A Legitimate Church Democracy?: Legitimacy Work and Democratic Reform During the Separation of Church and State in Norway
In 2008, all political parties in the Norwegian Parliament entered into joint agreement by which, through amendments to the Constitution, the relationship between church and state would be radically altered. Central to this agreement was a democratic reform, a prerequisite for the disestablishment o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2023
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2023, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 197-222 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Church
/ State
/ Norway
/ Democratization
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia SA Church law; state-church law |
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| Summary: | In 2008, all political parties in the Norwegian Parliament entered into joint agreement by which, through amendments to the Constitution, the relationship between church and state would be radically altered. Central to this agreement was a democratic reform, a prerequisite for the disestablishment of the state church to commence in 2012. Initiated by the government in collaboration with the Church of Norway (CoN), the reform aimed to strengthen the democratic legitimacy of the church in relation to its members and focused on measures to increase participation in church elections. ... |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csac096 |