The Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics

Kristoffer Kolltveit is Professor in Political Science at the University of Oslo. His research focuses on ministers and cabinet-decision-making, central administration, and political communication. His work has been published in many outlets including International Journal of Press/Politics, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, and Party Politics.Elin Haugsgjerd Allern is Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo. Her research interests include political parties, interest groups, political representation, and public policy-making. She has published multiple books, including Left-of-Centre Parties and Trade Unions in the Twenty-First Century (OUP, 2017, edited with Tim Bale), and numerous articles in different outlets including Party Politics, Journal of European Public Policy, and European Journal of Political Research.Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer is Professor of War Studies at King's College London and Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo. She is the founding director of the Oslo Nuclear Project. Her work has been published in numerous outlets including International Security, The Middle East Journal, The New York Times (online), and International Herald Tribune, and in her book Unclear Physics: Why Iraq and Libya Failed to Build Nuclear Weapons (Cornell University Press, 2016).Bjørn Erik Rasch is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo. He has published fifteen books as (co)author or (co)editor and numerous journal articles. Rasch was a member of a Constitutional Commission appointed by the Norwegian Parliament in 2003 to modernize the Norwegian Court of Impeachment and a committee who designed a new electoral system for the Sami Parliament in Northern Norway (the Sami Act).

• 1: Elin Haugsgjerd Allern, Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Kristoffer Kolltveit, and Bjørn Erik Rasch: Introduction: Norway, A Stable Democracy in Flux I. Constitutional Design and Political Institutions 2: Eirik Holmøyvik: The Constitution 3: Bjørn Høyland: Parliament 4: Jostein Askim: The Norwegian Cabinet 5: Jonas Stein and Bjørn Erik Rasch: Executive-Legislative Relations: Negative Parliamentarism and its Consequences for Governing Norway 6: Bernt Aardal and Jørgen Bølstad: The Electoral System: Representing Voters and Territory 7: Kristoffer Kolltveit and Jarle Trondal: The Norwegian Central Government: A Robust Yet Adaptive Apparatus 8: Øyvind Stiansen: The Courts 9: Signy Irene Vabo: Municipalities and Regions: Further Reform Required 10: Sirianne Dahlum and Carl Henrik Knutsen: The State of Norwegian Democracy II. Electoral and Legislative Politics 11: Dag Arne Christensen and Kristin Strømsnes: Political Participation and Voter Turnout Inequalities in Norway 12: Maiken Røed and Torill Stavenes: The Party Organizations 13: Peter Egge Langsæther: Polarization and Cleavage Conflict in a Multidimensional Party System 14: Johannes Bergh and Atle H. Haugsgjerd: Voting Behaviour in Norway: Social Structure, Ideology, and Issue Ownership 15: Anne Lise Fimreite and Elisabeth Ivarsflaten: Populism in Norwegian Politics 16: Anders Ravik Jupskås and Jacob Aasland Ravndal: Extremism and Counter-Extremism in Norway 17: Rune Karlsen: Election Campaigns 18: Jo Saglie and Signe Bock Segaard: Local Electoral Politics: How Local Are Norwegian Local Elections? 19: Oda Nedregård and Martin Søyland: Legislative Party Groups in the Storting: Cohesion and Discipline 20: Kaare W. Strøm: Parties and Governments: Two-bloc Politics and Minority Cabinets 21: Elin Haugsgjerd Allern and Vibeke Wøien Hansen: Interest Groups in Norwegian Politics: Strategies, Access, and Influence 22: Toril Aalberg: Media and Politics in Norway 23: Staffan Kumlin and Jonas Linde: Political Trust in Norway: A Large but Lopsided Research Field 24: Mari S. Helliesen, Ruben Mathisen, and Yvette Peters: The Fairest of Them All? Political Representation and Equality in Norway III. Policy Making and Public Policies 25: Adriana Bunea and Idunn Nørbech: Public Policymaking and Stakeholder Consultations in Norway 26: Johan Christensen and Stine Hesstvedt: The Role of Experts in Policymaking 27: Hilmar Rommetvedt and Kristine Nergaard: Changing Characteristics of Corporatism and Tripartite Cooperation 28: Einar Lie: Economic Policies and the Oil Fund 29: Magnus B. Rasmussen: The Norwegian Welfare State 30: Jens Jungblut and Mari Elken: Searching for the Right Balance between Equality and Differentiation - Education Policies in Norway 31: Terje P. Hagen and Eli Feiring: Health Policy Reforms for Three Decades - Then Returning to Square One? 32: Cathrine Holst and Mari Teigen: Gender Equality Policies in Norway: From Innovator to Laggard? 33: Torvald Falch and Per Selle: Indigenous Policies: Sámi System Building through Internationalization and Legalization 34: Vilde Hernes and Anne Balke Staver: Immigration and Integration Policy 35: Dag Harald Claes: Energy Policy: Resource Abundance and External Challenges 36: Alf Håkon Hoel and Jahn Petter Johnsen: Norway's Fisheries and Aquaculture Policies: In Search of Sustainability 37: Elin Lerum Boasson and Lars H. Gulbrandsen: Paradoxes of Twin Crises: Nature Protection and Climate Governance in Norway IV. International Relations 38: Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer: Norwegian Foreign Policy: Shifts under the Surface 39: Kjell Inge Bjerga: Norwegian Defence Policy 40: Kristin Ven Bruusgaard and Stig Stenslie: Norwegian Intelligence 41: Kristian Berg Harpviken and Torunn L. Tryggestad: Norway's Peace Diplomacy: Punching above its Weight Class? 42: Sunniva Engh: Development Aid 43: Janne Haaland Matlary: Westward Bound: Norway in NATO 44: Johannes Gullestad Rø and Ingeborg Nortvedt Bjur: The Plea for a Guarantee: Norway and the United States, 1945-2024 45: Geir Flikke: From Engagement to Entanglement: Norwegian-Russian Relations, 1992-2022 46: Guri Rosén and Ulf Sverdrup: Norway and the European Union 47: Mats Berdal: Norway and the United Nations, Balancing Idealism and Realpolitik 48: Paal Sigurd Hilde and Sven G. Holtsmark: The High North and the Arctic

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