Deltakelse i arbeidslivet er et viktig politisk virkemiddel for integrasjon av innvandrerbefolkningen. Minoritetsetniske kvinners deltakelse i arbeidslivet skal særlig fremme kjønnslikestilling og bekjempe fattigdom.<br> ...

There is growing scholarly interest in the role and function of non-state actors in global governance. A number of non-state governance schemes have been created in recent years to set environmental and social standards ...

The four articles that constitute the thesis are qualitative case-oriented comparative studies of the politics of citizenship in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA). The ‘politics of citizenship’ refers to the ...

While recent quantitative research concludes that economic inequality is unrelated to civil conflict, qualitative case studies suggest that what matters for political violence is so-called ‘horizontal inequalities’ (HIs), ...

The main motivation for this thesis is to connect preferences with observable behaviour at all stages of the EU policy-making process. The following are the most important stages in any policy-making process: 1) bargaining ...

In 2004, Poland’s accession to the EU triggered what is now considered to be the largest migration flow to Norway in history. In the next seven to eight years, well over a hundred thousand Polish workers were recruited to ...

As late as in the mid-1990s it was unthinkable for the UN Security Council to address issues of women’s rights and gender equality in relation to matters of international peace and security. Today the normative framework ...

Subsyndromal symptoms, or mild to moderate symptoms of depression, contribute more than any other health condition to absence from work. Mental illness is the leading cause of sickness absence and work incapacity in most ...

This dissertation investigates effects of network organization in military organizations. The last decades’ changes in the tasks and responsibilities of military organizations have prompted a need for organizational change. ...

Fører moderne samfunnsutvikling til stadig mer ensomhet og sosial isolasjon? Er svekkede sosiale relasjoner blant årsakene til den økte selvmordsraten i Norge i etterkrigstiden? Dette er blant spørsmålene som Anders Barstad ...