Browsing Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Förvaltningshögskolan by Title
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Jämställdhetspolitik och styrformens betydelse. Europeiska socialfonden i svensk och spansk förvaltning
(2019-02-06)The EU´s regional policy is one of the world's largest in terms of budget size and geographical range. The regional policy promotes project activities across Europe funded by structural funds, of which the European Social ... -
Kommunala satsningar av betydelse – en fråga om identitet, förnuft och tillfälligheter
(2010-11-25)Everywhere we go we encounter buildings and events initiated by local governments, projects which have motives of making the city stand out from the competition and be placed ‘on the map’ in order to create identity and ... -
Locked-in collaboration
(2016-12-05)Collaboration, employed in defining a problem, finding a solution, and implementing it, has been proposed as a solution to a range of problems framed as wicked or complex. Collaboration can be justified based on instrumental, ... -
Lokal policydesign. Om hur kommuner skapar policy som klargör ansvarsrelationen mellan kommunen och kommunmedborgarna i krissituationer
(2011-04-15)In Sweden, the policy concerning the public responsibility for the citizens’ welfare and protection during crisis is somewhat ambiguous. Therefore, this responsibility will reveal itself in practice during an actual ... -
När idéer får liv - Om intraprenader i tre kommuner
(2019-04-04)In the early 2000s an idea regarding how to organise the Swedish public sector, called internal contracts, attracted attention from many different public authorities in Sweden. Organising in the form of internal contracts ... -
New Public Professional Organisationalism Towards new professional, managerial and cliental roles as exemplified in Swedish schools
(2021-08-26)This thesis aims to deepen our understanding of public professional organisationalism. Whereas new professionalism is an established concept used to describe changes in the roles of professionals, there is a lack of studies ... -
Organisering av standarder, certifiering och ackreditering som en global styrregim
(2016-09-26)En studie över hur standarder, certifiering och ackreditering används som verktyg för att styra organisationer och hur dessa verktyg skapar en global styrregim där alla är styrda men ingen styr alla. -
Planering på gränsen och gränsen för planering - En studie av gränsöverskridande samhällsplanering
(2023-04-27)This exploratory thesis aims to describe and analyze how boundaries emerge, affect planning practices, and how boundaries are managed over time in order to achieve integrated planning processes. This thesis is particularly ... -
Political conflicts - Dissent and antagonism among political parties in local government
(2019-01-09)Political conflicts arise out of, or are at least nourished by, divisions and tensions in society over how resources are distributed between citizens and social groups. In the parliamentary arena, these conflicts are ... -
The Profit of Prevention. A study of Social Investments in a Swedish Region
(2022-03-08)This thesis aims to deepen the understanding of the use and implications of accounting technologies in the governing of public services. It explores social investments, a proliferating public sector management technology ... -
Projects as interaction in context: Managing public health issues within public sector organisations
(2023-05-15)The increasing use of projects has been one of the most important developments in the public sector over the past decades. In tandem with the proliferation of projects, the traditional view of projects as demarcated from ... -
(R)evolutionära idéer: Förändring i svensk sjukförsäkringspolitik 1995-2015
(2018-12-12)Since the post-war period, the Swedish welfare state has largely been based on the principles of emancipation and economic security for individuals. Some refer to this as the idea of progressive individualism. However, ... -
Representativ byråkrati. En studie om ledande kommunala minoritetsadministratörers företrädarskap
(2011-12-20)The theory of representative bureaucracy suggests that the presence of underprivileged social groups, such as women and ethnic minorities, within the public workforce will lead to a more responsive political process, ... -
Translating grand challenges into municipal organizing: Prevention of terrorism, extremism, and radicalization in Scandinavia
(2022-04-25)This thesis investigates why and how municipalities organize to address grand challenges. Previous research shows that municipalities have increased their policymaking and organizing in relation to grand challenges, often ...