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- Demediuk, Peter, et al.
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Improving Youth Engagement by Local Governments : A Swedish Case Study
- 2014
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Ingår i: The International Journal of Community Diversity. - : Common Ground Publishing LLC. - 2327-0004. ; 13:3, s. 25-37
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- There is a pressing need for governments—especially local governments—to develop and implement effective youth engagement initiatives which can: remediate a growing disconnection of young people from other parts of society, government, and conventional representative democracy; build skills, knowledge, networks, and relationships; support cultural diversity, tolerance, and integration; and provide decisions which are relevant to needs and wants of young people. Despite the increasing levels of rhetoric and action and much speculation about potential costs and benefits of youth engagement by local government, there are substantial gaps in the knowledge about the nature and effect of initiatives in practice. As a reaction to these gaps on our knowledge, this paper presents a case study that interrogates the context, the ends (objectives and outcomes), and the means (structures and processes) of innovative youth engagement initiatives at a Swedish local governments that faces large challenges in economic and community diversity terms. Such an exploration of a relatively new phenomenon can assist in informing practice and further research. The study identifies and describes the context, means and ends of a range of innovative and bold youth engagement projects, and the findings stress the need for local governments to be very clear and explicit when designing and implementing youth engagement, as to how much its role is as a “democracy actor”—seeking better government and better communities—and how much encapsulates being a “service delivery” actor—aiming at better decisions about policies, programs and services.
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- Demediuk, Peter, et al.
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Performance management of guided tours : matching organizational ends and means with participant expectations and experiences
- 2013
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The case studies illustrate how different ends (objectives and outcomes) can emanate from a particular means (the tour of ‘the place’) The findings suggest that operators often heavily emphasise the practice and communication of means without the same clarity and articulation in ends – and this compromises the intrinsic and economic value of the ventures from the perspective of both the tour company and the tourist. Experiences such as physical intensities, interacting in a group, learning about self or facts (techniques, nature, folklore etc) provide dynamic intensities where individuals affect other bodies (participants and places) and are affected by other bodies. Whilst these tours differ in their means, they are all designed to give the ‘visitor’ a sense of place and purpose. But the way each tour is constructed both highlights and hides different characteristics and images of the place in question - and hence shapes the experiences and insights to be gained. Vivid distinctions between these long and active guided tours are observed – each given an emblematic metaphor at some stage by the various tour guides that highlights the pervading mood and sense of purpose.
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- Adolfsson, Petra, et al.
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Medborgarbudget : erfarenheter från tre svenska pilotkommuner
- 2012
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- I denna rapport beskrivs och diskuteras erfarenheterna av att arbeta med medborgarbudget i tre svenska pilotkommuner. De tre kommunerna deltog år 2008–2011 i ett nätverk som initierades av Sveriges kommuner och lands- ting (SKL) med fokus på att stötta ett införande av medborgarbudget som en del i kommunernas beslutsprocesser. I rapporten presenteras en modell som kan utgöra ett stöd för att visa och analysera vilka dimensioner som kan vara väsentliga att uppmärksamma i ett initiativ för att införa medborgarbudget som del i kommuners arbete. En redogörelse för kommunernas arbete och val kring initiativ med att införa medborgarbudget ges. I fokus för kommunernas intresse för med- borgarbudget har främst demokrati och delaktighet för medborgare stått. Initiativen hade vid nätverkets avslutning nått en begränsad grupp av med- verkande personer i pilotkommunerna. De aktiviteter som medborgarbud- getprojekten lett till hade dock i flera fall nått en större mängd medborgare än de som var direkt involverande i förslags- och röstningsförfarande, då projekten ofta resulterade i evenemang eller mindre byggprojekt som nådde en bredare publik.
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- Cregård, Anna, 1971, et al.
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Top managerial role in transition – or not? Trajectories during 20 years in Swedish local government.
- 2019
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Ingår i: Paper presented at IRSPM, Wellington, Nya Zeeland 16-19 April.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The relationship between politics and administration in local government organizations has been under discussion for many decades. During these decades the relationship has transformed, for example as an effect of NPM reforms. Also the roles of the actors that work primarily in the zone between politics and administration can be expected to have changed. We focus on the development of a top managerial role in Sweden: the municipal CEO. The main question we answer in this paper is: In what ways has the role of the CEO of Swedish municipalities changed over the past two decades? We have conducted exhaustive surveys of Swedish municipal CEOs every five years starting in 1995 and the latest conducted in 2015. Our results show that the changes are most prominent in terms of background variables. The changes in the role may be summarized as: increasingly managing line relationships, financial issues, organizational processes as well as the development of society – and this together with the mayor.
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- Demediuk, Peter, et al.
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E-Participation: informing and transforming local government decision making
- 2009
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Ingår i: Rahman, Hakikur (ed.) Handbook of Research on E-Government Readiness for Information and Service Exchange: Utilizing Progressive Information Communication Technologies. - Hershey, PA. USA : Information Science Reference. - 9781605666716
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Chapter 13 examines the extent to which progressive e-participation practice interacts with local government decision making and contributes to the espoused benefits of citizen participation. The chapter, further argues that e-participation can positively contribute to community capabilities, political relevance, better problem identification, and assist in finding more relevant solutions.
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- Demediuk, Peter, et al.
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Local Government as a Democracy Actor or a Service Delivery Actor : The Supporting Roles for E-Governance Initiatives
- 2014
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Ingår i: E-Governance and Social Inclusion: Concepts and Cases. - : IGI-Globel. - 9781466661066 - 9781466661073 ; , s. 127-147
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Local governance occurs where a local government gives citizens a say in things that really matter to them, and e-governance initiatives provide electronic means to enable citizens to participate in this shared governing of the community. The clearer a local government is about the nature and degree to which it needs to act as a democracy actor (better citizens and better government) and/or a service delivery actor (better decision making), the greater the prospect that it can choose appropriate electronic means through an e-governance approach to meet those ends. In order to guide an e-governance practice and inform further research, this chapter: provides models that articulate the elements that constitute better decision making, better citizens, and better government, and presents examples from five local govern - ments of how electronic means can satisfy particular ends.
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- Demediuk, Peter, et al.
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People Plan their Park: Voice and Choice through Participatory Budgeting
- 2012
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Ingår i: International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. - 1833-1882. ; 6:5, s. 185-198
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This practice-based case study explores the means (structures and processes) and ends (objectives and outcomes) of a participatory budgeting program in which citizens in a Swedish local government (kommun) plan an important park. Participatory budgeting is about engaging community members in discussions about spending priorities, and in the development and choice of spending proposals. Such programs are part of a wider ideal and practice in which local governments worldwide increasingly undertake initiatives (e.g. citizen panels, referendums, and town hall meetings) to connect with their citizens so that the community can have a say in the things that really matter to it. Good budgeting by governments decreases risks and increases the prospects for good decision making and robust accountability, and participatory budgeting can be powerful device for change since budgeting provides a central process and structure for planning, implementation, control, evaluation, learning, and adaptation in government policy and action. This case study reveals the degree to which this program provides ends to do with good decisions, improved government capability, and enhanced community capacity-and interrogates the reliance on political ownership, managerial buy-in and experience, and the use of external consultants.
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