• Reform of the Employment and Welfare Administrations - the Challenges of Co-ordinating Diverse Public Organisations 

      Christensen, Tom; Fimreite, Anne Lise; Lægreid, Per (14-2006, Working paper, 2006-12)
      This paper 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 ...
    • Reforming the Norwegian police between structure and culture. Community police or emergency police? 

      Christensen, Tom; Lægreid, Per; Rykkja, Lise Hellebø (Working paper; 9-2016, Working paper, 2016-10)
      This paper examines the reform of the police in Norway from 2012 to 2015 using a qualitative analysis of central public reports and official documents leading up to the reform. These include the report from the official ...
    • Regulating Regulatory Organizations: Controlling Norwegian Civil Service Organizations 

      Lægreid, Per; Roness, Paul G.; Rubecksen, Kristin (5-2005, Working paper, 2005-09)
      This paper describes the regulatory agencies in Norway as part of the population of Norwegian state agencies by focusing on who controls and on what is controlled and how. We analyze whether regulatory agencies are regulated ...
    • Regulatory Agencies – the Challenges of Balancing Agency Autonomy and Political Control 

      Christensen, Tom; Lægreid, Per (18-2004, Working paper, 2004-12)
      In this paper we focus on the dynamic interplay between increase in autonomy of regulatory agencies and political control of those agencies. The general research issues are the weak empirical foundations of regulatory ...
    • The Regulatory Orthodoxy in Practice 

      Christensen, Tom; Lægreid, Per (6–2007, Working paper, 2007-11)
      This paper examines whether the OECD regulatory model corresponds with regulatory practice in Norway. It describes and analyzes whether civil servants in central agencies working with regulatory tasks differ from other ...
    • Regulatory Reforms and Agencification 

      Christensen, Tom; Lægreid, Per (6-2005, Working paper, 2005-11)
      Over the last two decades the classical model of hierarchical and integrated government has been gradually replaced by a more horizontally structured and fragmented arrangement. A central aspect of this development in many ...
    • The relationship between socioeconomic status and waiting time among elderly men in Norway 

      Carlsen, Fredrik; Kaarbøe, Oddvar (Working paper 12/2012, Working paper, 2012-12)
      We investigate whether socioeconomic status affects hospital waiting times for elderly men when controls for severity and supply/choice variables are included. Socioeconomic status is measured by small area level education. ...
    • Reorganizing the Modern State in Comparative Perspective: Specialization and Integration in Norway and France 

      Bezes, Philippe; Fimreite, Anne Lise; Lægreid, Per; Le Lidec, Patrick (Working Paper, Working paper, 2010-12)
      Administrative systems have historically always been confronted with issues of integration and coordination on the one hand and autonomy and fragmentation on the other hand. The main topic of this paper is the challenge ...
    • Reorganizing the Welfare State Administration: Partnership, networks and accountability 

      Fimreite, Anne Lise; Lægreid, Per (Working Paper, Working paper, 2008-05)
      This paper addresses the big welfare administration reform in Norway. The reform is a merger of the employment and national insurance administrations into a new employment and welfare administration, combined with more ...
    • Reshaping public accountability: Hospital reforms in Germany, Norway and Denmark 

      Mattei, Paola; Mitra, Mahima; Vrangbæk, Karsten; Neby, Simon; Byrkjeflot, Haldor (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-06)
      The paper contributes to the literature of multi-level welfare governance and public accountability in the context of recent European hospital reforms. Focusing on the changing dynamics between regional and central governance ...
    • Rettighetsfesting av BPA – store forventninger, betinget suksess 

      Ervik, Rune; Kjerstad, Egil; Lindèn, Tord Skogedal; Rubecksen, Kristin (Research report; Peer reviewed, 2017-09)
      Rettighetsfestingen av brukerstyrt personlig assistanse (BPA) – § 2‐1 d i pasient‐ og brukerrettighetsloven (PBL) – trådte i kraft 1. januar 2015, og omfatter: Personer under 67 år med langvarig og stort behov for personlig ...
    • The Rise of a Healthcare State? Recent Healthcare Reforms in Norway 

      Byrkjeflot, Haldor (15-2005, Working paper, 2005-12)
      The major elements of the Norwegian hospital reform in 2002 were a state takeover of ownership of hospitals and the establishment of local and regional healthcare enterprises. The reform followed in the aftermath of a ...
    • Risiko, sårbarhet og beredskap. En casestudie av tre kommuner som ble rammet av oktoberflommen på Vestlandet i 2014 

      Gaukstad, Eldrid (Working paper; 5-2017, Working paper, 2017-09)
      Denne studien tar for seg krisehåndtering i forbindelse med oktoberflommen som rammet Vestlandet i 2014. Flommen skyldtes kraftig nedbør over en tredagersperiode hvor det totalt kom 200 – 300 mm nedbør over store områder. ...
    • The role of trust, religion and political affiliation in attitudes to anti-terror measures 

      Fimreite, Anne Lise; Lægreid, Per; Rykkja, Lise Hellebø (Working Paper, Working paper, 2009-08)
      This paper analyzes citizens’ attitudes towards the use of strong prevention measures in the fight against terror. The analysis is based on a survey sent to a representative sample of the Norwegian population in 2006. The ...
    • Roller og rammevilkår for frivillig sektor i boligsosialt arbeid 

      Ervik, Rune; Lindén, Tord Skogedal (Research report, 2016)
      Denne rapporten utgjør andre del av prosjektet «Frivillig sektor og boligsosialt arbeid» og er utført for Husbanken. Prosjektets første rapport beskriver tre roller i boligsosialt arbeid for frivillig sektor: tradisjonelle ...
    • Rom for refleksjon. Kirkens bymisjon og oppfølging av bostedsløse 

      Breivik, Jan-Kåre; Ravneberg, Bodil (2-2008, Working paper, 2008-04)
      During the last eight years the voluntary organisation Church City Mission in Oslo has established several housing facilities and housing arrangements in combination with follow-up services for homeless people in Oslo city. ...
    • Roma – en midlertidig døv by! Deaflympics 2001 

      Breivik, Jan-Kåre; Haualand, Hilde; Solvang, Per (3-2002, Working paper, 2002-06)
      Tekstene i denne publikasjonen, Roma – en midlertidig døv by, bygger på feltarbeid i Roma, sommeren 2001, hvor de Døves verdenslekene (Deaflympics) ble avholdt. Dette feltarbeidet er det første i en rekke med feltarbeid i ...
    • Rome – a Temporary Deaf City! Deaflympics 2001 

      Breivik, Jan-Kåre; Haualand, Hilde; Solvang, Per (2-2003, Working paper, 2002-06)
      The texts in this publication, Rome – a Temporary Deaf City, is based on fieldwork done in Rome, the summer of 2001, where the quadrennial Deaf World Games were held (now called Deaflympics). This fieldwork is the first ...
    • Samarbeid i helse- og omsorgstjenesten. En casestudie av samarbeidsavtalene 

      Selliseth, Karoline Jangård (Working paper; 8-2015, Working paper, 2015-12)
      Ulike reformer og samfunnstendenser har ført til endringer i norsk helsesektor, og man beveger seg mot et samarbeid på tvers av nivåer. 1.1.2012 trådte samhandlingsreformen i kraft, og samtidig fikk man en ny lov om kommunale ...
    • Same cheat, different wrapping: DRG scandals and accountability in Germany and Norway 

      Neby, Simon; Lægreid, Per; Mattei, Paola; Mitra, Mahima (Working paper, Working paper, 2013-07)
      Across the world, the DRG system is used for administrative and financial purposes in hospitals. Combining statistical registration and aggregation of data on medical activity with activity based financing; DRGs have proven ...