Uni Research Rokkansenteret: Recent submissions
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Dagsverket - lavterskel arbeidstilbud for rusavhengige. Evalueringsrapport
(Notat, Working paper, 2006-05)Dagsverket (one-day’s-work) is a low threshold service aiming at giving people with addiction problems a possibility to work. The service offer work to a group of 15 persons, for four hours a day. People that meet in the ... -
Kunnskapsstatus vedrørende rekruttering og utdanning til pleie- og omsorgstjenestene i nordiske land
(4-2006, Working paper, 2006-06)The background for making a knowledge status concerning recruitment and education of care and nursing personnel in the Nordic countries is the problems of stabilizing and increasing the number of educated in this field in ... -
Kortare arbeidstid - Eit oversyn over diskusjonen om arbeidstidsforkortingar i Noreg 1880-2006
(7-2006, Working paper, 2006-08)The report presents an overview of the process of reducing working time in Norway from the 1880-ies until today. Before 1920 this was mainly a process that reduced the the length of the working day and introduced Sunday ... -
Norsk antikorrupsjonspolitikk - svar på behov eller utløst av en internasjonal trend?
(3-2006, Working paper, 2006-06)This papers focus is on the development of a Norwegian anti-corruption policy. In 1990 an anti-corruption policy was not regarded as discrete area of policy and was given little attention. In 2003 the Norwegian government ... -
Trust in Government – the Relative Importance of Service Satisfaction, Political Factors and Demography
(18-2002, Working paper, 2002-11)This paper focuses on trust in government, meaning the parliament, the cabinet, the civil service, local councils, political parties and politicians. Trust is measured in terms of specific support - as indicated by people’s ... -
Will Increased Wages Reduce Shortage of Nurses? A Panel Data Analysis of Nurses’ Labour Supply
(27-2002, Working paper, 2002-12)Shortage of nurses is a problem in several countries. It is an unsettled question whether increasing wages constitute a viable policy for extracting more labour supply from nurses. In this paper we use a unique matched ... -
National Politics and Global Ideas? Welfare, Work and Legitimacy in Norway and the United States
(12-2002, Working paper, 2002-09)This paper is a discussion of the link between national welfare debates at the one hand and theories of globalisation at the other. Briefly, one can assume that by analysing how different arrangements are being discussed ... -
Complex Patterns of Interaction and Influence Among Political and Administrative Leaders
(Working paper, Working paper, 2002-10)In this paper we describe the influence of Norwegian executive political and administrative leaders on salient policy issues, based on a structural, a culturalinstitutional and an exposure perspective. The data used are ... -
Byfolk og politikk. Gjennomgang av data fra en befolkningsundersøkelse i Bergen, Oslo og Tromsø
(30-2002, Working paper, 2002-12)This report presents preliminary findings from a survey conducted within the project «New Forms of Political Participation in an Urban Context». The project aims at gaining insights into local citizenship and new forms of ... -
Lærlingeordning eller skolebasert utdanning i pleie- og omsorgsfagene?
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Arbeidsinnvandringssituasjonen i Norge etter 1975
(19-2002, Working paper, 2002-11)Norway is about to meet a new and significant challenge. The country is no longer able to supply itself with the required labour, and will most probably in the future have to import considerable amounts of such resources. ... -
Frå privat initiativ til kommunalt monopol. Lysverk, sporvegar og renovasjon i Bergen og Oslo 1850–1935
(24-2002, Working paper, 2002-12)In the late 19th and early 20th century, Norwegian cities were marked by a strong and accelerating growth in the production of common goods under municipal control. This municipalization brought also private activities ... -
The Rise of a Healthcare State? Recent Healthcare Reforms in Norway
(15-2005, Working paper, 2005-12)The major elements of the Norwegian hospital reform in 2002 were a state takeover of ownership of hospitals and the establishment of local and regional healthcare enterprises. The reform followed in the aftermath of a ... -
Taxing Europe. The Case for European Taxes in Federal Perspective
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Rome – a Temporary Deaf City! Deaflympics 2001
(2-2003, Working paper, 2002-06)The texts in this publication, Rome – a Temporary Deaf City, is based on fieldwork done in Rome, the summer of 2001, where the quadrennial Deaf World Games were held (now called Deaflympics). This fieldwork is the first ... -
Globalisering som utfordring til samfunnsvitskapane
(13-2002, Working paper, 2002-09)In the 1990s, ‘globalisation’ entered the standard vocabulary in the social sciences. Based on readings of selected works on globalisation, this report gives a brief review of the history and the use of the term ‘globalisation’, ... -
Roma – en midlertidig døv by! Deaflympics 2001
(3-2002, Working paper, 2002-06)Tekstene i denne publikasjonen, Roma – en midlertidig døv by, bygger på feltarbeid i Roma, sommeren 2001, hvor de Døves verdenslekene (Deaflympics) ble avholdt. Dette feltarbeidet er det første i en rekke med feltarbeid i ... -
Den opprinnelige symbiosen mellom fotball og presse
(Notat, Working paper, 2002-09)There has always been a strong symbiotic relation between sport and the mass media in contemporary society.2 Nevertheless, the role of the mass media has been a neglected topic within sports research in Norway. Likewise, ... -
Generalistkommune og oppgavedifferensiering. Tre innlegg
(23-2002, Working paper, 2002-12)This Note describes three lectures by representatives of the Rokkan Centre. The lectures were commissioned by the Department of Local Government of the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development, where they were ... -
Medical Predictors of Disability Pension in Long-term Sickness Absence. Results from a population-based prospective study in the Norwegian county of Hordaland 1994–1999
(28-2002, Working paper, 2002-12)Background: While several socio-demographic predictors of disability pension have been identified, less is known about the importance of the medical aspects. The aim of this study was to explore the importance of diagnoses, ...