• Personvalg ved stortingsvalg? 

      Bergh, Johannes; Christensen, Dag Arne; Folkestad, Bjarte; Karlsen, Rune; Saglie, Jo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Denne artikkelen vurderer effekten av en eventuell innføring av reelt personvalg ved stortingsvalg. Utgangspunkt er tidligere forskning og simuleringer basert på data fra norske valg. Vi ser dels på mulige effekter på ...
    • Political Cleavages in Indigenous Representation: The Case of the Norwegian and Swedish Sámediggis 

      Saglie, Jo; Mörkenstam, Ulf; Bergh, Johannes (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 ...
    • The New Politics of the Welfare State? A Case Study of Extra-Parliamentary Party Politics in Norway 

      Allern, Elin Haugsgjerd; Bay, Ann-Helén; Saglie, Jo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)
      According to the literature on the ‘new politics of the welfare state’, party politics plays a minor role in welfare policy outputs today. In this article, we ask what the degree of politicisation is below the level of ...
    • Tilgjengelighet og tilrettelegging for funksjonshemmede ved stortingsvalget 2021 

      Saglie, Jo; Christensen, Dag Arne; Ervik, Rune; Hesstvedt, Stine; Segaard, Signe Bock (Rapport – Institutt for samfunnsforskning, Research report, 2022)
      Et formål med valgloven er at alle personer med stemmerett skal kunne stemme uavhengig av funksjonsevne. Selv om tilgjengeligheten og tilretteleggingen er god for velgerne i norske valg, kan enkelte oppleve at praktiske ...
    • What makes people trust or distrust politicians? Insights from open-ended survey questions 

      Winsvold, Marte Slagsvold; Haugsgjerd, Atle Hennum; Saglie, Jo; Segaard, Signe Bock (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      High political trust is often interpreted as a sign of good democratic health, and widespread distrust as a sign of democratic ill health. However, there is little knowledge about the basis on which people make assessments ...
    • When do consultative referendums improve democracy? Evidence from local referendums in Norway 

      Folkestad, Bjarte; Klausen, Jan Erling; Saglie, Jo; Segaard, Signe Bock (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Consultative referendums may provide crucial information about public opinion but have received little attention in the literature compared with their binding counterparts. In this article, we analyse 221 Norwegian local ...
    • Why Norway has more female local councillors than Denmark: a crack in the Nordic gender equality model? 

      Segaard, Signe Bock; Kjaer, Ulrik; Saglie, Jo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The article explores why women are better represented in municipal councils in Norway than in Denmark. This comparative case study offers a most similar systems design, as these two countries are similar on most relevant ...