Search for dissertations about: "Anders Lidström"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Anders Lidström.

  2. 1. Discretion : an art of the possible : education committees in the Swedish system of government

    Author : Anders Lidström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Discretion; autonomy; central-local government relations; local government; education policies; Education Committees; actors perspective;

    Abstract : Discretion is commonly analyzed as the scope for choice set by formal superiors. This study aims at developing an alternative theory of discretion which also takes into account the assumptions of the actors in implementing positions. READ MORE

  4. 2. Between Equity and Local Autonomy : A Governance Dilemma in Swedish Healthcare

    Author : Mio Fredriksson; Ulrika Winblad; Paula Blomqvist; Anders Lidström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; healthcare; health policy; local autonomy; national equity; governance; Hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; Health Care Research;

    Abstract : Both national equity in healthcare and the county councils’ local autonomy are important values supported by Swedish law. Politically it is a balancing act; how much freedom should the county councils have and to what extent should healthcare be equal throughout the country? The general aim of this dissertation, concerning political governance in Swedish healthcare, is to investigate the tensional values of national equity and local autonomy in the light of current trends in healthcare governance in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 3. Redistributive regionalism : Narratives on regionalisation in the Nordic periphery

    Author : Lisa Hörnström; Anders Lidström; Marie-Louise von Bergmann-Winberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; regional governance; regional policy; new regionalism; peripheral regions; redistributive regionalism; Nordic regionalism; Political science; Statsvetenskap; statskunskap; political science;

    Abstract : During the last decades a stronger role for the regions has developed in many West European countries. To a significant degree this regionalisation trend has coincided with European integration. The key change in the role of the regional level has been with regard to its status as an agent of regional development. READ MORE