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Agencification and Corporatization in Norway 1947–2011

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Author
Lægreid, Per, Paul G. Roness & Vidar Rolland

Year
2013

Publisher
International Journal of Public Administration Volume 36, Issue 9, 2013

Type of publication:
Tidsskriftsartikkel

Link to publication:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01900692.2013.791311

Link to review:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01900692.2013.791311

Number of pages:
13

ISSN:
0190-0692

Language of publication:
Engelsk

Country of publication:
Norge

NSD-reference:
3034

This page was last updated:
2014-05-14 14:44:23.367

Affiliations related to this publication
  • Departement
  • Sentraladministrative organ (direktorat m.m.)
  • Forvaltningsorgan med særskilte fullmakter
  • Forvaltningsbedrift
  • Andre ordinære forvaltningsorgan
  • Finansieringsinstitusjon
  • Heleide statsaksjeselskap
  • Særlovsselskap
  • Statsforetak
  • Statsselskap organisert etter 1965-loven
  • Statsaksjeselskap (deleigd; majoritet)
  • Helseforetak

Summary
We explore agencification and corporatization in the Norwegian central government. While these types of organizational change have often been linked to the NPM and post-NPM doctrines of recent decades, we will extend our analysis back to the post-World War II period. The empirical data are drawn from the Norwegian State Administration Database. The main focus will be on changes along the vertical dimension, i.e., conversions of ministerial units into state agencies and from state agencies to state-owned companies, or in the other direction. A main question is the organizational dynamics of agencification and corporatization. Why have the structure and organization of government changed, how and to what degree do the pattern of change reflect global trends in NPM and post-NPM reforms, and is the central government subject to the politics of structural choice. Moreover, what is the importance of national administrative doctrines, party constellations in government, and deliberate actions of administrative policy-makers?