In much of the literature, the Nordic states are presented as models for womanfriendly and gender equality policy. Differences between the gendered dimensions among the Nordic countries are less frequently explored. From ...

Relevant and reliable knowledge based on research is indispensable if extreme poverty is to be combatted. It is a paradox that three of the most significant paradigms in poverty research fail to focus directly on extreme ...

Sociology as a discipline is concerned with relationships. The relationship addressed in this book, is the one between society and nature. More specifically, the process of making pollution and the environmental condition ...

Denne masteroppgaven handler om policyprofesjonelle i Norge. Dette er en gruppe mennesker som det er forsket lite på, men som kan sies å ha mye makt til å påvirke offentlige beslutninger på ulike måter. Hovedproblemstillingen ...

Motivations for migrating within the European Union have mainly been attributed to economic, career and lifestyle choices. This article suggests that political dissatisfaction is also an important motivator of recent ...

Poverty understanding and poverty research can be said to have gone throughroughly three phases: Tale-telling, studies with a client focus as well as developmentresearch, and knowledge building about poverty reduction. ...