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- Bach, Tobias, et al.
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The role of agencies in policy-making
- 2012
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Ingår i: Policy and Society. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1449-4035 .- 1839-3373. ; 31:3, s. 183-193
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- There is an extensive literature on the proliferation of agencies and the delegation of authority to such bodies across different countries. Much of this research asks whether New Public Management (NPM)-style agencification reforms have been implemented according to the original objectives, and what consequences – intended or unintended – the reforms have produced. Yet much of this research lacks an explicit link to the literature on the policymaking functions of public bureaucracies and their interactions with elected politicians. What are the consequences of agencification for the policy process at large? What policy relevant tasks do agencies perform, to what extent are they involved in policy-making, and what factors influence the quality and quantity of their participation? This introductory article gives an overview of key concepts such as “public agencies” and “policy autonomy” and the research literature. Moreover, it critically discusses relevant theoretical perspectives, outlines the articles included in this themed issue and argues for a more systematic and theoretically guided analysis of agencies’ role in policy-making.
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- Dahlström, Carl, 1972, et al.
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The Politics of Politicization in Sweden
- 2013
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Ingår i: Public Administration. - : Wiley. - 0033-3298 .- 1467-9299. ; 91:4, s. 891-907
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- Niklasson, Birgitta, 1975, et al.
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Does agency age matter in administrative reform?: Policy autonomy and public management in Swedish agencies
- 2012
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Ingår i: Policy and Society. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1449-4035 .- 1839-3373. ; 31:3, s. 195-210
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Abstract This paper looks at the policy autonomy of different ‘‘generations’’ of agencies in Sweden. Taking a historical institutional perspective, we argue that the policy autonomy of public agencies is related to the dominant political and administrative trends at the time when the agency was first created, i.e. that institutional relations created at that formative moment tend to persist. In the Swedish context, one such trend is of particular importance; the managerial trend that started in 1963 with the Program Budgeting (PB) reform. This was an institutional reform that presented a paradigm shift in Swedish public administration. This reform was reinforced in the 1990s by the New Public Management (NPM) reform, which introduced new instruments and measures consistent with the managerial paradigm previously introduced by the PB reform. This managerial trend aimed at limiting agencies’ policy autonomy. Thus, we hypothesise that (1) agencies founded before the PB reform will enjoy more extensive policy autonomy than agencies founded during or after this reform and (2) there will be no such difference between agencies founded before and after the NPM reform. These hypotheses are tested on empirical data consisting of a web survey in which 157 Swedish agencies have stated to what extent they perceive that they enjoy policy autonomy. The results confirm both our hypotheses, thus demonstrating the importance of considering the scope of institutional change when analysing and comparing the effects of administrative reforms in different countries. # 2012 Policy and Society Associates (APSS). Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- Niklasson, Birgitta, 1975, et al.
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Ministerbetjening i Sverige
- 2012
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Ingår i: Administrativ Debat. - 0108-8483. ; :1, s. 25-29
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- Niklasson, Birgitta, 1975
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Myndigheters externa relationer. En fråga om kvinnligt och manligt ledarskap?
- 2010
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Ingår i: Politica - Tidsskrift for politisk videnskab. - 0105-0710. ; 42:4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- I denna studie prövas om det finns ett positivt samband mellan myndighets¬chefers kön och närheten i myndigheternas relationer till viktiga externa aktörer. Syftet är att belysa frågan om fler kvinnor på ledande positioner inom stats¬förvaltningen bidrar till att förändra myndig¬heternas arbetsformer. Att kvinnor och män har olika ledarstilar och kompetenser är ett vanligt argument för att en jämnare könsbalans på ledande positioner är önskvärd. Det finns dock mycket lite empirisk forskning som undersöker om sådana potentiella könsskillnader faktiskt leder till att organisationer presterar olika. Den typ av prestationer som här studien fokuserar på är i vilken utsträckning statliga myndligheter lyckas etablera nära relationer till den politiska ledningen. Undersökningen grundar sig på information insamlad direkt från myndigheterna, samt på en enkätstudie besvarad av 157 svenska myndigheter år 2009. Resultaten pekar mot att myn¬dig¬heter med kvinnliga chefer inte har en närmare relation till regeringen och ansvarigt departement, snarare tvärtom.
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- Niklasson, Birgitta, 1975
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Sweden
- 2012
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Ingår i: Government agencies : practices and lessons from 30 countries / edited by Koen Verhoest ... [et al.].. - Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmilan. - 023035436X
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