Injured but Not Yet Dead: A Bottom-Up Perspective on the Swedish Governmental Commissions

Erik Lundberg

International Journal of Public Administration, 2015, vol. 38, issue 5, 346-354

Abstract: This article analyzes the recurrent “erosion thesis” in the governance literature, arguing that bureaucratic or procedural public-sector institutions have come to play a less significant role in public-policy formation. Evidence from the Swedish policy-making institutions referred to as “governmental commissions” and adoption of the perspective of interest organizations support the claim. Using various theories of institutional change, I show that increased government control has reduced the influence of governmental commissions on policy, but not eliminated the belief held by interest organizations that the commissions are legitimate institutions.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2014.938818

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