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Poverty among Households with Children: A Comparative Study of Lone Parents and Couples with Children in Norway and Germany
(7-2004, Working paper, 2004-04)The purpose of this paper is to compare poverty among lone parents households and couples households with children in Norway and Germany measuring income poverty, material deprivation and receptions of social assistance ... -
Internationalization at Norwegian Universities and Colleges after the Quality Reform
(6-2004, Working paper, 2004-04)The Quality Reform of Norwegian higher education has been fully implemented since January 2004. One of the major features of the reform is the radical aims it sets for internationalization at institutions of higher education. ... -
Integrering av kjønnsperspektiv i offentlig tjenesteproduksjon og planlegging
(8-2004, Working paper, 2004-05)Local authorities of the city of Bergen and the county of Hordaland have cooperated in a pilot project: To adjust services to women and men – developing methods for better user contentment. The aim of the project has been ... -
Tilsyn som styringsform i forholdet mellom staten og kommunene
(9-2004, Working paper, 2004-05)This paper focuses on supervision as a governing tool in the relationship between the state and the municipalities. A clarification and discussion of the concept of supervision is made. The specific character of the states ... -
Legemiddeltilsyn og europeisering
(10-2004, Working paper, 2004-09)This Paper excamines how the medicines control and regulation policy in Norway and Sweden adopt to the European Union from 1990–1999. The paper is based on a comparative studie of the Pharmaceutical control authorities in ... -
Økonomiske insentiv i arbeidslinjen, virker det? Evaluering av forsøksordning med kvalifiseringsstønad i «Prosjekt Amalie» i Åsane
(11-2004, Working paper, 2004-10)Som en av tretten kommuner fikk Bergen tildelt midler fra Sosialdepartementet i 2001 for å iverksette tiltaket «Aktive arbeidsrettede tiltak for langtids sosialhjelpsmottakere». Den lokale varianten – et tre måneders ... -
The Institutional Construction of Consumerism. A study of Implementing Quality indicators
(15-2004, Working paper, 2004-11)This paper provides a critical analysis of the linkages between rising consumerism and the development of performance measurement practices in the Norwegian health care sector. Addressing this issue, we draw on Hensman’s ... -
Food Safety at Stake – the Establishment of Food Agencies
(14-2004, Working paper, 2004-11)Food safety regulation has a long history in public policy. It is an essential and valued state responsibility, vital in securing society order. The 1990s BSE-crisis had important political, institutional and economic ... -
Organizing for Homeland Security: The Case of Norway
(12-2004, Working paper, 2004-11)This paper examines the reorganization process in the Norwegian central administration for homeland security. As a central theme it explores why the proposal to radically reorganize the administration by replacing a network ... -
Institutional Conditions and the Responsibilities of Universities
(13-2004, Working paper, 2004-11)The focus of the paper is on institutional values and organizational forms in universities. Before starting the analysis, a theoretical framework for understanding institutional change is outlined. It is based on a conception ... -
Governance in Primary and Lower Secondary Education. Comparing Norway, Sweden and England
(16-2004, Working paper, 2004-11)In this paper we discuss changes in regulation and governance in primary and lower secondary education in Norway, Sweden and England. During the last ten–fifteen years the three countries have implemented reforms, which ... -
Globalisation and Union Opposition to Technological Change
(27-2004, Working paper, 2004-12)We find that trade unions have a rational incentive to oppose the adoption of labour-saving technology when labour demand is inelastic and unions care much for employment relative to wages. Trade liberalisation typically ... -
Active Ageing in the Labour Market. Country Report – Norway
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2004-12)The paper analyse active aging policy in the labour market in Norway. First, a statistical analysis of the changes in labour market is presented. Even though European countries are more challenged than Norway, demographic ... -
Velferdsstat, rettighetslovgivning og lokalt selvstyre
(19-2004, Working paper, 2004-12)This paper focuses on individual social rights, and their consequences for Norwegian local democracy. In the Norwegian power study judicialization of politics is a key element in the crisis diagnosis over local democracy. ... -
Civil Service Organizations in Norway: Organizational Features and Tasks
(Working paper, Working paper, 2004-12)The paper focuses on civil service organizations in Norway – of particular relevance is central organizational features and structure, task portfolio and how organizational characteristics vary according to type of task. ... -
Ledelse og evidens i det psykiske helsevernet, konsekvenser for kunnskapsforståelse og organisering
(22-2004, Working paper, 2004-12)A more professional and distinct managerial role is now being established. Unitary management changes the relationship between management-knowledge, clinical knowledge and specialized professional knowledge. A central ... -
Arbeidstilsynets rollekonflikt: Vekslende tilsynsstrategier mellom kontroll og veiledning
(26-2004, Working paper, 2004-12)This paper is based on a qualitative case study of the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority (LIA). It explores two recurring themes in public administration. One is the conflict that arises when contradictory tasks are ... -
Politiske uttrykksformer i en bykontekst
(23-2004, Working paper, 2004-12)The project «New Forms of Political Participation in an Urban Context» has aimed at gaining insights into local citizenship and new forms of political participation within an urban context. Increasingly, Norwegian cities ... -
Performance Management and Public Sector Reform: The Norwegian Hospital Reform
(17-2004, Working paper, 2004-12)When New Public Management (NPM) reforms are introduced in various countries, one central element in the balance between political control and institutional and professional autonomy is the development of new performance ... -
A Union Bashing Model of Inflation Targeting
(28-2004, Working paper, 2004-12)This paper shows that in an open economy, general price level inflation targeting may provide large wage setters with little incentive for wage restraint. This contradicts recent developments within the inflation targeting ...