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- Linnarsson, Magnus, 1977-
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Från bondestafett till järnväg : Postväsendet som exempel på infrastruktur och förvaltning i Sverige 1600–1870
- 2019
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Ingår i: TEMP-tidsskrift for historie. - 1904-5565 .- 1904-9587. ; :18, s. 62-78
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- När det svenska postväsendet inrättades 1636 skapades en stafett av särskilt avdelade postbönder som transporterade posten. Stafettsystemet utgjorde postens grundläggande infrastruktur tills postbönderna i slutet av 1800-talet ersattes av transporter med postdiligens och järnväg. I artikeln analyseras den svenska postbondeinstitutionens tillkomst och avskaffande. Den svenska statens val att använda sig av postbönder var unikt i Europa och förklaras som en del av en etablerad lösning för resursmobilisering inom den svenska statsförvaltningen, så kallad indelning. Trots flera försök att ersätta postbönderna med ett annat system, fortlevde postbondeinstitutionen under 230 år. Författaren argumenterar för att systemets uthållighet berodde på den svenska statens svaga förvaltningsstrukturer under perioden. Förvaltningens begränsade resurser motverkade större institutionella förändringar av postsystemet innan industrialiseringen på 1800-talet.
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- Linnarsson, Magnus, 1977-
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Shifting Regimes : State Formation and Political Reform in Early Modern Sweden
- 2019
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- How, and in what ways, could early modern state formation have promoted the development of modern democratic institutions? The research project Shifting Regimes: Representation, Administrative Reform and Institutional Change in Early Modern Sweden propose to answer this question by studying the interaction between the political and the administrative spheres during regime shifts in Sweden, c. 1527–1810. The wider purpose is to analyze the agency behind institutional change by comparing the actions of political leaders with those of major administrative bodies. To study how key decision-makers acted to influence the organization of the state the project will focus on several “critical junctures”, or periods when the Swedish state experienced substantial change in a relatively short time. This paper presents preliminary findings from one of the case studies in the larger project: the political regime shift and its consequences in 1765–1766. The case study applies the concept of ‘state capacity’ to give a theoretical explanation for the regime changes in Sweden in the mid 1760s.
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- Hallenberg, Mats, 1962-, et al.
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Towns go public : Urban services and the broadening ofurban communities in Scandinavia 1850–1920
- 2018
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- From the mid-nineteenth century and onwards, debates on urban public services became an integral part of municipal politics in Nordic towns. The industrial revolution came late in Nordic countries and the problem of how to integrate immigrants and factory workers into existing networks became paramount at the end of the century. This paper will discuss how municipal bodies tackled the problem of making the city accessible to new groups in the urban landscape. New forms of infrastructure had been introduced by private initiative: water, gas, electricity, tramways etc. In city councils and popular press, proponents of equal access argued that such services should be controlled and provided by municipal bodies. Their adversaries claimed that business operations were better run by private companies, and that municipal takeovers would only mean a larger burden for the tax-payers. The debates on how to improve and extend the reach of public services articulated new notions of community. The daily lives of women, children and the urban poor became a contested issue, and a new field for political solutions. Eventually, a future-oriented discourse became dominant where the solutions for today were expected to solve the problems of tomorrow as well.
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- Linnarsson, Magnus, 1977-
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Farming out state revenue : the debate about the General Customs Lease Company in Sweden, 1723–65
- 2018
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Ingår i: Parliaments, Estates and Represenation. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0260-6755 .- 1947-248X. ; 38:2, s. 175-191
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A typical trait of the fiscal system of the ancien régime was the farming out of state revenue, most often represented by England and France. This article contributes to the ongoing discussion on the articulation of political economy and discourses on private and public organization in the early modern period, using the Swedish Riksdag as the focal point. Furthermore, it adds to historical research on private organizations for the operation of public services, and to a theoretical discussion on institutional development in the early modern period. In this article the Swedish General Customs Lease Company (Generaltullarren-desocieteten) 1723–65 is used as an example, arguing that Sweden represents an alternative model for the organization of revenue collection in early modern Europe; demonstrating that the General Customs Lease Company includes characteristics found both in England and in France. The analysis focuses on the political level, using parliamentary debates about the organization of the customs service. Thus, the explanation pays close attention to arguments wielded in favour, or against, farming out state revenue to private individuals. The political debates show an increasing critique against the large profits made by the shareholders in the Customs Company, as well as condemnations against the Customs Company for promoting self-interest at the expense of the common good.
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- Hallenberg, Mats, 1962-, et al.
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The quest for publicness : political conflict about the organisation of tramways and telecommunication in Sweden, c. 1900–1920
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Economic History Review. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0358-5522 .- 1750-2837. ; 65:1, s. 70-87
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article explores political conflicts about the organisation of public services in Sweden c. 1900–1920. The authors argue that political decisions play a vital role in shaping the political economy of public services. The case studies analysed are the political debates about the communalisation of the tramway system in Stockholm, and the nationalisation of Sweden’s last private telephone company. In both cases, the transfer of the service to public organisation was a lengthy process, ending in the late 1910s. This is explained using the concept of publicness. Drawing on three discursive chains, the argument is that the political development was affected by the politicians conception of the political community, the form of organisation and by perceptions of values such as equal access and modernity. In the case of the tramways, public organisation was seen as the best option to defend the public against corruption and self-interest. In the case of the telephones, free market competition was seen as a guarantee for an efficient and cost- effective service. The reason for this difference, is argued, was that the debate on the tramways articulated a clearer notion of publicness, where equal access and public opinion carried larger weight.
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- Hallenberg, Mats, 1962-, et al.
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Vad vill ni egentligen med välfärden, politiker?
- 2017
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Ingår i: Expressen. - 1103-923X. ; :4 september
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Politiker från höger till vänster missförstår frågan om vinster i välfärden. Släpp låsningarna och börja leverera samhällsservice till rimlig kostnad för samtliga medborgare, skriver historikerna Mats Hallenberg och Magnus Linnarsson, som studerat debatten ur ett 400-årigt perspektiv.
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