Politiska beslutskedjors uppkomst och utveckling - En fallstudie av ett politiskt beslutsfenomen
This study aims to investigate the origin and the development of a certain type of decision phenomena, namely political decision chains. A political decision chain is defined as a seemingly rational decision being made, that is reverted through a new decision and this for other reasons than the original decision being regarded as having fulfilled its intended purpose. The essay attempts to explain the occurrence of these decision chains through a case study in order to thoroughly examine the complexities that surround political decisions overall. The essay concludes that uncontrollable factors and chance to a large extent affect the origin of these chains, allowing actors to change the political agenda according to their preferences. The relative weighting of these factors that is made by the actors, which exist within the decision chain, makes them underestimate the relative power of other actors that may have different preferences. This causes antagonism. In order to revert the decision chain and reach a settlement, the relative weightings of importance made by the different types of actors and the uncontrollable factors that surround the chain must be synchronized.