I dette kapittelet skal vi se nærmere på fellesskap forstått som sosial integrasjon og kollektiv bevissthet i et klasseperspektiv, hvor klasseanalysen tar utgangspunkt i klasseidentitet og den subjektive klassestrukturen, eller klasse for seg, i stedet for en mer tradisjonell analyse med utgangspunkt i klasse i seg. Analysen, som også inkluderer funksjonalistiske begreper og en enkel komparativ ...

I dette etterordet trekker jeg trådene sammen. Finnes det noen linjer som ordner bidragene? Fellesskap er ett gjennomgående tema. Alle kapitlene handler om fellesskap. Finnes det andre? Ifølge Niklas Luhmann (2016) benytter den sosiologiske samfunnsanalysen seg av i alt fire distinksjoner som også er mekanismer for samfunnsmessig integrasjon. De fire er funksjon, klasse, skillet mellom sentrum og ...

Arctic order historically, currently, and in the future, reflects world order. The idea of “Arctic exceptionalism” is not valid and is a poor guide for policy. During Cold War bipolarity, the Arctic was divided between the Soviet Arctic and the Nordic and North American Arctic. US victory and Soviet defeat in the Cold War led to US unipolarity and hegemony which was the basis for a circumpolar ...

This study examines the political and demographic trends in Northern Norway and Northern Sweden, regions often perceived as distinct due to their peripheral status. Despite some differences, significant similarities exist in their political and demographic developments. Both regions have been historically dominated by social democratic parties, although with stronger support in Northern Sweden. ...

This book analyses the municipal chief executive officer (MCEO) of Nordic municipalities. The Nordic countries operate a distinct model of local government in the context of the welfare state. As there are some variations among the countries, it is important to analyse this model in comparative perspective. In the Nordic countries, the post-war expansion of the welfare state took place primarily in ...

This paper explores Members of Parliament (MPs) perceptions of non-profit sector added value by analysing Norwegian parliamentary debates (2018–2020) through Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). It examines how parliamentarians discursively legitimize non-profit sector organizations in public service delivery, thereby providing a lens through which this sector’s added value can be understood. We find ...

Poor communication between professionals across levels of care regarding patients’ medication can lead to errors. Norway has invested in several electronic initiatives to improve collaboration in medicine management. This study elaborates on collaborative electronic medicine management work in specialist and primary care, asking what the problems with electronically shared medicine information are ...

This article presents a postcolonial and feminist analysis of 44 newspaper articles published between 1965 and 2022 about “the coil campaign” in Greenland, which fitted Greenlandic Inuit women with the IUD in the 1960s and 1970s, at times without their knowledge or consent. Using a media archive search and conducting a discursive analysis, we explore how journalistic reporting and debates ...

Recent literature on energy justice highlights the need for intersectional considerations in energy decisions. This article addresses this research gap by presenting an intersectional analysis of a rejected wind power application in Northern Norway. By employing critical discourse analysis of the primary documents in the process, such as the wind power application, impact assessments, correspondences ...

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