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- Bartholdsson, Kerstin, 1952, et al.
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Samverkande samordning ― Ett sätt att lösa arbetsmarknadspolitikens dysfunktionella problem
- 2014
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Ingår i: NORKOM, Odense, 27-28 November, 2014.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Lag om finansiell samordning har funnits i Sverige sedan tio år tillbaka. Lagen möjliggör för nationella, regionala och kommunala myndigheter att lägga pengar i samma hatt, och därifrån utveckla samordnade aktiviteter för sådana målgrupper som befinner sig allra längst ifrån arbetsmarknaden. Den teoretiska problematiken handlar om wicked issues (Brown et al 2010), eller dysfunktionella problem, som består av att personer med komplicerade problem ofta tenderar att skyfflas underst i de administrativa processerna (Lipsky 1980). Aktuella målgrupper är personer som omfattas av insatser från två eller flera myndigheter, exempelvis Försäkringskassan, Arbetsförmedlingen, Landstinget och kanske även Socialtjänsten i kommunen. Exempel på sådana målgrupper är unga vuxna, personer med funktionsnedsättningar samt individer med komplexa diagnoser och svårigheter att etablera sig på arbetsmarknaden. Utifrån en case-studie i Väst-Sverige där Samordningsförbundet Vänersborg/Mellerud har evaluerats, diskuteras i detta papper värdefulla teman och fortsatta utmaningar för dysfunktionella välfärdsfrågor. I pappret visas vilka svårigheter som finns att lösa frågor som skär på tvären genom flera myndigheter, där ingen specifik myndighet har ett huvudansvar. Vi diskuterar hur staten delvis har internaliserat samordningsuppgifterna inom ordinarie myndighetsfunktioner, medan Samordningsförbundet kvarstår som en arena för fortsatta samordningsexperiment. Avslutningsvis diskuteras även om Samordningsförbundet kan härbärgera permanent verksamhet, eller om det är rimligt att betrakta dessa som drivhus för projektlösningar som i huvudsak implementeras inom ägar-organisationerna.
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- Gabaude, Alix, 1996, et al.
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First housing in Sweden: Young adults’ establishment on a hybridized housing market
- 2023
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Ingår i: ENHR 2023 - Łódź (28-30 June).
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Sweden has, for the past couple of decades, faced a housing crisis, especially for young adults. While slightly improving, 64 percent of Swedish communes were still reporting a lack of housing for young people in 2022. The importance of socio-economic factors in finding housing was identified but little has been said on the importance of local or national policies in facilitating (or hindering) young adults’ establishment on the housing market. The First Housing project carries out a systematic literature review of both academic and grey literature, targeting policies affecting housing access for young adults, students, and young immigrants in Sweden. At present, findings reveal that Swedish policy on the topic is limited in both scope and influence, piecemeal and without a holistic view. While some policies appear to have a positive effect, several have a negative effect, and most have a minimal effect for housing accessibility.
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- Gabaude, Alix, 1996, et al.
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Why do estate owners and managers engage in area-based initiatives in particularly vulnerable urban areas? Evidence from three local cases in Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2023
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Ingår i: NORKOM 2023 - Odense (24-25/11).
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper maps and compares estate owners’ safety strategies in three different ‘particularly vulnerable areas’ (in short PVA:s) in Gothenburg, Sweden. These boroughs were planned in the early 1970s as New Towns, the then peak of housing modernity. Five decades later in 2021, Gårdsten, Lövgärdet and Central Tynnered are on the National Police Authority’s List of Sweden’s most dangerous and criminally unsettled areas, PVAs. This paper aims to investigate similarities and differences in safety strategies employed by estate ownersto curb perceived insecurity. The ownership structure differs in each area, from a single public housing company to half public and half private ownership and a mix of several public and private owners. Results indicate that most estate owners are engaged in physical and situational prevention. They unexpectedly frequently engage in social prevention together with state and municipal actors. All studied estate companies have more or less pro-active management and strategic long-term planning and coordination. The paper contributes new insights on estate owners’ potential strategies in neglected and vulnerable areas.
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- Karlsson, David, 1974, et al.
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The Swedish Regional Reform and the Political Map: Party Interests at Stake
- 2011
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Ingår i: Paper presented at XVI Nordic Political Science Congress NOPSA conference Vasa, FINLAND, August 9 – 12, 2011..
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Abstract In this article we conduct contra factual experiment of thoughts, applying the tactics of gerrymandering into the regionalization process of Sweden. By applying the actual election data from 1998 up to 2010, we discuss the various outcomes of four regional models; i) the present system, ii) a realistic scenario of regional reform (a roadmap commissioned by SALAR), and two hypothetical but possible models based on what regional structure would mostly benefit iii) the left parties and iv) the right parties. The overall aim of the paper is to esti-mate the implications of a regional reform on the political geography of Sweden to provide instruments for fu-ture research on if, and how party interests affect the regional reform process. The analyses also give fuel to a number of relevant discussions on regional reform and its political out-comes. For example, our results highlight the possible lock-in effects in the present discussions concerning the Stockholm/Uppsala regions, Västra Götaland and Halland/or Värmland, and the region of Southwest Sweden. One suggestion is that if citizens are to have longterm confidence in the future regional structure, it should be arranged in such a way that both the left and right wings are satisfied – a double-packing strategy. Such a strategy would make it relatively harder for smaller local/regional parties to affect the political stability of a region. If political stability is pursued, we suggest that the solution of the Wise men is more functional than the present structure.
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- Langlet, David, 1977, et al.
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Energy efficient transition in Sweden: triggers and barriers for retrofitting processes in municipality owned housing companies
- 2014
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Ingår i: ENHR Edinburgh July 1-4, 2014. Book of abstracts.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Globally and in Europe, the housing sector is responsible for a large share of the energy use, and large efforts have therefore been directed towards reduced energy use in the housing sector. In Sweden 39 percent of the energy use relate to “housing and business locations”, there is an ambition to reduce the energy use with 20 percent until year 2020, following the EU directive of energy efficiency. However, the national government has up to present responded quite hesitantly to the energy efficiency debate, possibly as the National Institute of Economic Research (NIER) claims that relevant transition measures will be met regardless of any specific measures directed to the sector of housing. Yet, the project group Collaborative learning for urban energy efficiency (the ClueE-project) has studied a number of examples where energy efficient retrofitting takes place in sub-urban areas. A central question for the overall project was: What are the major triggers and barriers in retrofitting processes, with special regards to the social sciences? From a financial point of view, the costs of energy efficient retrofitting are demanding, as most of the heating in these areas to 90 percent are sustainable district-heating. But seen from the perspective of the ‘third generation of energy policies’, there is an increasing potential today for local energy production solutions, zero-houses, or even houses that generates a surplus of energy, energy-plus-houses. The judicial tools used in these processes does not relate to minimum quality levels, rather, a more conscious use of the public procurement act is activated, as wise use of partnering contracting. The ClueE study also found that it is not specifically environmentally interested tenants that have been attracted by the energy efficient apartments, rather that has been the opportunity at hand. The lower ecological footprints of these tenants are supported as these groups are among the poorest segments of the population. To conclude, the core triggers found were: the necessity of broad political anchoring across majority and opposition, inclusive and transparent tenant-dialogues, comparable indicators in relation to evaluations and benchmarking. A more general conclusion is that more attention needs to be directed towards business locations, as the private homes’ market.
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- Lindholst, Andrej Christian, et al.
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11. Where is Municipal Marketisation Heading? Experiences from England and Scandinavia
- 2019
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Ingår i: Presentation av bokkapiteltext på NORKOM-konferensen i Åbo 29-30 november, 2019..
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Marketisation is commonly understood as a key component in the new public management (NPM) model for public management reform. However, negative experiences, newer reform trends and local circumstances have challenged the NPM and raised the question of whether reforms have entered a post-NPM era. In this chapter, we explore and compare the impact of marketisation on the organisation of local service delivery and address whether newer reform trends in the post-NPM era are transforming contemporary marketisation. Our study takes place in the context of local park and road services across England, Sweden, Denmark and Norway and draws upon original survey data collected from mid-level managers in 201416. The chapter concludes that marketisation is widespread but not dominant within our study’s context. It is also being transformed to some extent by newer and different reform trends. In perspective, we find that marketisation is an evolving reform practice, which trajectories depend on local contextual circumstances and adaption of newer reform ideas.
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- Lindholst, Christian, et al.
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Where is marketization heading? Comparing experiences from local park and road services in England and Scandinavia
- 2019
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Ingår i: Konferenspapper som kommer att bli ett bokkapitel i kommande bok på Palgrave. Konferens hölls i Potsdam 4-5 juli, 2019..
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Marketization in the 2020s remains one of the most dominant reform doctrines for the public sector, since the 1980s. However, marketization is increasingly challenged and criticized. In this chapter, we examine how marketization has progressed and discuss where it is heading by comparing experiences from local park and road services in England, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. We highlight the challenges and impacts of new reform doctrines on marketization in each country, and discuss whether marketization is a fading or continuing reform doctrine for the future of local governments. The analysis is based on qualitative and quantitative data collected in a collaborative research project (INOPS) carried out in 2014-2016. Across our countries, we find marketization to be proliferated by different ways of molding marketization according to contextual circumstances and stimulus from newer reform doctrines. In perspective, we discuss marketization as a reform path for local governments. This adds to discussions about the future of marketization as reform path in local governments.
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- Norén Bretzer, Ylva, 1969
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Consequences of the marketized housing agenda in Sweden: who were those trolls that never were invited but who we now are living with?
- 2018
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Ingår i: ENHR 2018. 26-29 June, Uppsala.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper discusses how the housing agenda in Sweden has been handed over to the municipalities, under the EU instructions. The marketized housing sector has resulted in unexpected local outcomes, or trolls, as for example private slum-lords, exploiting their properties to a maximum but with no local responsibility to the tenants. Also, a black market of temporary housing -or beds- is found, which often target vulnerable immigrants. Thirdly, private-public partnerships has emerged, often termed business improvement districts (BIDs), who collaborate locally in order to serve long time interests for the property owners, the tenants, the local business-owners and the wider community. In sum, the neo-liberal agenda is found to strengthen the local communities and partnerships, but the tools to deal with the anomalies still lies at the central state. The neo-liberal agenda needs to be anchored by place and local actors in institutional long-term relations in defined places. Results imply that the planning processes need to address this new landscape of actors, and processes.
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