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100			_aChristensen, Tom
245			_aReform of the employment and welfare administrations - the challenges of coordinating diverse public organizations
260			_c2007
300			_ap.389-408.
362			_aSep
520			_aThis article addresses one of the most comprehensive structural reforms in recent Norwegian administrative history: a merger of the employment and national insurance administrations, combined with more formal collaboration with the local government social services administration. The reform can be seen as a `whole-of-government' initiative intended to increase the coordinative capacity of government to address `wicked problems' cutting across existing policy areas and government levels in a multi-level governance system. This article examines the following questions: First, what characterizes the organizational thinking related to this reform? Second, how can we understand the reform process in terms of a transformative perspective combining instrumental, cultural and environmental features? Third, what are the potential effects and implications of the new structure for political control and institutional autonomy, for relations between central and local administrations, and for the main goals stated? The theory base for the analyses is a transformative approach. - Reproduced.
650			_aPublic administration
700			_aLaegreid, Per
700			_aFimreite, Anne Lise
773			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
908			_aN
909			_a76292
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