Sova med fienden - Orsaksförklaringar till uppkomsten av oheliga allianser i svenska kommuner
Swedish municipalitiesRainbow coalitionsCoalition theoryPartiesPolicy goalsPolitical and administrative sciencesStatsvetenskapFörvaltningskunskapLaw and Political Science
Over the last years there has been a considerable change in Swedish municipals. The number of municipals run by a rainbow coalition, a coalition made up of parties from different political blocks, has increased dramatically. Despite this clear pattern little research has tried to explain this increase. My thesis? aim is to try and clear the water around this subject by answering three questions about this type of coalitions. Where do they exist? How do they form? Why do they form?Through studying quantitative data from each of the municipals with a rainbow coalition in majority I can locate where they are most likely to appear. It is clear that they are more frequent in small municipals than in big ones.By sorting out eight of the municipals and performing interviews with the leading politician in the coalition I can put forward a few explanations to why these municipals have a rainbow coalition. The result of the interviews is that explanations that lie on an individual level is a large explaining factor to why rainbow coalitions form.