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Presidentialisation on the executive arena at the local level? The case of Norway 1992–2012
Prezydencjalizacja władzy wykonawczej na szczeblu lokalnym? Przypadek norweski – lata 1992–2012

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Dag Ingvar Jacobsen, Ann Sherin Skollevold

Dept. for Political Science and Leadership
University of Agder
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doi: 10.15678/ZP.2016.35.1.01

SŁOWA KLUCZOWE

prezydencjalizacja, centralizacja władzy, Norwegia, gminy

KEYWORDS

presidentialisation, concentration of power, Norway, municipalities

STRESZCZENIE

Dowody empiryczne świadczące o zjawisku prezydencjalizacji, tj. koncentracji władzy wokół kluczowych stanowisk politycznych w systemach innych niż prezydencki, są niejednoznaczne. Prezentowane badanie omawia kwestię prezydencjalizacji w odniesieniu do władzy wykonawczej w systemie politycznym opartym o zasadę kolegialności, przede wszystkim na przykładzie gmin norweskich. Niezależne dane empiryczne z różnych źródeł dla lat 1992–2012 wskazują, że na szczeblu lokalnym w Norwegii występują nieliczne oznaki prezydencjalizacji. Widoczne są natomiast tendencje zmierzające do koncentracji politycznej w znaczeniu skupienia władzy w rękach elity politycznej. Zjawisko to można uznać raczej za instytucjonalną centralizację władzy niż za prezydencjalizację lub skupienie władzy w jednym stanowisku.

ABSTRACT

It is empirically contested whether the phenomenon of presidentialisation, i.e. the concentration of power around the leading political positions in non-presidential systems, is taking place or not. This study sets out to investigate whether presidentialisation on the executive arena takes place in a collegial political system, more specifically in Norwegian municipalities. Using several independent empirical data in the period from 1992 to 2012, the main conclusion is that there are few traces of presidentialisation on the Norwegian local level. However, there are tendencies towards political concentration in the sense that political power is centralised in the political elite. Rather than presidentialisation or centralisation of power around one position, this can be regarded as an institutional centralisation of power.

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SUGEROWANE CYTOWANIE / SUGGESTED CITATION

Jacobsen D.I., Skollevold A.S. (2016), Presidentialisation on the executive arena at the local level? The case of Norway 1992–2012, Zarządzanie Publiczne, nr 1 (35), s. 7-19.
 

 

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