• The Added Value of Civil Society Organizations in the Provision of Welfare State Services 

      Wæraas, Arild; Sirris, Stephen; Hellevik, Øystein Bjarte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Civil society organizations (CSOs) that deliver services on behalf of public authorities operate under increased competitive and standardization pressures. Given this background, many CSOs experience a need to justify why ...
    • Between Collaboration and Subordination: State and Non-state Actors in Russian Anti-drug Policy 

      Aasland, Aadne; Kropp, Sabine; Meylakhs, Anastasiya (Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations;03 September 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Due to weak state and administrative capacity, the Russian government has involved resource-rich nonstate actors into policy-making since about 2005 and established numerous institutionalized platforms, networks, and forums. ...