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Jarle Weigård
Associate Professor
Telefon (+47)
77 64 57 91
E-post
Jarle.Weigard@sv.uit.no
Kontor/besøk
D2031, Faculty of Social Science
Biographical facts
Born 1956. Cand. polit. degree in 1989 at the Institute of Social Science, University of Tromsø. Researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Oslo 1990-92. Researcher at NORUT Social Science Research, Tromsø 1992-93. Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science, University of Tromsø 1994-97. Associate Professor from 1998.
Fields of interest
- Political theory, including main currents and basic questions in today's debate on democracy as well as the history of political ideas.
- Indigenous rights, minority rights, human rights, citizenship.
- The theory of (social) science.
- Public policy, especially problems concerning local government.
Current projects:
Teaching:
- Political theory.
- The theory of social science.
Selected publications:
- "Representasjon og rasjonalitet", in E. O. Eriksen (ed): Deliberativ politikk. Oslo: TANO, 1995.
- (With Erik O. Eriksen:) "Conceptualizing Politics: Strategic or Communicative Action?", Scandinavian Political Studies, Vol. 20 (no 3 1997), p. 219-241.
- (With Erik O. Eriksen:) "The End of Citizenship?", in C. McKinnon and I. Hampsher-Monk (eds): The Demands of Citizenship. London and New York: Continuum, 2000.
- (With Erik O. Eriksen:) Understandoing Habermas: Communicative Action and Deliberative Democracy. London and New York: Continuum, 2003.
- "Is There a Special Justification for Indigenous Rights?", in Henry Minde with Harald Gaski, Svein Jentoft, and Georges Midré (eds): Indigenous Peoples: Self-determination - Knowledge - Indigeneity. Delft: Eburon, 2008.
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