Tor Bjørklund
Biographic Data
| ID | 267408 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tor Bjørklund |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tor |
| FAMILY NAME | Bjørklund |
| SIGNATURE | BJØRKLUND T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Social Research |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 325 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
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Do Labour Parties Suffer from Declining Turnout? Evidence from Norwegian Local Elections
The argument that declining voter turnout harms social democratic parties has received little support in research on national elections, but partisan consequences of declining turnout in local elections has been less explored. Norwegian local elections – where both turnout and support for the Labour Party have declined since the early 1960s – are used as a test case. Analyses of aggregate data gave no systematic support for the hypothesis that La…
The Revival of Group Voting: Explaining the Voting Preferences of Immigrants in Norway
Studies of the electoral behaviour of immigrants in Western Europe and North America have revealed a remarkably coherent cross-national voting pattern. Immigrants from the non-Western world hold a strong preference for left-of-centre parties. This unusual expression of group voting is so stable over time that it has been referred to as an ‘iron law’. There is, however, a dearth of scholarly research on this phenomenon. This article tests two expl…
Teknologisk brytningstid
Arbeiderklassetilhørighet i Norge fra 1965 til 2001
Unemployment and the Radical Right in Scandinavia: Beneficial or Non-Beneficial for Electoral Support
Bokanmeldelser
Anti-Immigration Parties in Denmark and Norway
The main anti-immigration parties in Scandinavia are the two Progress Parties in Norway and Denmark and the Danish People’s Party, formed in 1995 as break from and after 1998 the de facto successor to the Danish Progress Party. Initially, immigration was not even on the parties’ agendas. The Progress Parties were formed as anti-tax parties, reacting to the rapid expansion of the welfare state. The Norwegian party was inspired by the success of th…
Il calo della partecipazione elettorale nelle elezioni amministrative in Norvegia
Il declino della partecipazione elettorale: fenomeno diffuso e caso norvegese. Prospettive di analisi per le elezioni amministrative. Le cause. Le conseguenze. Tasso di partecipazione elettorale e partecipazione politica monotematica. Ricapitolazione
Old and New Patterns: The 'No' Majority in the 1972 and 1994 EC/EU Referendums in Norway
The periphery - defined not only geographically, but also socially (i.e. low socio-economic status) - provided the most significant opposition to Norway's membership of the EU. Normally, the periphery is considered inferior, lacking in strength and influence. However, the Norwegian periphery was strong enough to defeat the centre in the EU referendum. In Sweden and Finland, however, the centre was able to conquer the periphery and became the winn…
The Three Nordic 1994 Referenda Concerning Membership in the EU
The three Nordic referenda held in 1994 ended with Finland and Sweden inside and Norway outside the EU. Despite different outcomes, there are similarities in public opinion in the three countries regarding EU membership. The trend in opinion development from the beginning of the 1990s to the autumn of 1994 was the same, support for membership dropping in all three countries. Consequently, an international component could be observed. The most vis…
Unemployment and Party Choice in Norway
By the late 1980s, the absolute number of jobless in Norway had reached the same level as that during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Unemployment in the 1930s is known to have had an impact on party choice. Among those hit by unemployment in the 1980s, however, we no longer find a strong correlation between unemployment and party choice. This situation constitutes the point of departure for this article. The relationship between joblessness a…
Opinion Leadership and Political Extremism
An analysis of a survey material with 14,000 respondents from Norway 1984—5 shows a U-shaped relationship between position on a political left-right scale and activity to influence others through personal communication, with the exception of a sharp drop at the extreme left. Various hypotheses attempting to explain this pattern of a left dip are tested and refuted: 1) it does not seem to be the result of sampling or measurement error, 2) it is on…
Election Campaigns in Postwar Norway (1945–1989): From Party‐Controlled to Media‐Driven Campaigns
From 1945 to the end of the 1980 s, Norway's election campaigns have changed substantially. The mass media – particularly television – have grown in importance, partly structuring the election campaign. In this study the period in question is divided into three phases: (1) 1945–57, a phase characterized by a loyal party press and the breakthrough of radio; (2) 1961–69, a phase characterized by a loyal party press under pressure and the advent of …
Structural Changes and New Cleavages: The Progress Parties in Denmark and Norway
The Progress parties have been variously dubbed 'flash party, protest party', 'tax-revolt party', petty bourgeois protest movement populist party, 'extreme right-wing party' None of these labels passess unambrguously through a critical examination More recently, commentators have some times referred to the Progress parties as conventional bourgeois parties. Such a label is however. also problematic, as the social background or class profile of bo…
The 1987 Norwegian Local Elections: A Protest Election with a Swing to the Right
In one way. Norway's local elections would seem to he a deviant case a protest election with a landslide victory to a recently established neo‐liberalistic party, greater volatility among the voters, and an unusually low turnout. However, the election survey and other electoral statistics reveal a continuation and reinforcement of social and regional trends in voting patterns, trends which have emerged during recent elections
Ideal Types' of Referendum Behaviour
Referendums represent a special variant of political elections. Although it must be assumed that the behaviour of voting in referendums is determined by a range of factors identical to those that are operative in other contests, it can be asked to what extent referendum voting behaviour is sensitive to active campaigning on the part of political parties and organized groups. It may add to our understanding of referendums, therefore, to analyze th…
The Demand for Referendum: When Does It Arise and when Does It Succeed
The purpose of this article is to try to discern certain general features in the origins of the demands for referenda, and why these demands succeed or fail. A distinction is drawn between (a) the demand for a referendum on a certain issue and (b) the demand to amend the constitution to allow for referenda of one form or other.(a) Nation‐wide referenda are rare almost everywhere, but demands for referenda arise more frequently. The article argues…
Structural Changes and New Cleavages: The Progress Parties in Denmark and Norway
The Progress parties have been variously dubbed 'flash party, protest party', 'tax-revolt party', petty bourgeois protest movement populist party, 'extreme right-wing party' None of these labels passess unambrguously through a critical examination More recently, commentators have some times referred to the Progress parties as conventional bourgeois parties. Such a label is however. also problematic, as the social background or class profile of bo…
The Revival of Group Voting: Explaining the Voting Preferences of Immigrants in Norway
Studies of the electoral behaviour of immigrants in Western Europe and North America have revealed a remarkably coherent cross-national voting pattern. Immigrants from the non-Western world hold a strong preference for left-of-centre parties. This unusual expression of group voting is so stable over time that it has been referred to as an ‘iron law’. There is, however, a dearth of scholarly research on this phenomenon. This article tests two expl…
The Demand for Referendum: When Does It Arise and when Does It Succeed
The purpose of this article is to try to discern certain general features in the origins of the demands for referenda, and why these demands succeed or fail. A distinction is drawn between (a) the demand for a referendum on a certain issue and (b) the demand to amend the constitution to allow for referenda of one form or other.(a) Nation‐wide referenda are rare almost everywhere, but demands for referenda arise more frequently. The article argues…
Election Campaigns in Postwar Norway (1945–1989): From Party‐Controlled to Media‐Driven Campaigns
From 1945 to the end of the 1980 s, Norway's election campaigns have changed substantially. The mass media – particularly television – have grown in importance, partly structuring the election campaign. In this study the period in question is divided into three phases: (1) 1945–57, a phase characterized by a loyal party press and the breakthrough of radio; (2) 1961–69, a phase characterized by a loyal party press under pressure and the advent of …
Unemployment and the Radical Right in Scandinavia: Beneficial or Non-Beneficial for Electoral Support
The 1987 Norwegian Local Elections: A Protest Election with a Swing to the Right
In one way. Norway's local elections would seem to he a deviant case a protest election with a landslide victory to a recently established neo‐liberalistic party, greater volatility among the voters, and an unusually low turnout. However, the election survey and other electoral statistics reveal a continuation and reinforcement of social and regional trends in voting patterns, trends which have emerged during recent elections
The Three Nordic 1994 Referenda Concerning Membership in the EU
The three Nordic referenda held in 1994 ended with Finland and Sweden inside and Norway outside the EU. Despite different outcomes, there are similarities in public opinion in the three countries regarding EU membership. The trend in opinion development from the beginning of the 1990s to the autumn of 1994 was the same, support for membership dropping in all three countries. Consequently, an international component could be observed. The most vis…
Ideal Types' of Referendum Behaviour
Referendums represent a special variant of political elections. Although it must be assumed that the behaviour of voting in referendums is determined by a range of factors identical to those that are operative in other contests, it can be asked to what extent referendum voting behaviour is sensitive to active campaigning on the part of political parties and organized groups. It may add to our understanding of referendums, therefore, to analyze th…
Do Labour Parties Suffer from Declining Turnout? Evidence from Norwegian Local Elections
The argument that declining voter turnout harms social democratic parties has received little support in research on national elections, but partisan consequences of declining turnout in local elections has been less explored. Norwegian local elections – where both turnout and support for the Labour Party have declined since the early 1960s – are used as a test case. Analyses of aggregate data gave no systematic support for the hypothesis that La…
Old and New Patterns: The 'No' Majority in the 1972 and 1994 EC/EU Referendums in Norway
The periphery - defined not only geographically, but also socially (i.e. low socio-economic status) - provided the most significant opposition to Norway's membership of the EU. Normally, the periphery is considered inferior, lacking in strength and influence. However, the Norwegian periphery was strong enough to defeat the centre in the EU referendum. In Sweden and Finland, however, the centre was able to conquer the periphery and became the winn…
Unemployment and Party Choice in Norway
By the late 1980s, the absolute number of jobless in Norway had reached the same level as that during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Unemployment in the 1930s is known to have had an impact on party choice. Among those hit by unemployment in the 1980s, however, we no longer find a strong correlation between unemployment and party choice. This situation constitutes the point of departure for this article. The relationship between joblessness a…
Opinion Leadership and Political Extremism
An analysis of a survey material with 14,000 respondents from Norway 1984—5 shows a U-shaped relationship between position on a political left-right scale and activity to influence others through personal communication, with the exception of a sharp drop at the extreme left. Various hypotheses attempting to explain this pattern of a left dip are tested and refuted: 1) it does not seem to be the result of sampling or measurement error, 2) it is on…
The Demand for Referendum: When Does It Arise and when Does It Succeed
The purpose of this article is to try to discern certain general features in the origins of the demands for referenda, and why these demands succeed or fail. A distinction is drawn between (a) the demand for a referendum on a certain issue and (b) the demand to amend the constitution to allow for referenda of one form or other.(a) Nation‐wide referenda are rare almost everywhere, but demands for referenda arise more frequently. The article argues…
Ideal Types' of Referendum Behaviour
Referendums represent a special variant of political elections. Although it must be assumed that the behaviour of voting in referendums is determined by a range of factors identical to those that are operative in other contests, it can be asked to what extent referendum voting behaviour is sensitive to active campaigning on the part of political parties and organized groups. It may add to our understanding of referendums, therefore, to analyze th…
The 1987 Norwegian Local Elections: A Protest Election with a Swing to the Right
In one way. Norway's local elections would seem to he a deviant case a protest election with a landslide victory to a recently established neo‐liberalistic party, greater volatility among the voters, and an unusually low turnout. However, the election survey and other electoral statistics reveal a continuation and reinforcement of social and regional trends in voting patterns, trends which have emerged during recent elections
Structural Changes and New Cleavages: The Progress Parties in Denmark and Norway
The Progress parties have been variously dubbed 'flash party, protest party', 'tax-revolt party', petty bourgeois protest movement populist party, 'extreme right-wing party' None of these labels passess unambrguously through a critical examination More recently, commentators have some times referred to the Progress parties as conventional bourgeois parties. Such a label is however. also problematic, as the social background or class profile of bo…
Opinion Leadership and Political Extremism
An analysis of a survey material with 14,000 respondents from Norway 1984—5 shows a U-shaped relationship between position on a political left-right scale and activity to influence others through personal communication, with the exception of a sharp drop at the extreme left. Various hypotheses attempting to explain this pattern of a left dip are tested and refuted: 1) it does not seem to be the result of sampling or measurement error, 2) it is on…
Election Campaigns in Postwar Norway (1945–1989): From Party‐Controlled to Media‐Driven Campaigns
From 1945 to the end of the 1980 s, Norway's election campaigns have changed substantially. The mass media – particularly television – have grown in importance, partly structuring the election campaign. In this study the period in question is divided into three phases: (1) 1945–57, a phase characterized by a loyal party press and the breakthrough of radio; (2) 1961–69, a phase characterized by a loyal party press under pressure and the advent of …
Unemployment and Party Choice in Norway
By the late 1980s, the absolute number of jobless in Norway had reached the same level as that during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Unemployment in the 1930s is known to have had an impact on party choice. Among those hit by unemployment in the 1980s, however, we no longer find a strong correlation between unemployment and party choice. This situation constitutes the point of departure for this article. The relationship between joblessness a…
The Three Nordic 1994 Referenda Concerning Membership in the EU
The three Nordic referenda held in 1994 ended with Finland and Sweden inside and Norway outside the EU. Despite different outcomes, there are similarities in public opinion in the three countries regarding EU membership. The trend in opinion development from the beginning of the 1990s to the autumn of 1994 was the same, support for membership dropping in all three countries. Consequently, an international component could be observed. The most vis…
Old and New Patterns: The 'No' Majority in the 1972 and 1994 EC/EU Referendums in Norway
The periphery - defined not only geographically, but also socially (i.e. low socio-economic status) - provided the most significant opposition to Norway's membership of the EU. Normally, the periphery is considered inferior, lacking in strength and influence. However, the Norwegian periphery was strong enough to defeat the centre in the EU referendum. In Sweden and Finland, however, the centre was able to conquer the periphery and became the winn…
Anti-Immigration Parties in Denmark and Norway
The main anti-immigration parties in Scandinavia are the two Progress Parties in Norway and Denmark and the Danish People’s Party, formed in 1995 as break from and after 1998 the de facto successor to the Danish Progress Party. Initially, immigration was not even on the parties’ agendas. The Progress Parties were formed as anti-tax parties, reacting to the rapid expansion of the welfare state. The Norwegian party was inspired by the success of th…
Il calo della partecipazione elettorale nelle elezioni amministrative in Norvegia
Il declino della partecipazione elettorale: fenomeno diffuso e caso norvegese. Prospettive di analisi per le elezioni amministrative. Le cause. Le conseguenze. Tasso di partecipazione elettorale e partecipazione politica monotematica. Ricapitolazione
Unemployment and the Radical Right in Scandinavia: Beneficial or Non-Beneficial for Electoral Support
Bokanmeldelser
Arbeiderklassetilhørighet i Norge fra 1965 til 2001
Teknologisk brytningstid
The Revival of Group Voting: Explaining the Voting Preferences of Immigrants in Norway
Studies of the electoral behaviour of immigrants in Western Europe and North America have revealed a remarkably coherent cross-national voting pattern. Immigrants from the non-Western world hold a strong preference for left-of-centre parties. This unusual expression of group voting is so stable over time that it has been referred to as an ‘iron law’. There is, however, a dearth of scholarly research on this phenomenon. This article tests two expl…
Do Labour Parties Suffer from Declining Turnout? Evidence from Norwegian Local Elections
The argument that declining voter turnout harms social democratic parties has received little support in research on national elections, but partisan consequences of declining turnout in local elections has been less explored. Norwegian local elections – where both turnout and support for the Labour Party have declined since the early 1960s – are used as a test case. Analyses of aggregate data gave no systematic support for the hypothesis that La…
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Political science (15 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (12 works) · Law (11 works) · Law (11 works) · Economics (10 works) · Politics (10 works) · Political economy (9 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Norwegian (5 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (5 works)