The politics of policy inquiry commissions

Denmark and Norway, 1971-2017

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6408440
AutoresStine Hesstvedt (0000-0001-5566-2720, University of Oslo), Peter Munk Christiansen (0000-0001-8808-500X, Aarhus University, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume45
Fascículo2
Páginas430-454
Data de publicação2022-02-23
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWest European Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01402382.2020.1858597
OpenAlexW3121736638
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas43

Policy inquiry commissions are widely used in policy-preparation processes across Europe and beyond. While previous research has primarily focussed on commissions as expert bodies and corporatist arrangements, this study investigates whether political factors affect a political incumbent's decision to establish commissions. The hypothesis is that incumbent parties are more likely to appoint commissions under certain political conditions – i.e. depending on parliamentary strength, government colour and government composition – and when certain policy issues are salient on the policy agenda of the government and the opposition. The study uses a novel dataset that combines more than 2000 commission appointments in Norway and Denmark between 1971 and 2017 with party manifesto and electoral study data to test the expectations. The agenda perspective is partly sustained, and the study shows that minority governments, left-leaning governments, and coalition governments appoint commissions more extensively than their counterparts, although the results differ slightly in the two countries

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