Med målet att på flera sätt bidra till förståelsen av MKN‐processens juridiska och administrativa koherens, legitimitet och adaptivitet inom SPEQS‐programmet, är det övergripande syftet med Projekt 2 att analysera MKN‐processen genom två delstudier.
Delstudie 1 i projektet beskriver och analyserar MKN‐processen utifrån ett institutionellt flernivåperspektiv, och fokuserar på formella institutioner. Denna delstudie tar också ett jämförande perspektiv, och fokuserar på likheter/skillnader mellan MKN‐processen i olika institutionella omgivningar.
Delstudie 2 tar ett aktörscentrerat och jämförande perspektiv, och fokuserar på byråkraters uppfattningar om MKN‐processen och dess konsekvenser, samt faktorer som påverkar dessa aktörers beteenden, även detta i olika institutionella omgivningar.
Projektledare: Sverker Jagers, professor i statsvetenskap, Luleå tekniska universitet
Projektdeltagare: Charlotta Söderberg, PhD, Luleå tekniska universitet
Books and international journal publications:
Mikael Sevä and Sverker C. Jagers. (2013) Inspecting Environmental Management from Within: The role of street-level bureaucrats in environmental policy implementation. Published in Journal of Environmental Management (128), pp. 1060-1070.
Mikael Sevä (2015). The decisive role of street-level bureaucrats in environmental management. Doctoral Thesis, Luleå University of Technology.
Conference Papers:
Söderberg, C. (2013): The role of the ‘environmental state’ in complex structures: analysing policy coherence in Swedish water governance. Conference Paper. Presented at: 'Statsförvaltning i förändring', SWEPSA, Stockholm University, October 2013
Söderberg, C. and A. Sandström (2015): Disentangling adaptive multi-level governance designs and their outcomes: a comparative analysis of water- and wildlife management in Sweden. Conference Paper. Presented at: ‘Design and Non-Design in Policy-making’, European Consortium for Political Research Conference: Joint Sessions, University of Warsaw, 29 March – 2 April 2015.
Söderberg, C. (2015): Policy Coherence in Swedish Water Governance. Who Navigates – Who Steers?. Conference Paper. Presented at: WS 10 'Environmental Politics', SWEPSA: Swedish Defence University, October 2015.
Forthcoming publications (submitted or soon to be submitted to international academic journals):
Söderberg, C. Implementing incoherent policies in complex governance structures: who navigates and who steers towards good ecological status for Swedish water? (Submitted: January 2016). Copy of full manuscript provided.
Söderberg, C. and A. Sandström: Disentangling adaptive multi-level governance designs and their outcomes: a comparative analysis of water- and wildlife management in Sweden. (Submission: February 2016). Copy of conference paper provided.
Söderberg, C. Policy Conflicts in Swedish Water Governance: Managing Incoherence in Complex Governance Structures. (Submission: Spring 2016). Based on results from survey to key regional and national water buraucrats in 2015.
Sevä, M. and Söderberg, C. Comparing the Implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive: exploring the tension between efficiency, participation and legitimacy in good environmental governance. (Submission: april 2016). Copy of Abstract provided.
Söderberg, C. Accomplishing ‘good ecological status’ in accordance with the EU Water Framework Directive? Preconditions for environmental policy integration in the Swedish water management system. (Submission: spring 2016). Copy of Abstract provided.
Sevä, M. Incoherent policy and lacking advice: addressing the inadequate
implementation of the European Water Framework Directive. Revise and resubmit to Journal of Environmental Policy and Governance, 2015.
Sevä, M. Do policy core beliefs influence street-level bureaucrats' action? The implementation of the water framework directive in Sweden. Mikael Sevä. Re-Submitted to Public Management Review, 2016.
