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Political changemakers in Norway: The strategies and political ideas of welfare providers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article contributes to the knowledge of interest groups’ political power. It examines how interest groups shape political debates and decision-making, and what strategies are most successful to this end, through an ... -
Political Cleavages in Indigenous Representation: The Case of the Norwegian and Swedish Sámediggis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Using Lipset and Rokkan’s cleavage theory in an Indigenous context, the article compares political cleavages in internal Sámi politics in Norway and Sweden. The authors discuss the historical legacies of each country’s ... -
Political News Journalists in Social Media: Transforming Political Reporters into Political Pundits?
(Journal article, 2014)Social media allow everyone to show off their personalities and to publicly express opinions and engage in discussions on politicised matters, and as political news journalists engage in social media practices, one might ... -
Political Reinforcement: How Rising Inequality Curbs Manifested Welfare Generosity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)We propose a political reinforcement hypothesis, suggesting that rising inequality moves party politics on welfare state issues to the right, strengthening rather than modifying the impact of inequality. We model policy ... -
Political values count but issue ownership decides? How stable and dynamic factors influence party set and vote choice in multiparty systems
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)This article addresses the relationship between latent predispositions and political campaign communication. We propose that political values are decisive in a voter’s calculation of which parties she may consider voting ... -
Politisk og administrativ rolle- og arbeidsdeling i Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité (NIF) : En faktabasert analyse
(Research report, 2009)Denne rapporten bygger på data samlet inn gjennom en elektronisk spørreundersøkelse rettet mot alle politiske og administrative ledere i særforbund og idrettskretser samt politiske ledere i særkretsene. Den overordnede ... -
Politisk tillit, lokaldemokrati og legitimitet : Kunnskapsstatus og utviklingstrekk
(Rapport - Institutt for samfunnsforskning;2020:6, Research report, 2020)Denne rapporten, som er den første rapporten av to i regi av prosjektet Forskning på demokrati og tillit og politisk ulikhet, belyser politisk tillit ut fra en overordnet hensikt om å gi en nærmere teoretisk og empirisk ... -
Poststrukturalisme og kjønnsforskning - slik to sosiologer ser det
(Journal article, 2011)Cathrine Holst og Helene Aarseth spør: Hva har skjedd i relasjonen mellom kjønnsforskningen og sosiologifaget? Hvorfor føler ledende skandinaviske kjønnssosiologer seg som «utypiske» og «usentrale» i møte med kjønnsforskningen? -
Pressefrihetens kår i 2014: ett skritt frem - og to tilbake?
(Research report, 2014)I denne rapporten foretar Jon Wessel-Aas en gjennomgang av rettsutviklingen på noen sentrale felt når det gjelder vilkårene for publisistisk frihet og informasjonsfrihet i Norge, med vekt på perioden fra 1999 til 2014. ... -
Pressing the right button—labour market odds for youth with mental illness
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Mental disorders threaten the chances of finishing secondary school and can hinder the school-to-work transitions of afflicted youths. Earlier onset depression predicts the chronicity, recurrence, and severity of episodes ... -
Pressure without Pain: What Politicians (Don’t) Tell You about Welfare State Change
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)How do political leaders politicise welfare state “reform pressures”, e.g. unemployment, ageing or globalisation, in election campaigns? Competing expectations range from no politicization at all to a clear and unbiased ... -
Privat rengjøringshjelp ‒ en løsning på tidsklemma i barnefasen?
(Notat – Institutt for samfunnsforskning, Research report, 2024)Dette notatet undersøker befolkningens bruk av rengjøringshjelp basert CORE Survey 2022 – Likestillingsundersøkelsen. Vi analyserer foreldre som lever i par og som har minst ett barn under 20 år i husholdningen. Spørsmålet ... -
Private and Public Welfare Providers: What are the Implications for Citizenship Roles?
(Working paper, 2013)Universal social services have been, and are, a hallmark of the Scandinavian welfare model. This includes public financing as well as public provision of the services. Public financing of universal services is still an ... -
Private Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) in the Nordic Countries: Development and governance of the welfare mix
(Rapport – Institutt for samfunnsforskning, Research report, 2021)This report examines the role of private providers of ECEC services in the five Nordic countries: Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. For each country, we map the ECEC journey from a selective service at the ... -
Profiting from presenteeism? Effects of an enforced activation policy on firm profits
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Activation requirements and graded benefits are strategies for reducing social insurance costs in comprehensive welfare states. In Norway, a policy of issuing graded rather than full time sickness absence certificates, is ... -
Promoting Diversity but Striving for Excellence: Opening the ‘Black Box’ of Academic Hiring
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Public, For-Profit, and Nonprofit Welfare Institutions in Norway: Distinctive Goals and Steering Mechanisms or Hybridity in a Dominant State
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Nonprofit, public, and for-profit welfare institutions have different operational logics. The distinctiveness of a nonprofit institution is more prominent in some circumstances than in others. This paper is based on case ...