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Pandemic responses at the subnational level: Exploring politics, administration, and politicization in Swedish municipalities.
Sparf, Jörgen; Petridou, Evangelia; Granberg, Mikael; Becker, Per; Onn, Beatrice.
  • Sparf J; Risk and Crisis Research Center Mid Sweden University Östersund Sweden.
  • Petridou E; Studio Apertura NTNU Social Research Trondheim Norway.
  • Granberg M; Risk and Crisis Research Center Mid Sweden University Östersund Sweden.
  • Becker P; Studio Apertura NTNU Social Research Trondheim Norway.
  • Onn B; Political Science and The Centre for Societal Risk Research Karlstad University Karlstad Sweden.
Eur Policy Anal ; 8(3): 327-344, 2022.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1981346
ABSTRACT
The Swedish response to the pandemic at the national level has attracted considerable international attention, but little focus has been placed on the way municipalities dealt with the crisis. Using Hay's dimensions of politicization, namely the capacity for human agency, deliberation in the public domain, and social context, we analyze the politicization of the municipal response to the pandemic in Sweden. We do this based on the analysis of the decision making process to activate (or not) an extraordinary crisis management committee. We find inter alia, that (i) only a quarter of the municipalities activated the committee while a majority of them had an alternate special organization in place; (ii) support to the existing organizational structure was more salient than creating an extraordinary organization, and (iii) a robust municipal structure was deemed to be one able to withstand shocks without resorting to extraordinary governance arrangements. We find a 'conditioned politicization' of the response, privileging administration over politics.
RESUMEN
La respuesta sueca a la pandemia a nivel nacional ha atraído una atención internacional considerable, pero se ha prestado poca atención a la forma en que los municipios abordaron la crisis. Usando las dimensiones de politización de Hay, a saber, la capacidad de agencia humana, la deliberación en el dominio público. y contexto social, analizamos la politización de la respuesta municipal a la pandemia a nivel municipal en Suecia a través de la elección de activar un comité extraordinario de gestión de crisis. Encontramos, entre otras cosas, que (i) solo una cuarta parte de los municipios activaron el comité mientras que la mayoría de ellos tenían una organización especial alterna; (ii) el apoyo a la estructura organizativa existente era más importante que la creación de una organización extraordinaria, y (iii) se consideraba que una estructura municipal robusta era capaz de soportar los impactos sin recurrir a arreglos de gobernanza extraordinarios. Encontramos una "politización condicionada" de la respuesta, privilegiando la administración sobre la política.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Language: English Journal: Eur Policy Anal Year: 2022 Document Type: Article