Browsing Institute for Social Research - Open Arcive by Subject "VDP::Sociology: 220"
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Accounting for Contemporary Antisemitism: A Four-Dimensional Framework and a New Dataset
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Existing scholarship on contemporary antisemitism tends to sacrifice breadth for depth, typically focusing on a specific dimension of the phenomenon or a single national or ideological context. This nearsightedness threatens ... -
Citizenship, integration and the quest for social cohesion: nationality reform in the Scandinavian countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)After having coordinated their nationality laws since the late 19th century, the Scandinavian countries have moved in distinctly different directions in this field since the turn of the millennium. Today Sweden has one of ... -
Do Some Countries Discriminate More than Others? Evidence from 97 Field Experiments of Racial Discrimination in Hiring
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Comparing levels of discrimination across countries can provide a window into large-scale social and political factors often described as the root of discrimination. Because of difficulties in measurement, however, little ... -
En rask eller lang og kronglete vei til topps? Næringslivslederes karriereforløp
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Ethnicity as skill: Immigrant employment hierarchies in Norwegian low-wage labour markets
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Immigrants are often concentrated in particular, often low-waged, segments of the labour market and employers tend to assume that immigrants posit (soft) skills which make them particularly suited for specific tasks. Less ... -
Family Migration and Integration: The Need for a New Research Agenda
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This article investigates the link between family migration and integration. It is based on a literature review of existing research across the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, focusing ... -
Gender segregation in vocational education: Introduction
(Chapter, 2015)This introductory chapter develops the overall research focus and the aim of the present special issue ‘Gender segregation in vocational education’. Against the backdrop of strong horizontal gender segregation in vocational ... -
Hate speech, report 1. Research on the nature and extent of hate speech
(Rapport - Institutt for samfunnsforskning, Research report, 2016)The purpose of this report is to gather research-based knowledge concerning: • the extent of online hate speech • which groups in society are particularly subjected to online hate speech • who produces hate speech, and ... -
Hate speech, report 2. Research on hate and discrimination
(Rapport - Institutt for samfunnsforskning, Research report, 2016)Hate speech has been a punishable offence in Norway since 1970. The prohibition against hate speech was incorporated into Norwegian legislation when Norway ratified the UN’s International Convention on the Elimination of ... -
Hate speech, report 3. The boundary between freedom of speech and criminal law protection against hate speech
(Rapport - Institutt for samfunnsforskning, Research report, 2016)In Norwegian law we have civil anti-discrimination legislation that prohibits discrimination and harassment based on ethnicity, religion, beliefs, disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. ... -
Hatefulle ytringer. Delrapport 1: Forskning på art og omfang.
(Rapport - Institutt for samfunnsforskning, Research report, 2016)De siste årene har hatefulle ytringer på internett fått økt oppmerksomhet i den offentlige debatten. Det finnes imidlertid foreløpig lite forskningsbasert kunnskap om hatefulle ytringer i norsk sammenheng. Denne rapporten ... -
Hatefulle ytringer. Delrapport 2: Forskning på hat og diskriminering
(Rapport - Institutt for samfunnsforskning, Research report, 2016)De siste årene har hatefulle ytringer blitt aktualisert som et viktig demokratisk spørsmål på den offentlige og politiske dagsordenen. Likevel finnes det foreløpig lite forskningsbasert kunnskap om hatefulle ytringer i ... -
Hatefulle ytringer. Delrapport 3: Grenseoppgangen mellom ytringsfrihet og strafferettslig vern mot hatefulle ytringer
(Rapport - Institutt for samfunnsforskning, Research report, 2016)De siste årene har hatefulle ytringer på internett fått økt oppmerksomhet i den offentlige debatten. Denne rapporten inneholder en juridisk utredning som har som formål å redegjøre for det strafferettslige vernet mot ... -
Meta-analysis of field experiments shows no change in racial discrimination in hiring over time
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)This study investigates change over time in the level of hiring discrimination in US labor markets. We perform a meta-analysis of every available field experiment of hiring discrimination against African Americans or Latinos ... -
The making and unmaking of ethnic boundaries in the public sphere: The case of Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)This article employs theories of ethnic boundary-making to explore when and under what conditions ethnicity and religious background shape minorities’ experiences when participating in the public sphere in Norway. Drawing ... -
The Making of Immigrant Niches in an Affluent Welfare State
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)This article explores how immigrant niches have emerged within two traditional working-class industries in Norway. Drawing on extensive case studies in urban and coastal areas, we analyze how employers perceive the ...