Suchergebnisse

The Nordic model of governance has contradictory features as it is driven both by a passion for equality & a desire to enhance local self-government. Local governments account for around 66% of all public spending. Traditionally, a hierarchical, prefectural model of supervision has served to integrate the local & national levels of the Nordic polities. The hierarchical features of integration have been reduced & new instruments of fuzzy coordination developed. In response to fiscal crises & EU membership more contractual central-local relations are emerging. Relations are changing less in Norway than in Finland & Sweden, due to an economic boom & the "no" to EU membership. Central-local relations are not only increasingly of a multilevel governance character, they are also multilayered in nature: traditional styles & methods persist alongside new approaches, making central-local relations more complex despite efforts to simplify governance. This is above all true for Norway. 1 Table, 10 References. Adapted from the source document.