Browsing PhD theses in Social Sciences by Subject "VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Statsvitenskap og organisasjonsteori: 240"
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Cooperation is no Panacea : Inter-municipal Cooperation, Service Delivery, and the Optimum Scale of Operation. A Study of how Cooperation Affects Performance in Local Service Delivery
(Doctoral dissertations at University of Agder; no. 367, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) is one of the most widely-used organizational alternatives in local governments’ attempts to adapt to ever-increasing demands for high quality and cost-efficient services. Although IMC is ... -
Ever closer administrative institutions? Impacts of the European Union on national decision-making processes
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 287, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Faced with a variety of unprecedented societal challenges such as terrorism, climate change, and pandemics, the traditional epicentre of decision-making - the nation-state - is increasingly reliant on its bureaucratic ... -
Managing Collaborative Arrangements : Challenges associated with managing secondary structures
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 292, Doctoral thesis, 2020)There is a widespread consensus that collaborative arrangements do not replace but instead add one or more layers of structural complexity to traditional organizations. In response to the challenges confronting contemporary ...