EU/EØS-arbeid i norske fylkesadministrasjoner
Peer reviewed, Journal article
Published version
Permanent lenke
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3082841Utgivelsesdato
2023Metadata
Vis full innførselSamlinger
Originalversjon
Teigen, D. O. (2023). EU/EØS-arbeid i norske fylkesadministrasjoner. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift, 39 (1), 23-40. https://doi.org/10.18261/nst.39.1.2Sammendrag
The article examines how and to what extent Norwegian county administrations are affected by EU/EEA policies, and to what extent the county administrationsʼ implementation of EU/EEA regulations is influenced by national authorities, EU/EEA institutions, and networks of sister regions. Previous studies have shown how national central administrations, in connection with implementation of EU/EEA regulations, act with several ʻhatsʼ as part of complex institutional governance patterns with administrative relations to several actors. This study uses quantitative (N = 893) and qualitative (N = 12) data to help expand the literature on Multi-level Administration (MLA) to include sub-national levels of government in the analysis. The article compares findings with findings from the central administration survey in 2016 and shows that the county administrations are influenced by EU/EEA regulations to almost the same degree as national ministries, and that several external actors simultaneously influence how EU/EEA policies are implemented by the county administrations. The fact that the county municipalities come into contact with EU/EEA policies in some areas more often than in other areas may affect the county municipalitiesʼ traditional governance patterns and have implications for the county municipalitiesʼ internal cohesion. EU/EØS-arbeid i norske fylkesadministrasjoner