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"Då får man ta sitt ansvar och gå" - En kvalitativ studie om när kommunala tjänstemän hamnar i konflikt med politiken

Sjöblom Vrak, Malin LU (2021) STVK02 20202
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to further our knowledge on how civil servants act when faced with conflicts in relation to the political governance. The study was carried out through a qualitative analysis on semi-structured interviews with municipal officials, who have either left their employment after conflicted situations, or who still remain within the organisation. The theoretical framework consists of Lennart Lundquist’s definition of public ethos and the relational ethics of the civil servants. Alongside Lundquist’s theories the analysis employs Albert O. Hirschman’s concepts of Exit, Voice, and Loyalty to examine under what conditions the civil servants use these different options and the costs associated with them. The results show... (More)
The purpose of this study is to further our knowledge on how civil servants act when faced with conflicts in relation to the political governance. The study was carried out through a qualitative analysis on semi-structured interviews with municipal officials, who have either left their employment after conflicted situations, or who still remain within the organisation. The theoretical framework consists of Lennart Lundquist’s definition of public ethos and the relational ethics of the civil servants. Alongside Lundquist’s theories the analysis employs Albert O. Hirschman’s concepts of Exit, Voice, and Loyalty to examine under what conditions the civil servants use these different options and the costs associated with them. The results show that the civil servants perceive the political authority as acting against both the democratic and economic ideals of public ethos. This makes them both unable and unwilling to fulfil their duties as implementers of policy. The study concludes that the interests of citizens are the civil servant’s main priority. This type of loyalty invokes the use of Voice before Exit, where the cost of Voice associates the risk of dismissal. (Less)
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author
Sjöblom Vrak, Malin LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20202
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
etos, exit voice and loyalty, sorti protest lojalitet, reaktionsalternativ, relationsetik, rollkonflikter, lojaliteter, kommunförvaltning, kommunala tjänstemän, Lennart Lundquist, Albert Hirschman
language
Swedish
id
9033792
date added to LUP
2021-05-25 12:47:22
date last changed
2021-05-25 12:47:22
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this study is to further our knowledge on how civil servants act when faced with conflicts in relation to the political governance. The study was carried out through a qualitative analysis on semi-structured interviews with municipal officials, who have either left their employment after conflicted situations, or who still remain within the organisation. The theoretical framework consists of Lennart Lundquist’s definition of public ethos and the relational ethics of the civil servants. Alongside Lundquist’s theories the analysis employs Albert O. Hirschman’s concepts of Exit, Voice, and Loyalty to examine under what conditions the civil servants use these different options and the costs associated with them. The results show that the civil servants perceive the political authority as acting against both the democratic and economic ideals of public ethos. This makes them both unable and unwilling to fulfil their duties as implementers of policy. The study concludes that the interests of citizens are the civil servant’s main priority. This type of loyalty invokes the use of Voice before Exit, where the cost of Voice associates the risk of dismissal.}},
  author       = {{Sjöblom Vrak, Malin}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{"Då får man ta sitt ansvar och gå" - En kvalitativ studie om när kommunala tjänstemän hamnar i konflikt med politiken}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}