The structure of the food industry and industrial patterns along agri-food chains are continuously under development. Structural development of food industries refers to issues such as concentration, internationalisation, ...

In 2000, the Chinese government initiated a campaign to develop Western China and reduce local and regional inequality. Privatisation has been a central component of the campaign. This article studies the relationship ...

As in the rest of the industrialized world, organizational changes have been increasingly frequent in the Norwegian hospital sector in recent decades. Due to an ageing population, medical advances expanding treatment ...

Den «dobbelt likestilte» arbeid-familiemodellen, der foreldre deltar likt i yrkesarbeid og familiearbeid, har høy oppslutning i Norge, og understøttes av velferdsordninger. Generelt blir fordeling av tid til yrkesarbeid ...

Aims: Low socioeconomic status (SES) characterizes smoking and nicotine dependence in adult samples. However, less is known about how parental SES is linked to smoking in offspring and potential mechanisms at work. Methods: ...

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 ...

Aims: Recent research suggests that early onset of intoxication (EOI) may be of greater importance for a wide range of subsequent adverse outcomes than early drinking experiences without intoxication. However, research on ...

Five institutional fields were pinpointed as the main components of a public sphere in the introductory chapter (Engelstad, Larsen, Rogstad & Steen-Johnsen, this volume). They vary significantly in their institutional ...

The last two decades have seen far-reaching structural transformations in the public sphere. Few topics have attracted more attention, wild guesses, and misinterpretation, than the prospective effects of ongoing changes ...

Samfunnsgeografi er studiet av samfunnets romlighet. Som student i samfunnsgeografi utvikler du din geografiske forestillingsevne og blir i stand til å forstå betydningen av det geografiske i samfunnet rundt deg. Denne ...

This dissertation investigates the future orientations of Oslo youth as they approach their twenties. It does so against the backdrop of theoretical debates over individualization, class, and youth. Theories of individualization ...

In Norway, the prevalence of daily smoking has gradually declined from 50% among men and 30% among women in the early 1970s to 13% in both genders in 2015. The rate of occasional smoking has remained stable at approximately ...

Climate change presents new challenges that society must prepare for. For Norway, climate change means higher temperatures, increased rainfall and rising sea levels, changes that are leading to an increased frequency of ...

This thesis is a study on group differences in alcohol-related sickness absence. It consists of four papers: The first is an extensive review article of international research on the alcohol ?? sickness absence association. ...

Hvordan ble 22. juli-terroren og reaksjonene på denne tolket i den norske offentligheten? Terrorangrep kan brukes til å konstruere ulike typer kollektiv identitet og tolkes på måter som skaper svært forskjellige sosiale ...

Background: More knowledge is needed to understand costly behaviors such as absence from work or reduced efficiency at work due to alcohol. The aim of this study was: (i) to map employees’ attitudes toward alcohol-related ...

The construction industry in India is one of the largest sources of employment in the country, but it is weakly regulated by labour legislation. As a consequence, construction workers are hired informally, their employment ...

Introduction: International drug policy has traditionally been based on the premise that illegal drugs are more harmful than legal substances. Here, we investigate how students in the UK and Norway now perceive possible ...

Background Research on norms regulating drunken behaviour has tended to focus on differences between different countries and cultures rather than variations within them. Here, we examine whether there are: (i) situation-specific ...

Cities are increasingly organised according to socio-spatial divisions in which groups with similar characteristics live in the same areas. This social polarisation is associated with differences in living conditions, ...

Aktive vilkår for mottak av velferdsytelser er en felleseuropeisk trend. Dette innebærer at retten til velferdsytelser betinges av at mottaker deltar i en form for aktivitet, for eksempel arbeid for trygd (workfare), aktiv ...

This paper expands the model of rational action by introducing a new concept. rational laziness, to better understand actors’ decision making. In addition to rational information processing, human beings often rely on ...

English Summary This dissertation monograph investigates village-level solar power supply, which is one of the potential solutions for providing access to basic electricity services for people who are not served by ...

This study analyses the association between the gender of managers and sickness absence in workplaces. It uses Norwegian administrative register data which are broadly representative of the private workforce. Previous ...

In situ solutions, participatory practices and the inclusion of community knowledge have become key ingredients in urban upgrading policies across the world. Knowledge, however, is not neutral, but value-laden, representing ...

AIMS – First, to establish whether there are differences in alcohol-related sickness absence according to socioeconomic status and family situation among young employees in Norway. Second, if differences are found, to ...

Avhandlingen tar fraspark i den tidlige norske sosiologiske kvinneforskningen. Denne forskningen påpekte at kvinners gjøren ble studert fra menns ståsted og med begreper som var skapt i og hørte til i menns verden. Dette ...

For en politiker hjelper det lite å ha en indre overbevisning dersom den ikke kan formidles til andre, eksempelvis i språk, tekst eller bilder. I dette kapitlet drøftes sistnevnte formidlingsform, nærmere bestemt visuell ...

Background: Recent studies have challenged the idea that illegal substances are necessarily associated with more harm than those that are legal. This study investigates perceived drug harm among students at the University ...

Aims: Several studies suggest a rapid decrease of alcohol use among adolescents after the turn of the century. With decreasing prevalence rates of smokers, a so-called hardening may have taken place, implying that remaining ...

Aims To estimate the level of alcohol consumption and problems among adolescents in city districts in Oslo, Norway with different socio-economic composition; to test whether differences in alcohol consumption are related ...

This dissertation examines how marriage, parenthood and family are negotiated through the media. In the course of three articles I examine three different media debates from a discourse theoretical angle. In the first ...

Tolerance and equality are widespread norms in the official policy of many European countries. The educational system is an arena which even more than others is meant to foster equal opportunities by giving individuals the ...

From the snow and ice of Scandinavia to the glamour of Monte Carlo, from the heat of Kenya to the thin air in the Argentinian mountainsides, the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) has served up passionate motorsport drama ...

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

During recent decades, Jeffrey C. Alexander has been occupied with studying social life from a cultural perspective, developing a cultural sociology concerned with the shaping or constitutive impact of cultural formations ...

I denne artikkelen diskuterer jeg hva som kjennetegner legitimerings­retorikken rundt utvalgte offentlige institusjoner i Skandinavia under 2000-tallet. Jeg angriper legitimeringsretorikken som del av et mer omfattende ...

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 ...

This article examines the emergence and transformation of Norway’s peace engagement in the context of changing international relations. Focusing on foreign policy discourses and practices, the article portrays peace ...

This paper examines men’s contributions to the division of emotional labour in heterosexual couple relationships by exploring the dimensions of commitment and independence, and how couples deal with challenges. The study ...

Politikeres profilbilder på Facebook kan ses som syntetisert politikk i visuell, personliggjort form. De gir politikere et helt konkret og gripbart menneskelig uttrykk. I artikkelen analyseres og sammenliknes nordiske ...

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 ...

It is widely believed within and beyond academia that mobility is closely interlinked with freedom, independence and wellbeing. With ageing, functional capacities are often reduced; walking and cycling become more demanding ...

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 ...

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 ...

Temaet for avhandlingen er utdanningsatferd (skoleprestasjoner og utdanningsvalg) blant etterkommere av innvandrere fra Vietnam, Pakistan og India. Tidligere forskning viser at klassebakgrunn er av mindre betydning for ...

The dissertation «Defensive accountings – An ethnomethodological study of clients’ resistance practices in vocational rehabilitation practices» utilizes the methodology of ethnomethodological conversation analysis to do a ...

Statistics show a gap in employment rate for people with and without disabilities despite decades of disability policy promoting equal opportunities for societal participation. This thesis provides insight into what may ...

This thesis presents a critical assessment of community adaptation, and identifies the need to broaden the understanding of the concept of adaptation to include subjective dimensions, such as place attachment and identity. ...

I juli 2002 ble forskriften og merkeordningen Beskyttede betegnelser opprettet i Norge etter mønster fra tilsvarende system i EU. Ordningen muliggjør lovbeskyttelse av produktbetegnelser til næringsmidler med spesiell ...

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 ...

I 1913 fikk norske kvinner stemmerett på lik linje med menn. I artikkelen gis et 100-årsperspektiv på hva dette har betydd politisk. Vi følger kvinnenes manøvrering og alliansebygging i stemmerettsdebattene rundt 1900, vi ...

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

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 ...

After decades of research documenting the various processes of marginalisation and exclusion immigrants experience in their European countries of residence, recent efforts have been made to explore the extent to which these ...

Avhandlingen utforsker kjønnsmangfold og innovasjon i organisasjoner. Den omhandler sammenhenger mellom lederes biologiske kjønn, kjønnsrolleidentitet, holdninger til likestilling og opplevelse av egen lederstil og ...

Publisert av: Universitetsforlaget, ISBN: 9788215019765. http://www.universitetsforlaget.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 ...

Kapittel 8 i: Svein Østerud (red.) (2012), 22. juli: Forstå, forklare, forebygge. Oslo: Abstrakt forlag. Copyright Abstrakt forlag 2012. Tilgjengeliggjort her med tillatelse fra forlaget.

Pure idyll? The importance of consumption for rural development exemplified with local food and cabin life. Rural areas are presently facing new challenges and opportunities for development. These changes are significantly ...

Når klimakrisen er så alvorlig, hvorfor skjer det så lite? En viktig forklaring er at fastgrodde teorier fra 1800- og tidlig 1900-tallet fortsatt utøves blant økonomer i dag, fremkommer det i analysen. Avhandlingen tar for ...

Tabell nederst på side 52 er tatt ut av denne versjonen grunnet opphavsrettslige forhold.

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 ...

Hva kjennetegner den offentlige debatten om allmennkringkasting i Norge og Sverige? Hvordan legitimerer NRK og SVT sin rolle som lisensfinansiert allmennkringkaster? Og hvilken rolle tillegges allmennkringkasting fra ...

Working time regulation in a comparative perspective<br><br> Working time issues have been at the heart of political and social debates since the Industrial Revolution. This thesis examines the development of working ...

En fersk doktoravhandling i samfunnsgeografi kaster nytt lys over den kontroversielle damutbyggingen på Narmada-elva i India. Sardar Sarovar-prosjektet var i verdens søkelys gjennom hele 1990-tallet pga massiv tvangsflytting ...

Avhengighet reduserer straffenivået<br><br> Heroinavhengighet gir reduserte straffer i narkotikasaker i motsetning til vanskelig sosial eller økonomisk situasjon. Det viser en avhandling av Mette Irmgard Snertingdal ved ...

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 ...

Hegnes, Atle Wehn: Der Schutz der geographischen Nahrungsmittel in Norwegen als Übersetzungs- und Transformationsprozess, in: Susanne Bauer/Christine Bischof/Stephan Gabriel Haufe/Stefan Beck/Leonore Scholze-Irrlitz (Hg.), ...

Hva skjer med høyt utdannede kvinners og menns karriere- og familietilpasning når de får barn? Og hvordan kan tilpasningene forklares?<br><br> Avhandlingen tar utgangspunkt i tre samfunnsmessige utviklingstrekk som peker ...

This dissertation assesses current patterns of socioeconomic inequalities in marriage and cohabitation along the dimensions of socioeconomic background, individual socioeconomic resources, and gender. Three broad groups ...

Small talk er viktig i rusbehandling. Det terapeutiske potensialet i uformell samhandling mellom klienter og ansatte på en behandlingsinstitusjon for rusmisbrukere er tema i avhandlingen til Astrid Skatvedt. Hun forsvarer ...

Avhandlingen tar opp styringsproblemer knyttet til utvikling av lokale og regionale handelssentre, hvor tradisjonelle bysentre taper i konkurranse med kjøpesentre som vokser frem utenfor bysentrene. Dette reflekterer en ...

The overall ambition of this study is to provide a better understanding of how people cope with severe debt problems and why defaulters sometimes act in financially unwise ways. The empirical results suggest that coping ...

Avhandlingen behandler sentrale aspekter ved arkitektprofesjonen knyttet til profesjonsteorier og andre begrepsdannelser innen sosiologi og beslektede samfunnsvitenskapelige disipliner. Det overordnede spørsmålet som stilles ...

This article examines the effect of ethnic composition in upper secondary school on students grades (educational achievement) and their subsequent educational choices (educational attainment), using multilevel analysis. ...