Flyktninger og oljeboom i Aserbajdsjan
I et nytt bokbidrag undersøker NUPI-forsker Heidi Kjærnet hvordan oljeboomen i Aserbajdsjan påvirker de internt fordrevne i landet
Les meirNabucco kan skape større spenning
I en ny artikkel i Caucasus Analytical Digest, ser Julia Kuznir på hvordan en realisering av Nabucco-gassrørledningen kan påvirke forholdet mellom EU og Russland.
Les meirDiplomatiets fremtid
Iver B. Neumann og Ole Jacob Sending er gjesteredaktører for et spesialnummer av tidsskriftet International Journal med tittelen "Future of Diplomacy".
Les meir- Sean Roberts (2012). Putin's United Russia Party. , Routledge. 225 sider. This book on Putin's United Russia Party creates a model to understand the role of political parties in electorally based political systems and shows how United Russia conforms to this model, and, importantly how the party also has unique features that affect its place in the political system.
- Eggen, Øyvind (2011). Doctoral thesis: Dissonance in Development . Ås, Department of International Environment and Development Studies Norwegian University of Life Sciences. 190 sider. In his doctoral thesis, Øyvind Eggen looks into different forms of governance in Malawi and how this is affected by foreign aid.
- Jan Egeland, Stoddard, Abby, Harmer, Adele (2011). To stay and deliver . , OCHA. 87 sider. Humanitarian action is under attack, but neither governments, parties to conflicts nor other actors are doing enough to come to its relief. The report details actions that can break this pattern.
- Schia, Niels Nagelhus, Gerald Stang (2011). Historical Overview of Civil Affairs in UN Peace Operations . , . 44 sider.
- Kjærnet, Heidi
(2012). Living under the bullet: Internal displacement in the Azerbaijani oil boom,
in McNeish, John-Andrew and Owen Logan (eds.) Flammable societies. Studies on the socio-economics of oil and gas
.London,Pluto Press.s. 156-175.This chapter focuses on how the community of approximately 600,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Azerbaijan relate to the country’s oil boom. [url] - Øverland, Indra , Hilde Kutschera
(2012). Subsidised Energy and Hesitant Elites in Russia,
in Flammable societies. Studies on the Socio-economics of Oil and Gas. McNeish, John-Andrew; Logan, Owen (eds.)
.London,Pluto.s. 201-218.In this book chapter, Indra Øverland and Hilde Kutschera examine the social discontent that higher energy prices in Russia may lead to, and the role fears over this discontent play in the hesitance of decision-makers. [url] - Eriksen, Stein Sundstøl
(2012). Regimes, Constituencies and the Politics of State Formation: Zimbabwe and Botswana Compared,
in International Political Science Review (forthcoming, no.1/2012)
.Sage.I denne artikkelen analyserer Stein Sundstøl Eriksen statsdannelsen i Botswana og Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. Han forklarer hvorfor Botswana ble en sterk stat, mens statsmakten i Rhodesia/Zimbabwe har blitt svekket. [url] - Eggen, Øyvind
(2012). Performing good governance: the aesthetics of bureaucratic practice in Malawi,
in Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology (forthcoming)
.Routledge.Artikkelen ser på byråkratisk praksis i Malawi. Den er basert på en case-studie av et statlig program for distribusjon av landbrukssubsidier som bare skal gis til de fattigste bøndene, men hvor landsbyene redistribuerer ressursene etter å ha mottatt dem fra sentrale myndigheter. Øyvind Eggen viser hvordan programmet har verdi selv om de byråkratiske prosedyrene "mislykkes". [url]
- Castellacci, Fulvio , Arne Fevolden (2012). Capable Companies or Changing Markets?: Explaining the Export Performance of Firms in the Defence Industry. NUPI-notat: 795. 43 sider. The paper carries out an empirical analysis of the factors explaining the export performance of firms in the defence sector of Norway.
- Andvig, Jens Chr., Tiberius Barasa (2011). Cops and Crime in Kenya: A Research Report. NUPI-notat: 794. 140 sider. This paper presents and analyzes most empirical research about crime and police corruption in Kenya that has been based on vicitimization statistics. It shows the wide variation in outcomes and draws implications of this for the potential use of this approach for police and crime policy.
- Castellacci, Fulvio , Martin Blom, Arne Fevolden (2011). Defence Firms Facing Liberalization: Innovation and Export in an Agent-based Model of the Defence Industry. NUPI-notat: 793. 54 sider. This simulation analysis points out that European defence firms will progressively become more efficient, less dependent on public procurement and innovation policy support, and more prone to knowledge sharing and inter-firm collaborations.
- Schia, Niels Nagelhus, Stang, Geral (2011). Historical Overview of Civil Affairs in UN Peace Operations. NUPI-notat: . 44 sider.
- Lodgaard, Sverre (2012). Maktens forskyvning. Dagsavisen, 1. februar
- Schia, Niels Nagelhus (2012). Mot varig fred?. VG, 18. januar
- Eggen, Øyvind (2012). Hvorfor er det så stille?. Dagsavisen, 11. januar
- Restad, Hilde Eliassen (2012). Kampen om den republikanske sjela. Dagsavisen, 10. januar
