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Askim, Jostein ; Tom Christensen; Anne Lise Fimreite; Per Lgreid (2009):

How to Carry Out Joined-Up Government Reforms: Lessons from the 2001-2006 Norwegian Welfare Reform

International Journal of Public Administratio

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Type of publication:

Tidsskriftsartikkel

Link to publication:

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface~db=all~content=a915823082~fulltext=713240930

Link to review:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01900690903223888

Comment:

International Journal of Public Administration, Volume 32, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1006 - 1025

Number of pages:

19

ISSN:

ISSN 0190-0692

Language of publication:

Engelsk

Country of publication:

Norge

NSD-reference:

2895

This page was last updated:

30/3 2011

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Summary:

The article reports a case study of a recent and major reform in the Norwegian welfare sector, involving the employment service, the national insurance administration, and the social services. The reform involves two common joined-up government reform measures, namely partnerships and mergers. The study examines how instrumental problem solving in the reform process was conditioned by external forces, negotiations, and administrative traditions. The analysis shows a transformative approach, in which the scope for rational problem solving is both constrained and enabled by interests and cultural constraints.