While observers have focused on the political use of social media when exploring their democratic potential, we know little about users’ perceptions of these media. These perceptions could well be important to understanding ...

Notatet er tatt inn som vedlegg til NOU 2020:6 "Frie og hemmelige valg : ny valglov", side 454 - 465. https://www.regjeringen.no/contentassets/0516829ddd434b86880c80e9ceec0281/no/pdfs/nou202020200006000dddpdfs.pdf

Research on the ‘civic turn’ in European citizenship policies suggests that concerns over immigrant integration have fueled the restrictive development of citizenship policies in recent decades. However, few efforts have ...

The rising numbers of young people with disability pension concerns many advanced economies. We present results from a comparative analysis of the neighbouring countries Sweden and Norway on the impacts of differing policy ...

Governments face a fundamental dilemma when asking expert groups for advice. Experts possess knowledge that can help governments design effective and legitimate policies. However, they can also propose different policies ...

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 ...

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 ...

Den politiske tilliten har sunket fra 2021 til 2023 – men er den egentlig sjeldent lav? Det avhenger av hvilken målestokk og hvilket perspektiv man bruker når bildet av folks politiske tillit skal tegnes opp, skriver Signe ...

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 ...