The overarching topic of this thesis is ethnic attitudes in view of social and economic changes, and how this is dealt with through policy measures. The reason for writing this thesis is twofold; 1) to study ethnic attitudes ...

I lys av Knut Dahl Jacobsens klassiske artikkel om forvaltningsverdier i sentraladministrasjonen fra 1960, undersøker denne masteroppgaven forholdet mellom forvaltningsverdiene lojalitet, nøytralitet og faglig uavhengighet ...

Tidligere forskning viser at kommunestyrerepresentanter i det store og hele er fornøyd med kommunens tjenesteyting. I denne oppgaven undersøker jeg om enkelte individuelle bakgrunnsfaktorer hos kommunestyrerepresentanter ...

In 2007, Mearsheimer and Walt published The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, in which they argue that the U.S. Israel lobby has managed to front its own interests at the cost of U.S. interests. In this article we ...

Is ethnic diversity associated with negative attitudes toward economic redistribution? To address this issue we employ a theoretical perspective to explain patterns in individual attitudes toward the welfare state. We ...

Contemporary research into the impact of major sports events shows that the widely used (and popular) claim of economic benefits associated with hosting them is misleading or – at best – overrated. In this paper, we aim ...

The objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of economic freedom on brain drain from developing countries to rich countries. Previous literature on brain drain has examined social, political and economic ...

Den 1. januar 2012 ble samhandlingsreformen innført i Norge, noe som førte til forandringer for helse- og omsorgstjenestene. Samhandlingsreformen skulle være en reforme som skulle gi innbyggerne «rett behandling -på rett ...

Research has long aimed to identify the effects of international sporting success or event hostship on nations. Overall findings suggest that tangible benefits are marginal at best. Still, some studies find that sport may ...