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- Pestoff, Victor
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Co-production as a social and governance innovation in public services
- 2015
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Ingår i: Polityka Społeczna. - Warszawa : Institute of Labour and Social Studies. - 0137-4729. ; 11:1, s. 2-8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The OECD considers co-production an important social innovation. This paper discusses alternative definitions of innovation, since traditional definitions, employed by economists for industry and manufacture, do not fit well with public service provision. It then presents some definitions of co-production, discusses the relationship between staff and their clients, and asks whether co-production is based on individual acts, collective action or both. It briefly discusses several factors that can contribute to making co-production more sustainable. This paper concludes that governments should develop more flexible, service specific and organization specific approaches for promoting co-production, rather than looking for simple “one size fits all” solutions to the challenges facing public service delivery in the 21st Century, particularly for enduring welfare services. Finally, it recommends more research to promote sustainable co-production.
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- Qvist, Hans Peter, et al.
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Trends in Volunteering in Scandinavia
- 2018
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Ingår i: Civic Engagement in Scandinavia. - Cham : Springer. - 9783319987163 - 9783319987170 ; , s. 67-94
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this chapter, we examine participation rate and time use trends in volunteering in Scandinavia during the period from the beginning of the 1990s until the mid-2010s. The aim of the analysis is twofold. First, we aim to provide a descriptive analysis of the trends in volunteering in Scandinavia during the period under investigation. Second, we aim to determine whether and to what extent the socio-demographic and institutional changes in the Scandinavian societies during this period can explain the observed trends in volunteering. The results show that the overall levels of participation in volunteering are high and stable in the Scandinavian countries, with a small upward trend. The participation levels are all high in international comparisons, but they are markedly higher in Norway and Sweden than in Denmark. Volunteers’ contributions of time appear relatively stable in Norway, but Denmark has witnessed a slight decline and Sweden has witnessed a slight increase. The explanatory analysis revealed that nearly half of the upward trend in the levels of volunteering can be attributed to the expansion of education in the Scandinavian countries. The explanatory analysis also indicated that the gap in the levels of volunteering between Sweden and Norway on the one hand, and Denmark on the other hand, cannot be attributed to socio-demographic differences between the countries, as the gap is left unchanged when controlling for socio-demographic factors.
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- Vamstad, Johan, 1977-
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Co-production of Childcare and Addiction Treatment in Sweden : The Same Co-production in Very Different Service Areas?
- 2015
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Ingår i: Polityka Społeczna. - Warszawa : Institute of Labour and Social Studies. - 0137-4729. ; 11:1, s. 15-20
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Co-production is a term that has been used to describe arrangements where receivers of services are also involved in producing them. This type of arrangements can be found in a wide range of services and situations, which has stretched the concept of co-production to a point where its meaning is becoming less clear. This paper presents research on co-production from two very different service areas that will show both commonalities and differences in the interpretation of the concept. What is at the core of the concept and how can co-production be transferred from one service area to another? These are questions addressed in this paper, using existing research on childcare and addiction treatment and in Sweden.
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- Wallman Lundåsen, Susanne
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Civil Society and Political Participation : What Type of Political Participation is Influenced by Community Level Involvement in Civil Society?
- 2015
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Ingår i: Swiss Political Science Review. - : Wiley. - 1424-7755 .- 1662-6370 .- 1420-3529. ; 21:1, s. 140-157
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this paper is thus to further explore the relationship between involvement in voluntary associations at the community level and specific forms of political participation. We pose the following questions. Do voluntary associations contribute to specific forms of individual political participation in a consociational context? Do voluntary associations encourage forms of political participation aimed at directly interacting with the policy process, or do they promote extraparliamentary forms of protest? The study contributes with testing three different measurements of community level involvement in voluntary associations and their correlations with individual level political participation. The empirical data is based upon a mulitilevel sample of 4232 individuals located in 33 different Swedish municipalities. Results show that only direct contacts with local elites are significantly correlated with community level participation in civil society organizations. This result may be interpreted as indicating that local voluntary associations contribute to the local political culture.
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- Åberg, Pelle, 1977-, et al.
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What should a Russian father be like? : Exploring fatherhood norms and identifying norm patterns among inhabitants of Saint Petersburg
- 2018
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Ingår i: International Political Science Review. - : Sage Publications. - 0192-5121 .- 1460-373X. ; :4, s. 487-502
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Based on data from a survey conducted in Saint Petersburg in 2013, this article sheds new light on attitudes towards fatherhood in contemporary Russia. We explore what norms are held concerning fatherhood, how these attitudes are related to age, sex, education and income as well as to ideal?typical models established in previous research on fatherhood from Western Europe and the US. Thus, the article also discusses what explanatory value established theoretical models have for the Russian context. Norms of the role of the father in the family are related to general norms of masculinity and, hence, are an important part of the study of politics and the political climate in a society. The results show that there are several fatherhood ideals present in contemporary Northwestern Russia: a traditional breadwinner model, an active fatherhood model as well as what we refer to as a marginalized fatherhood model. The latter has not been substantially identified in previous research, and may tentatively be identified as a legacy of the Soviet era.
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