Problemene i nord forteller oss mye om både Arbeiderpartiets problemer generelt og i Nord-Norge spesielt. Jonas Gahr Støre er sannsynligvis den norske statsministeren i moderne tid som har hatt sterkest engasjement for Nord-Norge. Likevel styrer han nå mot nok et historisk svakt valgresultat i landsdelen. Hans floker i nord forteller oss mye om både Arbeiderpartiets problemer generelt og i Nord-Norge ...

This paper presents an analytical model for studying “encounters” that take place when ideas for innovation meet institutions (The IIE-model). Our model aims to expand the dichotomous barriers/driver approach in innovation research. Building on the theoretical contributions of studies on institutional logics and change, this model presents a dynamic, institution-based understanding of what happens ...

Imagine Nepal as a small state left an alliance-free foreign policy on short notice, seeking membership in a regional military alliance. Imagine your defense minister few weeks back said s/he was against membership and your prime minister expressed serious reservations. Imagine a historical decision is nevertheless taken in what is characterized as an unprecedented threatening context. Another ...

I løpet av det siste tiåret har mange norske kommuner opprettet tildelingskontor for vurdering av behov for og tildeling av individuelle helse- og sosialtjenester. I dette kapitlet ser vi på etablering av tildelingskontor som en kommunal innovasjon. Kontorene befinner seg i et spenningsfelt mellom ulike styringsparadigmer, noe som både har betydning for hvilke koordineringsmekanismer som tas i ...

Internasjonal statsvitenskap har de siste tiårene utfordret den tradisjonelle éndimensjonale forståelsen av europeisk politikk. Analysene av norsk politikk har alltid vært flerdimensjonale, og sånn sett kan man si at analysene av europeisk politikk har tatt igjen de norske. Samtidig åpner et nytt todimensjonalt europeisk rammeverk, GAL-TAN, et nytt perspektiv på norsk politikk. Denne artikkelen viser ...

In the amazing building constructed in the early 19th century to house the Bank of Scotland, in the centre of Edinburgh, you will find the Museum of the Mound, a museum basically dedicated to anything to do with “money”. Its collection contains marvellous pieces of what we may call traditional forms of money from various cultures all over the world. What I would say is arguably the most spectacular ...

Human mobility is perpetuated at the intersection of opportunity and pressure. In this photographic essay, I explore reverberations of movement from the Arctic to East Africa, where I have done ethnographic fieldwork or passed through on my own anthropological and personal journey. The photos compare continuities of movement for transborder Skolt Sámi communities in Fennoscandia, sedentarized East ...

In diesem Artikel zeigen wir, dass Design Thinking als Master-Idee verstanden werden kann; eine weit verbreitete Idee, die einen besonders hohen Stellenwert und Legitimität erlangt hat. Es hat wiederum anderen organisatorischen Rezepten und Standards Legitimität verliehen. Wir zeigen auch, dass Design Thinking ein rationalisierter Mythos ist, der von seinem generischen Charakter getrieben wird.

Background - There now exists a rich body of literature on the relationship between income, income inequality, and health. The discussion about the impact of income and income inequality on health includes psychosocial mechanisms, such as long-term perceptions of inferiority and social positioning, material advantage from income, and the structural conditions that define what people can do with their ...

Purpose - The study examines how introducing joint municipal arm's length bodies (ALBs) into municipal waste management has influenced the preconditions of democratic governance.<p> <p>Design/methodology/approach - The authors describe and explain the democratic implications of joint municipal agencification by reviewing the perspectives of representative and participative democracy. Through this ...