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- Abdelzadeh, Ali, 1981-, et al.
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En arena för tillit och tolerans?
- 2016
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Ingår i: Föreningen, jaget och laget. - Stockholm : Centrum för idrottsforskning. - 9789198183375 ; , s. 27-46
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Bokkapitel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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- Lundberg, Erik, 1980-
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A pluralist state? : civil society organizations’ access to the Swedish policy process 1964-2009
- 2014
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Including civil society organizations in the policy process is a distinctive trait of democratic governance. But, while being highly valuable from a democratic point of view, not all civil society organizations are represented in the policy process. This dissertation draws attention to the role of the government in shaping the representation of civil society organizations in the Swedish government consultation referred to as the ‘remiss procedure’. The overall aim is to increase empirical and theoretical understanding of civil society organizations’ access to the national Swedish policy process. Drawing on various empirical data sources, it analyzes how access has changed during the second half of the 20th century, the factors influencing access, and the significance of the access provided by the government.The results are based on four empirical studies, and show that the government has encouraged an increasing number and more diverse types of civil society organizations to be represented in the remiss procedure. In addition, organizations with plenty of resources, such as labor and business organizations, are not overrepresented. However, access is slightly skewed in favor of civil society organizations with an insider position within other access points at national government level, which is consistent with a privileged pluralistic pattern of interest representation. In addition, civil society organizations seem to be invited into an arena for political influence of less relevance. Theoretically, the dissertation moves beyond the neo-corporatist perspective that dominated Swedish research during the second half of the 20th century by drawing attention to five different theoretical lenses: pluralism, neo-corporatism, political opportunity structures, policy network theory, and resource exchange theory. It concludes that a variety of theories are needed for access to be understood.
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- Lundberg, Erik, et al.
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European civil societies and the promotion of integration, Leading practices from Sweden, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Italy
- 2011
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Ingår i: <em>Social Rights, Active Citizenship and Governance in the European Union</em>. - Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. - 9783832954192
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This chapter describes how European civil societies promote integration in the EU by comparing leading practices from various NGOs in Sweden, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Italy. The chapter concludes that NGOs are active in areas where governments are weak, or, according to the NGOs, do not meet the expected requirements. All NGOs studied here are more or less dependent on public funds, and a lack of funds impedes their ability to access and connect with EU decision-makers and administrative staff. Small NGOs and similar networks in particular have difficulties meeting and influencing politicians and the administrative staff within the EU. It is therefore of utmost importance that policy-makers in the EU create more participatory opportunities for various NGOs, which would simultaneously strengthen the organisation’s legitimacy and relevance. It is worth nothing that the NGOs studied here articulate surprisingly few national variations with regard to the preconditions underlying their work. European policy-making institutions may therefore consider the diversity of European civil societies.
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- Amnå, Erik, et al.
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A political science perspective on socialization research : young Nordic citizens in a comparative light
- 2009. - In press
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Political scientists characterize Scandinavian adults as politically active citizens in voting and party membership, and also in associational involvement. Scandinavians are said to be more politically motivated, have more political resources and have stronger participatory norms than others. Some scholars explain this in relation to a substantial amount of social capital. Others focus on the quality of political institutions, and strong civic education. Still others point at cultural factors, such as strong emancipative values resulting from socio-economic modernization.Remarkably, political scientists have made few theoretical contributions to comparative political socialization research. This chapter aims at filling this gap. By drawing on theories that are able to account for adults, four hypotheses are elaborated that might account for cross-national differences in attitudes towards civic engagement among youth; the civic hypothesis, the social capital hypothesis, the public-institutional hypothesis, and the modernization hypothesis. The explanatory power of each hypothesis is tested by reviewing political socialization research as well as analyses of the IEA civic education data on 14-year-olds in 24 European and North American countries. Somewhat surprisingly, Southern European youth, not Scandinavians, are found to demonstrate the widest range of expected participatory modes. Self-predictions of active involvement seem to be explained mainly by political resources and motivation (the civic hypothesis), as well as by school experiences (the public-institutional hypothesis). However, research on the same cohort some years later indicates that experiences from a multitude of socialization arenas in late adolescence and early adulthood partly alter the cross-country pattern. Adult Scandinavians are in a world-leading position in political action.Finally, in the light of recent Scandinavian “Democratic Audits’” claiming that mixed social, political and cultural conditions challenge Nordic stereotypes, the concept of the “Stand-by Citizen” is suggested to be useful in research on contemporary youth’s civic engagement, mainly due to its sensitivity towards not only manifest, but also latent dimensions of attitudes and behavior.
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- Amnå, Erik, et al.
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Anticipated political action : a cross-national comparison of adolescents’ participatory intentions
- 2007
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Youth is claimed to play a crucial role in changes of political behavior. In this analysis, 14-year-olds in 24 European and North American countries self-predict a fairly wide repertoire. Voting is challenged particularly by protest activities. Southern Europeans demonstrate the widest predicted repertoire, not explained by levels of social capital, post-materialistic values, or political trust, but by resources, motivation, and school experiences. However, reports from about the same cohort some years later reveals a more limited political engagement. The cross-country pattern is altered by various structural and cultural factors. Political socialization processes in late adolescence and early adulthood appear to be both influential and dissimilarly manifested across nations. Therefore, cautiousness in viewing very young people as heralds of major political behavioral changes is recommended.
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