Publications - Page 6

This new book edited by Elin Skaar, Jemima Garcia-Godos and Cath Collins addresses current developments in transitional justice in Latin America – effectively the first region to undergo concentrated transitional justice experiences in modern times.

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Joseph Yaro and Jan Hesselberg are the editors of this new volume that presents conceptual and empirical discussions of adaptation to climate change/variability in West Africa.

More information is available at www.springer.com

In this article Willy Pedersen and Anders Bakken analyze substance use patterns among adolescents in different parts of Oslo. Although those in the city's wealthy west have a much higher level of substance use than those in the poorer east, they use substances in a manner not indicative of large health-related risk - the opposite is true for those in the latter group.

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Tore Wig and Andreas Forø Tollefsen have written this article published in Political Geography on the location of violence in internal conflicts in Africa. They ask whether there is a correlation between the quality of local political institutions and the occurrence of conflict-related violence.

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Eivind Grip Fjær, Willy Pedersen and Sveinung Sandberg have published an article in The British Journal of Sociology. They show how the russ - graduating Norwegian high-school students - transform old buses into rolling private nightclubs. Here they can party, partially free of the normal constraints of commercial nightlife and adult control

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Per Gunnar Røe and Bengt Andersen have written a new article published in European Urban and Regional Studies that investigates the role of architecture and architects in transforming Oslo’s waterfront through spectacular architecture and urban design.

More info and full text at eur.sagepub.com

In ‘binge drinking’ cultures, there is a strong association between alcohol consumption and violence. Yet several studies suggest that this link is cultural and contextual. Willy Pedersen, Heith Copes and Sveinung Sandberg explore the role of alcohol in incidents of violence in nightlife settings.

More info and the full article from Alcohol and Drug Review

Published in Geoforum Maiken Bjerga Kiil and Hege Merete Knutsen have applied the new concept Agency by exit to the “Not below 24,000” movement among Swedish nurse students and thus expanded our understanding of what strategies of coping, reworking and resistance entail.

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In this article published in European Societies, Anne Lise Ellingsæter and Ann-Zofie Duvander examine what the introduction of a familistic family policy measure like cash for childcare benefit means in the Nordic welfare states. The analysis displays diverse national policy processes and policy outputs and wide variation in parents’ responses to this policy incentive.

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In this article Eivind Grip Fjæra, Willy Pedersen, Tilmann von Soest and Paul Gray examine differences in the acceptability of visible intoxication among students in the UK and Norway, and to what degree possible differences reflect individual characteristics such as use of alcohol, perceived harm of alcohol consumption, and broader value orientation.

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In this article published in Built Environment Per Gunnar Røe has investigated the ideological foundation for the construction of a suburban estate in the 1970s, the mundane pragmatism of its inhabitants and how planning influences people's suburban experiences.

More information at www.ingentaconnect.com

"The delegates who gather at COP21 will define the boundaries for climate change that are considered acceptable and achievable, but it is individuals who will ultimately decide the future," writes Karen O'Brien in Science.

Read the article at www.sciencemag.org

Ragnvald Kalleberg has contributed the chapter ”Scientific Misconduct, Plagiarism, and Institutional Control of Misconduct” in this revised edition of the reference work of social and behavioral sciences.

More information at www.elsevier.com

Eivind Grip Fjær, Willy Pedersen and Sveinung Sandberg have written this article in Gender & Society about the sexual morality of young Norwegians in hook-up practices during high school graduation celebrations.

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Per Gunnar Røe, Bengt Andersen & Oddrun Kristine Sæter have contributed the chapter "Trust and distrust in Oslo. Examining the relationship between the ideals of urban policy and the (re)actions of citizens" in this book which highlights the changing face of social sustainability and social disintegration in Scandinavian cities.

More information at www.nordicacademicpress.com  

Ragnvald Kalleberg has contributed chapter 17: "Plagiarism as Violation of Law in Norway. On Inappropriate Juridification of Research Ethics". In a new book which discusses issues relating to integrity in research

More information at www.worldscientific.com

In this new book Ivar Frønes examines and brings together the various disciplines and perspectives on socialization in the life course approach and presents an analysis of socialization that advances our understanding of the process.

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This new book, edited by Karen O'Brien and Elin Selboe, presents climate change as an adaptive challenge that is fundamentally linked to beliefs, values and worldviews, as well as to power, politics, identities and interests.

Bronwyn Hayward, Elin Selboe and Elizabeth Plew have compared and contrasted how young citizens currently conceive their rights and responsibilities in light of a changing climate in Norway and New Zealand,two high-consumption societies.

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In this paper published in Social Politics, Anne Lise Ellingsæter and Eirin Pedersen suggest a new approach to the study of family policy impact on fertility. This approach extends beyond the standard model of incentives and cost-benefit rationales, highlighting the importance of cultural schemas and institutional trust.

More information at oxfordjournals.org

Abdulkader Saleh Mohammad, senior research fellow at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography, presents in this book an analysis of the identity of the agro-pastoral Saho community in Eritrea, which was cemented during centuries of confrontation with Abyssinian rulers and by their rebellion against external domination.

For more information visit www.lit-verlag.de

Grete Brochmann and Elena Jurado are the editors of a new book about European immigration policy. In this book, leading immigration experts question the effectiveness of countries selecting immigrants on the basis of national interests. Besides efforts to regulate the flow and rights of immigrants, they argue that governments across Europe need to devise labour market, welfare and immigration policies in a more integrated fashion.

Anne Lise Ellingsæter, An-Magritt Jensen og Merete Lie are the editors of a new book, The Social Meaning of Children and Fertility Change in Europe, which shifts the attention from fertility decline in Europe to why people do have children, asking what children mean to them.

In addition, Anne Lise Ellingsæter and Eirin Pedersen have authored the chapter, "Economic Risk, Fertility and the Welfare State: Understanding Individual Rationales".

Read more at routledge.com

I antologien The Costs of Children. Parenting and Democracy in Contemporary Europe, nylig publisert på forlaget Edward Elgar, har Anne Lise Ellingsæter bidratt med artikkelen  Childcare Politics and the Norwegian Fertility ‘Machine’. Arnlaug Leira har bidratt med artikkelen Valuation of Children and Childcare.

Les mer på www.e-elgar.com

Edited by Kristian Stokke and Olle Törnquist "this book provides vauable insights on how democracy can be deepened and made to serve the interests of working people without sacrificing economic growth. The point of departure is Nordic social democracy, but the challenges of economic development, institution building and political mobilization in the Global South provide the context for understanding the book's core concern of transformative politics."