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Agencification and Corporatization in Norway 1947–2011

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  • Per Lægreid
  • Paul Roness
  • Vidar Rolland

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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?

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  • Per Lægreid & Paul Roness & Vidar Rolland, 2013. "Agencification and Corporatization in Norway 1947–2011," International Journal of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(9), pages 659-672.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:36:y:2013:i:9:p:659-672
    DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2013.791311
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