Democratic Accountability in Strategic Coordination Bodies — An Investigation of Governance in Swedish Elder Care
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12825331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Staffan Johansson (0000-0002-8796-507X, University of Gothenburg), Andreas Liljegren (0000-0002-1338-5611, University of Gothenburg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 2-2 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Integrated Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1568-4156 • E-ISSN: 1568-4156 |
| Publisher | Ubiquity Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.5334/ijic.4207 |
| PMID | 31327958 |
| OpenAlex | W2958420514 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
The establishment of strategic coordination bodies with members from different agencies and that are governed by various laws and regulations can be understood as an answer to the demand for improved coordinated care for citizens with complex needs, such as frail older people. However, this demand raises fundamental questions of democratic control and accountability in the modern welfare state. Although these issues are addressed in current literature on network governance, they have not been investigated empirically very much. The aim of this paper is to investigate coordination bodies as important actors in integrated care, and especially to investigate how the members of these governance networks perceive their own influence and how they are held accountable by their principals. This study is conceptually built on theories of network governance and accountability. The empirical investigation is based on a survey with 545 respondents from 73 different coordination bodies in Sweden. The analysis shows that there seems to be an imbalance between perceived influence and perceived demands from different stakeholders to account for the services. This imbalance provides an opening for a discussion of how to improve the current situation for vulnerable groups and about new perspectives on accountability and power in the modern welfare state
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Integrated Care
Integrating care for older people with complex needs
Organizing Health Care Networks
Network Governance and Post-Liberal Democracy
Networking Literature About Determinants of Network Effectiveness
Democratic Order, Autonomy, and Accountability
Collaborative Governance in Theory and Practice
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |