A door-opener to Europe: a study of Swedish regional offices
(2011) STVM17 20111Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The aim of this study is to examine how Swedish regions and cities are making
use of Europe by various forms of lobbying efforts, and describe what role they
are playing in EU’s multi-level system. The study initially concentrates on the
development of the regional offices in general, and the Swedish offices in
particular. Additionally, the study intends to discuss the possibilities and
implications of the increasingly international role of the sub-national authorities.
The multi-level governance approach, complemented with the network
governance approach, is used to explain the role as well as the interaction between
the sub-national level and other actors on different territorial levels. The empirical
material is based... (More) - The aim of this study is to examine how Swedish regions and cities are making
use of Europe by various forms of lobbying efforts, and describe what role they
are playing in EU’s multi-level system. The study initially concentrates on the
development of the regional offices in general, and the Swedish offices in
particular. Additionally, the study intends to discuss the possibilities and
implications of the increasingly international role of the sub-national authorities.
The multi-level governance approach, complemented with the network
governance approach, is used to explain the role as well as the interaction between
the sub-national level and other actors on different territorial levels. The empirical
material is based on a series of interviews with representatives from Swedish
regional offices.
The study shows that the Swedish regional offices have different roles in EU’s
multi-level system. Sometimes they act as individual players and other times they
collaborate with others in networks depending on the issue. The results indicate
that all the regional offices conduct down-stream lobbying efforts where they
utilise the existing framework, while the more specialised regional offices are
more focused on up-stream lobbying activities which means that they are trying to
influence EU processes at an early stage. (Less)
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- author
- Haugthon, Josefin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- STVM17 20111
- year
- 2011
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- EU, regional offices, lobbying
- language
- English
- id
- 2063527
- date added to LUP
- 2011-08-31 15:43:05
- date last changed
- 2011-08-31 15:43:05
@misc{2063527, abstract = {{The aim of this study is to examine how Swedish regions and cities are making use of Europe by various forms of lobbying efforts, and describe what role they are playing in EU’s multi-level system. The study initially concentrates on the development of the regional offices in general, and the Swedish offices in particular. Additionally, the study intends to discuss the possibilities and implications of the increasingly international role of the sub-national authorities. The multi-level governance approach, complemented with the network governance approach, is used to explain the role as well as the interaction between the sub-national level and other actors on different territorial levels. The empirical material is based on a series of interviews with representatives from Swedish regional offices. The study shows that the Swedish regional offices have different roles in EU’s multi-level system. Sometimes they act as individual players and other times they collaborate with others in networks depending on the issue. The results indicate that all the regional offices conduct down-stream lobbying efforts where they utilise the existing framework, while the more specialised regional offices are more focused on up-stream lobbying activities which means that they are trying to influence EU processes at an early stage.}}, author = {{Haugthon, Josefin}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{A door-opener to Europe: a study of Swedish regional offices}}, year = {{2011}}, }