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Politisk utvikling i digitale medier - En komparativ casestudie av retusjert reklame og influencerbarn
(Master thesis, 2022-06-16)Innenfor lignende kontekster prioriteres samfunnsfenomen i ulik grad. Visse tilfeller er kontinuerlig aktuelle og befinner seg på den politiske agendaen over lange perioder, mens andre eksisterer i samfunnet lenge før ... -
The Population's Confidence in the Child Protection System – A Survey Study of England, Finland, Norway and the United States (California)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)This article examines the confidence the population (N = 4,003) has in the child welfare system in four countries – England, Finland, Norway and the USA (California). We find that about half or less of the population reports ... -
Populations trust in the child protection system: A cross-country comparison of nine high-income jurisdictions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In this study, we examine the trust placed by the populations of nine jurisdictions in their child protection systems. These systems protect children’s rights and grant authority for invasive interventions to curtail or ... -
Power and Politics in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Teams
(Master thesis, 2016-05-30)Inspired by a debate in the BJJ community on BJJ politics" and the BJJ Globetrotters' goal of being politics-free", I wanted to find out if they truly were free of politics. As I understand the term, BJJ politics are the ... -
Preparing for the Unknown Crisis - A Case Study on Norway’s Pandemic Preparedness before the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Outbreak
(Master thesis, 2021-07-01)The aim of this master thesis is to answer the following research question, ‘how have previous large-scale pandemic or epidemic outbreaks contributed to shaping the current crisis management and pandemic preparedness plans ... -
Prinsippet om barnet sitt beste i fyrstelinjetenesta. Ei kvalitativ strukturanalyse av retningslinjer for ansvarsgrupper
(Master thesis, 2018)Dette forskingsopplegget er ei strukturanalyse av korleis Noreg regulerer og strukturerer prinsippet om barnet sitt beste. Ved å nytta meg av prinsippet om barnet sitt beste som evalueringsstandard har eg undersøkt om ... -
Problems of Coordination in Local Administration in Bangladesh
(Master thesis, 2010-05-27)This study analyses inter-organisational coordination among various departments at the local level administration in Bangladesh. Unlike solo dance, efficient coordination is not achieved through individual action. Rather, ... -
Processes and determining factors when family court judgments are made in England about infants entering care at birth
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This paper reports on the England part of a research project exploring judicial decision making in eight jurisdictions with respect to care applications in respect of new-born infants. Descriptive data are provided on a ... -
"Professional Colleagues and Almost Like Friends": The development of interorganizational trust within a partnership of three Norwegian NGOs
(Master thesis, 2012-05-16)This case study examines the development of interorganizational trust within a partnership of three Norwegian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that formed a vocational school in Norway. Building on previous research, ... -
Project planning and administrative policy-making in FAO
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Public accountability: Explaining variation across local governments in Uganda
(Master thesis, 2013-06-02)5 Abstract What makes some local governments thrive while others fall short of answerability? What are the different dimensions/indicators/forms of accountability in local governments? What factors promote or hinder ... -
Public perceptions of child protection, children's rights, and personal values: An assessment of two states
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Although there is an expansive literature on public attitudes towards the welfare state, we know comparatively little about public attitudes toward child protection. Gauging public opinion about the state’s role in protecting ... -
Public political tolerance of the far right in contemporary Western Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Political initiatives promoting a far-right agenda have gained significant political influence in Western European democracies. This has occurred despite apparent broad-based public rejection of Europe’s Nazi past. This ... -
Public private partnership in the power sector of Ghana: Has it delivered as expected?
(Master thesis, 2015-05-31)The Government of Ghana has made a declaration through the National Energy Policy to attain 5000MW of electricity generation by the end of 2015 in order to meet the 10% annual growth rate of electricity demand. The policy ... -
Public sector accountability styles in Europe comparing accountability and control of agencies in the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and the UK
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This paper develops and applies the concept of accountability styles for analyzing and comparing accountability practices in different countries. This is relevant as there is considerable scholarship on public sector ... -
Public Service Resilience in a Post-COVID-19 World: Digital Transformation in Nordic Higher Education
(Chapter, 2023)This chapter draws on seminal contributions from the crisis management and resilience literature to develop and test a new framework for organisational resilience in higher education in the context of digital transformation. ... -
Public Trust and Healthcare Institutions: A Quantitative Analysis in Pakistani Healthcare Contexts
(Master thesis, 2021-08-02)This paper presents a case for generalizing Seok-Eun Kim’s model of public trust to healthcare institutions. The model consists of five variables that together conceptualize trustworthiness: credible commitment, benevolence, ... -
Putting decision into action: the Disability Act of Ghana. Six years down the line.
(Master thesis, 2013-05-31)The study was conducted to explore how far implementation of the Ghana Disability Act has gone and some factors affecting its implementation. Using the qualitative method of case study, officials from the secretariat of ... -
Radical policy change in Germany's health system in 2011: The case of patented drug regulation
(Master thesis, 2012-06-02)This present thesis is an analysis of radical policy change in Germany's health system. The pharmaceutical industry was stopped to determine freely the prices of patented drugs in 2011; this is what is defined as radical ...