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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Commissions appointed to examine and propose solutions to major policy problems play a vital role in policy formulation in the Nordic countries. Whereas existing accounts emphasize the corporatist and statist features of ...
(Research report / Forskningsrapport / PublishedVersion, 2019)
The paper compares two prominent approaches to global gender justice; Alison Jaggar’s ‘distributive’ approach and Nancy Fraser’s ‘participatory’ approach. It argues that both theories have contributed valuably to develop ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
This is an accepted version of a chapter in the book Towards Gendering Institutionalism, edited by Heather MacRae and Elaine Weiner. © 2017 Rowman & Littlefield International
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
The UN Beijing World Conference on Women in 1995 was a landmark event resulting in the famous Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action. In 2015, a review of the implementation of the 1995 Beijing agenda — Beijing 20 — ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
This study questions the traditional story of the detachment and independence of expert bodies such as agencies, central banks and expert committees. It directs attention to the numerous institutional links with elected ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Deliberative systems theory is a promising candidate for a normative theory of democracy that combines ideal requirements with feasibility. Yet, recent theoretical elaborations and studies of citizens’ online media use ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Det ligger mye makt i makten til å utrede. Vi bør bry oss mer om hvem vi gir i oppdrag å utrede offentlig politikk – og hvordan utrederne leverer. For å kunne si om norsk utredningsvesen holder mål eller ikke, må vi ha en ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Mange samfunnsvitere forsker på politikk – som hovedtema eller i forlengelsen av andre forskningsinteresser. Når samfunnsforskere studerer politikk, konsentrerer de seg typisk om å fortolke og forklare politiske prosesser ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Kommentaren tar for seg fire trekk ved det Helga Hernes kalte «det kvinnevennlige sosialdemokratiske medborgerskapsidealet»: dets brodd mot liberalismen, vekten på politisk deltagelse og sosiale rettigheter, og ideen om ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Epistemic democrats are rightly concerned with the quality of outcomes and judge democratic procedures in terms of their ability to ‘track the truth’. However, their impetus to assess ‘rule by experts’ and ‘rule by the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
This paper contributes to an on-going exchange in political theory on the normative legitimacy of expert bodies. It focuses on epistemic worries about the expertisation of politics, and uses the Nordic system of advisory ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Think tanks often present themselves as contributors to a more reflective and informed political debate and their policy advice as based on knowledge and research. Yet, they also claim to be alternatives to university ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
This study focuses on ad hoc policy advisory committees that bring together experts and stakeholders to propose public policies on the basis of consensus. These kinds of committees are often considered to be a typical ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Decision-making in the European Union is often characterized as technocratic and depoliticized. But has European integration also increased the role of experts and expertise in national policy-making? The chapter addresses ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
This study traces the claims of a ‘scientization’ and a ‘participatory turn’ in modern governance within the system of temporary policy advisory committees in Norway. It analyzes whether there is evidence of the two claims ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
This study questions the traditional story of the detachment and independence of expert bodies such as agencies, central banks and expert committees. It shows that there are numerous institutional links with elected bodies ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Although not a member of the EU, Norway is deeply affected by European integration, owing to its participation, since 1994, in the EEA Agreement which made Norway a full participant in EU’s internal market. Norway’s ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2009)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
In this chapter, the authors investigate how the national branding of Norway takes form through voicing and silencing of various features of Norwegian gender-equality policies. A key insight from studies of nation-branding ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
International drug policy is undergoing change, and certain types of lay experts, those who have experienced problems with drug use, are getting a more important role. By drawing on 30 in-depth interviews with representatives ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
The chapter discusses challenges arising from the growing role of experts and expert knowledge in policymaking. It identifies a series of distinguishable epistemic and democratic worries about “expertization.” Examples are ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Kommentaren diskuterer normative kriterier for evalueringer av koronahåndteringen ut fra den politiske filosofen Joseph Heaths rammeverk for forvaltningsetikk. Rammeverket illustreres gjennom eksempler fra en sammenlignende ...
(Book / AcceptedVersionBok; Peer reviewed, 2022)
This book offers a concise and accessible introduction to debates about expertise, policy-making and democracy. It uniquely combines an overview of recent research on the policy role of experts with discussions in political ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
This review examines the alleged crisis of trust in environmental science and its impact on public opinion, policy decisions in the context of democratic governance, and the interaction between science and society. In an ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
This paper examines the conditions of trustworthy science advice mechanisms, in which scientists have a mandated role to inform public policymaking. Based on the literature on epistemic trust and public trust in science, ...
(Book / Bok / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
This book explores how gender equality, a central part of the Nordic imaginary, is used in the political communication of Nordic states. The analyses presented move beyond conventional images and discourses of Nordic gender- ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Rusreformutvalget ble nedsatt av Solberg-regjeringen i 2018 og anbefalte å avkriminalisere bruk av narkotika. Vi plasserer reformforslaget i en historisk kontekst og belyser debatten med vekt på hvordan forskning ble brukt ...