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2012 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

25. Parties and local government constitutional reforms

Author : Henry Bäck

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Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften

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Abstract

Formal rules in Swedish local government are weak. The mayor (the leader of the Executive Committee) has a very weak formal authority. Committees are hierarchically equal to the Executive Committee (EC) and commissioned to administrate policy sectors that are strong due to organisational self-interest and strong professions or semi-professions. To make the system possible to steer, formal rules are complemented with informal arrangements.

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Footnotes
1
On the concept of partification see Bäck 2003.
 
2
Since the 1920s there have been only six consultative national referenda: Alcohol prohibition, change to right-hand driving, compulsory pension scheme, nuclear power, membership in the EU and introduction of the Euro.
 
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Metadata
Title
Parties and local government constitutional reforms
Author
Henry Bäck
Copyright Year
2012
Publisher
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-19793-7_25