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Can China change the Arctic regime?
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-10-18)China’s role in the Arctic regime remains a debatable topic in the expert discourse on the High North. Currently, in view of the aggravated conflicts in other regions that include Russia as the largest Arctic state, and China as its strategic partner, the Arctic regimes are experiencing salient disturbances. Against this backdrop, an understanding of China’s opportunities to affect Arctic affairs ... -
The Canadian Fisheries Industry : Retrospect and Prospect
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The centre–periphery dimension and trust in politicians: the case of Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-13)Scholars have often studied social, political and economic factors affecting trust. This article considers the relationship between spatial location and trust in politicians. We hypothesise that the centre‒periphery framework developed by Stein Rokkan has explanatory value for the study of trust in politicians. By using multilevel regression analysis on a large-N survey on a crucial case (Norway), ... -
CFS-/ME-pasienters ulike erfaringer med Lightning Process
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)<b>Bakgrunn:</b> Lightning Process (LP) er en kursbasert treningsmetode som er under debatt når det gjelder behandling av CFS/ME.<br> <b>Hensikt:</b> Denne kvalitative studien har som mål å styrke kunnskapen om CFS/ME-pasienters ulike erfaringer med LP.<br> <b>Metode:</b> Studien undersøker hva som skiller beskrivelsene til to pasientgrupper som hadde ulike erfaringer med metoden. Den ene ... -
The challenge of fitting in: non-participation and withdrawal from an online self-help group for breast cancer patients
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2007-11-15)Online self-help groups multiply peoples' possibilities to exchange information and social support. Such possibilities are expected to be of crucial value for the 'new' healthcare user. However, similar to experiences from face-to-face based groups, studies of online self-help groups report high drop-out rates. Knowledge about why this happens is scarce. By means of qualitative interviews and ... -
The Char and the Oystercatcher. The Value of the Wild in Rossfjord, North Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-09)This ethnographic study explores and compares the relationships that locals in Rossfjord, North Norway, have to the oystercatcher and the sea-going Arctic char respectively. Both these animals are highly valued locally, while the valuations at first look very different. The oystercatcher is protected by building bin-cases for its nesting, while the Arctic char is killed and eaten. Discussing these ... -
China's New Roles and Behaviour in Conflict-Affected Regions: Reconsidering Non-Interference and Non-Intervention
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2019-03-07)China's view on the sanctity of state sovereignty has slowly but inexorably been transformed, and the country has found it difficult to continue to adhere to the principles of non-interference and non-intervention with the same degree of rigour as during the Cold War era. This special section will explore what the principles mean to China today; why and how Beijing has become active in peacebuilding ... -
China's UN peacekeeping in Mali and comprehensive diplomacy
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2019-03-04)China's increasing participation in United Nations peacekeeping operations reached a milestone in 2013 when Beijing agreed to send a large detachment of personnel, including combat forces for the first time, to support UN peacekeeping operations in Mali after that country fell into civil war. This commitment was also distinct in that unlike other African countries where Beijing has supplied peacekeepers, ... -
The China–Switzerland Free Trade Agreement and Economic Identity-Building
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2019-01-25)The free trade agreement signed between China and Switzerland in 2013 was a watershed event in the economic policies of both states,a successful identity-building exercise for both actors in addition to an economic endeavour. In the case of Beijing, the Switzerland free trade agreement (FTA) was a crucial step not only in promoting its trade interests in Europe, including the European Union, but ... -
China’s Arctic policy: present and future
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-04)The article examines China’s Arctic policy features and the meaning of the first published White Paper of 2018 for the future behaviours of the PRC. The author reviews the interests of the PRC in the High North, and the political objectives and means. The article pays special attention to the origins of Chinese policy in the Arctic, including the national strategy, expert discourse and regional ... -
China’s bilateral diplomacy in the Arctic
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-12-11)This article investigates China's bilateral diplomacy in the Arctic towards the USA, Canada, Denmark/Greenland, Norway, Russia, and Iceland. In seeking to identify (1) the most important bilateral issues, (2) whether China's diplomacy towards some of Arctic states has been more successful than others, and (3) the long-term goals of China's Arctic diplomacy and presence, the article utilizes insights ... -
Chinese tourism in the Nordic Arctic – opportunities beyond the economic
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-27)Chinese presence in the Nordic Arctic is increasing, but whereas many large-scale initiatives such as mining projects, trade deals or political alliances have yet to materialise, tourism encounters between Chinese visitors and Nordic Arctic communities are already happening. We use tourism as a lens and bring together perspectives and empirical examples from various disciplines, including international ... -
Communities of practice in the management of an Arctic environment: monitoring knowledge as complementary to scientific knowledge and the precautionary principle?
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-03)This article engages with knowledge management in governing vulnerable polar areas and tourism. Since the 1870’s Svalbard has been a cruise tourism destination. Due to less ice during the summer period, the number of tourists visiting the remote northeast corner of the archipelago has increased significantly and the potential negative impact on this vulnerable natural environment has become an ... -
A contemporary archaeology of pandemic
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-10-19)Global crises drastically alter human behavior, rapidly impacting patterns of movement and consumption. A rapid-response analysis of material culture brings new perspective to disasters as they unfold. We present a case study of the coronavirus pandemic in Tromsø, Norway, based on fieldwork from March 2020 to April 2021. Using a methodology rooted in social distancing and through systematic, diachronic, ... -
Cooperative Pastoral Production: Reconceptualizing the Relationship between Pastoral Labor and Production
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)A review of the literature concerning nomadic pastoralism reveals a prevalent assumption of a positive effect of labor inputs on pastoral production. However, studies that have tried to quantify the relationship between household labor availability and production are characterized by contradictory results where one reason may be related to the fact that nomadic pastoralists cooperate by sharing and ... -
Corporatisation in Norwegian Local Government
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023-02-25)Corporatisation in Norwegian local government, although not a new phenomenon, has grown rapidly during the last 20–25 years, especially since 2003–2004. Considering its relatively small population, Norway has a high number of municipally owned companies (MOCs), compared to its Scandinavian neighbours. Despite this, measured by the number of employees, the size of MOCs constitutes less than 10% of ... -
Corporatization in local government : promoting cultural differentiation and hybridity?
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-06)Corporatization implies disintegration of public authority, leading to not only structural but also cultural differentiation of government, transforming it into a fragmented and hybrid governance system consisting of an authority and multiple autonomous or semi-autonomous operators. This article addresses corporatization at the local government level in Norway, exploring if and how this change in ... -
Corporatization in local government: Promoting cultural differentiation and hybridity?
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-06)Corporatization implies disintegration of public authority, leading to not only structural but also cultural differentiation of government, transforming it into a fragmented and hybrid governance system consisting of an authority and multiple autonomous or semi-autonomous operators. This article addresses corporatization at the local government level in Norway, exploring if and how this change ... -
Dealing with difference: Contested place identities in two northern Scandinavian cities
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-05)In an era of culturally driven growth, urban identities are of central importance for the branding of cities. However, urban identities are under constant re-negotiation as cities’ populations become more diverse. In northern Scandinavia, some cities have developed on what were traditionally Indigenous lands but have failed to acknowledge the role these roots and histories have played in shaping the ... -
Debate: Corporatization in local government - the need for a comparative and multi-disciplinary research approach
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-28)During the past 20–30 years, scholars from different academic disciplines, as well as practitioners and local politicians, have observed a marked growth in the number of municipally-owned companies (MOCs) in local government service provision (Grossi & Reichard, 2008; Aars & Ringkjøb, 2011; Erlingsson, Fogelgren, Olsson, Thomasson, & Öhrvall, 2015; Ferry, Andrews, Skelcher, & Wegorowski, 2018). This ...
