This work presents eight studies of different but interrelated aspects of parliamentary government in post-war Norway. Split into three sections, it focuses on the formation of government, organization of parliament and the changing relations between parliament, executives, and organized interests.
Author(s): Hilm Rommetvedt
Edition: annotated edition
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 218
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures and Tables......Page 9
Preface......Page 12
DECLINE AND RISE OF PARLIAMENT......Page 13
CONCENTRATION AND DISPERSION OF POWER......Page 18
OUTLINE OF THE BOOK......Page 23
NOTES......Page 25
A PARTY SYSTEM UNDERGOING CHANGE......Page 29
PARLIAMENTARISM AND THE FORMATION OF GOVERNMENT......Page 34
Changes of Government......Page 35
Types of Government......Page 39
Minority Governments and Party Coalitions......Page 41
Policy Distance......Page 43
Coalition Formation......Page 45
Party Distances in the Finance Committee......Page 49
A New Era?......Page 51
Organization......Page 52
Decision-making......Page 54
Questions......Page 57
The Committees......Page 59
The Conflict Level in Norwegian Society......Page 62
The Party System and the Parliamentary Situation......Page 65
The Resource Situation in the Storting......Page 67
CONCLUSION......Page 69
NOTES......Page 72
CHAPTER 3 Parliamentary Committees: Performance, Structural Change and External Relations......Page 77
Committees and Unanimity......Page 78
Triangles and Segments......Page 80
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES AND PARLIAMENTARY INFLUENCE IN NORWAY......Page 81
RULES OF PROCEDURE AND COMMITTEE REFORM......Page 84
Main Arguments......Page 86
Committee Workload......Page 88
Re-election of Committee Members......Page 89
Committee-Ministry Relations......Page 90
Committees and Party Groups......Page 93
Committee Members and Lobbyists......Page 94
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 96
NOTES......Page 97
THE COMMITTEE REFORM......Page 102
Theoretical Perspectives......Page 103
Main Hypotheses......Page 106
EMPIRICAL RESULTS......Page 109
Development of Oil and Gas Fields......Page 110
Regional Policy......Page 115
SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION......Page 119
NOTES......Page 121
CHAPTER 5 Coalition Governments and the Management of Party Relations......Page 124
THE PARTY-PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM AND THE COALITION APPARATUS......Page 125
POLICY STATEMENTS AND PROGRAMMES......Page 127
DECISION-MAKING MODEL AND RULES OF THE GAME......Page 129
POSITIONS......Page 130
COMMUNICATION AND CO-ORDINATION......Page 133
R RELATIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT AND PARTY......Page 136
CONCLUSION......Page 139
NOTES......Page 140
CORPORATISM AND LOBBYISM......Page 142
CORPORATIST POLICY-MAKING IN NORWAY AND DENMARK......Page 144
DECLINE OF CORPORATISM?......Page 145
PARLIAMENTARY LOBBYISM IN DENMARK AND NORWAY......Page 151
EXPLAINING INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND INERTIA......Page 154
CHANGES IN THE POLITICAL CONDITIONS FOR CORPORATISM AND LOBBYISM......Page 157
CONCLUSIONS......Page 160
NOTES......Page 161
GENERAL ASSESSMENTS BY MPs......Page 166
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY-MAKING: ASSESSMENTS BY INTEREST ORGANIZATIONS......Page 169
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY-MAKING: THREE CASE STUDIES......Page 171
NOTES......Page 176
CHAPTER 8 The Central Assembly of the Periphery......Page 178
REPRESENTATION OF THE PERIPHERY......Page 179
The County Level......Page 180
The Municipal Level......Page 184
GEOGRAPHY AND POLICY-MAKING......Page 185
Standing Committees......Page 188
Voting......Page 190
Questions and Contact with the Administration......Page 192
NOTES......Page 193
DECISIONS, CONFLICTS AND COALITIONS......Page 196
Norwegian Oil Activities and Oil-Related Politics......Page 198
EXPLORATORY DRILLING IN NORTHERN AREAS......Page 200
A New Phase in Norwegian Oil Politics......Page 201
Blow-out......Page 204
Problem Definitions, Conflicts and Coalitions......Page 205
CHANGING EXPECTATIONS......Page 206
The Sleipner East Field......Page 208
The Snorre Field......Page 210
Problem Definitions, Conflicts and Coalitions......Page 212
CONCLUSION......Page 214
NOTES......Page 216
Index......Page 217
