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EU - en kommunal angelägenhet - En studie av informationstillgängligheten angående EU-relaterade frågor i två kommuner

Wiberg, Agnes LU (2018) STVK02 20172
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This thesis investigates accessible information to the “interested citizen” about EU-related matters in his/her city, with a theoretical method that departs from Dahl’s (1998) definition of democracy, and focuses especially on the criteria of enlightened understanding.
The study consists of analyses of online information and city council debates as well as interviews and mail correspondence with local civil servants within two Swedish cities: Gothenburg and Malmö. Two types of activities are especially considered in the analysis: EU-funded projects and responses to public consultations of the European Commission.
The study finds differences between the cities regarding online information: Malmö is less informative about specific... (More)
This thesis investigates accessible information to the “interested citizen” about EU-related matters in his/her city, with a theoretical method that departs from Dahl’s (1998) definition of democracy, and focuses especially on the criteria of enlightened understanding.
The study consists of analyses of online information and city council debates as well as interviews and mail correspondence with local civil servants within two Swedish cities: Gothenburg and Malmö. Two types of activities are especially considered in the analysis: EU-funded projects and responses to public consultations of the European Commission.
The study finds differences between the cities regarding online information: Malmö is less informative about specific EU-related aspects while Gothenburg relates to EU-projects, participation in organizations and other activities to a greater extent. Moreover, regarding the city councils, there is very little debate about EU-related questions. This means that citizens have difficulties getting information on political issues regarding EU in the decision-making bodies. A remarkable result is that information about the cities’ responses to the public consultations of the European Commission is very difficult to find, which is problematic with respect to the Swedish principle of public access to information. (Less)
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author
Wiberg, Agnes LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20172
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
European Union, Malmö, Gothenburg, Democracy, Enlightened understanding, Citizen, Access to information, City council, EU-project, Public consultations
language
Swedish
id
8931040
date added to LUP
2018-08-24 09:13:29
date last changed
2018-08-24 09:13:29
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  abstract     = {{This thesis investigates accessible information to the “interested citizen” about EU-related matters in his/her city, with a theoretical method that departs from Dahl’s (1998) definition of democracy, and focuses especially on the criteria of enlightened understanding.
The study consists of analyses of online information and city council debates as well as interviews and mail correspondence with local civil servants within two Swedish cities: Gothenburg and Malmö. Two types of activities are especially considered in the analysis: EU-funded projects and responses to public consultations of the European Commission.
The study finds differences between the cities regarding online information: Malmö is less informative about specific EU-related aspects while Gothenburg relates to EU-projects, participation in organizations and other activities to a greater extent. Moreover, regarding the city councils, there is very little debate about EU-related questions. This means that citizens have difficulties getting information on political issues regarding EU in the decision-making bodies. A remarkable result is that information about the cities’ responses to the public consultations of the European Commission is very difficult to find, which is problematic with respect to the Swedish principle of public access to information.}},
  author       = {{Wiberg, Agnes}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{EU - en kommunal angelägenhet - En studie av informationstillgängligheten angående EU-relaterade frågor i två kommuner}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}