Browsing Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies - Working Papers by Title
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Får vi også vere med? Om kvinner i norsk lokalpolitikk
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2008-05)According to our analysis we are moving slowly in the right direction on the way to gender balance in local politics. During the last 20-30 years we have witnessed a positive development. The representation of women has ...Working paper -
Flernivåperspektiv og krisehåndtering
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2008-10)The paper discusses the use of a multi level governance perspective in crisis management, in particular within the public sector. The first part of the paper addresses what a crisis is and how crisis management can be ...Working paper -
Food Safety at Stake – the Establishment of Food Agencies
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2004-11)Food safety regulation has a long history in public policy. It is an essential and valued state responsibility, vital in securing society order. The 1990s BSE-crisis had important political, institutional and economic ...Working paper -
Forskning om velferdspolitikk og omsorgsordninger i et likestillingsperspektiv
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2012-09)I Norge er der satset betydelige offentlige ressurser på familiepolitiske ordninger som tilrettelegger for kombinasjon av lønnet arbeid og familieoppgaver for kvinner og menn. Likestilling mellom kjønn har vært tydelig ...Working paper -
Fossil Fuel Employment and Public Opinion about Climate Change
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2014-03)Public opinion about climate change has been shown to vary according to gender, age, ideological views, and placement in social networks, while variation in climate policy has been explained referring to economic factors ...Working paper -
Fra arbeidsbegrepets historie: Aristoteles til Marx
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2005-05)This working paper dips into the history of the ideas of work, from the Antiquity through Christianity, the middle ages and the reformation to Marx. The standard pictures of the antique philosophy as ‘work despising’, ...Working paper -
Frafall ved den integrerte lektor- og adjunktutdanningen ved UiB
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2011-03)Den integrerte lektor- og adjunktutdanningen ved UiB startet opp i 2004 og består av fire studieprogram, to ved HF- og to ved MN- fakultetet. Studiet har helt siden oppstarten hatt et betydelig frafall. Dette er bakgrunnen ...Working paper -
The Fragmented State – the Challenges of Combining Efficiency, Institutional Norms and Democracy
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2004-03)In this paper we describe the emergence of a leaner, more fragmented state brought about by the transformation of public-sector organisations from integrated multifunctional entities into autonomous and single-purpose ...Working paper -
Frå privat initiativ til kommunalt monopol. Lysverk, sporvegar og renovasjon i Bergen og Oslo 1850–1935
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2002-12)In the late 19th and early 20th century, Norwegian cities were marked by a strong and accelerating growth in the production of common goods under municipal control. This municipalization brought also private activities ...Working paper -
Fritt sykehusvalg. En teoretisk analyse av konkurranse i det norske sykehusmarkedet
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2002-06)Upon the introduction of free choice of hospitals in January 2001, an internal market was formed among the public hospitals in Norway. The hospitals can attract patients through various means. Several studies show that ...Working paper -
Gaming the system and accountability relations: Negative side-effects of activity-based funding in the Norwegian hospital system
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2012-10)Performance management systems are introduced to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in public sectors across the world. We examine four «scandals» cases related to coding practice in Norwegian hospitals followed by ...Working paper -
Generalistkommune og oppgavedifferensiering. Tre innlegg
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2002-12)This Note describes three lectures by representatives of the Rokkan Centre. The lectures were commissioned by the Department of Local Government of the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, where they ...Working paper -
Giardiasaken i Bergen – Krisehåndtering, samordning og flernivåstyring
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2009-11)This paper is based on an in-depth study of the municipality of Bergen’s management of an outbreak of the parasite Giardia Lamblia in the city’s supply of drinking water in 2004. The central themes of the study have been ...Working paper -
Global Normative Standards and National Solutions for Pension Provision: The World Bank, ILO, Norway and South Africa in Comparative Perspective
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2003-04)This paper identifies and describes the normative content of ideas concerning pension systems/social security schemes in terms of the concepts of fairness or justice laid out by two selected international organisations: ...Working paper -
Globalisation and Union Opposition to Technological Change
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2004-12)We find that trade unions have a rational incentive to oppose the adoption of labour-saving technology when labour demand is inelastic and unions care much for employment relative to wages. Trade liberalisation typically ...Working paper -
Globalisering som utfordring til samfunnsvitskapane
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2002-09)In the 1990s, ‘globalisation’ entered the standard vocabulary in the social sciences. Based on readings of selected works on globalisation, this report gives a brief review of the history and the use of the term ...Working paper -
Governance for complexity – how to organize for the handling of «wicked issues»?
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2014-10)This paper examines the main coordination arrangements for handling «wicked issues» in the area of societal security and welfare administration in Norway and ask whether network arrangements have replaced hierarchy. In ...Working paper -
Governance in Primary and Lower Secondary Education. Comparing Norway, Sweden and England
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2004-11)In this paper we discuss changes in regulation and governance in primary and lower secondary education in Norway, Sweden and England. During the last ten–fifteen years the three countries have implemented reforms, which ...Working paper -
The Governance of Wicked Issues: A European Cross-Country Analysis of Coordination for Societal Security
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2014-09)This paper analyzes structures and behavior instigated to achieve coordination within the area of societal security in six European countries: Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. We ...Working paper -
Har satsningen Bedre læringsmiljø hatt betydning for elevenes oppfatning av læringsmiljøet? Evaluering av den nasjonale satsningen Bedre læringsmiljø
(Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, 2013-09)Dette er fjerde delrapport fra prosjektet Evalueringen av satsningen Bedre læringsmiljø som er finansiert av Utdanningsdirektoratet innenfor den femårige nasjonale satsningen Bedre læringsmiljø (2009–2014). Rapporten ...Working paper
