment» (Welfare chauvinism in Norway? A list experiment), Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift, Vol. 32 (2): 122-141.
Liu Chunrong and Stein Kuhnle (2015), «Crisis, transformation and the new politics of welfare”, Fudan Political Science Review (Shanghai), vol. 51 (spring 2015), published in Chinese, pp. 1-8.
Lloyd Axworthy, Knut Vollebæk, Stein Kuhnle and Sorpong Peou (2014), "Introduction: Human Security at 20 - Lysøen Revisited", Asian Journal for Peacebuilding, Vol. 2, No. 2; 143-149.
Matti Alestalo, Sven E. O. Hort, and Stein Kuhnle (2014), «Das skandinavische Wohlfahrtsmodell: Merkmale, Rahmenbedingungen und Herausforderungen», in Der Bürger im Staat,Stuttgart: Landeszentrale für politische Bildung, Baden-Württemberg, Jahrgang 64, Heft 2-3: 121-129.
Stein Kuhnle and Tord Skogedal Lindén (2013), “Finanskrisen og de europeiske velferdsstatene” (The Financial Crisis and the European Welfare States“), Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning, Vol. 16 (4): pp. 198-201.
Stein Kuhnle (2013), "The European Welfare State in Perspective", Health and Society (Taiwan), Vol. 1, No. 1: 1-15.
Anne Sander, Christopher Schmitt and Stein Kuhnle (2012) , “Towards a Chinese Welfare State? Tagging the Concept of Social Security in China”, in The Perspective of the World Review/ Revista Tempo do Mundo, vol. 4, no. 2. Published in English (pp. 9-34) and Portuguese (pp. 9-37).
Nanna Kildal and Stein Kuhnle (2012), "Welfare Principles and Reform Trends in Norway: Towards More Conditional Social Rights?", Journal of Zhejiang University, Vol. 42, No. 2: 50-67 (published in Chinese)
Stein Kuhnle (2011), "Beyond poor solutions", Global Social Policy, Vol. 11: 2-3: 222-224.
Stein Kuhnle (2011), “Towards a Nordic-East Asian welfare dialogue?”, Journal of Asian Public Policy, Vol. 4, No. 3: 254-262.
Stein Kuhnle (2010), "Commentary: What Role for the Third Sector in European Public Policy-Making?", Journal of Civil Society, Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 71-74
Stein Kuhnle (2010) ,"Turning Point for the European Social Model?", Current History, Vol. 109, Issue 725: 99-104.
Stein Kuhnle (2009) "Globalization and Social Policy", published in Chinese, in Journal of Public Administration, Vol.2, No. 5: 24-36 (Guangzhou, China).
Stein Kuhnle (2008), "The Role of Civil Society for the Development of the Nordic Welfare States", Taiwanese Journal of Social Welfare, Vol. 7, No. 1, Invited Paper; 1-28
Christof Schiller and Stein Kuhnle (2008), "The Erosion of the Institutional Pillars of the German Sozialstaat", The Korean Journal of Policy Studies, Vol. 23, No. 1, 73-103
Nanna Kildal and Stein Kuhnle (2008), "Old Age Pensions, Poverty and Dignity: Historical Arguments for Universal Pensions", in Global Social Policy, 8 (2): 208-237.
Christof Schiller and Stein Kuhnle (2007), "'Modell Tyskland' under ombygging: mot en stille systemendring?' ("'Model Germany': Towards a silent system change?"), published in Norwegian, Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning (Norwegian), vol. 10, no.2, pp. 73-90
Stein Kuhnle (2007), "The Concept of the Welfare State and the Developmental Welfare State in Scandinavia", published in Chinese in Journal of Nanjing Normal University (Social Science), No 5, September 2007; pp. 11-15
Stein Kuhnle (2006), "O Estado de Bem-estar social Nos Países Nórdicos", published in Portuguese, Revista Brasileira de Estudos Políticos, Vol. 94: 113-120
Stein Kuhnle (2006), "O Estado de Bem-estar nos Países Nórdicos", published in Portuguese, O Trabalho em Revista, Ano 24 (293): pp. 3637-3640
Stein Kuhnle (2005), "Global Ideas Matter; Local Power Decides - Guest Editor's Introduction", Global Social Policy, vol. 5 (1): 5-7
Stein Kuhnle (2002), "Das Ûberleben des Nordischen Wohlfahrtsstaatsmodells in einer globalisierten Weltwirtschaft", published in German, NordEuropaforum, no 1/2002: 21-30
Stein Kuhnle (2002), "Democracy and Productive Welfare: European and Korean Welfare Policy Development in Perspective", The Journal of the Korean Economy, Vol. 3, No. 1: 59-83
Sven E.O. Hort and Stein Kuhnle (2000), "The Coming of East and Southeast Asian Welfare States", Journal of European Social Policy , Vol 10, No 2 : 162-184.
Stein Kuhnle (2000), "The Nordic Welfare State in a European Context: dealing with new economic and ideological challenges in the 1990s", European Review, Vol. 8, No.3: 379-398
Stein Kuhnle (2000) "The Scandinavian type of welfare state in the 1990s: challenged, but viable", West European Politics, Vol. 23 (2): 210-229
Stein Kuhnle and Ola Listhaug 1997), "Makropolitiske komparasjoner, partier og politisk adferd: linjer, status, og utfordringer i norsk statsvitenskap" , published in Norwegian, (Macropolitical comparisons, parties and political behaviour: trends, status, and challenges in Norwegian political science) Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift, vol. 13, no. 3/97: 215-254
Stein Kuhnle (1995), "Det globale konkurransesamfunn" (The Global Competition Society), published in Norwegian, Social Forskning, Copenhagen: Socialforskningsintitutet, August, pp. 4-9
Stein Kuhnle (1994), "Comparative Politics in Bergen", published in Bulgarian in the Bulgarian Journal of Political Studies (Sofia), pp. 86-88
Stein Kuhnle (1993), "Velferdsstaten - fra Bismarck til Brundtland" (The Welfare State - from Bismarck to Brundtland), published in Norwegian, Nordisk Kontakt, Tema nr. 3/1991, pp. 20-26
Stein Kuhnle (1992), "Perspektiv på velferdsstaten" ("The Welfare State in Perspective"), published in Norwegian, Nordisk Sosialt Arbeid, no. 2, pp. 3-18
Stein Kuhnle (1992), "Norwegen", published in German, Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, Beilage zur Wochenzeitung Das Parlament, b43/92, 16/10-92, pp. 12-21
Stein Kuhnle (1991), "Das skandinavische wohlfahrtsstaatliche Modell im Zeitalter der europäischen Einigung", published in German, Zeitschrift für Sozialreform, Jhg. 37, oktober, Heft 10, pp. 606-619
Stein Kuhnle (1991), "Sakkunnigutlåtanden rørande professuren i statsvetenskap i Uppsala", published in Norwegian, (Evaluation concerning chair in political science in Uppsala) Statsvetenskaplig Tidsskrift, årg. 94, no. 4, pp. 349-350
Stein Kuhnle (1990), "Velferdsstaten og europeisk utvikling" , published in Norwegian, (The Welfare State and European Developments), Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift, Vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 244-256
Stein Kuhnle (1989), "Utdrag av den offisielle statistikks historie", published in Finnish and Norwegian (Excerpts from the History of official statistics), Tietoaika, Helsinki, no. 3
Stein Kuhnle (1989),"Skandinavien im Wandel", published in German, Journal für Sozialforschung, (Wien), 29. Jahrgang, Heft 1, pp. 21-46
Stein Kuhnle (1988), "Fra åben til hemmelig afstemning: Aspekter af et partisystems udvikling" , published in Danish, (From open to secret voting), Politica (Århus), vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 311-319
Stein Kuhnle, Kaare Strøm and Lars Svåsand (1986), "The Norwegian Conservative Party: Setback in an Era of Strength", West European Politics, Vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 448-471
Stein Kuhnle (1982), „Sosial utjevning i historisk perspektiv“ ("Social equalization in a historical perspective"), Plan og Arbeid, no. 3, (International issue), pp. 4-7. (Reprinted with comment in. Plan : Tidsskrift for samfunnsplanlegging, byplan og regional utvikling 2016 ;Volum 50.(3-4) s. 89-94)
Stein Kuhnle and Lars Svåsand (1981), "Nordic Political Science 1976-1979: A Bibliography", Scandinavian Political Studies, New Series, Vol. 4, Supplement, pp. 60
Stein Kuhnle (1980), "National Equality and Local Decision-Making: Values in Conflict in the Development of the Norwegian Welfare State", Acta Sociologica, Vol. 23, no. 2-3, pp. 97-112,
Stein Kuhnle (1979), "Kan vi stole på kommunene?" (Can we trust the communes?), published in Norwegian, Sosiologi i dag, vol. 9, nr. 3, pp. 53-68.
Stein Kuhnle (1978) ,"The Beginnings of the Nordic Welfare States: Similarities and Differences", Acta Sociologica, Vol. 21, Supplements, pp. 9-35
Stein Kuhnle (1975), "Modeller for verdens fremtid: en utfordring også for samfunnsvitenskapene?" (World Models: Implications for the Social Sciences?), published in Norwegian, Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning, Bd. 16, nr. 3, pp. 222-241
Stein Kuhnle (1974), "Tempo of social mobilization and spurts in political participation: first analysis of Nordic time-series data", International Journal of Politics, Vol. IV, no. 1-2, Spring, pp. 40-90
Stein Kuhnle (1972), "Stemmeretten i 1814" (Voting entitlements in 1814), published in Norwegian, Historisk tidsskrift, Vol. 51, nr. 4, pp. 373-390
Book chapters
Per Selle, Kristin Strømsnes and Stein Kuhnle (2022). Scenarios for Civil Socity Impact in Norway. In Hoelscher, M., List, R.A., Ruser, A., and Toepler, S. (eds.). Civil Society: Concepts, Challenges, Contexts. pp. 397- 412. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98008-5_28
Jolanta Aidukaite, Sven E. O. Hort and Stein Kuhnle (2021), «Introduction: Baltic and Nordic countries from a comparative perspective – family policies and pensions in the era of ageing”, in Jolanta Aidukaite, Sven E. O. Hort and Stein Kuhnle (eds.), Challenges to the Welfare State: Family and Pension Policies in the Baltic and Nordic Countries. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Stein Kuhnle and Anne Sander (2021), «The Emergence of the Western Welfare State”, in Daniel Béland, Kimberly J. Morgan, Herbert Obinger and Christopher Pierson (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State, 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press).
Stein Kuhnle and Anne Jennerjahn-Sander (2020), «Welfare State», in R. List, H.Anheier, S. Toepler (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Cham: Springer.
Stein Kuhnle, Per Selle and Sven E. O. Hort (2019), “Introduction: globalizing welfare – an evolving Asian-European dialogue”, in Stein Kuhnle, Per Selle and Sven E. O. Hort (eds.), Globalizing welfare: An Evolving Asian-European Dialogue. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Rune Ervik, Nanna Kildal, Stein Kuhnle and Tord Skogedal Lindén (2019), «Changing normative principles of social justice in the Norwegian pension system», in Kuhnle, Selle, Hort (eds.), Globalizing Welfare: An Evolving Asian-European Dialogue. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Stein Kuhnle, Sven E. O. Hort, and Matti Alestalo (2019), «Lições do Modelo Nórdico do Estado de Bem-Estar Social e Governanҫa Consensual», in Mauricio Godinho Delgado and Lorena Vasconcelos Porto (eds.), Welfare State. Os Grandes Desafios do Estado de Bem-Estar Social (Sao Paolo, Brasil: LTr)
Stein Kuhnle (2019), “Welfare States with Nordic Characteristics”, in Jing, Kuhnle, Pan, Chen (eds.), Aging Welfare and Social Policy. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
Stein Kuhnle and Nanna Kildal (2018) "Velferdsstatens idégrunnlag i perspektiv" (The ideational foundation of the welfare state", in Hatland, Kuhnle and Romören (eds) Den norske velferdsstaten (5th ed.). Oslo: Gyldendal Akademisk
Stein Kuhnle and Rune Ervik (2018) "Velferdsstatens politiske grunnlag" (The political basis of the welfare state), in Hatland, Kuhnle and Romören (eds) Den norske velferdsstaten (5th ed.).
Stein Kuhnle and Tord Skogedal Lindén (2018), "Norge – et annerledesland?» (Norway – a different kind of country?), in Hatland, Kuhnle and Romören (eds), Den norske velferdsstaten (5th ed.)
Stein Kuhnle and Tord Skogedal Lindén (2018), «Velferdspolitikk i EU og dens konsekvenser», in Hatland, Kuhnle, and Romøren (eds), Den norske velferdsstaten (5th ed.)
Axel West Pedersen and Stein Kuhnle (2017), “The Nordic Welfare State Model”, in Oddbjørn Knutsen (ed.), The Nordic Models in Political Science. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget.
Stein Kuhnle and Matti Alestalo (2017), “The Modern Scandinavian Welfare State. In Peder Nedergaard and Anders Wivel (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Scandinavian Politics. London: Routledge.
Stein Kuhnle (2017), “Mis on Põhjamaad? Põhjamaade identiteedi kujunemine» ("What is Norden? Shaping of the Nordic Identity"). in: Eesti JA Põhjamaad - Eesti KUI Põhjamaa?. Tartu: University of Tartu.,pp. 21-30.
Stein Kuhnle (2017), “Fellesnordisk inspirasjon for velferdspolitikk i verden”, in Paavo Bergman & Gunnar Olofsson (red.), På väg: En vänbok till Sven E. Olsson Hort, Lund: Arkiv förlag, pp. 137-146.
Johannes Andresen Oldervoll and Stein Kuhnle (2016) «The sustainability of European welfare states: the significance of changing labour markets», in Yvette Peters and Michaël Tatham (eds) Democratic Transformations in Europe 31; London: Routledge; pp. 120-142.
Stein Kuhnle (2015) “Velferdsstaten: rettigheter for sosial trygghet og likhet”, in Raino Malnes and Dag Einar Thorsen (eds), Demokrati. Historien og ideene. Oslo: Dreyers forlag: pp.338-349.
Matti Alestalo, Sven E. O. Hort, and Stein Kuhnle (2015) «Das skandinavische Wohlfahrtsmodell: Merkmale, Rahmenbedingungen und Herausforderungen», in Bernd Henningsen, Sven Jochem und Siegfried Frech (Hrsg.), Das Politische Skandinavien,Schwallbach, Wochenschau Verlag): pp.63-82.
Pauli Kettunen, Stein Kuhnle and Yuan Ren (2014) “The development and diffusion of welfare systems and policies in the Nordic countries and China”, Chapter 1 in Kettunen, Kuhnle Ren (eds) Reshaping Welfare Policies in China and the Nordic countries (op.cit.) published in English and Chinese.
Nanna Kildal and Stein Kuhnle (2014) “The principle of universalism challenged: Towards an ideational shift in the Norwegian welfare state?”, in Kettunen, Kuhnle and Ren (eds), Reshaping welfare institutions in China and the Nordic countries (op.cit) published in English and Chinese.
Stein Kuhnle (2014) “Work-Life Balance and Social Investment: Towards a Sustainable Post-Industrial European Welfare State”, in Ngok, Kuhnle, Yan (eds), Work- Life Balance: Theoretical Implications and Chinese Reality.
Stein Kuhnle (2013) “The Global Economic Crisis and Implications for Social and Employment Policy in the EU”, in Richard Youngs (ed.) A New Context for EU-Korean Relations, Spain (Madrid): Fride, pp. 41-50.
Stein Kuhnle (2013) “ Den norske velferdsstaten i et langsiktig og internasjonalt perspektiv“,. I: Arbeidsdepartemenet 100 år. : Oslo: Arbeidsdepartementet,. s. 159-194
Stein Kuhnle (2013) “Norwegen”, in Markus Porsche-Ludwig, Wolfgang Gieler, Jürgen Bellers (Hg.) Handbuch Sozialpolitiken der Welt, Berlin: LIT Verlag, pp.438-443.
Kuhnle, Stein (2012) "The Nordic and East Asian Welfare Models: On Converging Paths?" In Nielsen, R. T. and G. Helgesen (Eds.) Ideas, Society and Politics in Northeast Asia and Northern Europe. Worlds Apart, Learning From Each Other. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, pp. 53-63.
Stein Kuhnle (2012) "Globalization of the Welfare State", in Carsten Anckar and Dag Anckar (eds), Comparisons, regimes, Elections: Festschrift to Lauri Karvonen, Åbo: Åbo Akademi University Press.
Stein Kuhnle (2011) "The Scandinavian Path to Welfare", ch. 4 in Sonja Snacken and Els Dumortier (eds), Resisting Punitiveness; London: Routledge, pp. 73-85.
Stein Kuhnle (2011) "International Modeling in the Making of the Nordic Social Security Systems", chapter 4 in Pauli Kettunen and Klaus Petersen (eds) Beyond Welfare State Models: Transnational Perspectives on Social Policy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Alexander Graser and Stein Kuhnle (2010) "Social Policy and Multi-level Governance", Ch. 26 in Enderlein, Henrik; Wälti, Sonja; and Zürn, Michael (eds) Handbook On Multi-Level Governance, Cheltenham: E.Elgar Publishing
Stein Kuhnle and Anne Sander (2010) "The Emergence of the Western Welfare State", Ch. 5 in Francis G. Castles, Stephan Leibfried, Jane Lewis, Herbert Obinger, Christopher Pierson (eds), The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State, Oxford University Press : pp. 63-82
Nanna Kildal and Stein Kuhnle (2010) "The Nordic Model and the Idea of Universalism", published in Chinese in S. Kuhnle, C. Yinzhang, K. Petersen, and P. Kettunen (eds) The Nordic Welfare State (op.cit.) (Shanghai: Fudan University Press).
Matti Alestalo, Sven E. O. Hort and Stein Kuhnle (2010) The Nordic Model: Conditions, Origins, Outcomes, Lessons", published in Chinese in S. Kuhnle, C. Yinzhang, K. Petersen, and P. Kettunen (eds) The Nordic Welfare State (op.cit)
Stein Kuhnle and Anne Sander (2010) "The Welfare State", contribution in the International Encylopedia of Civil Society, edited by Helmut K. Anheier and Stefan Topler, New York: Springer Press
Christof Schiller, Henni Hensen and Stein Kuhnle (2009) "Global health policy: What role for international governmental organizations?", Ch. 10 in Rune Ervik, Nanna Kildal and Even Nilssen (eds), The Role of International Organizations in Social Policy. Ideas, Actors and Impact, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing : pp. 212-245.
Stein Kuhnle (2009) "The Nordic Model : Ambiguous, but Useful Concept", in Herbert Obinger, Elmar Rieger (Hg.) Wohlfahrtsstaatlichkeit in entwickelten Demokratien: Herausforderungen, Reformen, Perspektiven (Festschrift für Stephan Leibfried), Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag: pp. 275-294
Stein Kuhnle (2008) "Den nordiske modell" (The Nordic Model") , Kristin Clemet & Harald Stanghelle (red.) Kåre Willoch - en debattbok (Festschrift to Kåre Willoch, former Prime Minister (1981-86) of Norway, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, 3 October 2008); published in Norwegian, Oslo: Kagge forlag, pp. 283-305
Maurius Olivier and Stein Kuhnle (2008) "Developing a normative framework for effective and efficient social security provisioning: an institutional perspective", Ch. 1 in Olivier and Kuhnle (eds) op.cit.,. pp. 1-7.
Stein Kuhnle (2008) "The concept of the welfare state and the developmental welfare state in Scandinavia", Ch. 2 in Olivier and Kuhnle (eds) op.cit., pp. 9-22.
Rune Ervik, Nanna Kildal and Stein Kuhnle (2008) "Knowledge-bearing groups, epistemic communities and the development of normative benchmarking - historical and comparative perspectives", Ch. 8 in Olivier and Kuhnle (eds) (op.cit): pp. 83-93.
Stein Kuhnle and Per Selle (2008) "Historical relations between voluntary organizations and government in Norway", Ch. 12 in Olivier and Kuhnle (eds) (op.cit.), pp. 137-144.
Stein Kuhnle (2007) "International modelling in the making of national social security systems: some notes on the case of Norden", in HSoG Yearbook 2007, Berlin: Hertie School of Governance, pp. 92-101.
Stein Kuhnle (2007) "Which way forward for Korea's welfare state?", in Insight into Korea (ed. by The Korea Herald) (Seoul: Herald Media); pp. 261-270.
Stein Kuhnle (2007) "A Globalização e o desenvolvimento das politícas sociais", published in Portuguese, in Mauricio Godinho Delgado and Lorena Vasconcelos Porto (eds), O Estado Bem-Estar Social no Século XXI, Sao Paulo: LTr, pp.88-102
Stein Kuhnle (2007) "O Estado de Bem-Estar Social nos Países Nórdicos", published in Portuguese, in Marucio Godinho Delgado and Lorena Vasconcelos Porto (eds), O Estado Bem-Estar Social no Século XXI, Sao Paolo: LTr, pp. 194-200
Nanna Kildal and Stein Kuhnle (2005) "The Nordic welfare model and the idea of universalism", in Kildal, N. and Kuhnle,S. (eds) Normative Foundations of the Welfare State: The Nordic Experience, London: Routledge, pp. 13-33,
Nanna Kildal and Stein Kuhnle (2005) "Introduction", in Kildal, N. and Kuhnle, S. (eds) Normative Foundations of the Welfare State: The Nordic Experience, London: Routledge, pp. 1-10
Ulrich Brömmling and Stein Kuhnle (2005) "Einleitung: Nah dran: Politik und Soziales", published in German, in Henningsen, Bernd et al. (Hrsg) Hundert Jahre deutsch-norwegische Begegnungen. Nicht nur Lachs und Würstchen, Berlin; Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, pp. 70-71
Stein Kuhnle (2005) "Sozialsysteme im Wandel", published in German, in Henningsen, Bernd et al. (Hrsg) Hundert Jahre deutsch- norwegischen Begegnungen. Nicht nur Lachs und Würstchen, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, pp. 85-87
Stein Kuhnle (2004)"Nordic welfare states in perspective", in Grigorieva, Kildal, Kuhnle, Minina (eds) Welfare State Development: Nordic and Russian Perspectives, St. Petersburg
Nanna Kildal and Stein Kuhnle (2004) "Universalism in Nordic welfare policy", in Grigorieva, Kildal, Kuhnle, Minina (eds) Welfare State Development: Nordic and Russian Perspectives, St. Petersburg
Nanna Kildal and Stein Kuhnle (2004) "The Principle of Universalism: Tracing a Key Idea in the Scandinavian Welfare Model", in Standing, Guy (ed.) Promoting Income Security as a Right: Europe and North America, London: Anthem Press, pp. 303-326
Nanna Kildal and Stein Kuhnle (2004) "Norway: an amenable member of OECD", in Klaus Armingeon and Michelle Beyeler (eds) The OECD and European Welfare States, Cheltenham, UK, Northhampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, pp. 60-74
Stein Kuhnle (2004) "Productive welfare in Korea: Moving towards a European welfare state type", in Ramesh Mishra, Stein Kuhnle, Neil Gilbert and Kyungbae Chung (eds) Modernizing the Korean Welfare State: Towards the Productive Welfare Model, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, pp. 47-64
Stein Kuhnle, Aksel Hatland and Sven Hort (2003) "A Work-Friendly Welfare State: Lessons from Europe", in K. Marshall and O. Butzbach, New Social Policy Agendas for Europe and Asia, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank: pp 325-344
Stein Kuhnle (2003) "Alternatives to Neo-Liberalism in Social Policy? Is the Nordic Welfare State still Alive", in Chang, Pao-min, Wang, Shirley S., and Wong, Angus K.Y. (eds) Administrative Reform in Asia, Macao, China: Macao Polytechnic Institute: pp 370-374
Stein Kuhnle (2001) "Den skandinaviske velferdsstat i det globale konkurransesamfunn", published in Norwegian, in A-H. Bay, B. Hvinden, C. Koren (eds) Virker velferdsstaten, Kristiansand: Høyskoleforlaget
Stein Kuhnle (2001) "The Nordic welfare state in a European context: dealing with new economic and ideological challenges in the 1990s", in S. Leibfried (ed.) Welfare State Futures, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 103-122
Stein Kuhnle (2000) "The Scandinavian type of welfare state in the 1990s: challenged, but viable", in M. Ferrera and M. Rhodes (eds) Recasting European Welfare States, London: Frank Cass, pp. 209-228
Stein Kuhnle and Matti Alestalo (2000) "Introduction: Growth, adjustments and the survival of European welfare states", in S.Kuhnle (ed.) Survival of the European Welfare State, London: New York: Routledge, pp. 3-18
Paal Eitrheim and Stein Kuhnle (2000) "Nordic welfare states in the 1990s: institutional stability, signs of divergence", in S.Kuhnle (ed.) Survival of the European Welfare State, London: New York: Routledge, pp. 39- 57,
Stein Kuhnle (2000) "European welfare lessons of the 1990s", in S. Kuhnle (ed.) Survival of the European Welfare State, London/New York: Routledge, pp. 234-238
Stein Kuhnle (2000) "Political Reconstruction of the European Welfare State", published in Japanese, in R. Shiratori (ed.) Welfare State Reconsidered: Scandinavia Model and Asia (in Japanese), The Institute for Political Studies in Japan, Tokyo
Stein Kuhnle (1999) "Reflections on the Nordic welfare state", in L. Karvonen and K. Staahlberg (eds) Festschrift for Dag Anckar on his 60th Birthday on February 12 2000, Aabo: Aabo Academy Press
Stein Kuhnle (1998) "Political Reconstruction of the European Welfare States" in Henry Cavanna (ed.), Challenges to the Welfare State: Internal and External Dynamics for Change, Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishers, pp. 49-77
Stein Kuhnle (1998) "The Scandinavian type of welfare state", published in Chinese and English, in Modern Norway and China, published by Development Research Center of the State Council of People's Republic of China and the Royal Norwegian Embassy, Beijing, pp. 145-154
Stein Kuhnle (1998) "Tyskland og sosialforsikringens gjennombrudd i Norge" (Germany and the breakthrough of social insurance in Norway), published in German and Norwegian, in J. Simensen (ed.) Tyskland-Norge. Den lange historien, Oslo: Tano-Aschehoug
Stein Kuhnle (1997) "Reshaping the Welfare State", in Ian Budge, Kenneth Newton et. al., The Politics of the New Europe, London: Addison Wesley Longman, pp. 341-358. Also published in Polish and Spanish editions.
Stein Kuhnle (1997) "La Reconstrucción Política de los Estados del Bienestar Europeos", published in Spanish, in Luis Moreno (ed.), Unión Europea y Estado del Bienestar, Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas: pp. 31-66; Also published in Italian and Japanese.
Rune Ervik and Stein Kuhnle (1997) "The Nordic welfare model and the European Union", in Philip R. de Jong and Theodore Marmor (eds.) Social Policy and the Labour Market, Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 3-22
Stein Kuhnle (1997) "Stein Rokkan", published in Norwegian, in Kjeld Goldmann, Mogens Pedersen, Øyvind Østerud (eds), Statsvitenskapelig leksikon, Oslo: Norwegian University Press, pp. 240-41
Stein Kuhnle (1997) "Velferdsstat" (The welfare state), published in Norwegian, in Goldmann, Pedersen, Østerud (eds), Statsvitenskapelig leksikon, Oslo: NUP, pp. 285-86
Stein Kuhnle (1997) "Sammenliknende politikk" (Comparative politics), published in Norwegian, in Goldmann, Pedersen, Østerud (eds), Statsvitenskapelig leksikon, Oslo: NUP, pp. 243-45
Stein Kuhnle (1997) "Fra Konfucius via Bismarck til Beveridge" Kinesisk velferdspolitikk i støpeskjeen" , published in Norwegian, (From Confucius via Bismarck to Beveridge" Chinese Welfare Policy in the Making), in Jo Inge Bekkevold og Torstein Hjellum (eds) Den kinesiske utfordringen, Oslo: TANO, pp. 129-145
Stein Kuhnle (1996) "International Modelling, States and Statistics: Scandinavian Social Security Solutions in the 1890s", in Dietrich Rueschemeyer and Theda Skocpol (eds), Social Knowledge and the Origins of Modern Social Politics, Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 233-263
Rune Ervik and Stein Kuhnle (1996) "The Nordic Welfare Model and the European Union", in Bent Greve (ed.) Comparative Welfare Systems, London: Macmillan, pp. 87-110
Stein Kuhnle (1995) "Basic Historical Trends in European Social Security", in Jef van Langendonck (ed.), EISS Yearbook 1994, (European Institute of Social Security), Amersfoort: Acco Leuven, pp. 5-23
Stein Kuhnle (1995) "Human Development: The Scandinavian Experience", published in Arabic and English, in George Kossaifi (ed.) (title?) (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Amman),
Stein Kuhnle (1995) "Challenges to the West European Welfare States", published in Russian, in Reforma, Monthly Publication of International Foundation for Economic and Social Reforms, Moscow, no. 7, pp. 13- 14
Stein Kuhnle (1995) "Strong and Cosmopolitan: Nordist", in Risto Alapuro, Matti Alestalo, Elina Haavio- Mannila, J.P.Roos (eds), Encounters with Erik Allardt, Helsinki: Helsinki University Press, pp. 181-84
Stein Kuhnle (1994) "Velferdsstatens idegrunnlag i perspektiv", published in Norwegian, (The welfare state idea in perspective), in Hatland, Kuhnle, Romøren (eds), Den norske velferdsstaten, ch. 1, pp. 9-28
Stein Kuhnle (1994) "Velferdsstatens politiske grunnlag", published in Norwegian, ("The Political Basis of the Welfare State"), in Hatland, Kuhnle, Romøren (eds), Den norske velferdsstaten, ch. 2, pp. 29-46
Stein Kuhnle (1994) "Norge i møte med Europa", published in Norwegian, (Norway Meets Europe) in Hatland, Kuhnle, Romøren (eds), op.cit. ,Ch. 4, pp. 80-106
Irena Brinar and Stein Kuhnle (1994) "Perspectives on European Integration in Smaller Democracies: Norway and Slovenia Compared", in Bucar and Kuhnle (eds), Small States Compared: The Politics of Norway and Slovenia, ch. 1, pp. 1-29
Stein Kuhnle and Per Selle (1994) "Voluntary Associations and the Welfare State: The Case of Norway", in Adolf Bibic and Gigi Graziano (eds), Civil Society, Political Society, Democracy, Ljubljana: Slovene Political Science Association, pp. 153-164
Rune Ervik and Stein Kuhnle (1993) "Sosial kunnskap, risiko og sosialpolitikk", published in Norwegian, (Social Knowledge, Risk and Social Policy) in Ervik and Kuhnle (eds) Kunnskap, risiko og politikk, Bergen: Alma Mater, pp. 13-32
Stein Kuhnle (1993) "Internasjonale modeller, staten og statistikk: Skandinaviske trygdeløsninger i 1890-årene" , published in Norwegian, (International Modelling, States and Statistics: Scandinavian Social Security Solutions in the 1890s), in Ervik and Kuhnle (eds), pp. 33-66
Stein Kuhnle (1993) "Il modello scandinavo nell' era dell' integrazione europea: spinte al cambiamento interne et esterne", published in Italian, in Maurizio Ferrera (ed.) Stato sociale e mercato mondiale, Torino: Edizione della Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli, pp. 183-202
Stein Kuhnle (1993) "The Scandinavian Welfare Model", published in Chinese in Zhang Yunling (ed.) Nordic Social Welfare System and Reform of China's Social Security System, Beijing, pp. 11-20
Stein Kuhnle and Per Selle (1992) "Government and voluntary organizations: a relational perspective", in Kuhnle and Selle (eds) Government and Voluntary Organizations, ch. 1, pp. 1-33
Stein Kuhnle and Per Selle (1992) "Governmental understanding of voluntary organizations: policy implications of conceptual change in post-war Norway", in Kuhnle and Selle (eds) Government and Voluntary Organizations, ch. 9, pp. 157-186
Stein Kuhnle and Per Selle (1992) "The Historical Precedent for Government-Nonprofit Cooperation in Norway" in Benjamin Gidron, Ralph M. Kramer, Lester M. Salamon (eds) Government and the Third Sector, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, pp. 75-99
Stein Kuhnle (1991) "Models of Democracy and the Location of the Nordic Countries" in Parlamentarizem: Dileme in Perspective, Ljubljana: Slovensko Politolosko Drusvo, pp. 182-189
Stein Kuhnle and Per Selle (1990) "Meeting Needs in a Welfare State: Relations between Government and Voluntary Organizations in Norway", in Alan Ware & Robert Goodin (eds) Needs and Welfare, London: Sage Publications, pp. 165-184. (Also published in Chinese version (shortened) in Z. Yunling (ed.) op.cit., (Beijing, 1993).
Stein Kuhnle and Per Selle (1990) "Die Beziehungen zwischen Staat und Gemeinnützigen Organisationen in Norwegen" , published in German, in Thomas Ellwein et al. (hrsg) Jahrbuch zur Staats - und Verwaltungswissenschaft, Band 4, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, pp. 275-298
Stein Kuhnle (1990) "Den skandinaviske velferdsmodellen - skandinavisk? velferd? modell?" , published in Norwegian, (The Scandinavian Welfare Model ? Scandinaivan? Welfare? Model?) in Hovdum, Kuhnle, Stokke (eds) Visjoner om velferdssamfunnet, ch. 1, pp. 12-20
Stein Kuhnle and Per Selle (1990) "Innledning: Frivillige organisasjoner og det offentlige" , published in Norwegian, (Introduction: Voluntary organizations and the public sector), in Kuhnle and Selle (eds) Frivillig organisert velferd - alternativ til offentlig?, ch. 7, pp. 9-28
Stein Kuhnle and Per Selle (1990) "Autonomi eller underordning: Frivillige organisasjoner og det offentlige" , published in Norwegian, (Autonomy or subordination: voluntary organizations and the public sector), in Kuhnle and Selle (eds) Frivillig organisert velferd - alternativ til offentlig?, ch. 7, pp. 162-184
Stein Kuhnle (1989) "Statistikkens historie i Norden", published in Norwegian, ("The History of Statistics in the Nordic Countries") i Norden förr och nu: Ett sekel i statistisk belysning, Copenhagen: Nordisk statistiska sekretariatet, pp. 21-45
Stein Kuhnle (1988) "Grenser for velferdsrettighetene? Sosiale og økonomiske rettigheter i et utviklingsperspektiv", published in Norwegian, (Limits to Welfare Rights? Social and Economic Rights in a Developmental Perspective), in Bernt Hagtvet (ed.) Menneskerettighetsideen som politisk utfordring og forskningstema, Oslo: Ad Notam, pp. 185-193
Stein Kuhnle (1987) "Duverger's lov om to-partisystemet", published in Norwegian, (Duverger's law on the two-party system) in Stein Ugelvik Larsen (ed.), Lov og Struktur, Bergen: Universitetsforlaget, pp. 78-86
Stein Kuhnle (1987) "Norway" in Peter Flora (ed.) Growth to Limits: The Western European Welfare States Since World War II, Vol. I, Berlin: de Gruyter, pp. 117-196.
Stein Kuhnle (1987) “Norway” in Peter Flora (ed.) Growth to Limits. The Western European Welfare States since World War II, Vol. IV (Appendix: Synopses Bibliographies, Tables), Berlin: de Gruyter, pp. 65-122.
Matti Alestalo and Stein Kuhnle (1987) "The Scandinavian Route: Economic, Social, and Political Developments", in Robert Erikson et al. (eds) The Scandinavian Model: Welfare States and Welfare Research, New York: M.E. Sharpe, pp. 3-38
Stein Kuhnle (1987) "Citizenship" in Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Institutions (ed. by Vernon Bogdanor), Oxford: Basil Blackwell, pp.94-95
Stein Kuhnle (1987) "Welfare state" in Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Institutions (ed. by Vernon Bogdanor), Oxford: Basil Blackwell, pp. 636-37
Stein Kuhnle (1987) "Statsvitenskap", published in Norwegian, (Political Science) in Pax samfunnsleksikon, Oslo: Pax,
Stein Kuhnle (1986) "Norsk statsvitenskap i internasjonalt organisert samarbeid", published in Norwegian, (Norwegian political science in organized international cooperation), in Kuhnle (ed.) Det politiske samfunn, ch. 3, pp. 36-44
Stein Kuhnle (1986) "Linjer i norsk statsvitenskap: institusjonell differensiering og forskningsekspansjon", published in Norwegian, (The trajectory of Norwegian political science: institutional differentiation and research expansion) in Kuhnle (ed.) Det politiske samfunn, ch. 4, pp. 47-68
Stein Kuhnle (1986) "Welfare State: Scandinavia" in Byron J. Nordstrom (ed.), Dictionary of Scandinavian History, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, pp. 625-628.
Stein Kuhnle (1986) "Norway" in Peter Flora (ed.), Growth to Limits: The Western-European Welfare States Since World War II, Berlin: de Gruyter, Vol. I, pp. 117-196
Stein Kuhnle (1985) "Rise of the Welfare State, Decline of the Nation-State?" in Pawel Bozyk (ed.), Europe Within Global Perspective, Warsaw: Central School of Planning and Statistics, pp. 246-255
Stein Kuhnle and Lars Svåsand (1984) "Spørreordningene og politiske profiler i Stortinget 1977-1981", published in Norwegian, (The Question Hour and Political Profiles in the Storting 1977-1981), Ch. 5 in Ole Berg & Arild Underdal (eds), Fra valg til vedtak, Oslo: Aschehoug, pp. 124-150
Stein Kuhnle (1984) "Politikk", published in Norwegian, (Politics), Ch. 8 in Else Øyen (ed.) Sosiologi og ulikhet, Bergen: Universitetsforlaget, pp. 146-161, rev. ch. in 1992 edition, pp. 94-111
Stein Kuhnle (1982) "Norway", Ch. 22 in William G. Andrews (ed), International Handbook of Political Science, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, pp. 256-274
Stein Kuhnle (1982) "Velferdsstaten i historisk perspektiv", published in Norwegian, (The Welfare State in Historical Perspective), Ch. 2 in Stein Ringen/Kari Wærness (eds) Sosialpolitikk i 1980-åra, Oslo: Gyldendal, pp. 22-35
Stein Kuhnle (1981) "Economics, Politics, and Policy in Norwegian Urban Communes", Ch. 4 in Kenneth Newton (ed.), Urban Political Economy, London: Frances Pinter Publ., pp. 63-84
Stein Kuhnle (1981) "The Growth of Social Insurance Programs in Scandinavia: Outside Influence and International Forces", Ch. 4 in Peter Flora & A. J. Heidenheimer (eds) The Development of Welfare States in Europe and America, New Brunswick: Transaction Press, pp. 125-150
Stein Kuhnle (1981) "Welfare and the Quality of Life", Ch- XVII in Erik Allardt et al. (eds), Nordic Democracy, Copenhagen: Det Danske Selskab, pp. 399-418, also published in Chinese.
Stein Kuhnle (1981) "Emigration, democratization, and the rise of the European welfare states", in Per Torsvik (ed.) Mobilization, Center-Periphery Structures and Nation-Building, Bergen: Universitetsforlaget, pp.501-524,
Stein Kuhnle and Stein Rokkan, "Thomas Humphrey Marshall", International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, Vol. 18, Biographical Supplement, pp. 507-509, (1979).
Stein Kuhnle and Stein Rokkan (1977) "The Growth of the Profession: Norway", Scandinavian Political Studies, Vol. 12, pp. 65-73
Stein Kuhnle and Stein Rokkan (1977) "Political Research in Norway 1960-1975: An Overview", Scandinavian Political Studies, Vol. 12, pp. 127-156
Editor of journal(s)
Stein Kuhnle (1998-2003; founding editor): Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning (Journal of Welfare Research (in Norwegian/Scandinavian))
Guest Editor of journals
Kari Tove Elvbakken, Hans-Tore Hansen og Stein Kuhnle (2018) Norsk Sosiologisk Tidsskrift, Vol. 2, No. 1
Liu Chunrong and Stein Kuhnle (2015) Fudan Political Science Review, Vol. 14, No. 2
Sorpong Peou and Stein Kuhnle (2014) Asian Journal of Peacebuilding, Vol 2, No. 2
Stein Kuhnle and Tord Skogedal Lindén (2013) Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning, Vol.16, No. 4
Stein Kuhnle (2005) Global Social Policy, Vol. 5, No. 1
Other Publications
Stein Kuhnle (2019) „Welfare solutions“, in Andreas Bøje Forsby (ed.), Nordic-China Cooperation: Challenges and Opportunities, NIAS Reports no. 52, Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
Gong, Sen; Ge, Yanfeng; Kuhnle, Stein (2016) China National Human Development Report 2016: Social Innovation for Inclusive Human Development (published in Chinese and English). Beijing: China Publishing Group Corporation, China Translation & Publishing House
Stein Kuhnle (2008) "The Role of Civil Society for the Development of the Nordic Welfare States - History, Experiences and Challenges", Hertie School of Governance, HSoG Working Paper, No. 29
Christof Schiller and Stein Kuhnle (2008) "Redesigning the German Welfare State", Hertie School of Governance, Working Paper, No. 8
Nanna Kildal and Stein Kuhnle (2007) "Universal Old Age Pensions: Arguments at Time of Introduction, Canada, Mauritius and Norway", Hertie School of Governance, Working Paper, No. 6
Stein Kuhnle (ed.) (2005) Social Policy Development in South Eastern Europe: Outside Influences and Domestic Forces, Report No 2/2005, Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, Bergen
Stein Kuhnle (2005) "Nordic Welfare States: Characteristics and Challenges", in Kuhnle, S. (ed.) Social Policy Development in South Eastern Europe: Outside Influences and Domestic Forces, Report No 2 /2005, Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies
Stein Kuhnle and Sven E. O. Hort (2004) "The Developmental Welfare State in Scandinavia: Lessons for the Developing World", Social Policy and Development - Paper No. 17 ; United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, pp. 30
Stein Kuhnle and Dzemal Sokolovic (eds) (2003) The Balkans: Searching for Solutions. Conference Proceeedings, Report No 3/2003, Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, Bergen, pp.184
Stein Kuhnle (1997) "The history of the Welfare State", in Reconceptualizing the Welfare State, Proceedings from symposium (28-30 Sept. 1995), The Danish Centre for Human Rights, Copenhagen, pp. 9-22
Rune Ervik and Stein Kuhnle (1994) "The Nordic Welfare Model and the European Union" in K. Armingeon (ed.) Europa und die Schweiz (Unterlagen zu Bildungsveranstaltungen des Eidgenössischen Personalamtes), Universität Bern, pp. 118-135
Stein Kuhnle (1994) „Hvordan vil EU påvirke den norske velferdsstaten?“, chapter to EU og den norske velferdsstaten published by, Nei til EU (Oslo) , pp.22-27.
Stein Kuhnle (1992) "Nordic Perspectives on ESF and the Social Sciences", The ESF and the Social Sciences, European Science Foundation, Strasbourg, pp. 19-21
Stein Kuhnle and Liv Stokke (1992) "Contribution to the report on "Norsk velferd og europeisk samarbeid", published in Norwegian, (Norwegian Welfare and European Cooperation) commissioned by Statssekretærutvalget, Oslo, pp. 17-23, + unspecified pages
Stein Kuhnle (1991) "Velferdsstatens framtid: utviklingsmuligheter, valgalternativ, og interessekonflikter", published in Norwegian, (The Future of the Welfare State: Development Potential, Options, Conflicts of Interest), INAS Rapport 91:7; pp. 121-138
Stein Kuhnle (1985) "Den polske revolusjonen 1980", published in Norwegian, (The Polish Revolution 1980) in Europinion, no. 2, pp. 10-12
Stein Kuhnle (1984) "Velferdsstatens vekst, nasjonalstatens svekkelse?", published in Norwegian, (Rise of the welfare state, decline of the nation-state?), Statsviteren, no. 2-3, pp. 49-62
Stein Kuhnle (1981) "Comment on the Survey Study Published in Polityka September 13, 1980", in Bogdan Szajkowski, Documents in Communist Affairs - 1981, London: Butterworth, p. 230
Stein Kuhnle and Jan P. Myklebust, (1981)"Samfunnsvitenskapelige kandidater uteksaminert ved Universitetet i Bergen 1969-1978", published in Norwegian, (Social science graduates from the University of Bergen 1969-1978), Uniped, nr. 1, pp. 18-25
Stein Kuhnle and Liv Solheim (1981), "Party programs and the welfare state: Consensus and conflict in Norway 1945-1977", Skrifter no. 3 Sosiologisk institutt, Universitetet i Bergen, pp. 66
Francis G. Castles and Stein Kuhnle (1981) "Scandinavian Labour Force Statistics and Political Mobilization", Social Science Publications, The Open University, Milton Keynes, pp. 72
Numerous short overview articles on data generation and research projects - as well as book reviews (not listed below) have appeared in European Political Data Newsletter, edited by Stein Rokkan, during the period 1971- 1978, and edited by Stein Kuhnle during 1979-1988 (a total of 72 issues published 1971-1988).
Book Reviews by Stein Kuhnle
Aksel Hatland & Axel West Pedersen, Velferdspolitikk. Helse.Omsorg.Trygd. (Oslo: Gyldendal, 2023), in Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning, vol. 65 (2): 119-122 (2024)
Nils Edling (ed.), The Changing Meaning of the Welfare State: Histories of a key concept in the Nordic countries (New York & Oxford: Berghan, 2019), in Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning (Journal of Welfare Research), Vol. 22 (4): 347-349.
Peter Baldwin, The Narcissism of Minor Differences" (Oxford University Press, 2009), in Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning (Journal of Welfare Research), Vol. 13 (3) 2010: 194-196.
Grete Brochmann og Anniken Hagelund, Velferdens grenser. Innvandringspolitikk og velferdsstat i Skandinavia 1945-2010 (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2010), in Apollon, Quarterly Research Magazine, University of Oslo, Vol. 20 (3-4) 2010: 58.
Ann-Helen Bay, Axel West Pedersen & Jo Saglie (red.), Når velferd blir politikk. Partier, organisasjoner og opinion", Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning, Vol. 13, No. 1: 65-67 (March 2010).
Daniel Béland and André Lecours, Nationalism and Social Policy: The Politics of Territorial Solidarity, in West European Politics, 32 (5): pp. 1067-68 (September 2009).
E.P. Hennock, The Origin of the Welfare State in England and Germany, 1850-1914: Social Policies Compared, in American Journal of Sociology, Vol 114 (5): pp. 1543-1545 (March 2009).
Jon Erik Dölvik, Tone Flötten, Gudmund Hernes and Jon. M. Hippe (red.) Hamskfite: Den norske modellen i endring, published in Norwegian, in Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning, Vol. 11 (3): pp. 222-225 (2008).
Peter Taylor-Gooby (ed.), Ideas and Welfare State Reform in Western Europe, in West European Politics, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 845-846 (September 2006).
Joseph Wong, Healthy Democracies. Welfare Politics in Taiwan and South Korea, in Democratization, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 167-168 (February 2006).
Matti Heikkilã and Hannu Uusitalo (eds.), The Cost of the Cuts, published in Norwegian, in Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning, Vol 1, no.2, pp. 115-16. (1998).
MIRE Florence Conference: Comparing Social Welfare Systems in Southern Europe, in Journal of European Social Policy, Vol. 8 (4), pp. 339-40. (1998).
Ivan Svetlik (ed.) Social Policy in Slovenia, in Journal of European Social Policy, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 314-15. (1993).
Olli Kangas, The Politics of Social Rights, in Sociologisk Forskning, nr. 1, vol. 29, pp. 75-80, (1992).
Peter Baldwin, The Politics of Social Solidarity, published in Norwegian, in Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift, årg. 8, no. 4, pp. 337-338. (1992).
Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Evelyn Huber, Stephens & John D. Stephens, Capitalist Development and Democracy, in Political Studies (1992).
Sven E. Olsson, Social Policy and Welfare State in Sweden, in Acta Sociologica, Vol. 33:3, pp. 251-3. (1991).
Sven E. Olsson, Social Policy and Welfare State in Sweden, published in Norwegian, in Sociologisk Forskning, No. 1, årg. 28, pp. 110-113. (1991).
Joakim Palme, Pension Rights in Welfare Capitalism, published in Norwegian, in Sociologisk Forskning, Nr. 2, vol. 28, pp. 77-83. (1991).
Peter Baldwin, The Politics of Social Solidarity, in Journal of Public Policy, Vol. 10, Part 4, pp. 417-2. (1990).
Jørgen Elklit, Fra åben til hemmelig afstemning (From open to secret voting), published in Norwegian, in Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift, no. 4, vol.5, pp 385-386, (1989).
Eric S. Einhorn & John Logue, Modern Welfare States: Politics and Policies in Social democratic Scandinavia, in Journal of Politics, 2/3: pp.1015-17, (1989).
Peter A. Köhler und Hand F. Zacher (Hrsg.); Beitrage zur Geschichte und aktueller Situation der Sozialversicherung, in European Sociological Review, no. 1, vol. 2, (1986).
Anne-Lise Seip, Sosialhjelpstaten blir til. Norsk sosialpolitikk 1740-1920, published in Norwegian, (The social assistance state emerges. Norwegian social policy 1740-1920), in Nytt norsk tidsskrift, no. 4, vol. 2, (1985).
Peter Flora, State, Economy and Society in Western Europe 1815-1975. A Data Handbook, in Acta Sociologica, Vol. 27, no. 2, (1984).
Jon Eivind Kolberg, Farvel til velferdsstaten? (Farewell to the welfare state?), published in Norwegian, in Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning, no. 4, (1984).
Shimon E. Spiro & E. Yuchtman-Yaar (eds), Evaluating the Welfare State, in Contemporary Sociology, (1984).
Jan Berting et al., Problems in International Comparative Research in Social Sciences, in Scandinavian Political Studies, Vol. 3, New Series, no. 4., (1980).
Richard Rose & Guy Peters, Kan regjeringer gå konkurs?, published in Norwegian, (Can Governments go bankrupt?) in Sosialøkonomen, 1. vol. 34, (1980).
Feature articles in newspapers and magazines
Stein Kuhnle and Jan Oskar Engene (2021), „Stein Rokkan – samfunnsvitenskapenes statsmann“, Bergens Tidende (30 June)
Stein Kuhnle (2019) „La ricetta nordica dell’alleanza tra pubblico e privati“, in Changes, no. 4/December 2019 (digital quarterly magazine published by Unipol Group)
Stein Kuhnle (2018), “The Nordic Model – resilient and Relevant”, CROP (Comparative Research Programme on Poverty) Newsletter no. 01/2018, University of Bergen.
Stein Kuhnle and Hilmar Mjelde (2016)„Det amerikanske velferdsunntaket“. Aftenposten (27 February)
Stein Kuhnle (2016) „The dilemma of more taxes for better welfare“. China Daily (2 March)
Stein Kuhnle (2015) „Add a Nordic touch to China's welfare society“ China Daily (7-8 November)
Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr and Stein Kuhnle (2013) „Velferd i Kina: Verdens største velferdsreform skal løfte landet.“ Bergens Tidende (5 June)
Stein Kuhnle (2013) „Den nordiske modellen - en supermodell for hele verden?“. Velferd ,Vol. 102 (3)
Stein Kuhnle (2013) „Flere barn skal redde eldrebølgen“. Bergens Tidende 2013 (6 December)
Stein Kuhnle (2013) „Ombygging av velferdsstaten“. Dagens næringsliv (20 August)
Stein Kuhnle (2013) „Spammens evinnelige forbannelse“. Bergens Tidende (27 July)
Stein Kuhnle (2013) "Store utfordringer for den kinesiske landsbygden: Etterlatt, forlatt, overlatt". Velferd;Vol. 102.(5)
Stein Kuhnle (2013) „Tvilende til "ubevisst diskriminering". Bergens Tidende (5 February)
Tord Skogedal Lindén and Stein Kuhnle (2013) „Er Norge på vei inn i nedturen?“. Aftenposten (18 December)
Stein Kuhnle (2012) "Ny britisk barnetrygd: Et eksempel - ikke til etterfølgelse". Velferd ;Vol. 101.(8)
Stein.Kuhnle (2012) „På vei mot velferdsstat? Går det mot et postkommunistisk velferdsregime i Kina?“. Dagens næringsliv (25 May)
Stein Kuhnle (2012) „Velferdsstaten globaliseres“. Velferd, Vol. 101.(2)
Stein Kuhnle (2011) „Kan Norden vise vei? Kina ved et velferdspolitisk veiskille“. Velferd, Vol. 100.(4)
Stein Kuhnle (2011) "Velferdsstatens ukritiske import av begreper". Velferd Vol. 100 (8)
Tord Skogedal Lindén, Nanna Kildal, and Stein Kuhnle (2011) „Barnetrygd og fattigdom“. Bergens Tidende (8 September)
Stein Kuhnle and Tord Skogedal Lindén (2011) „Velferd kan dempe uro“. Bergens Tidende (23 August)
Stein Kuhnle (2011) "21 dager med Dagbladet". Bergens Tidende (5 May).
Tord Skogedal Lindén, Oliver Klose, and Stein Kuhnle (2010) „Politisk bullshit om dogshit: kontroll og moral i velferdsstaten“. Bergens Tidende (9 May)
Stein Kuhnle (2009) „Den nordiske velferdsmodellen“. The Hankyoreh [Seoul) (5 May)
Stein Kuhnle (2009) „Samfunnsvitenskapenes statsmann“. Bergens Tidende (10 May)
Tord Skogedal Lindén, Rune Ervik, and Stein Kuhnle (2009) „Finanskrise og økende ulikhet“ Bergens Tidende 28 May)
Ole Didrik Lærum and Stein Kuhnle (2008) "Vi vil ikke tvangsgiftes“ Bergens Tidende (16 April)
Stein Kuhnle (2008) "Utvandringens pris". Aftenposten (28 July)
Stein Kuhnle (2008) "Hvem tjener på mørketallene?". Bergens Tidende (15 May)
Stein Kuhnle (2007) „Which way forward for Korea’s welfare state?“ The Korea Herald (18 July)
Nanna Kildal and Stein Kuhnle (2007) "OECD - et orakel i Paris?" Dagbladet (6 February)
Stein Kuhnle (2006) „Tid for borgertester“ Bergens Tidende (15 September)
Stein Kuhnle and Ole Didrik Lærum (2004) „Rektorenes lederrolle og en ny universitetslov“, Bergens Tidende (12 October)
Stein Kuhnle (2004) „Er velvefrdsmodellen utgått på dato?“ Dagsavisen ( 7 July)
Nanna Kildal and Stein Kuhnle (2004) „OECD og spillet om ideer“ Bergens Tidende (16 April)
Sigmund Grønmo and Stein Kuhnle (2004) „Avklarende om høyere udanning“ Bergens Tidende (18 March)
Stein Kuhnle (2003) „Sterk universitetsledelse“ Dagsavisen (17 October)
Stein Kuhnle (2003) „Ærverdige universiteter og styreformer“ Bergens Tidende (15 October)
Stein Kuhnle (2003) „Lokaldemokrati og velferdspolitikk“ Bergens Tidende (21 August)
Stein Kuhnle and Huck-Ju Kwon (2002) „Sør-Koreas vei ut av krisen“ Bergens Tidende (24 January)
Stein Kuhnle and Huck-ju Kwon (2002) „Koreansk krisemedisin – ‚produktiv velferd‘“ Aftenposten (22 january)
Sigmund Grønmo and Stein Kuhnle (2001) „Styringsform ved universitetene“ Aftenposten (27 June)
Stein Kuhnle (2001) „Reform og kunnskap“ Bergens Tidende (24 April)
Stein Kuhnle (2001) „Før drittsekk-tv“ Bergens Tidende (21 January)
Stein Kuhnle (2000) „Universitet eller konsern?“ Bergens Tidende (28 September)
Stein Kuhnle (2000) „Mjøs-utvalgets mirakel“ Bergens Tidende (27 September)
Stein Kuhnle (2000) „Globalisering: omstridt begrep og fenoment“ Bergens Tidende (20 September)
Stein Kuhnle and Xiaoling Yao (2000) „Demokratisering på kinesisk“ Bergens Tidende (19 August), extended version in Stavanger Aftenblad ( 4 September)
Stein Kuhnle (2000) Den europeiske velferdsstaten som sosial kapital“ Bergens Tidende (23 March)
Stein Kuhnle (1999) „Australias farvel til dronningen?“ Bergens Tidende (2 November)
Sven Hort and Stein Kuhnle (1999) „Asias nye velferdsstater“ Bergens Tidende (14 October)
Stein Kuhnle (1999) „Tenkeforbud for arbeidsledige studenter“ Aftenposten (4 February)
Stein Kuhnle and Ulf Lindstrøm (1998) „Om fysikkens tilstand i nasjonen“ Bergens Tidende (7 March)
Stein Kuhnle (1997) „President og student“ Bergens Tidende (13 February)
Stein Kuhnle (1996) „Hvordan dyrke fram nye ideer?“ Dagbladet (26 August)
Stein Kuhnle (1996) „Erik Allardt – en ener i politisk sosiologi“ Bergens Tidende (21 August)
Stein Kuhnle (1996) „Til forsvar for studiekvaliteten“ Bergens Tidende (6 February)
Stein Kuhnle (1995) „Middelklassen må ta større ansvar“ Bergens Tidende (19 August)
Stein Kuhnle (1994) „EU og velferdsstaten“, Trygd og Arbeid, no. 6
Stein Kuhnle (1994) „Europas velferd“ Dagbladet (19 September)
Stein Kuhnle (1994) „Skal vi interessere oss for Europas velferd?“ Trygd og Arbeid, no. 4
Stein Kuhnle (1994) „Europeiske velferdsmodeller under press“ Sosial Trygd (ekstranr) (September)
Stein Kuhnle (1994) „Regnekunst og EU“ Dagbladet (27 March)
Stein Kuhnle (1994) „Suveren uten medbestemmelse?“ Bergens Tidende (15 March); Fædrelandsvennen (21 March)
Stein Kuhnle (1994) „Europeerne og velferdsstaten“ Bergens Tidende (14 March); Fædrelandsvennen (19 March)
Stein Kuhnle (1993) „Mot et ‚varmere samfunn‘?“ Bergens Tidende (25 August); Fædrelandsvennen (6 November)
Stein Kuhnle (1993) „Norge, EF og velferdsstaten“ Fædrelandsvennen (6 February)
Stein Kuhnle (1991) „Velferdsstaten og EØS eller EF“ Bergens Tidende (2 October)
Siri Gloppen and Stein Kuhnle (1989) „Velferds og skatteutgifter“ Aftenposten (29 August)
Stein Kuhnle (1988) „Solidaritet og velferd“ Adresseavisen (12 October); Bergens Tidende (15 November)
Stein Kuhnle (1988) „Pensjonsbløffen fra FrP“ Bergens Tidende (29 April)
Stein Kuhnle (1988) „Aksen Bonn-Paris: Bedre enn sitt rykte?“ Bergens Tidende (30 January)
Stein Kuhnle (1987) „Europaforskeren fra Bergen (Stein Rokkan)“ Bergens Tidende (27 November)
Stein Kuhnle (1987) „SPD mellom to stoler“ Adresseavisen (5 May); Bergens Tidende (4 April)
Stein Kuhnle (1986) contributed a monthly column on „Facts“ to a new magazine, Liv, for health and social affairs
Stein Kuhnle (1986) „Norge, EF og Europa“ Bergens Tidende (2 October)
Stein Kuhnle (1985) „Listeforbund i perspektiv“ Bergens Tidende (16 April)
Stein Kuhnle (1985) „Mot et spennende valg i Hellas“ Bergens Tidende (28 March)
Stein Kuhnle (1985) „Listeforbund i Stortinget“ Adresseavisen (5 March)
Stein Kuhnle (1985) „Den polske revolusjonen i 1980“ Bergens Tidende (18 and 19 January); Adresseavisen (22 and 23 January)
Stein Kuhnle (1984) „Helseskatt på risikoadferd?“ Bergens Tidende (26 July)
Stein Kuhnle (1984) „Ved velferdsstatens vendepunkt?“ Bergens Tidende (25 June)
Stein Kuhnle and Lars Svåsand (1983) „Partinominasjon og velgerinnflytelse“ Bergens Tidende (10 October)
Stein Kuhnle (1983) „Norge som organisert demokrati“ Bergens Tidende (21 March)
Stein Kuhnle (1980) „Grasrota teller – de høyt på strå avgjør“ Bergens Tidende (21 April)
Stein Kuhnle (1980) „Høyrebølgen: DNA uten svar på de ny-rikes problemer“ Morgenbladet (18 February)
Stein Kuhnle (1979) „Fra radikal kvotering til radikal rotering“ Bergens Tidende (13 September)
Stein kuhnle (1979) „Mot politisk konkurs?“ Dagbladet (19 May)
Stein Kuhnle (1979) „To-partisystem og opinionen“ Dagbladet (19 February)
Stein Kuhnle (1979) „Høyre traff tonen“ Dagbladet (17 February)
Stein Kuhnle (1971) „En ny politisk kultur?“ Bergens Tidende (15 March)
Projects
RESEARCH PROJECTS
- “Fairness, personal responsibility and the welfare state”, directed by Alexander Cappelen, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH); four research teams; Principal
Investigator of cooperative research team from University of Bergen; financed by Norface, part of Welfare States Futures program (2015-2017), local grant: 180.000 EUR;
- Labour Migration and the Normative Basis of the Norwegian Welfare State
Project leader; coordinated with/by Cornelius Cappelen. Other participants: (Sampol) Tor Midtbø, Michael Tatham, Ragnhild L. Muriaas, Yvette Peters; (NHH) Alexander Cappelen and Bertil Tungodden; (Rokkansenteret) Nina Berven and Kjetil Lundberg; (Buskerud University College) Eskil Goldeng; (BI) Amir Sasson; (University of Poznan) Wojciech Nowiak and Dominika Narcena.
Period: 2013-2016.
Financed by NFR: NOK 9.175.000.
- Towards a new Chinese welfare state: Chinese perceptions of distributive justice
Project led by Fafo, Jon Hippe. Other participants from Fafo: Jon Pedersen, Kristin Dalen, Hedda Flatø, and Zhang Huafeng. Other participants from Sampol: Cornelius Cappelen, Tor Midtbø, Kristin Strømsnes, Hans Jørgen Gåsemyr. Other participants: (NHH) Alexander Cappelen, Bertil Tungodden, and Trond Halvorsen; collaborators at Peking University (Beijing); Fudan University (Shanghai); Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou); CAS/Casted (Beijing).
Period: 2013-2017.
Financed by NFR: NOK 9.500.000 (total); for Sampol: ca. NOK 1.900.000 (plus travels, etc)
- Sino-Nordic Welfare Research Network (SNoW)
Project leader, other participants in core steering group: Åsa Lundqvist (Lund), Klaus Petersen (Odense), Pauli Kettunen (Helsinki). Participants from five Chinese universities.
Period: 2011-2015.
Financed by NordForsk (2011-2013): NOK 800.000
Financed by Nordic Council of Ministers (2013-2015): DKK 835.000
- The Russian Welfare State under Quadruple Influence: Stability or Conflict?
Project led by NIBR, Jørn Holm-Hansen. Other participants from NIBR: Aadne Aadland, Mikkel Berg-Nordlie. Other participants: Markku Kivinen (Helsinki), Linda Cook (Brown University).
Period: 2013-2016.
Financed by NFR: 5.500.000 (total); for Sampol (Stein Kuhnle): NOK 191.000.