Centrala Direktiv och Lokala Viljor Översättningen av samverkansidéer mellan offentliga organisationer i Ystad
Co-operateOne Stop ShopTranslation perspectiveOrganizationPublic administrationPolitical and administrative sciencesStatsvetenskapFörvaltningskunskapLaw and Political Science
This is an empiric, qualitative, case study of cooperation between two public organizations in Ystad, Sweden (Försäkringskassan and Ystad kommun). The aim of the study is to illuminate why they cooperate and what happen with the idea to cooperate and the organizations when they do. The theoretical tools used are influenced by institutional theory. A translationmodel is used to illustrate what the local actors do with the idea when a decision is made to adopt it and how it affects the actors. The study suggests that the cooperation in Ystad called One Stop Shop is partly done because it's a popular way of organizing public organizations in Sweden and partly because försäkringskassan, aim to upgrade their organization identity. Problems regarding translation of the idea seem to be the definition of cooperation and what the different actors think is possible to achieve. The differences in definitions are more striking between central authority and local actors than between the two locally based actors.