Sub-nasjonale styringsnivåer i et fler-nivå-administrativt system

Dag Ole Teigen; Jarle Trondal

doi:10.7577/nat.4868

Authors

Dag Ole Teigen Universitetet i Agder https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2972-0135
Jarle Trondal Universitetet i Agder https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6723-7761

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7577/nat.4868

Keywords:

Multi-level Administration, Regional level, Sub-national level, EEA agreement

Abstract

This article examines whether respondents in Norwegian county administrations perceive that key decisions are influenced by external actors - through vertical administrative relations to central administrative bodies and EU/EEA institutions, as well as horizontal administrative relations to other county administrations - and how the variation in such relations can be explained. The article is based on data from a new survey in Norwegian county administrations (N = 893), and shows how the county administrations under certain conditions can act with two or more "hats", ie that the decisions made are influenced by several external actors simultaneously. The majority of the respondents consider national central administrative bodies as the most important external actors, while a significant proportion also state that EU/EEA institutions are important when central decisions are made. The patterns that are revealed are explained by the county administrations' organizational specialization and administrative capacity.

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