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Norway in Transition

The transformation of Norway is a magnifying glass to processes of political change in European countries generally. In this book, a group of Norway's most prominent political scientists closely analyzes the forces of change ranging from the political apparatus, the mode of partisan mobilization, and the development of political trust to the new gender relations and the strains on the established elite consensus.

This volume shows how Norway is an embodiment of the Nordic Model. Norwegian society and politics have attracted wide-spread interest for three interrelated reasons a strikingly egalitarian and cooperative model for public-private relations, a stable and rich country on the outside of the European Union, and a notable engagement in moral policy areas globally. Now the model is in flux for domestic as well as external reasons. Rule by popular consent is in question, with a more fragile chain of governance and a slow erosion of mass parties. The model is transformed from below, through the changing democratic infrastructure, as well as from above, with privatization and market reform in the public sector. The focus is Norway, but the book is a comparative analysis of a paradigm case with relevance far beyond its own borders.

This book was previously published as a special issue of the leading journal West European Politics.

yvind sterud is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Oslo. He is the author of more than 20 books, predominantly in comparative politics and international relations. He was head of the official Norwegian Power and Democracy Study (19982003), which was one of the most comprehensive social science research projects undertaken in Norway.

NORWAY IN TRANSITION

Transforming a Stable Democracy

Edited by
yvind sterud

First published 2007 by Routledge
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ISBN 10: 0-415-37821-4
ISBN 13: 978-0-415-37821-5

The West European Politics Series
Series editors: Klaus H. Goetz, peter Mair, and Gordon Smith

The West European Politics Series explores major topics of interest to students and researchers in comparative European politics. Each of the books in the series has been commissioned as a special issue of West European Politics, which has established itself as the leading international journal in the field. The series focuses on political developments in contemporary Europe, on cross-country comparative analyses, and on the study of European integration, notably the relations between the European Union and its member states. In addition to its long-standing interest in themes relating to Western, Southern, and Northern Europe, the journal and the book series also cover the newer democracies of Central and Eastern Europe.

Norway in Transition
Transforming a Stable Democracy
Edited by yvind sterud

Immigration Policy in Europe
The Politics of Control
Edited by Virginie Guiraudon and Gallya Lahav

CONTENTS

yvind sterud
Tom Christensen
2. Norway: Resources Count, But Votes Decide? From Neo-corporatist Representation to Neo-pluralist Parliamentarism	Hilmar Rommetvedt
3. Norwegian CentrePeriphery Relations in Flux: Abolition or Reconstruction of Regional Governance?	Harald Baldersheim and Anne Lise Fimreite
4. A More Fragile Chain of Governance in Norway	Kaare Strm, Hanne Marthe Narud and Henry Valen
Knut Heidar
6. Oil Wealth Dissatisfaction and Political Trust in Norway: A Resource Curse?	Ola Listhaug
7. State and Citizens in Norway: Organisational Society and StateMunicipal Relations	Tommy Tranvik and Per Selle
8. Gender Equality and Political Representation: A Nordic Comparison	Nina C. Raaum
9. Elite Consensus on the Norwegian Welfare State Model	Trygve Gulbrandsen and Fredrik Engelstad

Harald Baldersheim is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. His main research interests are urban and regional politics and policy analysis. [harald.baldersheim@stv.uio.no]

Tom Christensen is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. His main research interests are studies of public administration, the development of central civil services, and public reforms in a comparative perspective. [tom.christensen@stv.uio.no]

Fredrik Engelstad is Director at the Institute of Social Research, Oslo, and adjunct professor in sociology at the University of Oslo. He was a member of the core group of the Norwegian Power and Democracy Study (19982003). His main research interests are power, social justice, and the sociology of culture. [Fredrik.Engelstad@samfunnsforskning.no]

Anne Lise Fimreite is Associate Professor in the Department of Administration and Organisation Theory, University of Bergen, and a researcher at the Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, University of Bergen. Her main research field is local government studies and multilevel governance. [anne.fimreite@aorg.uib.no]

Trygve Gulbrandsen is Senior Researcher at the Institute for Social Research, Oslo. His main research fields are elites and power, trust, and ownership and family businesses. [Trygve.Gulbrandsen@samfunnsforskning.no]

Knut Heidar is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. His research centres on political parties and party systems, in particular changes in party organisational practices and the recruitment and role of elites and members. [knut.heidar@stv.uio.no]

Ola Listhaug is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Political Science, the Norwegian University of Technology and Science, Trondheim. He is also a senior researcher at the Centre for the Study of Civil War, PRIO. His fields of interest are electoral behaviour, public opinion, trust in government and value change. [ola.listhaug@svt.ntnu.no]

Hanne Marthe Narud is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. Her main fields of research are elections, coalition governance, and political representation. [h.m.narud@stv.uio.no]

yvind sterud is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. He was chairman of the core group of the Norwegian Power and Democracy Study (19982003). His main research interests include nationality politics, international conflict, and geopolitical change. [oyvind.osterud@stv.uio.no]

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