Introduction: The hardening hypothesis states that with the declining prevalence and growing social disapproval of smoking, remaining smokers are more unwilling and unable to quit as well as increasingly characterized by ...

Sosiologi i dag 44, 1/2014, 5-11 http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/SID

Artikkelen tar utgangspunkt i at steder og anledninger til å treffe en partner endrer seg gjennom modernisering. Hva betyr det for partnervalg og samlivskvalitet at møtestedene endrer karakter? Spørsmålet belyses gjennom ...

Background Nondaily smoking appears to have remained stable in Western countries in recent years, alongside a steep decline in daily smoking. Nondaily smoking increases the risk of several diseases and ...

En grunn til at det er interessant å studere høyrepopulistiske partier i regjeringsposisjon, er at disse partiene har til felles at de er anti-establishment. I tillegg går de fleste slike partier inn for en restriktiv ...

Background Several studies have reported significantly higher stress levels, both short and long terms, among mothers giving preterm birth compared with mothers giving birth at term. Stress, however, is a ...

The author analyzes the relationship between unionization and absences due to sickness in Norway using register data covering the entire population employed in the private sector during 2003 to 2007. A few previous studies ...

Sosiologisk Årbok 2013.2 139-153 http://www.sosiologiskaarbok.no/

This article explores images of high-level female politicians in France and Norway from 1980 to 2010, examining the ways in which they present themselves to the media and their subsequent reception by journalists. Women ...

Sosiologisk tidsskrift 2011, 379-394. http://www.idunn.no/st/2011/04/art04

South African cities regularly experience service delivery protests, which often target local governments who are blamed for non-delivery and non-participation. The legitimacy crisis of local democracy can be understood ...

Researchers have often pointed to the masculine norms that are integrated into politics. This article explores these norms by studying male images of politics and power in France and Norway from 1945 to 2009. Both dress ...