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Kjerstin Lianes Kjøndal

Governance processes in the nuclear safety sector How organizational history and organizational structures matter

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Nordic Cooperation in the Nuclear Safety Sector: High, Low, or Differentiated Integration?

Nordic cooperation has been depicted as eroding due to the increased importance of EU-related cooperation and integration. However, scholars propose that longstanding Nordic networks, grounded in professions and located in the state administration, may prove to be more robust toward external changes. This article discusses this proposal by looking at Nordic cooperation between the national radiation protection and nuclear safety authorities in Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. The article maps behavioural perceptions of agency staff based on a dataset of 37 interviews to illustrate if the cooperation between the Nordic authorities is characterized by high integration, low integ…

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Internasjonale byråkratiers autonomi : en analyse med utgangspunkt i Det internasjonale atomenergibyrået

Masteroppgave i offentlig politikk og ledelse – Universitetet i Agder 2014 Utgangspunktet for denne oppgaven er et ønske om å bidra til økt forståelse og innsikt i de internasjonale byråkratiene, og implisitt i dette ligger det en forståelse av at det er mange dimensjoner og funksjoner knyttet til disse byråkratiene som vi enda ikke forstår eller vet nok om. Den dimensjonen denne oppgaven fokuserer på er de internasjonale byråkratienes autonomi, og da særlig knyttet til de internasjonale tjenestemennene. Oppgavens analyse bygger på funn knyttet til Det internasjonale atomenergibyrået (IAEA), og analysemodellen baserer seg på både juridiske og organisasjonsmessige perspektiver. Spenningen i …

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Dynamics of agency governance: Evidence from the Nuclear safety sector

Public organizations are compound bodies characterized by competing endogenous dynamics of governance. This study makes two main contributions. First, it contributes to an organizational approach to studies of public policy and administration by conceptualizing compound agency governance. Second, by determining how variation in agency governance reflects endogenous organizational factors. Based on a study of the Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (DSA), two observations are highlighted: Firstly, DSA staff are torn between two competing behavioural logics: A governmental and a transnational logic. Moreover, portfolios of core state powers are more closely monitored by parent m…

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