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The promise of trust - An inquiry into the legal design of coercive decision-making in Norway
(Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus, 2012)
The thesis investigates if the state coercively remove children from parents according to human rights, i.e. Convention on the Rights of the Child. Through an historical analysis, it becomes established that trustworthy ...
Reshaping teacher professionalism. An analysis of how teachers construct and negotiate professionalism under increasing accountability
(Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus, 2013)
This thesis explores how the teacher profession in Norway constructs and negotiates professionalism
when teacher professionalism is reconstructed in national policy. I am particularly concerned with the
increased policy ...
The constrained influence of discourses: the case of Norwegian climate policy
(Taylor & Francis, 2012-06-15)
Norwegian climate policy has been marked by several shifts with regard to adopted targets and measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Three knowledge-based discourses – respectively a tax discourse, a quota ...
Conditions affecting the performance of peripheral vein cannulation during hospital placement: a case study
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2017)
Learning practical nursing skills is an important part of the baccalaureate in nursing. However, many newly qualified nurses lack practical skill proficiency required to ensure safe patient care. The invasive skill peripheral ...
Stratification in the medical profession: non-western physicians in Norway
(Oslo and Akershus University College Learning Centre and Library, 2013-04)
Previous studies of internal stratification in medicine suggest that non-White foreign-trained physicians fill the bottom level of the specialist hierarchy. However, in this study we use administrative registers for majority ...
The Peaceful Revolts: 1968 in the Nordic Welfare States
(Routledge, 2017)
The student revolts of 1968 in the Nordic countries were peaceful in comparison with what
happened in places like Berlin, Par
is or Rome. Students in the Nordic countries also protested
and revolted ...
Getting Sick and Disabled People off Temporary Benefit Receipt: Strategies and Dilemmas in the Welfare State s Frontline
(Roskilde Universitet, 2016)
This article explores responses by frontline workers in the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Service
(NAV) to activation policy measures. Frontline workers in NAV are required to write work capability
assessments for long-term ...
Pooling of Economic Resources : a Comparison of Norwegian Married and Cohabiting Couples
(Oxford University Press, 2010-06-24)
Using Norwegian survey data (n=4116), we study couples’ likelihood of pooling their
economic resources. The proportion of cohabiting couples to married couples is high in
Norway. In addition, over the last decades, tax ...
Regulating inflow or outflow: a comparison of the work capability assessments in the UK and Norway
(Cambridge University Press, 2015)
In the era of activation policies, several OECD countries have introduced work capability assessments to measure the employability of sick and disabled people. In essence, such assessments concern how sick and disabled ...
Professional Boundaries. The Case of Childcare Workers in Norway PhD
(Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus, 2014)
This thesis explores professionalism among Norwegian daycare workers by two questions: 1)
Do the attitudes of daycare workers express boundaries of professionalism? 2) Are there
divisions of work among daycare workers ...