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Återkommunalisering - En motreaktion mot New Public Management?

Dekker Linnros, Simon LU and Rentschler, Filip LU (2022) STVA22 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This paper examines the remunicipalisation of elderly care in Lomma kommun in the context of previous remunicipalisation theory and with the background of New Public Management. In 2020 the municipality of Lomma kommun decided not to extend any contracts with external providers of elderly care, thus taking back all service in the hands of the municipality after the initial privatization in 2005. Adding to the complexity of the case is that the decision was ruled by the ruling right party, traditionally in favor of the free market and privatization. This paper analyzes the case from a political-pragmatic perspective previously presented in remunicipalisation theory. By conducting interviews with key decision makers from the municipality and... (More)
This paper examines the remunicipalisation of elderly care in Lomma kommun in the context of previous remunicipalisation theory and with the background of New Public Management. In 2020 the municipality of Lomma kommun decided not to extend any contracts with external providers of elderly care, thus taking back all service in the hands of the municipality after the initial privatization in 2005. Adding to the complexity of the case is that the decision was ruled by the ruling right party, traditionally in favor of the free market and privatization. This paper analyzes the case from a political-pragmatic perspective previously presented in remunicipalisation theory. By conducting interviews with key decision makers from the municipality and accessing various documents from Lomma kommun, we conclude that pragmatic factors were the most prominent behind the decision to retake control of the elderly care, but also that the difference between political and pragmatic factors might have been overemphasized in previous research of remunicipalisation. (Less)
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author
Dekker Linnros, Simon LU and Rentschler, Filip LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVA22 20221
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
Återkommunalisering, Backsourcing, New Public Management, Äldreomsorg, Lomma kommun
language
Swedish
id
9084019
date added to LUP
2022-07-02 16:08:45
date last changed
2022-07-02 16:08:45
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  abstract     = {{This paper examines the remunicipalisation of elderly care in Lomma kommun in the context of previous remunicipalisation theory and with the background of New Public Management. In 2020 the municipality of Lomma kommun decided not to extend any contracts with external providers of elderly care, thus taking back all service in the hands of the municipality after the initial privatization in 2005. Adding to the complexity of the case is that the decision was ruled by the ruling right party, traditionally in favor of the free market and privatization. This paper analyzes the case from a political-pragmatic perspective previously presented in remunicipalisation theory. By conducting interviews with key decision makers from the municipality and accessing various documents from Lomma kommun, we conclude that pragmatic factors were the most prominent behind the decision to retake control of the elderly care, but also that the difference between political and pragmatic factors might have been overemphasized in previous research of remunicipalisation.}},
  author       = {{Dekker Linnros, Simon and Rentschler, Filip}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Återkommunalisering - En motreaktion mot New Public Management?}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}