The Rise of the Norwegian Parliament: Studies in Norwegian Parliamentary Government (Library of Legislative Studies,)

This work presents eight studies of different but interrelated aspects of parliamentary government in post-war Norway. Split into three sections, it focuses on the formation of government, organization of parliament and the changing relations between parliament, executives, and organized interests. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 List of Figures and Tables......Page 9 Preface......Page 12 DECLINE AND RISE OF PARLIAMENT......Page 13 CONCENTRATION AND DISPERSION OF POWER......Page 18 OUTLINE OF THE BOOK......Page 23 NOTES......Page 25 A PARTY SYSTEM UNDERGOING CHANGE......Page 29 PARLIAMENTARISM AND THE FORMATION OF GOVERNMENT......Page 34 Changes of Government......Page 35 Types of Government......Page 39 Minority Governments and Party Coalitions......Page 41 Policy Distance......Page 43 Coalition Formation......Page 45 Party Distances in the Finance Committee......Page 49 A New Era?......Page 51 Organization......Page 52 Decision-making......Page 54 Questions......Page 57 The Committees......Page 59 The Conflict Level in Norwegian Society......Page 62 The Party System and the Parliamentary Situation......Page 65 The Resource Situation in the Storting......Page 67 CONCLUSION......Page 69 NOTES......Page 72 CHAPTER 3 Parliamentary Committees: Performance, Structural Change and External Relations......Page 77 Committees and Unanimity......Page 78 Triangles and Segments......Page 80 PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES AND PARLIAMENTARY INFLUENCE IN NORWAY......Page 81 RULES OF PROCEDURE AND COMMITTEE REFORM......Page 84 Main Arguments......Page 86 Committee Workload......Page 88 Re-election of Committee Members......Page 89 Committee-Ministry Relations......Page 90 Committees and Party Groups......Page 93 Committee Members and Lobbyists......Page 94 CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 96 NOTES......Page 97 THE COMMITTEE REFORM......Page 102 Theoretical Perspectives......Page 103 Main Hypotheses......Page 106 EMPIRICAL RESULTS......Page 109 Development of Oil and Gas Fields......Page 110 Regional Policy......Page 115 SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION......Page 119 NOTES......Page 121 CHAPTER 5 Coalition Governments and the Management of Party Relations......Page 124 THE PARTY-PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM AND THE COALITION APPARATUS......Page 125 POLICY STATEMENTS AND PROGRAMMES......Page 127 DECISION-MAKING MODEL AND RULES OF THE GAME......Page 129 POSITIONS......Page 130 COMMUNICATION AND CO-ORDINATION......Page 133 R RELATIONS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT AND PARTY......Page 136 CONCLUSION......Page 139 NOTES......Page 140 CORPORATISM AND LOBBYISM......Page 142 CORPORATIST POLICY-MAKING IN NORWAY AND DENMARK......Page 144 DECLINE OF CORPORATISM?......Page 145 PARLIAMENTARY LOBBYISM IN DENMARK AND NORWAY......Page 151 EXPLAINING INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND INERTIA......Page 154 CHANGES IN THE POLITICAL CONDITIONS FOR CORPORATISM AND LOBBYISM......Page 157 CONCLUSIONS......Page 160 NOTES......Page 161 GENERAL ASSESSMENTS BY MPs......Page 166 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY-MAKING: ASSESSMENTS BY INTEREST ORGANIZATIONS......Page 169 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY-MAKING: THREE CASE STUDIES......Page 171 NOTES......Page 176 CHAPTER 8 The Central Assembly of the Periphery......Page 178 REPRESENTATION OF THE PERIPHERY......Page 179 The County Level......Page 180 The Municipal Level......Page 184 GEOGRAPHY AND POLICY-MAKING......Page 185 Standing Committees......Page 188 Voting......Page 190 Questions and Contact with the Administration......Page 192 NOTES......Page 193 DECISIONS, CONFLICTS AND COALITIONS......Page 196 Norwegian Oil Activities and Oil-Related Politics......Page 198 EXPLORATORY DRILLING IN NORTHERN AREAS......Page 200 A New Phase in Norwegian Oil Politics......Page 201 Blow-out......Page 204 Problem Definitions, Conflicts and Coalitions......Page 205 CHANGING EXPECTATIONS......Page 206 The Sleipner East Field......Page 208 The Snorre Field......Page 210 Problem Definitions, Conflicts and Coalitions......Page 212 CONCLUSION......Page 214 NOTES......Page 216 Index......Page 217