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The 'socioenvironmental state' conceptualisation probes how contested, shifting, emergent boundaries of the state contain the possibilities for transformative change in the Anthropocene. The paper outlines a research programme capable of addressing the questions: who becomes authorised to govern change, who is required to make changes on the ground, and what subjectivities and pathways emerge in the context of rapid rate change? The conceptualisation unpacks three boundaries: state– society, its socionatural emergence, and the relationships between boundary-making and belonging to address these questions and better account for the successes and failures of attempts at governing an uncertain, rapidly changing world. In this analysis, 'environmental change' arises as a stochastic, relational becoming – ecologies and resources are emergent with the social-politics of governing them – suggesting that more analytical attention is required on how 'environmental challenges' and their 'drivers of change' are conceived and delimited. Together, these theoretical insights help reveal the way that the micro-politics of local resource use and the contradictory acceptance and refusals of authority and subjection are not only products of, but also productive of, larger scale political economies, socionatures, governance, and political struggles. The aim is to contribute towards a reimagination of political authority that begins to capture the complex interplay between our attempts at governing a changing world and the inadvertent authorisations, inclusions, and exclusions that we produce in those efforts. The paper partially illustrates the conceptual ideas with an account of forestry and climate change in Nepal. In a context wherein programmes to govern resources have become of global concern, probing the implications of these points is crucial. It is not only that states govern resources with particular consequences for 'environmental change' or 'sustainability', but also that the act of governing resources (re)produces the socioenvironmental boundaries of the state with profound implications for how future transformations can unfold.

This dissertation analyses how the Government runs governmental agencies. Which management methods can and may the Government apply for the purpose of implementing political decisions through administratively independent agencies? Can political actions be conducted with rational methods? In accordance with Swedish administrative practice, Government and Parliament are to set up comprehensive objectives and establish the principal direction of activities, while the agencies are responsible for the implementation of the political decisions. The subject of the dissertation is primarily results-based reports, and results are analysed and assessed relative to the objects. The purpose of this study is to compare how management should work according to political programs and intensions, and how it actually works in Parliament, the Government and Government Office, and agencies. It is based primarily on a close scrutiny of management in eight agencies and in the Government Office, Government and Parliament. Special attention is devoted to the implementation of results-based management in Swedish administration, and also to relations between politicians and civil servants at various stages of the management process. Considerable differences between objectives and reality are found, and also considerable differences between different agencies and fields of activity. Certain parts of the results-based management model have been over-applied, due to the fact that the Government has set too many and too detailed objectives. Other parts are under-applied, and there are too few examples of systematic follow-ups and assessment of activities. Results-based management contains valuable features, primarily that results awareness is emphasized in agencies, but the Government has taken its management ambitions too far. The consequence is that necessary developments and changes in the activities of the agencies have not been implemented.

The SURE-Farm project aims to analyse, assess and improve the resilience and sustainability of farming systems in Europe. Farming systems face a whole range of social, ecological, economic and political disturbances and changes, such as sharp market fluctuations, severe weather events, climate change, new technologies, changes in consumer preferences and in governance structures and so forth, operating at a range of scales (local, regional, national and global). Some stresses on the farm system can be predicted (e.g. retirement of farmers), while other shocks are more uncertain and unpredictable (e.g. flooding, sudden price drop, illness). Project's WP2 aims to comprehensively understand farmers' risk behaviour and risk management (RM) decisions, and to develop and test RM strategies and decision support tools that farmers can use to cope with increasing economic, environmental and social uncertainties and risks. WP2 contributes to the development of RM in EU farming systems by understanding and eliciting farmers' risk perceptions and preferences; learning about farmers' adaptive behaviour; learning capacity and preferred improvements of current RM tools; designing and analysing improved strategies to deal with extreme weather; and co-creating improved RM tools and map-related institutional challenges.

Three alternative scenarios to the much debated present organisation of the Lithuanian State forest sector are examined: (i) the integrated, where all functions are delegated to one central administrative authority – the Danish prototype, (ii) the commercialised, where State forests are managed by a commercial State company – the Irish prototype, and (iii) the minimalistic, where only negligible forest areas of special importance remain in State ownership – the Swedish prototype. The scenarios are assessed according to six imperatives: (i) sort out the ambiguity of the present structure, (ii) increase the profitability, (iii) reduce the level of public spending, (iv) accommodate changes in ownership structure, (v) rely on a holistic approach, and (vi) comply with the national forest policy. If adopted, any of the scenarios would most likely improve the various elements of State forestry, although in substantially different ways. Politicians will take the final decision that may be supported by the findings of this study.

The thesis has two purposes. The first is to understand the organizational forms of the public administration when it participates in international rule making processes. The second purpose investigates democratic implications of internationalization of the Swedish state administration. A theoretical framework, combining theories of governance with ideas on resource dependence and a neo-institutional approach, is applied to three empirical cases. The cases follow decision making processes within the European Employment Strategy, The Kyoto Protocol for reduction of green house gasses and negotiations on trade facilitation within the WTO. The studied processes can be described as complex and fragmented, containing multiple types of actors and parallel arenas, complex technical material and bureaucratic processes. They were also characterised by the fact that policy was created throughout the course of the processes. They also seemed to lack an ending and were to a high degree bound by their history. The administrations' response resulted in an organisational form that is theoretically developed in the study – enclaves. Enclaves contain members from different organizations, both private and state organizations and the work within them is carried out in an informal and interactive way. They are de-coupled units with stable membership that is related to positions in the hierarchy. As opposed to networks, enclaves are not self-organizing but the membership is mainly controlled by state-actors. The second aim of the study is carried out through a number of indicators derived from the deliberative and the representative models of democracy. The blurring of responsibilities, the lack of transparency and the barriers for entrance into the enclaves made the organisational forms of the administration seem problematic in relation to the representative model. However other features of the enclaves seemed to support a more communicative logic of action, leaving the deliberative model more promising as a way of understanding the administrations' work as democratically legitimate. Still, the analysis showed that the deliberative model also faced some challenges in terms of lack of openness and inclusion of all relevant stake holders.

This research aimed to 1) study the level of civil state policy and local development in Chumphon Province, 2) examine the relationship and the influence of the civil state policy on the local development in Chumphon Province, and 3) create a model of civil state policy for the local development in the area of study. The study was mixed in nature-quantitative and qualitative methods. With respect to the quantitative method, the sample of the study comprised 400 people. The study instrument was a set of self- administered questionnaires. In regard to the qualitative method, the small sample group comprised 36 participants. The statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The statistics used for hypothesis testing were Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and multiple regression by stepwise and data analysis for qualitative result. The results were as follows. 1) The level of civil state policy and local development in Chumphon Province, as a whole, was rated at a high level. 2) The relationship between the civil state policy and the local development in the area of study, as a whole, was also rated at a high level (.807). The predictor variables could explain factors influencing the local development in the area of study with a statistically calculated percentage of 66.50 ( R2 = .665). The sub-variables in descending order of degree were organizational competency promotion, private and people's organization promotion and social power, local people encouragement for more development participation, liberty and rights warranty, equilibrium in development participation, and conflict management with peace orientation. 3) According to the civil state policy for the local development in the area of study, Chumphon Province should develop other strategies namely agricultural products and industrial agriculture development, commerce and tourism investment engagement, utility management, and infrastructure reestablishment and preservation. Finally, government's policies for small and micro community enterprise financial support were crucially needed. ; การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) ศึกษาระดับนโยบายประชารัฐและระดับการพัฒนาท้องถิ่นในจังหวัดชุมพร 2) ศึกษาความสัมพันธ์และอิทธิพลของนโยบายประชารัฐกับการพัฒนาท้องถิ่นในจังหวัดชุมพร 3) เพื่อสร้างนโยบายประชารัฐกับการพัฒนาท้องถิ่นในจังหวัดชุมพร กลุ่มตัวอย่างที่ใช้ในการวิจัยเชิงปริมาณ จำนวน 400 คน โดยใช้ แบบสอบถามเป็นเครื่องมือประชากรที่ใช้ในการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพคือการสัมภาษณ์และประชุมกลุ่มย่อย จำนวน 36 คน สถิติที่ใช้ในการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูล ได้แก่ ร้อยละ ค่าเฉลี่ย ค่าเบี่ยงเบนมาตรฐาน สัมประสิทธิ์สหสัมพันธ์ของเพียร์สัน และการวิเคราะห์ถดถอยเชิงพหุ โดยวิธี Stepwise ข้อมูลเชิงคุณภาพ ใช้วิธีการวิเคราะห์เนื้อหาและอธิบายผล ผลการวิจัย พบว่า 1) ระดับนโยบายประชารัฐและระดับการพัฒนาท้องถิ่นในจังหวัดชุมพร โดยรวมอยู่ในระดับมาก 2) การวิเคราะห์ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างนโยบายประชารัฐกับการพัฒนาท้องถิ่นในจังหวัดชุมพร โดยรวมอยู่ ในระดับสูง (.807) นโยบายประชารัฐที่มีอิทธิพลต่อการพัฒนาท้องถิ่นในจังหวัดชุมพรร้อยละ 66.50 (R2 = .665) เรียงการเข้าสู่สมการตามความสัมพันธ์ คือ การเสริมสร้างศักยภาพขององค์กรพัฒนาเอกชนและองค์กรประชาชน การส่งเสริมท้องถิ่นให้มีส่วนร่วมในการพัฒนา การสร้างเสริมสมรรถนะของประชาชนและพลังทางสังคม การปรับดุลยภาพ การมีส่วนร่วมในการพัฒนาการให้หลักประกันสิทธิเสรีภาพ การจัดการแก้ไขความขัดแย้งในสังคมด้วยสันติวิธี 3) นโยบายประชารัฐกับการพัฒนาท้องถิ่นในจังหวัดชุมพร ควรมีการพัฒนายุทธศาสตร์ด้านการพัฒนา ผลิตสินค้าเกษตรและเกษตรอุตสาหกรรม ส่งเสริมการลงทุนพาณิชยกรรมและการท่องเที่ยว บริหารจัดการสาธารณูปโภค การบำรุงรักษาซ่อมแซมโครงสร้างพื้นฐาน และภาครัฐควรมีนโยบายสนับสนุนงบประมาณการประกอบอาชีพวิสาหกิจชุมชนขนาดย่อม

Environmental conflicts of interest are important to account for when environmental policies are designed. This paper explores the quantitative connection between urban waste water treatment, coastal eutrophication, and fish biomass in the mesotrophic Gulf of Riga (northern Europe). The probable effect on the water quality from one clearly defined abatement measure, improved urban sewage treatment has been studied. Furthermore, the implementation cost and the likely effect on total fish biomass have also been assessed. Computer simulations using the previously published model CoastMab suggested that good water quality according to the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive could be achieved if urban sewage treatment would be upgraded to Nordic and German standards, and not only around the Gulf of Riga but in the whole Baltic Sea drainage basin. The Secchi depth would double according to these simulations while total phosphorus and summer chlorophyll concentrations would decrease by 54% and 53%, respectively. The total fish biomass should be expected to decrease by about 42% if "good" water quality (as defined in European Union directives) should be achieved. However, changes in total fish biomass could also be offset by changes in other important determinants such as climate related variables or fishing pressure. The study estimated that it could take about 20-40 years after abatement action for the trophic state in the Gulf to stabilise again. Upgrading urban sewage treatment to this extent would cost 468-1,118 million euros per year. Treatment could have substantial positive effects on the water quality of the Gulf but could also have adverse side effects on the total fish biomass.

In recent years evaluation has become a very important element in the public administration. The Swedish state administration to a significant extent both evaluates and is evaluated. This means that the evaluating state is at the same time the evaluated state. In this dissertation the institutionalization of evaluation is studied in a field within which this development has been particularly lively and interesting, namely the field of higher education. The dissertation focuses on evaluation activity that has been carried out in conjunction with central public authorities within higher education: the Office of the Chancellor of the Universities and Colleges in Sweden, the National Swedish Board of Universities and Colleges, and the Office of the University Chancellor, and encompasses the period 1964-1995. A newly revived research tradition within political science – historical institutionalism – is used as a perspective and a methodology. Since the application of this tradition has not yet been fully tested, another purpose is to examine the practical utility of this analytical tool and the kind of knowledge that it produces. The dissertation thereby combines the fields of education policy, evaluation research and institutional theory. The beginning of the institution has been dated to the end of the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s. In the dissertation the forces behind the initiation of the institution are taken up. Events and developments in the field that have influenced the further development of the institution have been identified and analyzed. Developments reveal that the institution has been stable during the entire period of time under study, despite some changes. The use of historical institutionalism as a perspective and methodology has proven satisfactory on a general level. However, special solutions have been required as problems and ambiguities have arisen. The dissertation concludes with reflections on the practical utility of historical institutionalism in political science research.

Already from the title of this dissertation can two important points be made. The first is that the dissertation is about the relationship between central and local government, more specifically in Sweden today. The second point is that this relationship is seen from a balance of power perspective, where the relative power of the actors is an empirical question rather than derived from a given hierarchical structure. Such a perspective is based on analysing the actors as interdependent. The central government can thus be dependent on the local government, as well as the other way around, and this interdependence can vary over time and between policy areas. This perspective differs from that of most studies, which often see the relationship either in terms of steering (that local governments are executing centrally determined policies) or local self-government (that the Swedish local governments has a constitutionally protected right to handle their own affairs within certain legal limits). I argue that both these perspectives take a hierarchical point of departure and are, to a large degree, static in their approaches, which means that they risk not discovering, or have problem explaining, changes in the relation between central and local government. To view the relationship between central and local government as interdependence leads to a focus on the resources that the actors possess. For public organisations the most relevant resources are: authority-related resources, financial resources, political resources, informational resources, and organisational resources. The central government has a power advantage concerning authority and financial and political resources while local governments generally have an advantage in terms of informational and organisational resources. The policy area chosen is Swedish refugee policy. The basic paradox within this area is that the central government grants the refugees asylum but cannot give them a place to live without the permission of the local government. This permission is accomplished through voluntary agreements signed between the National Integration Office and the local governments. It is then the local governments that integrate the refugees to Swedish society by providing housing, education, healthcare and so on while the central government is giving the local government a grant to cover the expenses. The central government has lacked political, informational and authority-related resources. The resource used to compensate for this has been the financial resource. By economic incentives the central government has encouraged local governments to increase their refugee reception. This has been the central government's universal weapon and has been used to reduce its vulnerability as well as its sensitivity. For local governments, authority-related and financial resources have been lacking. The resource that the local governments have had, all the way through the time period studied here, is the organisational resource. This is something that the central government simply cannot provide and this is why there is a relationship of interdependence – just as only the central government has authority in its power base, the local level is the only one with organisational resources.

The relationship between the state and municipalities has for the recent decades become increasingly complex, strained and infected. The education policy has for several decades been surrounded by different governing logics and conflicts where the conflict between the state's pursuit of national equality and the local self-determination is prominent. This study examines how this conflict affects the municipal official's approaches to the state's control of the municipal compulsory school through aimed government grants. The study consists of a qualitative interview study of six municipalities with 23 respondents. In each municipality, I have conducted interviews with municipal officials, principals and municipal politicians. The findings show that the aimed government grants should be seen in the field of tension between state and municipality and between politics and professions. Conflicts arise between the municipalities' different conditions as well as their local needs and the state's pursuit of national equality between schools. The municipal officials are assigned significant power regarding how the state and municipal governance is to be put into practice and are therefore given a coordinating central position where they must balance between state requirements, local requirements and school's requirements. The findings indicate that they seem to prioritize the state's target of national equality in favor of the local target of self-determination. The relationship between the state and the municipalities gets exposed through the role conflicts of the municipal officials, which both compete and cooperate. The conclusion is that the municipal officials should be regarded as the state's extended arm, or as "state municipal officials". They possess a double loyalty to the state and local government and must, with this double loyalty, be the guardians of the local and national democracy at the same time. There is a risk that the municipal officials' double democracy loyalty demonstrates that the local democracy ...

The research entitled "The Comparison of Factors Affecting the Success of State Higher Education Institutions in Thailand" aimed at 1) studying the confidence, leadership, and success factors of the state higher education institutions in Thailand; 2) finding the correlation coefficient between the confidence and leadership factors and the success of the state higher education institutions in Thailand; and 3) comparing the success factors of the state higher education institutions in Thailand in different categories of personal information, which were gender, age, status, education level, work experiences, and the university where the teachers worked. The sample group included 1,100 university teachers. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the general data of the respondents. The hypotheses were tested and analyzed using the t-test and one-way ANOVA analysis. The obtained data were then complexly compared using the Sheffé method and further calculated with the Pearson Correlation to find their correlation coefficient values. Such statistical analyses were completely performed on the SPSS program. The research findings were shown below: 1. The university teachers agreed with the confidence, leadership, and success factors of the state higher education institutions in Thailand at the high level. 2. Leadership and confidence also had a positive correlation with the success of the state higher education institutions in Thailand. 3. The comparative results of the success of the state higher education institutions when considering the personal information, including gender, age, education level, work experiences, academic positions, and monthly income, were not different, except in the category of the university where the teachers worked, the finding suggested a significant difference at the 0.05 probability level. ; การวิจัยเรื่อง "การเปรียบเทียบปัจจัยที่มีผลต่อความสำเร็จของสถาบันอุดมศึกษาของรัฐในประเทศไทย" มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อศึกษา 1) ปัจจัยความเชื่อมั่น ภาวะผู้นำและความสำเร็จของสถาบันอุดมศึกษาของรัฐในประเทศไทย 2) ความสัมพันธ์ของปัจจัยความเชื่อมั่น ภาวะผู้นำที่มี ต่อความสำเร็จของสถาบันอุดมศึกษาของรัฐในประเทศไทย และ 3) เปรียบเทียบปัจจัยความสำเร็จของสถาบันอุดมศึกษาของรัฐในประเทศไทย จำแนกตามปัจจัยส่วนบุคคล ได้แก่ เพศ อายุ สถานภาพ ระดับการศึกษา ประสบการณ์การทำงาน และมหาวิทยาลัยที่สังกัดของคณาจารย์ โดยมีกลุ่มตัวอย่างเป็นคณาจารย์ทั้งหมด จำนวน 1,100 ตัวอย่าง วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลทั่วไปของผู้ตอบแบบสอบถามด้วยสถิติบรรยายทดสอบสมมุติฐานโดยใช้ t-test และวิเคราะห์ความแปรปรวนทางเดียว (One-Way ANOVA) ทำการเปรียบเทียบเชิงซ้อน ด้วยวิธีSheffé และทดสอบความสัมพันธ์ด้วยค่าสัมประสิทธิ์สหสัมพันธ์เพียร์สัน(Pearson Correlation)โดยใช้โปรแกรมspss ผลการวิจัยสรุปได้ดังนี้ 1. คณาจารย์มีความคิดเห็นด้านภาวะผู้นำ ความเชื่อมั่น และความสำเร็จของสถาบันอุดมศึกษาของรัฐในประเทศไทยอยู่ในระดับมาก 2. ภาวะผู้นำและความเชื่อมั่นมีความสัมพันธ์เชิงบวกกับความสำเร็จของสถาบันอุดมศึกษาของรัฐในประเทศไทย 3. ผลการเปรียบเทียบความสำเร็จของสถาบันอุดมศึกษาของรัฐด้านเพศ อายุ ระดับการศึกษา ประสบการณ์การทำงาน ตำแหน่งทางวิชาการ รายได้ต่อเดือน พบว่า ไม่แตกต่างกัน ยกเว้นด้านมหาวิทยาลัยที่สังกัดของคณาจารย์ พบว่า มีความแตกต่างกันอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติที่ระดับ 0.05

The objective of this research is to 1) assess civil society policies and promote self-reliance of the elderly in Nakhon Pathom Province 2) study the effectiveness of civil state policy implementation 3) propose mechanisms and guidelines for driving state civil policy effectively as a research Quality by the key informants used in the research were 1) 13 civil society policy executives and civil state policy makers 2) a The elderly were the result of the civil state policy, consisting of 14 persons, 3 experts who participated in the 8 sub-group meetings, were the specific data providers, the research instruments were in-depth interview, data collection. With in-depth interviews and group discussions, issues from in-depth interviews were analyzed using content analysis methods The information is extremely descriptive analytical research on that. The results of the research revealed that: The results of the civil state policy evaluation and promoting self-reliance of the elderly, the majority of the elderly are satisfied with this policy which is a concrete, clear operation, with pride that they can rely on Can only take oneself, but are worried that there may be exploitation from policy implementation, management suggests that policies should be carried out continuously because it will improve the quality of life Including social participation, personal economic support, physical and mental promotion. Effectiveness of civil state policy and promoting the self-reliance of the elderly, some projects are not worth the budget, some people are not fully affected by the policy. Human resource management should use people to match the work. And must comply with the plan and should be sustainable in the implementation of the policy, including the duration of the project implementation is too short resulting in no effectiveness Visual performance is poor mechanism and policy-driven approach to efficiently find the civil state. Strategies and guidelines for driving the public policy efficiently, it is found that the village community should be implemented before the government project, the city or community should be built for the elderly, creating a database of the elderly, the policy must be sustainable, increase the budget Regarding the elderly, increase public relations regarding public policy. ; การวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) ประเมินนโยบายประชารัฐกับการส่งเสริมการพึ่งตนเองของผู้สูงอายุ จังหวัดนครปฐม 2) ศึกษาประสิทธิผลการดำเนินนโยบายประชารัฐ 3) นำเสนอกลไก และแนวทางการขับเคลื่อนนโยบายประชารัฐอย่างมีประสิทธิภาพ เป็นการวิจัยเชิงคุณภาพ โดยผู้ให้ข้อมูลสำคัญที่ใช้ในการวิจัยคือ 1) ผู้บริหารนโยบายประชารัฐและผู้ดำเนินนโยบายประชารัฐ จำนวน 13 ท่าน 2) กลุ่มผู้สูงอายุผู้รับผลจากนโยบายประชารัฐ จำนวน 14 ท่าน 3) ผู้ทรงคุณวุฒิที่เข้าร่วมการประชุมกลุ่มย่อย จำนวน 8 ท่าน เป็นการเลือกผู้ให้ข้อมูลแบบเฉพาะเจาะจง เครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการวิจัยเป็นแบบสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก การเก็บรวบรวมข้อมูลด้วยการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก และการสนทนากลุ่มย่อยจากประเด็นปัญหาจากการสัมภาษณ์เชิงลึก การวิเคราะห์ข้อมูลโดยวิธีการวิเคราะห์เชิงเนื้อหา การนำเสนอข้อมูลแบบพรรณนาเชิงวิเคราะห์ ผลการวิจัยบว่า ผลการประเมินนโยบายประชารัฐกับการส่งเสริมการพึ่งตนเองได้ของผู้สูงอายุ ผู้สูงอายุส่วนใหญ่มีความพึงพอใจต่อนโยบายนี้ โดยเป็นการดำเนินงานที่เป็นรูปธรรมชัดเจน มีความภูมิใจว่าสามารถพึ่งพาตนเองได้ แต่กังวลว่าอาจจะเกิดการแสวงหาผลประโยชน์จากการดำเนินนโยบาย ฝ่ายผู้บริหารเสนอว่าควรดำเนินนโยบายอย่างต่อเนื่องเพราะทำให้คุณภาพชีวิตดีขึ้น ทั้งการเข้าร่วมสังคม ช่วยเหลือเศรษฐกิจส่วนบุคคล ส่งเสริมทางร่างกายและจิตใจ ประสิทธิผลการดำเนินนโยบายประชารัฐกับส่งเสริมการพึ่งตนเองของผู้สูงอายุ บางโครงการไม่คุ้มค่ากับเงินงบประมาณ บางท่านไม่ได้รับผลจากนโยบายอย่างเต็มที่ การบริหารทรัพยากรบุคคลควรใช้คนให้ตรงกับงาน ควรมีการวางแผนที่ดีและต้องปฏิบัติตามแผนที่กำหนด และควรมีความยั่งยืนในการดำเนินนโยบาย รวมทั้งระยะเวลาของการดำเนินโครงการสั้นเกินไป ทำให้ไม่เกิดประสิทธิภาพและประสิทธิผลที่ดีเท่าที่ควร กลไกและแนวทางการขับเคลื่อนนโยบายประชารัฐอย่างมีประสิทธิภาพพบว่า ควรทำประชาคมหมู่บ้านก่อนดำเนินโครงการ ภาครัฐควรสร้างเมือง หรือชุมชนสำหรับผู้สูงอายุ การจัดทำฐานข้อมูลรวมของผู้สูงอายุ นโยบายต้องมีความยั่งยืน เพิ่มงบประมาณเกี่ยวกับผู้สูงอายุ เพิ่มการประชาสัมพันธ์เกี่ยวกับนโยบายประชารัฐ

In 2017, the Swedish government took the initiative to conduct a country­wide information campaign with the aim of informing the citizens on what to do in the event of a serious crisis or war. In this article the effects of this information campaign are studied through a unique panel survey with identical surveys sent out immediately prior to the campaign and two weeks after the campaign. Concerning the effect, the level of responsibility for civil preparedness ascribed to different actors increased after the campaign, including the responsibility of the citizens. This effect is significant. However, the study reveals no significant effect on the lev­ els of trust with the trust in different authorities and their civil preparedness remaining on a mid­level before as well as after the campaign. Moreover, we do not see any general proof of higher risk perceptions or higher fear of threats as a result of the campaign, with the im­ portant exceptions of fear of measures to destabilise democracy and severe power cuts. In the article it is argued that despite current trends of strong individualisation with effects on media consumption and respect for authorities, the Swedish campaign illustrates that it is still possible to reach the greater part of the population with vital information and also, to at least some extent, affect attitudes.

This is a study of inter-organizational relations, especially of control relations, applied to Swedish state enterprise.The growing interdependence between different parts of society as well as the dynamic environment of organizations bring forward a need for new patterns of interaction. Organizations of very dissimilar types have to cooperate in new areas. The state enterprises have an external environment that exhibit both political and economic characteristics. The control relation, to the owner, may involve both types.The study consists of three parts. Part one present an initial theoretical framework, used in an empirical study (part two). This shows the need for a further development. A revised and enlarged framework is presented in part three. In the initial framework the concept of control, within a systems approach, was the focus of investigation. The approach was traditional and pointed to the importance of structures and of characteristics of the decision process. Control of two levels was discussed — organizational control and control of specific situation. The model suggested was mainly developed for description of control of state enterprises.The empirical study was conducted as an interview study in nine state enterprises. The interviews were of a semi-structured type and the purpose was to gain new insights as to the conditions of control of organizations. The enterprises were selected according to mission, three types were identified: strictly political tasks, strictly economic tasks and a mixture of tasks. The findings were that organizational control differed according to task so that political task gives a more strict control: The differences in control of ongoing avtivity was less pronounced. The most striking finding was the relevance of expectations of control. The empirical study led to demands for a more actor-oriented approach.This was the starting point for the revised and enlarged framework. A review of studies of relations in the systems approach and within a more actor-oriented approach was made. The role of the actor in the organization is discussed. The importance of structural conditions and of process in control is also analyzed. This review and analysis forms the basis for a somewhat different approach to relations. A concept of complexity is developed. This concept involve the total variation in a situation. Complexity is a main factor in perceptions of uncertainty < Coping with uncertainty gives power, which is the prerequisite of control.These concepts are used to form a game approach to control. Control is considered as the result of a game of power. Two types of games are presented — for organizations as a whole and for situations of a deviant character. In both types actors and processes are of prime interest. ; digitalisering@umu

Societal spheres in the light of history A division of society into statecraft, economy, and civil society is found in Plato's Republic. Its theoretical base is the differentiated and sometimes contradictory norms for these spheres. The mainstream of European structuration is traced from the 'two swords' - state and church - that structured western European society in the Middle Ages to the six societal spheres (or cardinal institutions) of society - the economy, government, science, religion, ethics, and art - that are visible today. Each maintain a large measure of independence (Weber's Eigengesetzlichkeit). Each is dependent on a special type of freedom: civic liberties, free trade, academic freedom, religious toleration, the right to follow one's conscience, artistic license. The paper pauses in this differentiation process at special junctures: the English revolution, the emergence of the Latin American and North American societies, the evolution of modem society as an underpinning of democracy, the emergence of the European Union, and the post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe. ; Sociologisk Forsknings digitala arkiv