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“According to EU directives…”. An analysis of Europeanization of Swedish local level governments

Post, Maria LU (2024) STVM23 20241
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Scholars on Europeanization generally agree that local level governments are
somewhat Europeanized since they are affected by EU legislation. The debate
between scholars rather revolves around how local level governments are
Europeanized. This study finds itself at the centre of the debate and studies what
aspects of Europeanization that are present in the local level governments in
Sweden. The research question posed was: How Europeanized are local level
governments in Sweden? The theoretical framework of the study was based on
Europeanization theory and identified five different types of Europeanization:
compulsory Europeanization, financial mobilization, lobbying, horizontal
networking and dissemination. Using a... (More)
Scholars on Europeanization generally agree that local level governments are
somewhat Europeanized since they are affected by EU legislation. The debate
between scholars rather revolves around how local level governments are
Europeanized. This study finds itself at the centre of the debate and studies what
aspects of Europeanization that are present in the local level governments in
Sweden. The research question posed was: How Europeanized are local level
governments in Sweden? The theoretical framework of the study was based on
Europeanization theory and identified five different types of Europeanization:
compulsory Europeanization, financial mobilization, lobbying, horizontal
networking and dissemination. Using a content analytical framework, the available
279 municipal budgets in Sweden from the year 2023 were analysed and
categorised according to the five types of Europeanization. The results indicated
that the local level governments in Sweden were primarily Europeanized through
compulsory Europeanization and somewhat Europeanized through financial
mobilization. However, the results also concluded that Europeanization varies
extensively across the different local level governments, with some local level
governments not showing evidence of any type of Europeanization and some being
intensely Europeanized. (Less)
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author
Post, Maria LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVM23 20241
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Europeanization, local level governments, Sweden, multi-level governance, the EU
language
English
id
9153035
date added to LUP
2024-07-18 13:56:10
date last changed
2024-07-18 13:56:10
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  abstract     = {{Scholars on Europeanization generally agree that local level governments are 
somewhat Europeanized since they are affected by EU legislation. The debate 
between scholars rather revolves around how local level governments are 
Europeanized. This study finds itself at the centre of the debate and studies what 
aspects of Europeanization that are present in the local level governments in 
Sweden. The research question posed was: How Europeanized are local level 
governments in Sweden? The theoretical framework of the study was based on 
Europeanization theory and identified five different types of Europeanization: 
compulsory Europeanization, financial mobilization, lobbying, horizontal 
networking and dissemination. Using a content analytical framework, the available 
279 municipal budgets in Sweden from the year 2023 were analysed and 
categorised according to the five types of Europeanization. The results indicated 
that the local level governments in Sweden were primarily Europeanized through 
compulsory Europeanization and somewhat Europeanized through financial 
mobilization. However, the results also concluded that Europeanization varies 
extensively across the different local level governments, with some local level 
governments not showing evidence of any type of Europeanization and some being 
intensely Europeanized.}},
  author       = {{Post, Maria}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{“According to EU directives…”. An analysis of Europeanization of Swedish local level governments}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}