Changing European States, Changing Public Administration: From Continental Law to Anglo-Saxon Behaviorism: Scandanavian Public Administration

Abstract

While Norway, Sweden, and Denmark share many historic, political, and cultural features, their state systems and public administration exhibit important differences. Likewise, Nordic administrative sciences reflect a significant degree of ethnocentric diversity. Although as a whole, since the 1960s, Scandinavian academic public administration has witnessed rapid growth, an emphasis on local–regional government, and highly sophisticated scientific-empirical research, as opposed to professional training or narrow application of technical–legal methodologies.

Citation

Beck Jorgensen, T. (2006), "Changing European States, Changing Public Administration: From Continental Law to Anglo-Saxon Behaviorism: Scandanavian Public Administration", Otenyo, E.E. and Lind, N.S. (Ed.) Comparative Public Administration (Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 15), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 811-830. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0732-1317(06)15038-1