Search for dissertations about: "public administration politics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words public administration politics.

  2. 1. Representativ byråkrati. En studie om ledande kommunala minoritetsadministratörers företrädarskap

    Author : Nazem Tahvilzadeh; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Representative bureaucracy; representation; advocacy; diversity; public administrators; minority administrators; bureaucrats; public administration; ethnicity; politicization; ethnic conflict; ethnocrats; ethnocracy; municipal administration; local government; governance; analytical dualism; critical realism; Sweden;

    Abstract : 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, reflecting a wider range of interests. This theory posits that the social background of the individual public administrator affects their values and policy-preferences. READ MORE

  4. 2. In the name of safety : power, politics and the constitutive effects of local governing practices in Sweden

    Author : Jennie Brandén; Malin Rönnblom; Linda Sandberg; Christine Hudson; Emilia Palonen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Safety; unsafety; governmentality; political ethnography; public space; safety walks; participation; community; certification; security guards; private security; patrolling; Sweden; statskunskap; political science; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

    Abstract : In a time of uncertainty and risk, safety has become an increasingly significant concern. In Sweden, a powerful discourse around public safety has developed in recent years, moving it to the top of the political agenda. READ MORE

  5. 3. Corruption in Sweden : Exploring Danger Zones and Change

    Author : Staffan Andersson; Gullan Gidlund; Torbjörn Bergman; Paul Heywood; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corruption; danger zones; delegation; institutional and contextual changes; least corrupt cases; multi-method approach; principal-agent relations; public sector; Sweden; Public sector research; Forskning om offentlig sektor; statskunskap; political science; Political science;

    Abstract : In this dissertation I study corruption in the public sector in Sweden, a country which the literature regards as having few corruption problems. Sweden is therefore classified as a “least corrupt” case, and such countries are seldom studied in corruption research. My work is thus an effort to fill a gap in the literature. READ MORE

  6. 4. Managing Multiplicity : On Control, Care and the Individual

    Author : Niklas Wällstedt; Roland Almqvist; Catasús Bino; Marion Brivot; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Management control; Local governments; New Public Management; Ontological politics; Care; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

    Abstract : This is a thesis about managing multiplicity. It analyses how people working in municipalities are managing, controlling, and caring for the complex and contradictory world they live in. Building on more than 100 interviews and observations, the thesis examines the multiple realities of those who work in public sector organisations. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Mind of the State. The Politics of University Autonomy in Sweden, 1968-1998

    Author : Susan Marton; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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