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Here is a reverse choronological list of selected publications with short explantion
of each item:
The Impact of Household Organization on Political Views: A Study
of Migrant Families in Norway PDF
Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor Rerum Politicarum (PhD) in
October 2006 by Eero Olli at Department of Comparative Politics, Faculty
of Social Science, University of Bergen, Norway. The defence of the
thesis will take place during spring 2007.
There is a strong relationship between a household's way of organizing
and its views of society and politics. Migrant households' relations
to the state and majority society can be better understood by knowing
how they organize their households.
Seventeen households presently living in Norway, but originating from
Vietnam, Chile, or Sri Lanka, are interviewed in depth. Eight of these
households are presented in detail as cases. They are first described
according to their internal organization (making economic decisions,
justifying the division of housework, and behavior during interviews)
and external social relations (how they justify giving and receiving
support from others). Cultural theory describes four ways of organizing,
also known as ways of life or cultures (hierarchical, egalitarian, individualistic,
and fatalistic). These are present in various degrees, but in a manner
consistent with cultural theory, in every household. Households' stated
preferences are compared with theoretically based predictions of attitudes
toward institutions, trust, social support, distribution of resources,
blame, view of democracy and political decision-making. Every household's
views of politics and society match its dominant way of organizing.
Country of origin does not seem to be closely related to either the
household's way of organizing or its views of politics and society.
These four ways of organizing are presented as an alternative to classification
and explanations based on country of origin or ethnicity. Cultural theory
can be used to improve migrant households' integration into the majority
society without devaluating their traditions and beliefs, and for creating
social interaction across ethnic boundaries in situations where little
is known about the other participants. This new knowledge can be useful
for improving policies concerning majority-minority relations, integration
of minorities, processes of social exclusion and inclusion, participation
by the minorities in the majority society, and to improve how we deal
with conflicts sometimes labeled ethnic, religious or cultural.
Common Measures for Discrimination
Common Measures for Discrimination II - Recommendations for Improving
the Measurement of Discrimination (2006) - edited by Eero Olli and
Birgitte Kofod Olsen. PDF
Towards Common Measures for Discrimination - exploring possibilities
for combining existing data for measuring discrimination (2005)
- edited by Eero Olli and Birgitte Kofod Olsen.
PDF.
This was a two year project funded by European Commission with experts
from Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Portuga.
Underveis mot et bedre vern er et årlig rapport fra Senter mot
etnisk diskriminering, som nå er lagt ned. Jeg har skrevet statistikk
kapitlet i rapportene 2003
(english version) og 2004-2005.
Ta innvandrere i ed 17. mai! Kronikk
i Dagbladet 15.5.2003. Utfordringen ligger i å få nordmenn
til å godta innvandrerne som fullverdige samfunnsmedlemmer. Regjeringens
forslag for ny statsborgerskaps seremoni bidrar ikke til dette, men
en ed-seremoni på 17. mai vil sette fokus på nye statsborgere
i lokalsamfunnet.
Også de andre kan velge en levemåte, 2002, Internasjonal
migrasjon og etniske relasjoner 1997-2001 (s. 117-123). Oslo: NFR,
Området for kultur og samfunn. En sluttrapport til IMER programmets
oppsummerings konferanse. Skrevet noen år før prosjektslutt.
pdf.
Olli, Eero, Grendstad, Gunnar, & Wollebæk, Dag. Correlates
of Environmental Behaviors: Bringing Back Social Context. 2001
Environment and Behavior, 33(3), pp. 181-208.
Contrary to expectations surveys can be used to estimate the importance
of social participation. Social involvement with other environmentalists
has a a larger influence on the number of environmentally possitive
private behavior, than attitudes. PDF-file.
Language Use and Context as Sources for Meaning in Research Interviews
Conducted in Norwegian as Second Language. 2001. Unpublished Philosophy
of Science Essay, University of Bergen, Bergen.
It is possible with a pragmatic perspective of language and language
use, to establish reasons for why we are able to understand each others,
even if one of the participants is not speaking his or hers native language.
PDF-file.
Rejection of cultural biases and effects on party preference.
1999. In Michael Thompson & Gunnar Grendstad & Per Selle (Eds.),
Cultural theory as political science (pp. 59-74). London: Routledge.
One new theoretical finding: rejection of organizing principles is important
determinant of party preference. Methodological founding: because combinations
of attitudes thus become important, regression is less suited as analytical
technique. Empirical analysis shows that it is possible to understand
the conflicts between parties as a well structured structured ideological
space in cultural theoretical terms.
The Influence of Behavioral Strategy and Social Structure on a Migrants'
Relation to a Workplace. Paper presented at the 11th Nordic Migration
Research Conference 28-30 October 1999. Gothenburg.
Cultural theory can be used to describe conflictual situations at workplaces,
and thus also to find possible solutions to problems that seem to be
related to 'culture'. No data, just an idea for further research.
Individ og kultur. 1996 I Gunnar Grendstad & Per Selle (ed.),
Kultur som Levemåte (pp. 200-220). Oslo: Samlaget.
This is a presentation of the theoretical arguments from my masters
thesis, with some empirical exemplification. Les
utdrag av kapittelen.
Cultural Theory Specified - The Coherent, Sequential, and Synthetic
Individual Approaches. 1995 Unpublished Masters thesis, University
of Bergen, Bergen.
The main point: Cultural theory must define the relationship between
the collective (culture) and individual before surveys can be utilized.
Three different definitions are presented, each leading to a specific
analytical models. The same hypothesis is examined by performing three
different analysis, each based on a different specification of the relation
between individual and culture. PDF-files.
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