From Guided Democracy to Multi-Level Governance: Trends in Central-Local Relations in the Nordic Countries

Baldersheim, Harald; Ståhlberg, Krister

doi:10.1080/714004149

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“…On the one hand, they are agents for the welfare state through their responsibility for implementing national policy goals. On the other hand, they form independent local democratic arenas that decide how to use national funding in accordance with local preferences and needs (Baldersheim & Ståhlberg, 2002). These needs vary to a great extent as Norwegian municipalities strongly differ with regard to size -their populations range from 200 to 600,000, the average being a little over 10,000.…”

Section: The Norwegian Governance Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

How Can Local Governments Level the Social Gradient in Health Among Families With Children? The Case of Norway

Fosse

Helgesen

2015

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Abstract:The Norwegian National government has recently developed policies to reduce health inequalities; this should be achieved by a Health in all Policies approach (HIAP). Most policies are to be implemented at the local level and municipalities are responsible for the implementation. The aim of this paper is to answer this question: How can municipalities reduce social inequalities and among families with children through a mixed methods approach, using surveys as well as qualitative interviews in the collection of data? The main conclusion is that they are in different places when it comes to implementing public health and health promotion policies. The responsibility for public health and health promotion is to a large degree still left to the health sector, including those in positions as public health coordinators. To achieve HIAP, these positions should have an executive function in order to coordinate and influence local policies using a combination of universal and targeted measures. However, no extra funding has been allocated via the national budgets, and intensified efforts are still funded via projects. Still, we observe a change towards increased awareness of the HIAP approach to reduce social inequalities.

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Section: The Norwegian Governance Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

How Can Local Governments Level the Social Gradient in Health Among Families With Children? The Case of Norway

Fosse

Helgesen

2015

ijcyfs

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“…Mange steder kan kommunen vaere blant de største arbeidsgiverne, og det kommunale arbeidsgiveransvaret vil i saerlig grad omfatte profesjonsutøvere i den lokale velferdsproduksjonen (Baldersheim & Ståhlberg, 2002).…”

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“…Her ses kommunen som en del av den nasjonale politikken, og grad av lokalt handlingsrom vil variere mellom saksområde og situasjonsspesifikke forhold (Baldersheim & Ståhlberg, 2002).…”

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Kapittel 2: Sosial kapital i kommunens møte med flyktninger

Hansson¹,

Aarseth²

2017

Immateriell Kapital

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Kapittel 2 Sosial kapital i kommunens møte med flyktningerLISA HANSSON OG TURID AARSETH SAMMENDRAG Med utgangspunkt i perspektiv på kommunene som mangefasettert organisasjon og teorier om sosial kapital belyser artikkelen kommuners arbeid som vertkommune og bosetter av flyktninger. Empiriske eksempler fra to kommuner tyder på at kumulativ sosial kapital kan vaere institusjonalisert, forankret i organisasjonsstrukturen, men også at den bygges nedenfra gjennom kommuneansatte. Artikkelen introduserer begrepet «bakkebyggere» om nye identiteter i kommunalt flyktningarbeid.NØKKELORD flyktningpolitikk, sosial kapital, kommune, institusjonalisering, bakkebygger ABSTRACT The article addresses municipalities' work with asylum reception centers and hosting refugees, in the light of theories of social capital and municipalities being a multi-facetted organization. With empirical examples from two municipalities, the article suggests that social capital is institutionalized, anchored in the organizational structure, but also developed bottom-up by the personnel. The article introduces the term «street level-builders» to describe identities that emerge in the operative field.

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“…The amendment of the constitution is puzzling in the light of the ongoing development of central-local relations in Sweden towards multi-level governance (MLG) (Baldersheim and Ståhlberg 2002). The research problem considered here is why the position of the subnational government in the constitution has been strengthened in a context of a growing importance of MLG.…”

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Multi-Level Governance as ‘Post-Constitutional’ Politics: Subnational Actors and the Swedish Constitution

Feltenius

2014

Local Government Studies

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In 2011, an amendment was introduced to the Swedish constitution to provide stronger protection for local self-government. This article seeks to explain this amendment in the light of the development of central-local relations towards multi-level governance (MLG). It explores the adaptation hypothesis, i.e. the developments in MLG are followed by an adjustment in constitutional policy that is influenced by subnational actors, through an empirical study of the most prominent Swedish subnational actor -the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR). The research showed that SALAR developed an agenda for the regulation of central-local relations in the constitution. SALAR was able to exert influence with this agenda by participating in the policymaking process prior to the amendment of the constitution. The research findings underscore that even though MLG per se has little to do with constitutional policy, it has consequences for such policy due to the role played by subnational actors.

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From Guided Democracy to Multi-Level Governance: Trends in Central-Local Relations in the Nordic Countries

Cited by 79 publications

References 3 publications

How Can Local Governments Level the Social Gradient in Health Among Families With Children? The Case of Norway

How Can Local Governments Level the Social Gradient in Health Among Families With Children? The Case of Norway

Kapittel 2: Sosial kapital i kommunens møte med flyktninger

Multi-Level Governance as ‘Post-Constitutional’ Politics: Subnational Actors and the Swedish Constitution

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