Welfare Administration Reform Between Coordination and Specialization
Forfatter
Christensena , Tom & Per Lægreid
Årstall
2013
Utgiver
International Journal of Public Administration Volume 36, Issue 8, 2013
Publikasjonstype:
Tidsskriftsartikkel
Fulltekst:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01900692.2013.772628
Omtale:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01900692.2013.772628
Antall sider:
10
ISSN-nummer:
0190-0692
Publiseringsspråk:
Engelsk
Land publikasjonen kommer fra:
Norge
NSD-referanse:
3033
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Sammendrag
This article identifies transboundary coordination practices and related modes of specialization in welfare administration reforms. We describe how the 2005 reform of the welfare administration in Norway started as a process of integration involving merger and partnership, but later, following the 2008 reorganization, introduced re-centralization and re-specialization. The main research questions are how we can explain this change of administrative reform? Why was the integrative administrative reform not sustainable and reorganization through re-specialization seen as a better answer to the “wicked issues” of welfare services? To answer these questions we apply a structural-instrumental perspective and a cultural-institutional perspective.