Jørgen Grønnegård Christensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4377738 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jørgen Grønnegård Christensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jørgen Grønnegård |
| FAMILY NAME | Christensen |
| SIGNATURE | CHRISTENSEN J G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aarhus University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 106 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Political change and administrative turnover in meritocratic systems
A change of government or minister constitutes a stress test for the relationship between ministers and bureaucrats. The new political masters may question the loyalty of incumbent bureaucrats and seek to replace them. However, the relationship between political changes and administrative turnover is poorly understood in meritocratic systems. This article analyses how changes of either government or minister affect the turnover of permanent secre…
Closed shutters or revolving doors? Elite career track similarity and elite sector transfers in Denmark
A crucial aspect of elite dominance in modern democracies concerns the degree to which different political elites share similar career paths and shifts between different elite positions. Similarity in career paths and transfers across elite positions are crucial aspects of elite dominance in modern democracies. This paper argues that there are limits to elite career similarity and sector transfer because of varying recruitment criteria and reputa…
Transposition’ of EU regulations
This paper argues for the inclusion of regulations in studies of EU policy implementation and compliance. Although both EU directives and EU regulations are to be implemented by the member states, the literature has devoted almost exclusive attention to directives. This is because, first, directives are considered more important than regulations. Second, the notification of the transposition of directives provides a convenient way to compare impl…
Bureaucratic dilemmas
The interaction between political executives and civil servants rests on a delicate balance between political responsiveness and the duty of civil servants and ministers to respect legal and other normative constraints on executive authority. In Danish central government, this balance is stressed by norms that define the correct behavior when the civil service provides ministers with political advice and assistance. Organizational factors strongl…
Competing Theories of Regulatory Governance
Political Science, Public Administration and the Danish Civil Service Profession
The history of Danish political science is young, and public administration has from the beginning been part of the training of political scientists. This background reflects a double strategy: first, in order to ensure political scientists a position in the labour market, they were launched as a new kind of generalist, competing with lawyers and economists. Second, public administration has from the very beginning been seen as a subfield of poli…
Normer og incitamenter i offentlig virksomhed
For several years, salary reforms, management contracts, contract management, and value based management, reform and innovation with the private firm as the preferred model have formed the headlines for public sector reforms. These headlines have their parallels in social science theory. On the one hand, we have rational theories with their focus on managers and staff as self-interest seeking individuals, who react on changes that strengthen econ…
The Political Benefits of Corporatization and Privatization
In recent years Denmark has seen a huge corporatization and privatization program. As it is an unlikely reformer, the policy shift makes the country an interesting test case for the analysis of public sector changes. The paper argues that the Danish corporatization and privatization program fits into a general pattern. The program has been successfully implemented because it has allowed the governing coalition to reap important short-term politic…
Institutions, distributional concerns, and public sector reform
As in otherWestern countries, a wave of reform has swept the Danish public sector. The record of these reforms is mixed and paradoxical; an ambiguous delegation of executive authority and radical privatization have been successfully implemented, while other measures, especially contracting out and user democracy or the introduction of greater choice, turn out to have failed. The paper argues that this experience offers two general lessons. First,…
Interpreting Administrative Change
Between 1946 and 1995, Danish central government had been subject to numerous reorganization initiatives. Based on the assumption of self‐interest motivated and risk‐averse bureaucrats, these initiatives are analyzed in a long‐term historical perspective. It is argued that civil servants both feel a strong incentive to and have good chances of defending the existing organization. This creates a historical bias in favor of whatever organizations w…
Hierarchical and Contractual Approaches to Budgetary Reform
Based on a review of recent reforms of the budgetary systems used in the Danish public sector, the article argues that such reforms have not been effective instruments for public sector resource management. The reason for this lack of effectivity is found in the principles of hierarchical governance on which these reforms are based. The systems provide only weak incentives for respecting spending targets decided at superior levels, while, simulta…
Regulation, deregulation and public bureaucracy
In 1982, a new Liberal‐Conservative government launched a grand deregulatory campaign as part of its programme for restoring the Danish economy. After some initial success, the campaign lost momentum. The government gradually realised that it was difficult to mobilise both economic interests and public opinion for the cause of deregulation. Bureaucratic resistance and disinterest among economic interest organisations together with the erosion of …
Withdrawal of Government
Growth by Exception
For more than a decade control of public sector growth has been one of the key issues in Danish politics. In an attempt to contain further uncontrolled growth, the whole budgetary system has been gradually reformed, and political cutting operations have been a recurrent event. Serious questions, however, remain. First, it is questionable whether procedural and institutional reforms of the budgetary system have made it any easier for political dec…
Blurring the International‐Domestic Politics Distinction
This article explores the extent to which Danish membership of the European communities has blurred the traditional distinction between international and domestic politics. Based on data concerning the pattern of representation of Danish ministries at EC negotiations, the article finds a strong decentralization of negotiation competences among ministries and a spread of negotiation responsibilities across hierarchical levels, types of organizatio…
Bureaucratic dilemmas
The interaction between political executives and civil servants rests on a delicate balance between political responsiveness and the duty of civil servants and ministers to respect legal and other normative constraints on executive authority. In Danish central government, this balance is stressed by norms that define the correct behavior when the civil service provides ministers with political advice and assistance. Organizational factors strongl…
Institutions, distributional concerns, and public sector reform
As in otherWestern countries, a wave of reform has swept the Danish public sector. The record of these reforms is mixed and paradoxical; an ambiguous delegation of executive authority and radical privatization have been successfully implemented, while other measures, especially contracting out and user democracy or the introduction of greater choice, turn out to have failed. The paper argues that this experience offers two general lessons. First,…
Interpreting Administrative Change
Between 1946 and 1995, Danish central government had been subject to numerous reorganization initiatives. Based on the assumption of self‐interest motivated and risk‐averse bureaucrats, these initiatives are analyzed in a long‐term historical perspective. It is argued that civil servants both feel a strong incentive to and have good chances of defending the existing organization. This creates a historical bias in favor of whatever organizations w…
Growth by Exception
For more than a decade control of public sector growth has been one of the key issues in Danish politics. In an attempt to contain further uncontrolled growth, the whole budgetary system has been gradually reformed, and political cutting operations have been a recurrent event. Serious questions, however, remain. First, it is questionable whether procedural and institutional reforms of the budgetary system have made it any easier for political dec…
Political change and administrative turnover in meritocratic systems
A change of government or minister constitutes a stress test for the relationship between ministers and bureaucrats. The new political masters may question the loyalty of incumbent bureaucrats and seek to replace them. However, the relationship between political changes and administrative turnover is poorly understood in meritocratic systems. This article analyses how changes of either government or minister affect the turnover of permanent secre…
Transposition’ of EU regulations
This paper argues for the inclusion of regulations in studies of EU policy implementation and compliance. Although both EU directives and EU regulations are to be implemented by the member states, the literature has devoted almost exclusive attention to directives. This is because, first, directives are considered more important than regulations. Second, the notification of the transposition of directives provides a convenient way to compare impl…
The Political Benefits of Corporatization and Privatization
In recent years Denmark has seen a huge corporatization and privatization program. As it is an unlikely reformer, the policy shift makes the country an interesting test case for the analysis of public sector changes. The paper argues that the Danish corporatization and privatization program fits into a general pattern. The program has been successfully implemented because it has allowed the governing coalition to reap important short-term politic…
Withdrawal of Government
Blurring the International‐Domestic Politics Distinction
This article explores the extent to which Danish membership of the European communities has blurred the traditional distinction between international and domestic politics. Based on data concerning the pattern of representation of Danish ministries at EC negotiations, the article finds a strong decentralization of negotiation competences among ministries and a spread of negotiation responsibilities across hierarchical levels, types of organizatio…
Hierarchical and Contractual Approaches to Budgetary Reform
Based on a review of recent reforms of the budgetary systems used in the Danish public sector, the article argues that such reforms have not been effective instruments for public sector resource management. The reason for this lack of effectivity is found in the principles of hierarchical governance on which these reforms are based. The systems provide only weak incentives for respecting spending targets decided at superior levels, while, simulta…
Closed shutters or revolving doors? Elite career track similarity and elite sector transfers in Denmark
A crucial aspect of elite dominance in modern democracies concerns the degree to which different political elites share similar career paths and shifts between different elite positions. Similarity in career paths and transfers across elite positions are crucial aspects of elite dominance in modern democracies. This paper argues that there are limits to elite career similarity and sector transfer because of varying recruitment criteria and reputa…
Regulation, deregulation and public bureaucracy
In 1982, a new Liberal‐Conservative government launched a grand deregulatory campaign as part of its programme for restoring the Danish economy. After some initial success, the campaign lost momentum. The government gradually realised that it was difficult to mobilise both economic interests and public opinion for the cause of deregulation. Bureaucratic resistance and disinterest among economic interest organisations together with the erosion of …
Blurring the International‐Domestic Politics Distinction
This article explores the extent to which Danish membership of the European communities has blurred the traditional distinction between international and domestic politics. Based on data concerning the pattern of representation of Danish ministries at EC negotiations, the article finds a strong decentralization of negotiation competences among ministries and a spread of negotiation responsibilities across hierarchical levels, types of organizatio…
Growth by Exception
For more than a decade control of public sector growth has been one of the key issues in Danish politics. In an attempt to contain further uncontrolled growth, the whole budgetary system has been gradually reformed, and political cutting operations have been a recurrent event. Serious questions, however, remain. First, it is questionable whether procedural and institutional reforms of the budgetary system have made it any easier for political dec…
Withdrawal of Government
Regulation, deregulation and public bureaucracy
In 1982, a new Liberal‐Conservative government launched a grand deregulatory campaign as part of its programme for restoring the Danish economy. After some initial success, the campaign lost momentum. The government gradually realised that it was difficult to mobilise both economic interests and public opinion for the cause of deregulation. Bureaucratic resistance and disinterest among economic interest organisations together with the erosion of …
Hierarchical and Contractual Approaches to Budgetary Reform
Based on a review of recent reforms of the budgetary systems used in the Danish public sector, the article argues that such reforms have not been effective instruments for public sector resource management. The reason for this lack of effectivity is found in the principles of hierarchical governance on which these reforms are based. The systems provide only weak incentives for respecting spending targets decided at superior levels, while, simulta…
Interpreting Administrative Change
Between 1946 and 1995, Danish central government had been subject to numerous reorganization initiatives. Based on the assumption of self‐interest motivated and risk‐averse bureaucrats, these initiatives are analyzed in a long‐term historical perspective. It is argued that civil servants both feel a strong incentive to and have good chances of defending the existing organization. This creates a historical bias in favor of whatever organizations w…
The Political Benefits of Corporatization and Privatization
In recent years Denmark has seen a huge corporatization and privatization program. As it is an unlikely reformer, the policy shift makes the country an interesting test case for the analysis of public sector changes. The paper argues that the Danish corporatization and privatization program fits into a general pattern. The program has been successfully implemented because it has allowed the governing coalition to reap important short-term politic…
Institutions, distributional concerns, and public sector reform
As in otherWestern countries, a wave of reform has swept the Danish public sector. The record of these reforms is mixed and paradoxical; an ambiguous delegation of executive authority and radical privatization have been successfully implemented, while other measures, especially contracting out and user democracy or the introduction of greater choice, turn out to have failed. The paper argues that this experience offers two general lessons. First,…
Normer og incitamenter i offentlig virksomhed
For several years, salary reforms, management contracts, contract management, and value based management, reform and innovation with the private firm as the preferred model have formed the headlines for public sector reforms. These headlines have their parallels in social science theory. On the one hand, we have rational theories with their focus on managers and staff as self-interest seeking individuals, who react on changes that strengthen econ…
Political Science, Public Administration and the Danish Civil Service Profession
The history of Danish political science is young, and public administration has from the beginning been part of the training of political scientists. This background reflects a double strategy: first, in order to ensure political scientists a position in the labour market, they were launched as a new kind of generalist, competing with lawyers and economists. Second, public administration has from the very beginning been seen as a subfield of poli…
Competing Theories of Regulatory Governance
Bureaucratic dilemmas
The interaction between political executives and civil servants rests on a delicate balance between political responsiveness and the duty of civil servants and ministers to respect legal and other normative constraints on executive authority. In Danish central government, this balance is stressed by norms that define the correct behavior when the civil service provides ministers with political advice and assistance. Organizational factors strongl…
Transposition’ of EU regulations
This paper argues for the inclusion of regulations in studies of EU policy implementation and compliance. Although both EU directives and EU regulations are to be implemented by the member states, the literature has devoted almost exclusive attention to directives. This is because, first, directives are considered more important than regulations. Second, the notification of the transposition of directives provides a convenient way to compare impl…
Political change and administrative turnover in meritocratic systems
A change of government or minister constitutes a stress test for the relationship between ministers and bureaucrats. The new political masters may question the loyalty of incumbent bureaucrats and seek to replace them. However, the relationship between political changes and administrative turnover is poorly understood in meritocratic systems. This article analyses how changes of either government or minister affect the turnover of permanent secre…
Closed shutters or revolving doors? Elite career track similarity and elite sector transfers in Denmark
A crucial aspect of elite dominance in modern democracies concerns the degree to which different political elites share similar career paths and shifts between different elite positions. Similarity in career paths and transfers across elite positions are crucial aspects of elite dominance in modern democracies. This paper argues that there are limits to elite career similarity and sector transfer because of varying recruitment criteria and reputa…
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