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1. 1. Independent Schools and Academic Achievement: A Synthetic Control Approach on Swedish Municipalities

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Folke Schröder Frykhammar; Anna Sandros Hansson; [2023]
   Keywords : Education quality; School privatization; Vouchers; Education reform; Synthetic Control;

   Abstract : During the early 1990's, the Swedish school system underwent a period of groundbreaking reforms, including the contentious independent school reform. The reforms coincided with a decline of Swedish results in international educational assessments, leading to a debate on whether independent schools positively or negatively contribute to students learning. READ MORE

3. 2. The ‘Lingonberry Police’ and the Privatization of Public Order : A Quantitative Analysis of Sweden’s Use of Private Guards in Public Spaces

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Constantin Torve; [2022]
   Keywords : policing; private policing; outsourcing; privatization; New Public Management; ordningsvakt; polisen; privatisering;

   Abstract : This thesis evaluates the effects of the Swedish ordningsvakt system with regards to its contribution to public safety. Building on a body of critical research regarding the effects of outsourcing of public services and police forces in particular, it develops an insight into the driving factors and underlying causes of the expanding use of ordningsvakter. READ MORE

4. 3. "Only seeing the numbers and forgetting the people behind" - The influence of New Public Management on elderly care : A country comparison between Germany and Sweden

   University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd

   Author : Denise Soyka; [2021]
   Keywords : Elderly care; Germany; New Public Management; qualitative content analysis; Sweden;

   Abstract : The elderly care sector is facing high demands in the context of demographic change. In regard to the high potential of efficiency increase, the area has been restructured particularly strongly based on principles of the New Public Management (NPM) since the 1970s. READ MORE

5. 4. Revising the link between neighbourhoods and education: The case of well performing middle schools in Malmö

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Andreea Valentina Moraru; [2021]
   Keywords : Neighbourhood effects; Education; Malmö; fsQCA; privatisation of education; Qualitative Comparative Analysis; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : How do neighbourhoods affect life chances? This is a question that researchers have asked in different forms as early as the 50’s –and there is no shortage of papers exploring neighbourhood effects: how where we live affects our well-being or our participation in the labour market, our life expectancy or, in general, our life outcomes. Yet, there is less consensus than one would expect from a field that has been this active: mechanisms are not clearly defined, methodologies are often one-sided, theoretical concepts are outdated and sometimes harmful for communities and contextuality of most kinds is surprisingly rare. READ MORE

6. 5. Taming a Monstrous Hybrid: Social Welfare Effects of Privatizing Public Housing in Sweden

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Mikaela Knutson; [2020]
   Keywords : Housing policy; Public Housing; Privatization; Welfare;

   Abstract : Within the Swedish housing sector, sales of public housing to private actors have been an occurring phenomenon for almost three decades, but the effects of such privatizations on social welfare are still subject to political debate. In this thesis, I evaluate how privatization in the contemporary Swedish housing market affect social welfare through its effects on criminality, citizen satisfaction and economic inequality. READ MORE