Globalization and evolving local governance in Norway
SOURCE: Globalizations
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2009
TITLE AUTHOR(S): O.Edigheji
KEYWORDS: GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNANCE, NORWAY, WELFARE
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 6202
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4407
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4407
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2009
TITLE AUTHOR(S): O.Edigheji
KEYWORDS: GLOBALIZATION, GOVERNANCE, NORWAY, WELFARE
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 6202
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/4407
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/4407
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Abstract
Has local governance in Norway escaped the forces of globalization? In grappling with this question, and using the case of Trondheim Municipality. The author argues that local government reform in Norway is predicated on the dominant paradigm of public sector reform in the age of globalization, namely, new public management (NPM). This has had corrosive effects on the capacity of the local states in Norway to provide basic services to their citizens. Consequently, the Norwegian welfare regime is being undermined by the new reform agenda. However, while local governance in Norway is predicated within the dominant global paradigm, it deviates from the global trend as there is increasing centralization as opposed to decentralization as the national government uses various mechanisms to regulate and control municipalities.-
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