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Norwegian Coalition Governments and the Management of Party Relations *
Author(s) -
Rommetvedt Hilmar
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
scandinavian political studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1467-9477
pISSN - 0080-6757
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9477.1994.tb00147.x
Subject(s) - norwegian , multi party system , political science , government (linguistics) , politics , public administration , coalition government , public relations , political economy , sociology , law , democracy , philosophy , linguistics
The aim of this article is to analyse the political leaders efforts to organize and manage relations between relevant party actors in a way that is suitable for the operation and preservation of coalition governments. Five coalition governments serve as illustrative cases showing how these relations have been managed in post‐war Norway. The similarities between the different government coalitions arc obvious. There are, however, interesting variations concerning the priority given to coordination and unity versus party differences and profilation.