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BEYOND NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT: AGENCIFICATION AND REGULATORY REFORM IN NORWAY
Tom Christensen 1 , Amund Lie 2 and Per Lægreid 3*
  1 Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo   2 PhD-student at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo   3 Professor at the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen.
  Address for Correspondence: Per Lægreid, Department of Administration and Organization Theory, Christiegt. 17, 5007 Bergen, Norway.
e-mail: Per.Laegreid@aorg.uib.no
 

*This paper is written as part of the research project 'Regulation, Control and Auditing', funded by the Norwegian Research Council.

Copyright 2008 The Authors Journal compilation © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
KEYWORDS
regulatory reform • central agencies • administrative reforms • New Public Management • institutional change

ABSTRACT

In this paper we describe some trends in the development of regulatory reform in general and the agency form in particular. The focus is on the case of Norway by describing the reform process and some lessons learned. We discuss the development through the prism of different theoretical lenses such as instrumental, cultural and institutional environmental features. Finally, we draw some conclusions and discuss possible future developments beyond New Public Management by using a linear, a cyclical and a dialectical scenario.


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10.1111/j.1468-0408.2008.00441.x About DOI

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