Role of Government, 2006, Norwegian part of ISSP

This survey is carried out on the basis of the research collaboration in "The International Social Survey Programme" (ISSP). ISSP is an international organisation that prepares and coordinates annual surveys in its member countries, mainly within the fields of political science and sociology. The topics of the surveys vary, but are repeated at intervals of a few years. In this way, changes in behavioral patterns and attitudes over time as well as differences between countries and cultures,
are possible to be detected and measured.

The Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) became a member of ISSP in 1989 and have since been responsible for carrying out the surveys in Norway. In connection to the survey, Norwegian researchers are invited to add supplementary questions to the Norwegian respondents.

In 2006, the objective of the survey was to collect data concerning attitudes to public authorities and government activity, compliance with laws, political and civil rights, government commitment and responsibility, government performance, political interest, social capital and corruption. NSD and ISSP conducted similar surveys in 1990 and 1996.

The Norwegian addition to the survey was prepared in 2006 in collaboration with Per Lægreid, Anne Lise Fimreite, Paul G. Roness and Harald Sætren from Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Harald Baldersheim, Tore Hansen and Larry Rose from Department of Political Science, University of Oslo and Per Arnt Pettersen, Bodø University College. The questions in the Norwegian part deal with government prevention and management of crises, governmental levels and interest preservation, modernising state and municipalities, trust in institutions and the attentiveness of popularly elected politicians.

本调查报告依托“国际社会调查项目（International Social Survey Programme，简称ISSP）”的研究协作框架开展。ISSP是一家国际性学术组织，负责筹备并协调各成员国开展年度调查，研究领域主要涵盖政治学与社会学范畴。该项目的调查主题各有侧重，但每隔数年便会重复设置相关主题，借此得以侦测并量化不同时期行为模式与态度的变迁，以及不同国家与文化间的差异。

挪威社会科学数据服务中心（Norwegian Social Science Data Services，简称NSD）于1989年加入ISSP，自此便承担起挪威境内相关调查的执行工作。针对该调查，挪威研究人员可受邀为挪威受访者增设补充问题。

2006年，本次调查的核心目标是收集民众对公共当局与政府活动的态度、法律遵从状况、政治与公民权利、政府承诺与责任、政府履职表现、政治兴趣、社会资本以及腐败问题的相关数据。NSD与ISSP曾分别于1990年和1996年开展过同类主题调查。

本次调查的挪威本土化增补模块，由卑尔根大学行政与组织理论系的Per Lægreid、Anne Lise Fimreite、Paul G. Roness与Harald Sætren，奥斯陆大学政治学系的Harald Baldersheim、Tore Hansen与Larry Rose，以及博德大学学院的Per Arnt Pettersen于2006年合作筹备。挪威模块的调查问题涵盖政府对危机的预防与治理、政府层级设置与利益维护、国家与市政的现代化改革、对公共机构的信任度，以及民选政客的受关注程度。