Abstract

Through the lenses of “wicked policy problems” this article compares how Norway and Sweden organize for climate policies and analyzes the coordination challenges encountered by the two countries. Both countries’ policy fields display characteristics of complexity, divergence, fragmentation and uncertainty, indicating a substantial degree of organizational wickedness. The conditions for dealing with such wickedness is affected by contextual factors such as ministerial rule and the petroleum industry’s pivotal role in Norway, enhancing the role of administrative silos; and Swedish traditions to delegate responsibility in the governance system and prohibition of ministerial rule allows a slightly more unified approach to policies.

摘要

本文通过“邪恶的政策问题”的视角，比较了挪威和瑞典如何组织气候政策，并分析了两国面临的协调挑战。两国的政策领域都表现出复杂性，分歧，支离破碎和不确定性的特征，表明组织的严重程度是邪恶的。处理这种邪恶的条件受到背景因素的影响，例如部长级统治和石油行业在挪威的举足轻重的作用，从而增强了行政孤岛的作用；瑞典在管理体制中下放责任的传统以及禁止部长级统治的做法，使得对政策的态度略为统一。