Macroeconomic Control of Local Governments in Scandinavia
The Formative Years
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6381736 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jens Blom-Hansen (0000-0002-7148-0334, Aarhus University, corresponding author), Jens Blom‐hansen |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 129-159 |
| Publication date | 1998-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scandinavian Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0080-6757 • E-ISSN: 1467-9477 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9477.1998.tb00009.x |
| OpenAlex | W1975808488 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 27 |
The three Scandinavian countries have been able to radically decentralize their public sectors without losing the ability to control macroeconomic performance. The explanation of this puzzle is that, in all three countries, institutions have been established to coordinate economic activity levels at the local level with macroeconomic policy goals at the central level. The article investigates how these institutions were established, and pays special attention to the precise nature of these institutions since they show interesting differences among the otherwise very similar Scandinavian countries. The article pursues the thesis that institutional legacies in intergovernmental relations shape institutions like these, unless decision makers face an institutional tabula rasa. Alternative explanations are briefly considered, but the article concludes by supporting the historical approach to politics
Control (management · Economics · Face (sociological concept · Formative assessment · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Institutions and Social Conflict
Can Government Go Bankrupt?
Localism and Centralism in Europe
Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
What do we mean by rationality
Relations Between Central and Local Government in Sweden
Local Government in Parliament
Rediscovering reasonable rationality in institutional analysis
Shared Mental Models
Public Reactions to the Growth of Taxation and Government Expenditure
When Effect Becomes Cause
Thecumul des mandats,local power and political parties in France
Explaining Swedish Corporatism
The 1976 Election
Macroeconomic Policy and Government Popularity in Norway 1963–1986
The Impact of Economic Performance on Electoral Support in Sweden, 1967–1978
Studying Institutions
Interpreting Administrative Change
Avoiding the ‘joint‐decision trap
Comparative Politics and the Comparative Method
Political Science and the Three New Institutionalisms
British Dogmatism and French Pragmatism, Central-Local Policy Making in the Welfare State
Professionalization of Legislatures
| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 2025 (27) |
| Highly cited | No |