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Performance Management and Public Sector Reform: The Norwegian Hospital Reform
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2004-12)When New Public Management (NPM) reforms are introduced in various countries, one central element in the balance between political control and institutional and professional autonomy is the development of new performance ...Working paper -
Performance Management In Practice – the Norwegian Way
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2005-11)This paper examines how the Norwegian system of performance management, Management-By-Objectives-And-Results (MBOR), works in practice in civil service organizations. To do this it focuses on the formulation of goals and ...Working paper -
Periodic changes in the zooplankton of the North Sea during the twentieth century linked to oceanic inflow
(Blackwell Publishing, 2003)Oceanic inflow is estimated to contribute more than 90% of the nutrient input into the North Sea. Variability in the volume, chemical properties, biological content and source of the inflowing water is thus likely to ...Journal article -
Perspectives on Policy Transfer. The Case of the OECD
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2003-08)The issue of this working paper is the study of ‘policy transfer’ between international organisations and national welfare reforms, which is illustrated by a study of the OECD. As the OECD’s multilateral surveillance is ...Working paper -
Perspektiv på bygdeutvikling
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2005-12)The report discusses a selection of rural development projects in Hordaland from the period 1990 to 2005. The policy of rural development emerged during the 1980-ies because traditional regional development did not satisfy ...Working paper -
Phenotyping of subjects for large scale studies on patients with IBS
(Wiley, 2016)Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a complex condition with multiple factors contributing to its aetiology and pathophysiology. Aetiologically these include genetics, life-time events and environment, and ...Journal article -
Physical activity is associated with a low prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in the Royal Norwegian Navy: a cross sectional study
(BioMed Central, 2007-07-02)Background: Despite considerable knowledge about musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) and physical, psychosocial and individual risk factors there is limited knowledge about physical activity as a factor in preventing MSD. ...Journal articlePeer reviewed -
Physico-Chemistry Characterization of Sulfonated Polyacrylamide Polymers for Use in Polymer Flooding
(The University of Bergen, 2010-06-01)Hydrolyzed polyacrylamide polymer (HPAM) as a feasible and effective viscosifier has been fully studied and used for polymer flooding processes in several oil field, e.g. Daqing oil field. It has been shown that Hydrolyzed ...Doctoral thesis -
Pleistocene vertical carbon isotope and carbonate gradients in the South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean
(American Geophysical Union and the Geochemical Society, 2003-01-10)We demonstrate that the carbon isotopic signal of mid-depth waters evolved differently from deep waters in the South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean during the Pleistocene. Deep sites (>3700 m) exhibit large ...Journal article -
A polarized climate? Party sorting over climate change and the environment among candidates and voters in Europe
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2015-05)Political polarization over climate change has been blamed for lack of climate policy progress in several countries, most notably the US and Australia. However, no systematic comparative study exists of party sorting – ...Working paper -
Policing in Purdah: Women and Women Police Station, Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan
(The University of Bergen, 2004)This thesis looks into the status and role of the women police stations in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan and is based upon the fieldwork conducted in the women police station, Peshawar, and women police ...Master thesis -
Politiets tryggleiksteneste i endring? Ein studie av PST etter 22. juli 2011
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2017-09)Denne studien tek føre seg endringar i styringskapasiteten til Politiets tryggleiksteneste (PST) etter terrorangrepet 22. juli 2011. Hovudelementa for studien er interne strukturelle organisasjonsendringar, samordning med ...Working paper -
Politisk styring og institusjonell autonomi – tre illustrasjoner
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2003-05)This article is about the problems connected to political governance at the one hand, and institutional autonomy on the other. The assumption is that the relation between the two displays a fundamental contradiction, ...Working paper -
Politisk styring og privatisering: holdninger i elitene og befolkningen
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2003-03)This paper focuses on attitudes on political control of state owned companies and on privatization. Do the citizens and the elites in Norway agree on these issues? To what degree do the attitudes vary with demographic ...Working paper -
Politiske uttrykksformer i en bykontekst
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2004-12)The project «New Forms of Political Participation in an Urban Context» has aimed at gaining insights into local citizenship and new forms of political participation within an urban context. Increasingly, Norwegian cities ...Working paper -
The polyscopic landscape of povert research. "State of the art" in International Poverty Research. An overview and 6 in-depth studies.
(Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP), 2005)In August 2004 the Research Council of Norway announced tenders for a “State-of-the-art” report within international poverty research, with special focus on institutions and rights. The Research Council wanted the report ...BookReport -
The Position of the Individual Gods and Goddesses in Various Types of Sources - With Special Reference to the Female Divinities
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A Possible Feedback Mechanism Involving the Arctic Freshwater, the Arctic Sea Ice, and the North Atlantic Drift
(Science Press, 2004-03-15)Model studies point to enhanced warming and to increased freshwater fluxes to high northern latitudes in response to global warming. In order to address possible feedbacks in the ice-ocean system in response to such ...Journal article -
Posterior eyespots in larval chitons have a molecular identity similar to anterior cerebral eyes in other bilaterians
(BioMed Central, 2015-12-22)Background: Development of cerebral eyes is generally based on fine-tuned networks and closely intertwined with the formation of brain and head. Consistently and best studied in insects and vertebrates, many signaling ...Journal article -
Postinfectious and sporadic functional gastrointestinal disorders have different prevalences and rates of overlap: results from a controlled cohort study 3 years after acute giardiasis
(Wiley, 2016)Background: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common complication following gastroenteritis, and a high prevalence of postgiardiasis IBS has previously been reported. This study aims to investigate the prevalence, ...Journal article