“According to EU directives…”. An analysis of Europeanization of Swedish local level governments
(2024) STVM23 20241Department 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
- 2024
- 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
@misc{9153035, 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}}, }