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100			_aSolvang, Øystein Saglie, Jo and Winsvold, Marte _955027
245			_aDoes municipal amalgamation affect trust in local politicians? The case of Norway
260			_aInternational Political Science Review
300			_a46(1), Jan, 2025: p.57-73
520			_aWhen municipalities merge, they grow and, at the same time, experience a comprehensive reform process, both of which may affect political trust. We explore whether and how the large-scale municipal amalgamation reforms in Norway in the 2010s affected citizens’ trust in local and national elected officials and assemblies. We examine the effects of both changes in size and reform processes using survey data on trust in local and national political officials and assemblies before, and at the time, of the merger. In contrast to studies conducted in Denmark, we do not find evidence that the Norwegian Local Government Reform had significant negative effects on political trust. We argue that this difference between Denmark and Norway can be explained by differences in how the two reform processes were implemented.- Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01925121231216426
650			_aLocal government, Reform, Merger, Trust, Norway. _955028
773			_aInternational Political Science Review
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