Politikens handlingsutrymme och konkurrensens lagar : Nyliberala föreställningar om stat och marknad i tre konkurrensregelverk
(2015) In Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift 117(4). p.505-530- Abstract
- With the introduction of market reforms in the public sector, a set of rules becomes applicable to keep governments from distorting competition. This study discusses the impact of three such competition rules on Swedish government – EU rules on State aid and public procurement, as well as the Swedish rules on anti-competitive sales activities. Together they set the conditions for how governments can act towards the market in its role as legislator as well as market participant. I argue that the competition rules reflect a neoliberal belief that politics should be moulded according to the principle of free competition. Neoliberalism is in turn understood as relying on a conflicting understanding of competition as needing both state... (More)
- With the introduction of market reforms in the public sector, a set of rules becomes applicable to keep governments from distorting competition. This study discusses the impact of three such competition rules on Swedish government – EU rules on State aid and public procurement, as well as the Swedish rules on anti-competitive sales activities. Together they set the conditions for how governments can act towards the market in its role as legislator as well as market participant. I argue that the competition rules reflect a neoliberal belief that politics should be moulded according to the principle of free competition. Neoliberalism is in turn understood as relying on a conflicting understanding of competition as needing both state protection and protection from the state. This allows for a kind of regulation that limits the room for political agency by deciding what government interventions can be accepted according to the needs of the market. (Less)
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- Nyberg, Linda LU
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- 2015
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- keywords
- EU, konkurrensrätt, nyliberalism, offentlig upphandling, statligt stöd, konkurrensbegränsande offentlig säljverksamhet
- in
- Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift
- volume
- 117
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- 4
- pages
- 26 pages
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- Fahlbeckska stiftelsen
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- 0039-0747
- language
- Swedish
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- yes
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title = {{Politikens handlingsutrymme och konkurrensens lagar : Nyliberala föreställningar om stat och marknad i tre konkurrensregelverk}},
url = {{http://journals.lub.lu.se/index.php/st/article/view/15575}},
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