Nettsider med emneord « history»

Focusing on the dynamic between sociology and history, this essay makes the case for a synthesis of history and the social sciences by which the pitfalls of both may be avoided and research more dynamically perceived.

ARENA Working Paper 22/2002 (html)

Lars Mjøset

Hva er drivkreftene bak konstitusjonell endring, og hvordan plasserer norsk grunnlovsdebatt og manglende reform seg i et europeisk perspektiv? Denne artikkelen gir en vurdering av disse spørsmålene, med grunnlag i observasjonen at Norge ofte har ligget etter europeiske kolleger i konstitusjonell reform.

This paper discusses Norwegian constitutional reform (or the lack thereof) in a comparative European context, questioning why and to what extent Norway has been lagging behind European colleagues in reforming the constitution. The paper is in Norwegian.

ARENA Working Paper 13/2002 (html)

Johan P. Olsen

In its hybrid form, the EU represents a novel political space; this paper discusses the evolving European party system in the light of historical and comparative parallels. By commenting on the present state and suggesting some predictions for the future, the paper thus invites to a critical reflection on the mechanisms creating and sustaining different sorts of cleavage-based party systems.

ARENA Working Paper 07/2003 (pdf)

Knut Heidar

This paper takes a historical view of the notion of citizenship as applied beyond local or national communities; it is argued that European Union citizenship can draw upon these experiences as well as provide the precedence for a global notion of citizenship.

ARENA Working Paper 22/2001 (html)

Andreas Føllesdal

This paper gives a succinct analysis of post-war economic governance in the Nordic countries, seen against the concept of a Nordic model.

ARENA Working Paper 06/2000 (html)

Lars Mjøset

Drawing on models from comparative politics, involving concepts traditionally applied to nation states formation, this paper transcends the national framework to give a systematic historical account of European integration.

ARENA Working Paper 04/2006 (pdf)

Stefano Bartolini

In his Stein Rokkan Memorial Lecture 2005, Johan P. Olsen explores how studies of political unification and differentiation in Europe may contribute to a better general understanding of the dynamics of territorial organization and the balancing of unity and diversity.

ARENA Working Paper 23/2005 (pdf)

Johan P. Olsen

What are the epistemological links between culture and law? This paper aims to retrace their relation, based on the weberian argument that modernity and rationalization have removed jurisdiction from its basic, cultural justification.

ARENA Working Paper 14/1997 (html)

J. Peter Burgess

This paper accounts for constitutional design in a historical perspective, bringing to light the limited practical merits of a range of political thinkers. Nevertheless, it is argued, political theorists have a lot to offer constitutional debates, particularly so to counteract judicial and comparative overweight with fresh ideas.

ARENA Working Paper 26/1997 (html)

Robert Goodin

In light of the burgeoning common currency of the EU, this paper takes a historical sweep to look at the quintessential relationship between nation-state and money, arguably an under-studied object of political history.

ARENA Working Paper 17/1997 (html)

Eric Helleiner

This paper accounts for post-1990 developments in the relationship between Germany and Poland. In particular, it questions whther a sort of regional partnership may be developing across the historically contested border.

ARENA Working Paper 19/1997 (html)

Jorunn Sem Fure