Politicians' priorities and the determinants of priorities in the Swedish social services
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3058635 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marie Wörlén (Mid Sweden University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 0 |
| Publication date | 2012-04-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nordic Journal of Social Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1892-2783 • E-ISSN: 1892-2783 |
| Publisher | Scandinavian University Press (PUBLISHER • NO) |
| DOI | 10.15845/njsr.v3i0.137 |
| OpenAlex | W4249786695 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
The setting of priorities is an integrated part of social-work politics in Sweden as well as internationally. This article explores Swedish social services and how politicians on the political boards wish to make priorities and what these priorities involve. The use of regression analyses also reveals which circumstances are of importance for allocative precedence and the impact different distributive principles have. It is hard to detect clear-cut patterns of circumstances that guide the judgements in any one direction. The results show that political affiliation overall is not a determining factor for attitudes towards how priorities are made. Another result is a manifest area bias, suggesting that respondents tend to see to the interests of their own professional domain, a result most visible among the politicians involved with Care for the Elderly and Disabled (CED). Yet, with regard to allocative principles, political colour seems to matter. Conservative politicians, as expected, agree with the principles of economy and of capacity to benefit, while the socialist block, less expectedly, seems to embrace the principle of deservingness
Allocative efficiency · Economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Public relations · Sociology · Work (physics · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
From reforms to rationing? Current allocative trends in social services in Sweden
Egalitarianism Defended
Social and health‐care priorities of local politicians in Finland
Inequality in the welfare state? Local variation in care of the elderly – the case of Sweden
Priorities and determinants of priorities of Swedish social workers
Assessing the effects of neighborhood councils on urban policy and development
Health Authorities, Priority‐setting and Resource Allocation
Reflections of a “battered” area board chairman (the contest of service versus politics)
Local Government and Welfare Generosity
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |