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The implementation of the Circular Economy in Swedish Municipalities

Carlsson, Hanna LU (2019) STVM23 20191
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Research on the implementation of EU policies at national level are well studied, while the implementation of EU policies at the local level are underrepresented in the research. In Swedish municipalities there are municipalities that have implemented the circular to a greater extent than other municipalities. This thesis therefore, seeks the answer to how implementation of the Circular Economy in Swedish municipalities can be understood and explained. Using a quantitative method, analysing several measurements for the Circular Economy, with the factors of politics, economy and organisation and administration. The statistical analyses showed that previous research on implementation could not explain implementation of EU policies in Swedish... (More)
Research on the implementation of EU policies at national level are well studied, while the implementation of EU policies at the local level are underrepresented in the research. In Swedish municipalities there are municipalities that have implemented the circular to a greater extent than other municipalities. This thesis therefore, seeks the answer to how implementation of the Circular Economy in Swedish municipalities can be understood and explained. Using a quantitative method, analysing several measurements for the Circular Economy, with the factors of politics, economy and organisation and administration. The statistical analyses showed that previous research on implementation could not explain implementation of EU policies in Swedish municipalities. Instead trends that are in opposition to the previous research were spotted, when examining the factors for good implementation. The thesis concludes that more research on EU policy implementation on Swedish municipalities are need, as the implementation are not getting better when the green party are in the governing coalition in a municipality, neither is good economy a factor for better implementation. Organisation and administration could not explain the implementation as in cases more actors involved in the implementation process should negative trends and made it worse. (Less)
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author
Carlsson, Hanna LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
- A quantitative study of local implementation of EU policy
course
STVM23 20191
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
circular economy, implementation, Swedish municipalities, green party, economy
language
English
id
8976017
date added to LUP
2019-09-06 09:21:04
date last changed
2019-09-06 09:21:04
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  abstract     = {{Research on the implementation of EU policies at national level are well studied, while the implementation of EU policies at the local level are underrepresented in the research. In Swedish municipalities there are municipalities that have implemented the circular to a greater extent than other municipalities. This thesis therefore, seeks the answer to how implementation of the Circular Economy in Swedish municipalities can be understood and explained. Using a quantitative method, analysing several measurements for the Circular Economy, with the factors of politics, economy and organisation and administration. The statistical analyses showed that previous research on implementation could not explain implementation of EU policies in Swedish municipalities. Instead trends that are in opposition to the previous research were spotted, when examining the factors for good implementation. The thesis concludes that more research on EU policy implementation on Swedish municipalities are need, as the implementation are not getting better when the green party are in the governing coalition in a municipality, neither is good economy a factor for better implementation. Organisation and administration could not explain the implementation as in cases more actors involved in the implementation process should negative trends and made it worse.}},
  author       = {{Carlsson, Hanna}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The implementation of the Circular Economy in Swedish Municipalities}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}