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Cappelen in new article: inheritance taxation has low legitimacy within the Norwegian population (19.12.2014)
Post-doctor Cornelius Cappelen finds in a new article in Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning that inheritance taxation has low legitimacy within the Norwegian population. Nonetheless, he and co-author Jørgen Pedersen conclude, an increase of the tax is principally defensible in light of egalitarian ideals.
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The Commercialization of Security in Peace and Conflict (SAMPOL 208) (18.12.2014)
In the spring semester 2015 the Department of comparative politics offer a new course titled SAMPOL 208: The Commercialization of Security in Peace and Conflict.
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Post-doctor Gyda Marås Sindre lands mobility grant (16.12.2014)
Post-doctor Gyda Marås Sindre has received a mobility grant co-funded by the EU (The Marie Curie Fellowship) and the The Norwegian Research Council. Sindre will study post-conflict political parties.
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New volume co-edited by Gloppen: juridification and social citizenship in the welfare state (16.12.2014)
Professor Siri Gloppen and colleagues study the nature and effects of the juridification of welfare policy in a new edited volume published by Edward Elgar Publishing. Post-doctor Cornelius Cappelen and Professor Lise Rakner contribute chapters.
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How stable is issue ownership? New evidence from Sweden (11.12.2014)
Visiting scholar Stefan Dahlberg finds in a new article that transitions in issue ownership are fairly common – more common than usually believed – but that the frequency of these transitions largely depends on the precise definition being used. The article is published in Scandinavian Political Studies and is co-authored by Love Christensen and Johan Martinsson.
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New Article by Svåsand: the Negative Systemic Effects of Flawed Party Regulation in Malawi (08.12.2014)
Professor Lars Svåsand finds in a new article that flawed party regulation has contributed to a deinstitutionalization of the Malawian party system. The article is published in International Political Science Review.
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Who has heard of EU think tanks? (01.12.2014)
Marybel Perez presents her dissertation 02. December 2014 for the degree of PhD at the University of Bergen: ‘The European Union’s socialising institutions. The role of EU think tanks in EU policymaking’.
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Stein Rokkan bio forthcoming (01.12.2014)
Upon an initiative by Professor Stein Kuhnle and Norwegian Social Science Data Services Director Bjørn Henrichsen, author Arild Stubhaug has begun writing the official biography of comparative politics co-founder Stein Rokkan.