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War and Nationalism: How WW1 Battle Deaths Fueled Civilians’ Support for the Nazi Party
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Can wars breed nationalism? We argue that civilians’ indirect exposure to war fatalities can trigger psychological processes that increase identification with their nation and ultimately strengthen support for nationalist ... -
Watching, assessing, participating. Globalising political education in Norwegian upper secondary education.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Transnational governance is expanding rapidly. From a political education perspective, an important question is to what extent and how this is included in the political universe that adolescents are being prepared for at ... -
Welfare collaboration in Norway : Something old, something new, something borrowed, something to pursue?
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-05-11)I de senere år har innovasjon i offentlig sektor fått økt oppmerksomhet både på nasjonale så vel som internasjonale dagsordener. Den økte oppmerksomheten kan knyttes til økende samfunnsmessige, økonomiske og politiske ... -
What does the public associate with “climate change”? A study of open-ended survey questions from 2013 to 2021
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Tackling climate change requires a multitude of policy, technological, and behavioral responses, some of which will be felt clearly by the public and potentially need direct public support. It is therefore important to ... -
What makes democratic institutions resilient to crises? Applying a novel analytical framework to the case of Finland
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)To curb the COVID-19 pandemic, governments took exceptional measures impacting citizens’ daily lives, the economy, and democratic institutions. The literature has already discussed the various measures and their short-term ... -
Whistleblowing in local government: an empirical study of contact patterns and whistleblowing in 20 Norwegian municipalities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-09)Whistleblowing by administrative employees in local governments can bring critical knowledge about misconduct and failed policy outcomes and priorities to the attention of politicians. This article examines whether (1) ... -
Who cares about Norway's energy transition? A survey experiment about citizen associations and petroleum
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)Experts and academics think, write, and talk extensively about energy transition, but can the same be said about the public? A comprehensive move from fossil to renewable energy implies significant structural changes and ... -
Women political recruitment within local councils: The selection of woman polical leaders in Uganda. A case of Bushenyi district local council and Kampala city council
(Master thesis, 2004)Objectives: The study sets to answer questions regarding factors determining women recruitment into local councils’ leadership positions. It was also intended to establish political leadership selection opportunities for ... -
Women`s Political Participation in Local Government in Ethiopia: The Case of Two Districts in Amhara Regional State.
(Master thesis, 2017-06-24)Ethiopian women have been excluded from public sphere for a long period. Their absence, especially from politics, has affected their life enormously. Since political participation increases gender equality and empowerment ... -
Å bygge en ny kommune. En kvalitativ iverksettingsstudie av kommunesammenslåingen mellom Sandefjord, Andebu og Stokke
(Master thesis, 2017-06-20)Kommunereformen er en av vår tids store forvaltningsreformer, som både kan betegnes som én stor nasjonal reform, og mange små reformer. Første del av reformfasen la opp til lokale initiativ og frivillige sammenslåingsprosesser, ... -
Å være eller ikke være - er det spørsmålet? En historie om den norske homofilidiskursen
(Master thesis, 2001)