A HUMANITARIAN SUPERPOWER? NORWAY VIS-A-VIS NEW SOCIAL CHALLENGES (Mocarstwo humanitarne? Norwegia wobec nowych wyzwan spolecznych)

The article consists of three parts, each of them devoted to one of the three major social challenges which Norway has been trying to meet in recent years: (1) the question of redistribution related to the present and expected level of social spending, with special emphasis to a possible increase of income from the Norwegian Oil Fund; (2) the immigration issue which is becoming more and more important in view of an increasing number of foreigners in the country and a growing movement of labour force from new European Union countries, mostly from Poland; (3) Norway's contribution to solving of global problems through development and humanitarian aid, promotion of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility, peace and disarmament diplomacy etc.