• norsk
    • English
  • English 
    • norsk
    • English
  • Login
View Item 
  •   Home
  • Research centres and projects
  • Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies
  • Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies - Working Papers
  • View Item
  •   Home
  • Research centres and projects
  • Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies
  • Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies - Working Papers
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

The Regulatory Orthodoxy in Practice

Christensen, Tom; Lægreid, Per
Working paper
Thumbnail
View/Open
Nr_06-07_Christensen_Laegreid.pdf (408.1Kb)
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/1956/2448
Date
2007-11
Metadata
Show full item record
Collections
  • Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies - Working Papers [231]
Abstract
This paper examines whether the OECD regulatory model corresponds with regulatory practice in Norway. It describes and analyzes whether civil servants in central agencies working with regulatory tasks differ from other civil servants when it comes to the importance of professional considerations and signals from their parent ministry and political executives, whether they have different contact patterns, and whether their assessment of the influence of political executives and their parent ministry varies. It also analyzes whether the variation in signals, contact patterns and perceived influence of different actors is sustained when structural and cultural features are taken into account. The empirical data base is a survey of civil servants in Norwegian central agencies conducted in 2006. One main finding is that regulatory practice is much more complex then the OECD model suggests. The most important factor for explaining the relationship between agencies and political and administrative superiors is the degree of political salience of the issues concerned.
 
Dette notatet undersøker om OECD’s reguleringsmodell samsvarer med den norske reguleringspraksisen. Det beskriver og analyserer omansatte i norske direktorater og tilsyn som arbeider med regulerings- og kontrolloppgaver skiller seg fra andre ansatte når det gjelder vektlegging av faglige hensyn og signal fra overordnet departement og politisk ledelse, om de har ulike kontaktnettverk, og om deres vurdering av politisk ledelses og overordnet departements innflytelse varierer. Det analyseres også om variasjonene i signaler, kontaktmønster og innflytelsesrelasjoner opprettsholdes når det kontrolleres for strukturelle og kulturelle trekk. Datagrunnlaget er en survey til ansatte i norske direktorater og tilsyn i 2006. Et hovedfunn er at reguleringspraksisen er langt mer kompleks enn det OECD modellen forutsetter. Den viktigste faktoren for å forklare relasjonene mellom direktoratene og deres overordnende politiske og administrative organer er graden av politisk oppmerksomhet og debatt på eget saksområde.
 
Publisher
Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies
Series
6–2007
Working Paper

Contact Us | Send Feedback

Privacy policy
DSpace software copyright © 2002-2019  DuraSpace

Service from  Unit
 

 

Browse

ArchiveCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsDocument TypesJournalsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsDocument TypesJournals

My Account

Login

Statistics

View Usage Statistics

Contact Us | Send Feedback

Privacy policy
DSpace software copyright © 2002-2019  DuraSpace

Service from  Unit