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Nordic Administrative Collaboration: Scope, Predictors and Effects on Policy Design and Administrative Reform Measures
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Abstract This article examines whether Nordic administrative collaboration is still 'alive and kicking,' or whether it has been marginalized by increased integration into Europe and strong international reform trajectories. We analyse the scope and intensity of Nordic administrative collaboration from a stru... view more
This article examines whether Nordic administrative collaboration is still 'alive and kicking,' or whether it has been marginalized by increased integration into Europe and strong international reform trajectories. We analyse the scope and intensity of Nordic administrative collaboration from a structural perspective based on the perceptions of civil servants in the Norwegian central government. We also address the implications of Nordic collaboration for policy design and reform measures. The main conclusion is that Nordic administrative collaboration can best be described as differentiated integration. The scope of Nordic administrative collaboration is rather broad, and its internal structural features vary significantly. Nordic collaboration is perceived to have more of an effect on policy design than on specific administrative reform means and measures. However, structural features also matter.... view less
Keywords
Northern Europe; Norway; European cooperation; administration; reform; European integration
Classification
European Politics
Administrative Science
Free Keywords
Nordic countries; administrative collaboration; civil service; differentiated integration; policy design; public policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 21-32
Journal
Politics and Governance, 8 (2020) 4
Issue topic
Rediscovering Nordic Cooperation
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed