...) and Norway. In doing so, the authors ask: What is the problem of loneliness among young people represented to be in UK and Norwegian welfare policy? Findings The findings indicate paradoxical problematizations of the role technology plays among lonely young people, who, in this context, are divided...

.... 75). In contrast to Norway, the Swedish benefit is not universal. Parents are excluded who are on parental leave benefits, unemployment benefits, sickness and rehabilitation benefits, introductory allowance for refugees and some other allowances (Nyberg, 2010 , p. 78). However, in early 2016...

...Gunhild Tøndel; Kjartan Sarheim Anthun Purpose This study aims to explore the development in Norway from an awareness of the need for numbers to govern in the 70s to a statistical information system launched in 2006, called IPLOS, to respond to this need. The article seeks to discuss how...

... Finland Norway Sweden The concept of governance is intrinsically connected to the study of change. The relations between state and society are changing, and as the boundaries between the two become more blurred, governing societal affairs is getting more complex. Governance captures the emerging...

... trend associated with the NPM tenets stressing maximisation of output and economic rationalism rather than regulation and due process. Nonetheless, in combination the two trends represented a push towards centralisation and vertical integration. Personal needs Welfare Home care Norway...

... strengthens or weakens local universalism. Design/methodology/approach The analysis is based on case studies in six municipalities in Finland, Norway and Sweden. Findings The paper shows that three kinds of organisational characteristics are of relevance for local universalism: the explicitness...

...Viola Burau; Signy Irene Vabo; Gro Sandkjær Hanssen; Marit Kristine Helgesen Purpose Based on a case study of Norway, the purpose of this paper is twofold: to present recent trends in the development of the multi‐level governance of the care services for the elderly and people with mental illness...

...Liv Johanne Solheim Purpose This paper aims to offer an analysis of the conflicting values behind Norway's much celebrated inclusive working life (IWL) programme, which aims to reduce sickness absenteeism, to increase the average age of retirement, and to hire functionally challenged persons...

...Ghazala Naz Purpose Fathers' participation in childcare is not only important in promoting gender equality but can be also important for the child's better upbringing. To promote fathers' involvement and participation in childcare, in the 1990s Norway and other Scandinavian countries have evolved...

... identifiable structural patterns in their behaviour (e.g. Arnett, 2001 ; Mitchell, 2006). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Adolescents Social values Denmark Sweden Norway Finland In contemporary social life, gender‐specific associations are deeply embedded in the structures...

... a gender perspective. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Volume 23 Number 4/5 2003 139 Shifting boundaries and negotiations on knowledge: interprofessional conflicts between nurses and nursing assistants in Norway by Rannveig Dahle, NOVA (Norwegian Social Research) Oslo, Research Director, Norway Abstract...