How to Carry Out Joined-Up Government Reforms: Lessons from the 2001-2006 Norwegian Welfare Reform
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Author
Askim, Jostein ; Tom Christensen; Anne Lise Fimreite; Per Lgreid
Year
2009
Publisher
International Journal of Public Administratio
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:
2011-03-30 10:41:49.713
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.