Blar i SVA - Norwegian Social Research (NOVA) på emneord "Migration"
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Childbearing behaviours of Polish migrants in Norway
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018)The chapter explores the aspects of childbearing, procreation plans and fertility among Polish migrant couples and families settled in Norway. It tackles the migration-fertility nexus by engaging with five hypotheses put ... -
“Does She Speak Norwegian?” Ethnic dimensions of hierarchy in Norwegian health care workplaces
(Nordic Journal of Migration Research;3(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-07)This article highlights implications of two aspects of glocalisation - migration and New Public Management - at different levels in the Norwegian health care sector. They meet in the concept of competence, the central ... -
Is the migration crisis a solidarity crisis?
(The Crisis of the European Union: Challenges, Analyses, Solutions;, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018)This chapter aims to analyse to what extent and how increased migration to Europe has triggered conflicting ideas of solidarity in Europe. It integrates analytical and normative approaches to the concept of solidarity. The ... -
Migration and asylum statistics as a basis for European border control
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This article shows how the Migration Statistics Regulation plays a central role in EU/ Schengen external border control. It develops and applies an analytical framework, which shows analogies between how historical nation ... -
Mobile subjects: Power relations and tactics for survival
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2018)Through a series of case studies from Southern and Eastern Africa, Oceania, and Europe, Movement and Connectivity: Configurations of Belonging explores the analytical usefulness of the concept of «mobility» for anthropological ... -
Precariousness in Norway and Sweden: a comparative register-based study of longstanding precarious attachment to the labour market 1996–2015
(European Societies;Volume 23, 2021 - Issue 3, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-11)Precariousness in working life is a rising concern in Europe, but scant statistical evidence exists as to the prevalence and development of longstanding precarious employment. Using high-quality individual-level population-wide ... -
Prospective register-based study of the impact of immigration on educational inequalities in mortality in Norway
(BMC public health;15(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-04-11)Background: Differences in mortality with regard to socioeconomic status have widened in recent decades in many European countries, including Norway. A rapid upsurge of immigration to Norway has occurred since the 1990s. ... -
Street food as an ethnic border: Kebab as a symbol of home among young Swedish migrants in Oslo
(Anthropology of Food;12, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The background for this study is migrants’ shared problems of finding familiar or culturally important foodstuffs, as well as the tendency for foodstuffs and cuisines to become emblematic symbols for minority groups. The ... -
Survival and Exits in Neighbourhoods: A Long-Term Analyses
(Housing Studies;30(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-12-02)Neighbourhoods form a frame for our lives. At the same time, neighbourhoods are themselves formed by mobility in to and out of the m . This paper studies who stays in and who leaves in two districts of Oslo. The empirical ... -
Unmet need for mental health medication within the migrant population of Northern Ireland: a record linkage study
(Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health;Volume 75, Issue 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-31)Background: Migrant populations are particularly at risk of not receiving the care for mental ill-health that they require for a range of reasons, including language and other barriers to health service access. This record ... -
Waiting: Migrant nurses in Norway
(Time & Society;Volume: 29, issue: 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-10-17)Theories of waiting have created interest and discussion among migration scholars and especially in studies of asylum seekers, where imposed waiting is a key part of the experiences studied. “Skilled labour migrants” such ...