Essays about: "civil servant"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words civil servant.

  1. 1. ADJUSTING TO A NEW POLITICAL CONTEXT - A study of the civil servants’ possibilities to influence policymaking at the Government Offices in a new political context

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Förvaltningshögskolan

    Author : Ida Wicht; [2023-08-28]
    Keywords : Politics; Administration; Government Offices; Regeringskansliet; Dualism; Influence; Civil servant; New political context; Contract parliamentarism;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to study if the civil servants’ possibilities to influence the policymaking process at the Government Offices (Regeringskansliet) has been affected by the new political concept. The new political concept refers to the simultaneous occurrence of contract parliamentarism and a coalition government, which has been the arrangement in Sweden after the two most recent general elections. READ MORE

  2. 2. “We need another form of dialogue” : A qualitative case study of civil servants’ experiences of organizing citizen dialogues in socio-economic vulnerable neighborhoods in Sweden

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Sara Forell; [2023]
    Keywords : citizen participation; dialogue facilitator; participatory communication; socio-economic inequality;

    Abstract : With the widening socio-economic gap and growing social exclusion in the global north as a backdrop, this study seeks to address the topic of citizen participation in the context of socio-economic inequality by contributing to a deeper understanding of the relatively unexplored perspective of the civil servant organizing and facilitating citizen dialogues. The aim of the study is to describe the lived experiences of civil servant citizen dialogue facilitators/organizers in three Swedish municipalities regarding the implementation of “citizen dialogue on complex issues” in socio-economic vulnerable neighborhoods. READ MORE

  3. 3. Home in Hardship : Exploring how United Nations professionals negotiate constructions of home in and between hardship settings

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Alexander Thomas; [2021]
    Keywords : Home; mobility; international repeat mobility; actor-network theory; ANT; constructivism; United Nations; hardship;

    Abstract : There is a general recognition within the social sciences that extensive mobility challenges how we perceive the notion of home. With this idea as its starting point, this thesis explores how situations of hardship impact the ways in which mobile professionals negotiate and construct their homes. READ MORE

  4. 4. From siloistic to holistic? : Integration and coordination to implement the 2030 Agenda on the Swedish municipal level

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Martina Reppen; [2021]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; the 2030 Agenda; SDGs; implementation; the local level; Swedish municipalities; policy integration; coordination; specialisation; NPM; post-NPM;

    Abstract : In September 2015, all member states of the United Nations signed upon the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), constituting the core of the 2030 Agenda. The 2030 Agenda form an integrated policy agenda, with the SDGs characterised as inherently interlinked. READ MORE

  5. 5. Changing the Engine While Flying the Plane

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Lukas Bohlin Willfors; Måns Lindquist; [2020]
    Keywords : Public sector innovation; Co-creation; Ambidexterity; Sensemaking; Civil servant ideal;

    Abstract : Governments around the world are experiencing increasingly complex issues to solve. They are battling to make means meet ends, while citizens are relying on their governments to mitigate challenges so complex that their extent is unknown. These wicked challenges include global warming, financial crises and the COVID-19 crisis. READ MORE