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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
The main stimulus for this theme issue came from the perception shared by several scholars that “post-socialist” (or “post-communist cities”) cities are poorly visible in the urban studies literature, and that when they ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
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 ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
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 ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
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 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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 ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
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. ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
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 ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
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 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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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 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Hirschman’s (1970) concepts of exit, voice and loyalty can be reworked to add further nuances to the understanding of labour agency. Agency by exit is of interest in demonstrating how agency is conditioned by structures ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
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 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
This article explores the consequences of intergenerational social mobility on perceptions of popular explanations of poverty. It is hypothesised that those who experience improvements in socio-economic status through ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2016)
The majority of existing studies of internal armed conflict have explored the causes of conflict at the country level. While factors such as democracy, composition of the ruling elite or memberships of military alliances ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Background Previous research using routine data identified rapid mass privatisation as an important driver of mortality crisis following the collapse of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe. However, existing studies ...