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Parlamentets natur: Produksjonen av en legitim miljø- og petroleumspolitikk (1945–2013)
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-05-20)Sociology as a discipline is concerned with relationships. The relationship addressed in this thesis, is the one between society and nature. More specifically, the process of making pollution and the environmental condition ... -
Parralel Recurrent Convolutional Neural Network for Abnormal Heart Sound Classification
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This paper presents the results of a study performed on Parallel Convolutional Neural Network (PCNN) toward detecting heart abnormalities from the heart sound signals. The PCNN preserves dynamic contents of the signal in ... -
Parti, velgere, media og politikk. Innflytelse på Stortingets dagsorden gjennom representasjon og agendasetting 1985-2001
(Master thesis, 2004)I denne oppgaven analyseres partienes, velgernes og medienes innflytelse på Stortingets dagsorden i perioden 1985-2001. To ulike prosesser for innflytelse på offentlig politikk, politisk representasjon og politisk ... -
Partially Organised, Partially Successful? - A Case Study of the Partial Organisation of the COVAX Initiative
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Participation in forestry: A study of people`s participation on the social forestry policy in Bangladesh: Myth or reality?
(Master thesis, 2004)This study is an attempt to study and explore the extent of people’s participation in theSF policy of Bangladesh and what are the roles of the main stakeholders: bureaucrats,Union Parishad and NGOs in ensuring the expected ... -
Participation in Indigenous Democracy: Voter Turnout in Sámi Parliamentary Elections in Norway and Sweden
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-11-05)This article compares and analyzes voter turnout in the 2013 elections to the Sámi parliaments in Norway and Sweden, using data from voter surveys. Is voting in these elections motivated by the same factors that explain ... -
Participation of the poor in civil society
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Participatory modelling updates expectations for individuals and groups, catalyzing be-havior change and collective action in nexus governance
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Participatory modeling is a potentially high‐impact approach for catalyzing fundamental sustainability transformations. We test if participation in a group system dynamics modeling exercise increases participants' agency ... -
Partners and Competitors. Gendered Entrepreneurship in Ghanaian Canoe Fisheries
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Party Competition as an Explanation for New Parties’ Decision to Reenter Elections and Electoral Success: A Heckman’s Selection Model of New Parties in Central and Eastern Europe
(Master thesis, 2020-08-28)This thesis investigates the determinants of reentry and electoral success among new parties that encounter ideological competition from established parties in Central and Eastern Europe. In this part of Europe there is a ... -
Party Responsiveness to Public Opinion in Young Democracies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Are political parties in young democracies responsive to the policy preferences of the public? Compared to extensive scholarship on party responsiveness in established democracies, research on party responsiveness in young ... -
Party roles in young democratic regimes - Challenging dynamics in a modern political environment
(Master thesis, 2009-12-03)The democratic situation for young regimes in Eastern Europe is one hallmarked withchallenges. This master thesis focuses on three young democracies, Hungary, Latvia andSlovenia, in order to shed on these challenges. The ... -
Pasientvelferd eller kostnadshensyn: fastlegenes dilemma
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-09)Det er en jevnt økende etterspørsel etter helsetjenester i Norge; folk blir eldre, nye livsstilsrelaterte plager utvikles og stadig nye lidelser kan behandles. Det økte trykket gjør rasjonering og prioritering i helsevesenet ... -
Pass og citadell: franskbruk i Tunis
(Master thesis, 2008-10-05)Nasjonalstater har ofte blitt bygget på forestillingen om ett felles språk. Med et slikt premiss ser man bort fra språklig heterogenitet innenfor nasjonalstatenes grenser. I mange sammenhenger har det vært mer vanlig å se ... -
The passport: A perception of risk on mobility -A Documentary Analysis of the passport from a Norwegian view
(Master thesis, 2016-03-30)The passport is an item that most people take for granted; it is internalised in the population that the world constitute of a myriad of nation-states dictating laws that are controlling and inhibiting people's movements ... -
Past and Present Sources of European Union. A Comparative Historical-Institutionalist Analysis
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-06-11)This study sets out to explain why continental and southern Europe has beensignificantly more favourable to post-1945 European integration than the north. I arguethat this is an important problem for two reasons. First, ... -
The Pastoral rehab: Drug addiction, therapeutic discourses and self-transformation
(Master thesis, 2014-08-04)Abstract My research project involves ethnographic work focused on the culture and social relationships of drug addicts and their responses to different treatment practices. I conducted six months of fieldwork in San ... -
Pastoralists in Violent Defiance of the State. The case of the Karimojong in Northeastern Uganda
(Doctoral thesis, 2010-05-07)This thesis explores the issue of persistent violence between pastoralists andthe state in north eastern Uganda, probing why after many years of trying to settle theproblems of cattle raiding, armed violence and disorder ... -
Pathway to a land-neutral expansion of Brazilian renewable fuel production
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Biofuels are currently the only available bulk renewable fuel. They have, however, limited expansion potential due to high land requirements and associated risks for biodiversity, food security, and land conflicts. We ... -
Pathways to permanence in England and Norway: A critical analysis of documents and data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-08)The English language term ‘permanence’ is increasingly used in high income countries as a ‘short-hand’ translation for a complex set of aims around providing stability and family membership for children who need child ...