Central government coordination in Denmark, Germany and Sweden : an institutional policy perspective
- The paper analyses the processes of central government coordination in Denmark, Germany and Sweden. First it gives an account of the existing coordination patterns, second it analyses changes within these coordination patterns over time and finally it asks, whether these changes can be attributed to an intentional institutional design. To answer this set of questions, we introduce an institutional policy analytic perspective to the study of central government change. This perspective focuses on central actors, interests, strategic motivations and the degree of the actors reflexivity as a promoter of intentional institutional change in government coordination. The empirical analysis shows the prevalence of negative coordination as the dominant pattern of coordination in all three countries. However, country-specific constitutional and political traditions result in a variety of different coordination techniques actually used. The paper concludes by identifying three different patterns of change, depending on the degree of change andThe paper analyses the processes of central government coordination in Denmark, Germany and Sweden. First it gives an account of the existing coordination patterns, second it analyses changes within these coordination patterns over time and finally it asks, whether these changes can be attributed to an intentional institutional design. To answer this set of questions, we introduce an institutional policy analytic perspective to the study of central government change. This perspective focuses on central actors, interests, strategic motivations and the degree of the actors reflexivity as a promoter of intentional institutional change in government coordination. The empirical analysis shows the prevalence of negative coordination as the dominant pattern of coordination in all three countries. However, country-specific constitutional and political traditions result in a variety of different coordination techniques actually used. The paper concludes by identifying three different patterns of change, depending on the degree of change and the reflexivity involved : "fragmented institutional politics" in Denmark, "policy-driven institutional politics" in Germany and "adaptive and symbolic institutional politics" in the case of Sweden.…
Author details: | Thurid HustedtORCiDGND, Jan Tiessen |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-8135 |
ISBN: | 978-3-939469-26-1 |
Publication series (Volume number): | Forschungspapiere "Regierungsorganisation in Westeuropa" (2) |
Publisher: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
Place of publishing: | Potsdam |
Publication type: | Monograph/Edited Volume |
Language: | German |
Publication year: | 2006 |
Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
Release date: | 2006/09/06 |
Number of pages: | 62 |
RVK - Regensburg classification: | MG 11600 |
Organizational units: | Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Sozialwissenschaften |
DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft |
Publishing method: | Universitätsverlag Potsdam |
License (German): | Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
External remark: | In Printform erschienen im Universitätsverlag Potsdam: Central government coordination in Denmark, Germany and Sweden : - An institutional policy perspective - / Thurid Hustedt ; Jan Tiessen. - Potsdam : Univ.-Verl., 2006. - 62 S. (Forschungspapiere "Regierungsorganisation in Westeuropa" ; 2) ISBN 978-3-939469-26-1 |