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The Nordic Model: Assessing its robustness and the effects of the global financial crisis
(Master thesis, 2013-11-20)It is sometimes said the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden have found a magic way of combining high taxes and lavish welfare systems with fast growth and unemployment. Some credit this to the triumph ... -
Norge som mål for utenlandske investeringer: Trender og forklaringer
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Utenlandske investeringer er en viktig del av økonomien i mange land. Det gjelder også Norge, hvor utenlandskontrollerte foretak sysselsetter 21 prosent av arbeidstakerne i privat næringsliv. Samtidig vet vi at strømmene ... -
"Norsk verneplikt, avvik frå overordna konvergens med dansk og svensk innsatsforsvar".
(Master thesis, 2012-12-20)Abstract The Scandinavian countries Denmark, Norway and Sweden have presently introduced a defence based on flexible reaction forces. Does this imply that the national defence models are converging and are there any causes ... -
Norske nasjonale ekspertar - ein kanal for innverknad eller gratis arbeidskraft til Brussel?
(Master thesis, 2009-12-04)The three European Free Trade Area (EFTA) countries Norway, Island and Liechtenstein are connected to the European Union (EU) through the European Economic Area (EEA) agreement. This agreement implies that a significant ... -
The Norwegian voluntary sector in change: The impact of changes in organizational type, structure, and membership on local voluntary associations' political involvement
(Master thesis, 2011-05-31)The purpose of this thesis is to examine whether the political involvement of local voluntary associations has changed between 1999 and 2009, and if so what caused this change. The Norwegian voluntary sector has been in ... -
Nærpolitireformen. Politiansattes og lederes vurdering av dagens situasjon og forventninger til reformen
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Nødhjelp i konfliktsoner. Et casestudium av Kirkens Nødhjelp i Sør-Sudan
(Master thesis, 2018-06-23)Denne oppgaven tar for seg Kirkens Nødhjelp i Sør-Sudan. Siden Kirkens Nødhjelp er en del av det humanitære systemet kan organisasjonen sees som et eksempel på en systemenhet i endring. Det er interessant å se på endringer ... -
Nødvendigheten av frihet og behovet for beskyttelse. Den historiske oppfatningen av individuell frihet, og den offentlige diskursen etter 11. september 2001
(Master thesis, 2007)Denne oppgaven har som mål å utføre en analyse av endringene i den offentlige oppfatningen av begrepet frihet. Oppgavens problemstilling reiser spørsmål om hvorvidt et økende søkelys på sikkerhet fører til et press på, og ... -
Oceans Apart: Ideologies of Extraterritorial Foreign Policy in Northern Europe and the USA
(Doctoral thesis, 2006-06-23)In the study of international relations, domestic variables have rather seldom been used to explainphenomena on the international level. In comparative politics and historical sociology, explainingdomestic outcomes have ... -
OECD-statenes forsvarsutgifter: En kald krig mot finanskrisen?
(Master thesis, 2016-06-01)Denne oppgaven studerer determinantene for OECD-statenes forsvarsutgifter. Oppgaven ser spesielt på om finanskrisen fra 2008 har bidratt til en endring i effektene til determinantene. Det er tre variabler som er av spesiell ... -
Olje for Utvikling. En analyse av norsk petroleumsbistand
(Master thesis, 2009-12-04)I denne oppgaven skal jeg analysere valget av hovedsamarbeidsland til bistandsprogrammet Olje for Utvikling. Med opprettelsen av Olje for Utvikling (OfU) i 2005 ble all petroleumsbistand samlet under ett program og tillagt ... -
"Om ikke akkurat grasrot, så nesten litt". Miljøverndepartementets bruk av "sivilsamfunnsinitiativer" som virkemidler for økt folkelig miljøengasjement
(Master thesis, 2008)This thesis studies how the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment tries to increase citizeninvolvement in environmental issues by using “grassroot” consumer organizations as a tool. Twosuch organizations are examined, ... -
On studying the unstudyable: a quantitative literature review of proposed causes of corruption and how these have been studied
(Master thesis, 2011-06-01)This thesis is a quantitative review of research on the causes of corruption. The aim is twofold: firstly to establish the degree of agreement between researchers regarding the causal effect of seven different explanatory ... -
On the Anatomy of Health-related Actions for Which People Could Reasonably be Held Responsible: A Framework
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Should we let personal responsibility for health-related behavior influence the allocation of healthcare resources? In this paper, we clarify what it means to be responsible for an action. We rely on a crucial conceptual ... -
"On Thin Ice?" Understanding Sustainable Development in the Arctic Council
(Master thesis, 2016-11-22)The thesis investigates the institutional approach" to sustainable development in the Arctic Council. What has been called the institutional approach is conceived of along two dimensions 1. The institutional dimension; ... -
Online censorship and young people’s use of social media to get news
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The increasing adoption of social media across Africa has raised hopes that they represent a new locus of youth political agency. However, as social media has become more ubiquitous, so has its control by African regimes. ... -
Online Service Providers and the Arab Spring
(Master thesis, 2018-06-30)The role played by internet and mobile phone services – access providers, social media etc – in the Arab Spring has been much discussed, including in academia. Whether these services were instrumental in the wave of ... -
Organised interests in the media and policy congruence: The contingent impact of the status quo
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)While a multitude of studies have investigated the link between opinion and policy, we have little knowledge of how and when organised interests affect this linkage. We argue that the alignment of organised interests affects ... -
Out of work and out of office: The golden mix for left bloc support in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013)Across established democracies, the relationship between the economy and party choice is robust. In efforts to test the relationship further, forecasting models based on economic and political variables have been constructed ...