Anton Steen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4135266 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anton Steen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anton |
| FAMILY NAME | Steen |
| SIGNATURE | STEEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2030-8411 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Refugee Settlement and Decision-Making Venue
Refugee settlement in local communities is often controversial and raises questions of legitimate regulation of access and sustainable integration. This study takes the citizens’ perspective and asks who should determine refugee settlement—the people in a local referendum, political representatives in the local council, or elites in central government—as well as enquiring how immigration scepticism affects preferences for the decision-making venu…
Trading Refugees
In a decentralized welfare state, central and local governments need each other to settle refugees. Using the case of Norway, the article studies how these interdependencies have been governed over time, including through the 2015–2016 refugee crisis. Norway's refugee settlement programme is a conscious hybrid of market and network governance and it has remained essentially stable for more than 20 years, despite several changes in government, lar…
Deciding Refugee Settlement in Norwegian Cities
Refugee settlement is regularly contested among local governments in Norway who have full autonomy to accept or reject the state’s request that they receive a certain number of refugees. Here the author studies how local administrative and political processes may account for the responses of 14 cities—seven receptive and seven restrictive—in multi-level governance settings. Are the decisions to accept or reject the state’s petition driven by the …
National Elites and the Russian Minority Issue. Does EU–Nato Integration Matter
One of the main conditions for post‐communist countries to attain membership of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was that national laws should be brought into line with international human rights standards, with special attention to political rights for minority groups. In the case of the Baltic States, the national elites played a major role in the process leading to more liberal citizenship laws towards the R…
Democratic Elitism
Joseph Schumpeter's “competitive theory of democracy” – often labeled democratic elitism - has struck many as an apt and insightful description of how representative democracy works, even though convinced democrats detect an elitist thrust they find disturbing. But neither Schumpeter nor subsequent defenders of democratic elitism have paid enough attention to actual behaviors of leaders and elites. Attention has been riveted on how adequately dem…
Internasjonalisering og etnisk integrasjon i de baltiske land
Change of Regime—Continuity of Elites? The Case of Estonia
Change of Regime—continuity of Elites? the Case of Estonia
The Question of Legitimacy
institutions in politics, economy and goverance, while others survived more or less intact from the former regime. For the first time the elite could openly express critical attitudes towards institutions and their leaders, the main characteristic of the democratic process. The dilemma is that stable democracy also requires a certain level of support for institutions and their leadership. Acceptance of institutions by both the elite and the masse…
Ethnic relations, elites and democracy in the Baltic States
Among democratic transitions in post‐communist states the three Baltic states have attracted special interest because of their Russophone populations and how this group has been integrated into the political system. Ethnic structure not only determines institutional outcomes, but it also has important consequences for cohesion among the indigenous elite and how leaders and masses perceive possibilities for conflicts between ethnic groups. Fear of…
The New Elites in the Baltic States
Regime change is closely connected to elite change. although classical theories of elite rule would predict considerable elite continuity. The basic question is how the downfall of communist regimes and introduction of democracy have affected elite patterns in the three Baltic states. The data indicate a combination of continuity and change: circulation of indigenous elites has taken place, while Russians are excluded from power in important stat…
Consolidation and competence
Confidence in Institutions in Post‐Communist Societies
The transition from totalitarian to democratic rule in the Baltic states raises the question of conditions for regime legitimacy and stability. The article focuses on the level of confidence people have in institutions after change of regime. The confidence in political and social institutions is at a surprisingly low level. The data suggest that people have more confidence in institutions producing symbols than they have in policy‐making and imp…
Welfare‐State Expansion and Conflicts in the Nordic Countries
The development of occupational health Services in the Nordic countries varied considerably in terms of coverage, content and conflicts during the period 1980–90. The focus is on differences in conflicts resulting from state intervention into the sphere of private employers analysed from three perspectives: policy ambitions, institutional arrangements and employer reaction. The main finding is that the high level of conflict in Norway is related …
The Farmers, the State and the Social Democrats
The influence of farmers on public policy has often been analysed by means of a pressure‐group paradigm. Here the paradigm is integrated into a more general theoretical framework with focus on the content of agricultural policy. Differences in agricultural policies are first of all explained by the consensus‐making capacity of the political process. Crucial here is the agricultural profile of the Social Democratic parties, and how far the cost of…
The Farmers, the Consumers and the State
In most Western communities redistribution to agriculture seems to have enjoyed a special position. The article focuses this policy during the post‐war period in three countries, and asks which effects other interest groups and relationships between farmers and the state have had on redistributional policies. It is often assumed that redistribution produces conflictual political processes. The material suggests that the way conflicts are socializ…
Confidence in Institutions in Post‐Communist Societies
The transition from totalitarian to democratic rule in the Baltic states raises the question of conditions for regime legitimacy and stability. The article focuses on the level of confidence people have in institutions after change of regime. The confidence in political and social institutions is at a surprisingly low level. The data suggest that people have more confidence in institutions producing symbols than they have in policy‐making and imp…
The New Elites in the Baltic States
Regime change is closely connected to elite change. although classical theories of elite rule would predict considerable elite continuity. The basic question is how the downfall of communist regimes and introduction of democracy have affected elite patterns in the three Baltic states. The data indicate a combination of continuity and change: circulation of indigenous elites has taken place, while Russians are excluded from power in important stat…
Deciding Refugee Settlement in Norwegian Cities
Refugee settlement is regularly contested among local governments in Norway who have full autonomy to accept or reject the state’s request that they receive a certain number of refugees. Here the author studies how local administrative and political processes may account for the responses of 14 cities—seven receptive and seven restrictive—in multi-level governance settings. Are the decisions to accept or reject the state’s petition driven by the …
Democratic Elitism
Joseph Schumpeter's “competitive theory of democracy” – often labeled democratic elitism - has struck many as an apt and insightful description of how representative democracy works, even though convinced democrats detect an elitist thrust they find disturbing. But neither Schumpeter nor subsequent defenders of democratic elitism have paid enough attention to actual behaviors of leaders and elites. Attention has been riveted on how adequately dem…
The Question of Legitimacy
institutions in politics, economy and goverance, while others survived more or less intact from the former regime. For the first time the elite could openly express critical attitudes towards institutions and their leaders, the main characteristic of the democratic process. The dilemma is that stable democracy also requires a certain level of support for institutions and their leadership. Acceptance of institutions by both the elite and the masse…
Ethnic relations, elites and democracy in the Baltic States
Among democratic transitions in post‐communist states the three Baltic states have attracted special interest because of their Russophone populations and how this group has been integrated into the political system. Ethnic structure not only determines institutional outcomes, but it also has important consequences for cohesion among the indigenous elite and how leaders and masses perceive possibilities for conflicts between ethnic groups. Fear of…
National Elites and the Russian Minority Issue. Does EU–Nato Integration Matter
One of the main conditions for post‐communist countries to attain membership of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was that national laws should be brought into line with international human rights standards, with special attention to political rights for minority groups. In the case of the Baltic States, the national elites played a major role in the process leading to more liberal citizenship laws towards the R…
Change of Regime—continuity of Elites? the Case of Estonia
The Farmers, the State and the Social Democrats
The influence of farmers on public policy has often been analysed by means of a pressure‐group paradigm. Here the paradigm is integrated into a more general theoretical framework with focus on the content of agricultural policy. Differences in agricultural policies are first of all explained by the consensus‐making capacity of the political process. Crucial here is the agricultural profile of the Social Democratic parties, and how far the cost of…
The Farmers, the Consumers and the State
In most Western communities redistribution to agriculture seems to have enjoyed a special position. The article focuses this policy during the post‐war period in three countries, and asks which effects other interest groups and relationships between farmers and the state have had on redistributional policies. It is often assumed that redistribution produces conflictual political processes. The material suggests that the way conflicts are socializ…
Trading Refugees
In a decentralized welfare state, central and local governments need each other to settle refugees. Using the case of Norway, the article studies how these interdependencies have been governed over time, including through the 2015–2016 refugee crisis. Norway's refugee settlement programme is a conscious hybrid of market and network governance and it has remained essentially stable for more than 20 years, despite several changes in government, lar…
Change of Regime—Continuity of Elites? The Case of Estonia
Consolidation and competence
The Farmers, the Consumers and the State
In most Western communities redistribution to agriculture seems to have enjoyed a special position. The article focuses this policy during the post‐war period in three countries, and asks which effects other interest groups and relationships between farmers and the state have had on redistributional policies. It is often assumed that redistribution produces conflictual political processes. The material suggests that the way conflicts are socializ…
The Farmers, the State and the Social Democrats
The influence of farmers on public policy has often been analysed by means of a pressure‐group paradigm. Here the paradigm is integrated into a more general theoretical framework with focus on the content of agricultural policy. Differences in agricultural policies are first of all explained by the consensus‐making capacity of the political process. Crucial here is the agricultural profile of the Social Democratic parties, and how far the cost of…
Welfare‐State Expansion and Conflicts in the Nordic Countries
The development of occupational health Services in the Nordic countries varied considerably in terms of coverage, content and conflicts during the period 1980–90. The focus is on differences in conflicts resulting from state intervention into the sphere of private employers analysed from three perspectives: policy ambitions, institutional arrangements and employer reaction. The main finding is that the high level of conflict in Norway is related …
Consolidation and competence
Confidence in Institutions in Post‐Communist Societies
The transition from totalitarian to democratic rule in the Baltic states raises the question of conditions for regime legitimacy and stability. The article focuses on the level of confidence people have in institutions after change of regime. The confidence in political and social institutions is at a surprisingly low level. The data suggest that people have more confidence in institutions producing symbols than they have in policy‐making and imp…
The New Elites in the Baltic States
Regime change is closely connected to elite change. although classical theories of elite rule would predict considerable elite continuity. The basic question is how the downfall of communist regimes and introduction of democracy have affected elite patterns in the three Baltic states. The data indicate a combination of continuity and change: circulation of indigenous elites has taken place, while Russians are excluded from power in important stat…
Ethnic relations, elites and democracy in the Baltic States
Among democratic transitions in post‐communist states the three Baltic states have attracted special interest because of their Russophone populations and how this group has been integrated into the political system. Ethnic structure not only determines institutional outcomes, but it also has important consequences for cohesion among the indigenous elite and how leaders and masses perceive possibilities for conflicts between ethnic groups. Fear of…
The Question of Legitimacy
institutions in politics, economy and goverance, while others survived more or less intact from the former regime. For the first time the elite could openly express critical attitudes towards institutions and their leaders, the main characteristic of the democratic process. The dilemma is that stable democracy also requires a certain level of support for institutions and their leadership. Acceptance of institutions by both the elite and the masse…
Change of Regime—Continuity of Elites? The Case of Estonia
Change of Regime—continuity of Elites? the Case of Estonia
Internasjonalisering og etnisk integrasjon i de baltiske land
National Elites and the Russian Minority Issue. Does EU–Nato Integration Matter
One of the main conditions for post‐communist countries to attain membership of the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was that national laws should be brought into line with international human rights standards, with special attention to political rights for minority groups. In the case of the Baltic States, the national elites played a major role in the process leading to more liberal citizenship laws towards the R…
Democratic Elitism
Joseph Schumpeter's “competitive theory of democracy” – often labeled democratic elitism - has struck many as an apt and insightful description of how representative democracy works, even though convinced democrats detect an elitist thrust they find disturbing. But neither Schumpeter nor subsequent defenders of democratic elitism have paid enough attention to actual behaviors of leaders and elites. Attention has been riveted on how adequately dem…
Deciding Refugee Settlement in Norwegian Cities
Refugee settlement is regularly contested among local governments in Norway who have full autonomy to accept or reject the state’s request that they receive a certain number of refugees. Here the author studies how local administrative and political processes may account for the responses of 14 cities—seven receptive and seven restrictive—in multi-level governance settings. Are the decisions to accept or reject the state’s petition driven by the …
Refugee Settlement and Decision-Making Venue
Refugee settlement in local communities is often controversial and raises questions of legitimate regulation of access and sustainable integration. This study takes the citizens’ perspective and asks who should determine refugee settlement—the people in a local referendum, political representatives in the local council, or elites in central government—as well as enquiring how immigration scepticism affects preferences for the decision-making venu…
Trading Refugees
In a decentralized welfare state, central and local governments need each other to settle refugees. Using the case of Norway, the article studies how these interdependencies have been governed over time, including through the 2015–2016 refugee crisis. Norway's refugee settlement programme is a conscious hybrid of market and network governance and it has remained essentially stable for more than 20 years, despite several changes in government, lar…
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