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norskArtikler, rapporter og annet (samfunnsvitenskap): Recent submissions
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The legitimacy of local government in the Australian federation
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-02-16)Australian local government does not enjoy the status of its counterparts in comparable democracies and has long sought acknowledgment in the federal constitution. As these campaigns have consistently failed, this study considers how, and in which forms, local government obtains its own political legitimacy within a governance system centered on the citizen–state relationship, in addition to evaluating ... -
Lines of Differentiation and Connection in Translocal Lithuanian Lives: Stories about the Norwegian Child Welfare Service
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023-11-10)Lithuanians have quite recently, and increasingly, started to emigrate to Norway. Thus, knowledge of Lithuanians in Norway is limited. This chapter asks specifically how Lithuanian labour migrants’ translocal lives in Norway play out and are linked to life in Lithuania. In a study consisting of 26 semi-structured interviews with Lithuanians in Norway, 19 interviewees brought up a “fear of the Norwegian ... -
Translocal familyhood and Lifelines across Borders
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023)<p>What are translocal families and what are their lifelines like? The theoretical section of the chapter explains translocality, translocal familyhood and lifelines, the three key concepts of the book. Based mainly on research carried out for the Inequalities of Mobility: Relatedness and Belonging of Transnational Families in the Nordic Migration Space project, the authors ponder how emotion, ... -
The heterogneity of the Arctic
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023-12-20)New forms of urbanization are unfolding around the world that challenge inherited conceptions of the urban as a fixed and universally generalizable settlement type. The Arctic is a region where urbanization is a strong and powerful process. Inspired by Neil Brenner`s concept of planetary urbanism, this chapter seeks to challenge dominant paradigms that locate Arctic space and place outside urban ... -
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 ... -
Urfolks selvbestemmelse og demokratiets rolle. Institusjonalisering av rettigheter og representasjon
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-20)Indigenous politics is a result of the human rights revolution after World War II, and the mobilization by ethnic groups for recognition, equality, and influence over their own situation. In the last 30 years, the awareness of the right to self-determination has given new impetus and content to how the relationship between indigenous peoples and the state should be. As part of this deep-going change, ... -
How cross-pressured local politicians choose government loyalty over local voters’ preferences. Lessons from a survey experiment in Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2024-02-06)This study explores how local politicians act when they are torn between local voters’ views and their own views or the party line. Against the background of a recent municipal amalgamation reform in Norway that reduced the number of municipalities from 428 to 356, we conducted a survey experiment where the local representatives (N = 2,013) were treated with different outcomes from a hypothetical ... -
Krykkja inntar byen. Allianser for overlevelse i naturkrisenes tid
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-11-06)I Vardø har folk i generasjoner hatt et nært forhold til sjøfugl gjennom fangst og sanking av fugl, egg og dun. Samtidig med en dramatisk nedgang i sjøfuglbestander i fuglefjellene er den rødlista krykkja blitt en sentral del av bybildet, hvor den hekker på kaianlegg og bygg langs vågen. Bykrykkjene i Vardø inngår i en kompleks geografi av aksept, men den nye sameksistensen mellom menneske og fugl ... -
Sensing morally evocative spaces
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023-10-27)The Norwegian outfields make up convoluted more-than-human public spaces. Throughout its nation-building process, being an outdoor culture combining hikers, trekkers, and skiers has been inscribed into the national identity of Norway. Facilitated by allemannsretten (the right to roam), the recreational leisure use of the outfields has however increased and diversified steadily during recent decades. ... -
Sharing for Health, Inclusion, and Sustainability: The Co-Production of Outdoor Equipment Lending in Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-10-26)This study analyses the promotion of public health, social inclusion, and environmental sustainability in two Norwegian cities through the co-production of outdoor equipment-lending outlets. Building on seminal insights from Elinor Ostrom, we investigate how the co-production of equipment-lending initiatives can bridge the divide between government, civil society, and the market. Engaging citizens ... -
The UN Security Council: legitimacy and organized hypocrisy
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-31)The authority of the UN Security Council (UNSC), perhaps also its legitimacy, may have been brought into question by recent events. The war in Ukraine and the inferno in the Middle East challenges its role as preserver of international peace and security, and poor or highly selective responses to mass atrocities challenges its capacity to provide protection to populations when states fail. This ... -
Populisme på samisk. Framveksten av Nordkalottfolket på Sametinget
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-08)Nordkalottfolket (NKF) fikk sitt politiske gjennombrudd i Sametinget ved valget i 2021 med 18,3 prosent av stemmene med 9 av 39 representanter fra 6 av 7 valgkretser. Med populismens forståelse av hvordan «folket», «eliten» og «folkeviljen» forholder seg til hverandre samt teoriretningen historisk institusjonalisme analyserer artikkelen hva som kjennetegner NKF, hvordan dets framvekst kan forklares ... -
Does municipal amalgamation affect trust in local politicians? The case of Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-30)When municipalities merge, they grow and, at the same time, experience a comprehensive reform process, both of which may affect political trust. We explore whether and how the large-scale municipal amalgamation reforms in Norway in the 2010s affected citizens’ trust in local and national elected officials and assemblies. We examine the effects of both changes in size and reform processes using survey ... -
Orchestrating Moral Bearability in the Clinical Management of Second-trimester Selective Abortion
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-10-12)In present-day Denmark, second-trimester selective abortion has become a regular medical event, which has turned selective abortion care into a routinized task for health staff. In this article, we explore what forms of care practices abortion providers in Danish public hospitals engage in. Using in-depth interviews, medical documents and social media data, we show that at the center of selective ... -
Populisme på samisk. Framveksten av Nordkalottfolket på Sametinget
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-12-08)Nordkalottfolket (NKF) fikk sitt politiske gjennombrudd i Sametinget ved valget i 2021 med 18,3 prosent av stemmene med 9 av 39 representanter fra 6 av 7 valgkretser. Med populismens forståelse av hvordan «folket», «eliten» og «folkeviljen» forholder seg til hverandre samt teoriretningen historisk institusjonalisme analyserer artikkelen hva som kjennetegner NKF, hvordan dets framvekst kan forklares ... -
Samskapt bærekraft i norsk arbeidsliv
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023-10-17)Dette kapitlet gir en oversikt over tidligere forskning på samskapt bærekraft i norsk arbeidsliv. Litteraturgjennomgangen viser at omfanget av forskning på hvordan norske organisasjoner forstår og samarbeider om bærekraft, er begrenset. Bidragene i boka bøter på denne kunnskapsmangelen når de utforsker ulike organisasjoners samarbeid for bærekraftig utvikling. Hovedfunnene fra disse studiene presenteres ... -
Samskapt bærekraft i arbeidslivet: sammenfattende analyse
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023-10-17)Dette kapitlet er en metaanalyse av de empiriske studiene i boka. Vi drøfter samskapingsutfordringer og muligheter på tvers av sektorer og ulike ledelsesperspektiver på bærekraftig utvikling. Her setter vi blant annet søkelys på implikasjoner for sosial bærekraft, spenninger mellom økonomisk og økologisk bærekraft samt utfordringer og muligheter relatert til kompleksitet versus standardisering av ... -
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 ... -
Social media as an agenda-setting instrument in local politics
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-25)This article contributes to the litera ture on political agen da-setting on social mediain the local context. Using interviews with local politicians in northern Norway, wediscuss local politicians’ use of soci al media for agenda-setting in between electionsfrom an agency perspective. We ask whether local politicians seek to promote andcontrol the definition of an issue on social media, and whether ... -
Upscale: Upscaling Sustainable Collaborative Consumption Using Public Libraries
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-29)UPSCALE is an international collaboration of universities, research institutes, public libraries, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that explore the preconditions for and possible upscaling of collaborative consumption using public libraries. UPSCALE runs until autumn 2024, and results will be published continuously in journals dealing with library and information studies, climate research,and ...
