Lennart J Lundqvist
Biographic Data
| ID | 893982 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lennart J Lundqvist |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lennart J |
| FAMILY NAME | Lundqvist |
| SIGNATURE | LUNDQVIST L J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gothenburg |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 125 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Do leopards ever change their spots? The development of political trust among Swedish Green Party sympathisers
Although starting out as a protest movement in the early 1980s, the Swedish Greens moved to become a contractual supporter of Social Democratic governments from 1998 to 2006, and then became an active partner of the Red–Green Coalition seeking parliamentary power in the 2010 general elections. Against the background of lingering strife between ‘fundis’ and ‘realos’ in Green parties, national survey data is used to analyse how this shift from anti…
Ecological citizenship
Proponents of the cosmopolitan view of ecological citizenship claim that in order to fulfil the moral obligations of global justice, citizens must undergo deep attitude shifts and adopt green civic virtues. To test this empirically, a typology of four major combinations of environmental attitudes and ecological practise is constructed and the extent to which these four citizen types are found in Sweden is assessed using data from nationwide annua…
Whose Responsibility? Swedish Local Decision Makers and the Scale of Climate Change Abatement
This article uses a framework combining the discourse of scalar politics with a social dilemma perspective. The aim is to find answers to why political interests advocate a specific scalar arrangement. Analyzing informant interviews with top politicians and administrators in four municipal governments in the Gothenburg region of southwestern Sweden, we find that although all recognize the social dilemma, the size and capacity of their local gover…
Integrated Water Management for Eutrophication Control
Integrated Water Management for Eutrophication Control
Greening the People's Home
This article analyses what it takes for a new discourse to acquire formative power all the way from the formulation of ideas to the institutionalisation of new practices. Starting from seemingly contradictory propositions in the literature on housing and environmental policy discourses, and combining these with a contextual rational action approach, the empirical analysis traces the fate of the new sustainable development discourse introduced acr…
Implementation from Above
This paper seeks to assess the tenability of Rhodes' view of the “new governance” as “governing without government,” as well as the validity of Pierre and Peters' assertions that the state is still at the center of structures and processes of governance. The case used for analysis is Sweden's ecological modernization and the implementation of Local Investment Programs for Sustainable Development. This case provides a crucial test of the contradic…
Capacity-building or social construction? Explaining Sweden’s shift towards ecological modernisation
Democracy and the Integrity of the Commons
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Property Owning and Democracy-Do the Twain Ever Meet
Starting from the Conservative assertion that home ownership fosters politically active and virtuous citizens, this paper examines two lines of argument in housing theory; (a) Jim Kemeny's thesis that owner occupation is closely linked to increasing privatism, i.e. a growth in lifestyles centred around the home and privacy rather than the workplace or the public affairs in a society, and (b) Peter Saunders' thesis that home owners will organise a…
Housing policy in Sweden - still a success story
The Literature on Privatization
Explaining Privatization
This article starts from the assumption that some of the theoretical work used to explain welfare‐state expansion can be used ‘in reverse’ to explain privatization, here seen as welfare state contraction, i.e., the transfer from the public to the private sector of the responsibility for certain activities involved in welfare provision. To this end, valiants of the ‘power resources’ approach are examined. Finding that the ‘labour movement’ thesis …
Corporatist implementation and legitimacy
‘Corporatist implementation’ plays an important role throughout the Swedish rental sector. It is based on close ideological affiliations and adherence to common policy objectives among the Social Democratic government and the organised interests in the public rental sector. In this article, I describe how it works in rent policy as well in the programme for widened tenant influence over housing management and renewal In the mid‐1980s, however, th…
Privatization
Affected by the ideological symbolism and political controversy surrounding privatization, much of the work on this subject is marred by definitional uncertainty; what should be included in the concept? To get away from this, and to prepare the ground for meaningful comparative analysis of the phenomenon, I propose both a definition and a taxonomy. I argue that it is the active and conscious transfer of reponsibility from the public to the privat…
Technology, Political Structure, and Social Regulation
Housing Policy and Alternative Housing Tenures
Two strategies for increasing tenant influence and decreasing the need for state housing subsidies are discussed: 1) conversion of rental dwellings into cooperatives or condominiums, and 2) changes in the content of rental tenure. Some Scandinavian examples are presented as a basis for discussion of the viability of the two strategies. The conversion strategy does increase tenant influence, but may cause a less equitable distribution of housing s…
The Hare and the Tortoise, Clean Air Policies in the United States and Sweden
Contrasts approaches of the U.S. and Sweden to the problem of air pollution in light of their differing political systems
Air Quality Control
Environmental Impact Assessment in Sweden
At present, Swedish procedures for environmental impact assessment – EIA – are under close scrutiny and debate. Should foreign (i.e. US) procedures be adopted, or should indigenous procedures be developed or refined? After presenting existing procedures for EIA of individual projects, this paper analyses present proposals to change and redirects these provisions in order to cover not only projects but also programmes and policies. Special attenti…
The comparative study of environmental politics
This paper is an effort to evaluate the existing literature on comparative environmental politics and policy from the viewpoints of intra‐disciplinary accumulation of knowledge and extra‐disciplinary, or “practical,” relevance; the notion being that political scientists can better promote practical solutions to pressing environmental problems by bringing their disciplinary heritage to bear on studies of environmental politics, than by trying to b…
Do political structures matter in environmental politics? The case of air pollution control in Canada, Sweden, and the United States
The point of departure of this study is the question whether differences in political structures also lead to differences in the policy alternatives selected for practical use. The study examines the influence of federal/unitary, parliamentary/balance‐of‐power, and administrative/judicial structural aspects on the selection of policy alternatives for air pollution control in Canada, Sweden, and the United States. The examination indicates that th…
Do Political Structures Matter in Environmental Politics
Environmental quality and politics
The Comparative Study of Environmental Policy
Capacity-building or social construction? Explaining Sweden’s shift towards ecological modernisation
Implementation from Above
This paper seeks to assess the tenability of Rhodes' view of the “new governance” as “governing without government,” as well as the validity of Pierre and Peters' assertions that the state is still at the center of structures and processes of governance. The case used for analysis is Sweden's ecological modernization and the implementation of Local Investment Programs for Sustainable Development. This case provides a crucial test of the contradic…
Privatization
Affected by the ideological symbolism and political controversy surrounding privatization, much of the work on this subject is marred by definitional uncertainty; what should be included in the concept? To get away from this, and to prepare the ground for meaningful comparative analysis of the phenomenon, I propose both a definition and a taxonomy. I argue that it is the active and conscious transfer of reponsibility from the public to the privat…
Housing policy in Sweden - still a success story
Technology, Political Structure, and Social Regulation
Ecological citizenship
Proponents of the cosmopolitan view of ecological citizenship claim that in order to fulfil the moral obligations of global justice, citizens must undergo deep attitude shifts and adopt green civic virtues. To test this empirically, a typology of four major combinations of environmental attitudes and ecological practise is constructed and the extent to which these four citizen types are found in Sweden is assessed using data from nationwide annua…
Corporatist implementation and legitimacy
‘Corporatist implementation’ plays an important role throughout the Swedish rental sector. It is based on close ideological affiliations and adherence to common policy objectives among the Social Democratic government and the organised interests in the public rental sector. In this article, I describe how it works in rent policy as well in the programme for widened tenant influence over housing management and renewal In the mid‐1980s, however, th…
Whose Responsibility? Swedish Local Decision Makers and the Scale of Climate Change Abatement
This article uses a framework combining the discourse of scalar politics with a social dilemma perspective. The aim is to find answers to why political interests advocate a specific scalar arrangement. Analyzing informant interviews with top politicians and administrators in four municipal governments in the Gothenburg region of southwestern Sweden, we find that although all recognize the social dilemma, the size and capacity of their local gover…
Integrated Water Management for Eutrophication Control
Greening the People's Home
This article analyses what it takes for a new discourse to acquire formative power all the way from the formulation of ideas to the institutionalisation of new practices. Starting from seemingly contradictory propositions in the literature on housing and environmental policy discourses, and combining these with a contextual rational action approach, the empirical analysis traces the fate of the new sustainable development discourse introduced acr…
Property Owning and Democracy-Do the Twain Ever Meet
Starting from the Conservative assertion that home ownership fosters politically active and virtuous citizens, this paper examines two lines of argument in housing theory; (a) Jim Kemeny's thesis that owner occupation is closely linked to increasing privatism, i.e. a growth in lifestyles centred around the home and privacy rather than the workplace or the public affairs in a society, and (b) Peter Saunders' thesis that home owners will organise a…
Do political structures matter in environmental politics? The case of air pollution control in Canada, Sweden, and the United States
The point of departure of this study is the question whether differences in political structures also lead to differences in the policy alternatives selected for practical use. The study examines the influence of federal/unitary, parliamentary/balance‐of‐power, and administrative/judicial structural aspects on the selection of policy alternatives for air pollution control in Canada, Sweden, and the United States. The examination indicates that th…
The Comparative Study of Environmental Policy
Explaining Privatization
This article starts from the assumption that some of the theoretical work used to explain welfare‐state expansion can be used ‘in reverse’ to explain privatization, here seen as welfare state contraction, i.e., the transfer from the public to the private sector of the responsibility for certain activities involved in welfare provision. To this end, valiants of the ‘power resources’ approach are examined. Finding that the ‘labour movement’ thesis …
Crisis, Change, and Public Policy Considerations for a Comparative Analysis of Environmental Policies
The environmental “crisis” is now a top priority in many industrialized countries. Perceived of as a threat to a society's resources, the environmental problem raises important questions regarding competing system goals. The problem cuts across traditional political and administrative structures and thus carries several implications for political change. Since the environmental issue has gained political recognition at the same time in many polit…
Do leopards ever change their spots? The development of political trust among Swedish Green Party sympathisers
Although starting out as a protest movement in the early 1980s, the Swedish Greens moved to become a contractual supporter of Social Democratic governments from 1998 to 2006, and then became an active partner of the Red–Green Coalition seeking parliamentary power in the 2010 general elections. Against the background of lingering strife between ‘fundis’ and ‘realos’ in Green parties, national survey data is used to analyse how this shift from anti…
Environmental quality and politics
The Comparative Study of Environmental Policy
Crisis, Change, and Public Policy Considerations for a Comparative Analysis of Environmental Policies
The environmental “crisis” is now a top priority in many industrialized countries. Perceived of as a threat to a society's resources, the environmental problem raises important questions regarding competing system goals. The problem cuts across traditional political and administrative structures and thus carries several implications for political change. Since the environmental issue has gained political recognition at the same time in many polit…
Do political structures matter in environmental politics? The case of air pollution control in Canada, Sweden, and the United States
The point of departure of this study is the question whether differences in political structures also lead to differences in the policy alternatives selected for practical use. The study examines the influence of federal/unitary, parliamentary/balance‐of‐power, and administrative/judicial structural aspects on the selection of policy alternatives for air pollution control in Canada, Sweden, and the United States. The examination indicates that th…
Do Political Structures Matter in Environmental Politics
The comparative study of environmental politics
This paper is an effort to evaluate the existing literature on comparative environmental politics and policy from the viewpoints of intra‐disciplinary accumulation of knowledge and extra‐disciplinary, or “practical,” relevance; the notion being that political scientists can better promote practical solutions to pressing environmental problems by bringing their disciplinary heritage to bear on studies of environmental politics, than by trying to b…
Environmental Impact Assessment in Sweden
At present, Swedish procedures for environmental impact assessment – EIA – are under close scrutiny and debate. Should foreign (i.e. US) procedures be adopted, or should indigenous procedures be developed or refined? After presenting existing procedures for EIA of individual projects, this paper analyses present proposals to change and redirects these provisions in order to cover not only projects but also programmes and policies. Special attenti…
Air Quality Control
The Hare and the Tortoise, Clean Air Policies in the United States and Sweden
Contrasts approaches of the U.S. and Sweden to the problem of air pollution in light of their differing political systems
Housing Policy and Alternative Housing Tenures
Two strategies for increasing tenant influence and decreasing the need for state housing subsidies are discussed: 1) conversion of rental dwellings into cooperatives or condominiums, and 2) changes in the content of rental tenure. Some Scandinavian examples are presented as a basis for discussion of the viability of the two strategies. The conversion strategy does increase tenant influence, but may cause a less equitable distribution of housing s…
Technology, Political Structure, and Social Regulation
Corporatist implementation and legitimacy
‘Corporatist implementation’ plays an important role throughout the Swedish rental sector. It is based on close ideological affiliations and adherence to common policy objectives among the Social Democratic government and the organised interests in the public rental sector. In this article, I describe how it works in rent policy as well in the programme for widened tenant influence over housing management and renewal In the mid‐1980s, however, th…
Privatization
Affected by the ideological symbolism and political controversy surrounding privatization, much of the work on this subject is marred by definitional uncertainty; what should be included in the concept? To get away from this, and to prepare the ground for meaningful comparative analysis of the phenomenon, I propose both a definition and a taxonomy. I argue that it is the active and conscious transfer of reponsibility from the public to the privat…
The Literature on Privatization
Explaining Privatization
This article starts from the assumption that some of the theoretical work used to explain welfare‐state expansion can be used ‘in reverse’ to explain privatization, here seen as welfare state contraction, i.e., the transfer from the public to the private sector of the responsibility for certain activities involved in welfare provision. To this end, valiants of the ‘power resources’ approach are examined. Finding that the ‘labour movement’ thesis …
Housing policy in Sweden - still a success story
Property Owning and Democracy-Do the Twain Ever Meet
Starting from the Conservative assertion that home ownership fosters politically active and virtuous citizens, this paper examines two lines of argument in housing theory; (a) Jim Kemeny's thesis that owner occupation is closely linked to increasing privatism, i.e. a growth in lifestyles centred around the home and privacy rather than the workplace or the public affairs in a society, and (b) Peter Saunders' thesis that home owners will organise a…
Democracy and the Integrity of the Commons
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Capacity-building or social construction? Explaining Sweden’s shift towards ecological modernisation
Implementation from Above
This paper seeks to assess the tenability of Rhodes' view of the “new governance” as “governing without government,” as well as the validity of Pierre and Peters' assertions that the state is still at the center of structures and processes of governance. The case used for analysis is Sweden's ecological modernization and the implementation of Local Investment Programs for Sustainable Development. This case provides a crucial test of the contradic…
Greening the People's Home
This article analyses what it takes for a new discourse to acquire formative power all the way from the formulation of ideas to the institutionalisation of new practices. Starting from seemingly contradictory propositions in the literature on housing and environmental policy discourses, and combining these with a contextual rational action approach, the empirical analysis traces the fate of the new sustainable development discourse introduced acr…
Integrated Water Management for Eutrophication Control
Integrated Water Management for Eutrophication Control
Whose Responsibility? Swedish Local Decision Makers and the Scale of Climate Change Abatement
This article uses a framework combining the discourse of scalar politics with a social dilemma perspective. The aim is to find answers to why political interests advocate a specific scalar arrangement. Analyzing informant interviews with top politicians and administrators in four municipal governments in the Gothenburg region of southwestern Sweden, we find that although all recognize the social dilemma, the size and capacity of their local gover…
Ecological citizenship
Proponents of the cosmopolitan view of ecological citizenship claim that in order to fulfil the moral obligations of global justice, citizens must undergo deep attitude shifts and adopt green civic virtues. To test this empirically, a typology of four major combinations of environmental attitudes and ecological practise is constructed and the extent to which these four citizen types are found in Sweden is assessed using data from nationwide annua…
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