Establishing Change, Determining Responsibility: Policy ideology and implementation in the Swedish reform for the establishment of newly arrived refugees
(2011) WPMM32 20111Sociology
- Abstract
- This thesis addresses the new policy reform for the establishment of newly arrived refugees in Sweden from a welfare policy perspective. The establishment reform aims to further integration of newly arrived refugees into Swedish society by transferring responsibility from local municipalities to the Public Employment Service and by introducing a private actor in the process. In the thesis I analyse the ideology of the policy as well as the implementation process in a local municipality. The study is based on documentary analysis as well as observations and interviews with local civil servants during the preparation process in the autumn 2010. By using the theoretical perspective of activation I situate the policy in a broader context of... (More)
- This thesis addresses the new policy reform for the establishment of newly arrived refugees in Sweden from a welfare policy perspective. The establishment reform aims to further integration of newly arrived refugees into Swedish society by transferring responsibility from local municipalities to the Public Employment Service and by introducing a private actor in the process. In the thesis I analyse the ideology of the policy as well as the implementation process in a local municipality. The study is based on documentary analysis as well as observations and interviews with local civil servants during the preparation process in the autumn 2010. By using the theoretical perspective of activation I situate the policy in a broader context of restructuring of the welfare state and labour market participation. Moreover, by using organization theory and implementation theory I consider the policy process and institutional change in relation to this reform. By linking civil servants’ discourses to the political purpose of the policy I show that the dominant political ideology is used and accepted on a local level. However, structural gaps of the policy which have not been solved at the political level as well as the local organisational framework which emphasise a broader policy ideology in terms of integration may be impediments to implementation. On the other hand, interpersonal contacts can act as bridges between and within the organization to enable problem-solving. (Less)
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- author
- Ennerberg, Elin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- WPMM32 20111
- year
- 2011
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- activation, establishment reform, implementation, organization theory, social policy, integration
- language
- English
- id
- 1964160
- date added to LUP
- 2011-08-23 07:49:30
- date last changed
- 2012-02-17 13:57:27
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abstract = {{This thesis addresses the new policy reform for the establishment of newly arrived refugees in Sweden from a welfare policy perspective. The establishment reform aims to further integration of newly arrived refugees into Swedish society by transferring responsibility from local municipalities to the Public Employment Service and by introducing a private actor in the process. In the thesis I analyse the ideology of the policy as well as the implementation process in a local municipality. The study is based on documentary analysis as well as observations and interviews with local civil servants during the preparation process in the autumn 2010. By using the theoretical perspective of activation I situate the policy in a broader context of restructuring of the welfare state and labour market participation. Moreover, by using organization theory and implementation theory I consider the policy process and institutional change in relation to this reform. By linking civil servants’ discourses to the political purpose of the policy I show that the dominant political ideology is used and accepted on a local level. However, structural gaps of the policy which have not been solved at the political level as well as the local organisational framework which emphasise a broader policy ideology in terms of integration may be impediments to implementation. On the other hand, interpersonal contacts can act as bridges between and within the organization to enable problem-solving.}},
author = {{Ennerberg, Elin}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Establishing Change, Determining Responsibility: Policy ideology and implementation in the Swedish reform for the establishment of newly arrived refugees}},
year = {{2011}},
}