Browsing Fakultet for samfunnsvitenskap (SAM) by Subject "Latvia"
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From central control to local initiative: Regional development in Latvia and Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)This article discusses the development of regional policies in two countries, Latvia and Norway. The aim is to present how these policies have evolved and can be understood with the ... -
From Pre-Weber to Post-NPM: Challenges to modernization of public administration in Latvia and Norway
(Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2015)This chapter presents findings from research on public service delivery in Norway and Latvia. By providing a comparative perspective we seek to show that while some of the problems faced by public officials in the two ... -
Legal norms, Profesional values, and practical ethics in local government: Elderly care in Latvia, Lithuania, and Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)This article reports findings from a comparative study of the influence of values and norms on the delivery of administrative and professional services in the public sector at the local gov-ernment level in three selected ... -
New Public Management in Latvia: Variations in Openness to Customer Requests in Public Agencies
(Journal of Baltic Studies;Volume 34, 2003 - Issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2003)The transformation of public administration in Latvia represents a commitment to continuous modernization. New Public Management (NPM) has under different names, such as ”reinventing government” been proffered as an ...