Statskontoret, EU och statsförvaltningen En idéanalys av Statskontorets tankeföreställning rörande en europeiserad statsförvaltning
EuropeanizationStatskontoretIdea analysisNation-state logicTransnationalismPolitical and administrative sciencesStatsvetenskapFörvaltningskunskapLaw and Political Science
The purpose in this thesis is to explore the underlying conceptions concerningeuropeanization and public administration that Statskontoret is expressing in itspublications. Statskontoret is an agency in the service of the Swedish State whichprovides the Government and the Ministries with investigations and surveys. Themethodological choice in this thesis is to perform an idea analysis containing twoideal types which correspond with two polar theories, transnationalism andnation-state logic, concerning how a state will react on increasing european-ization. Initially, the theoretical framework is presented, and is followed by apresentation of the content in the relevant publications of Statskontoret. The idealtypes and the publications are examined from six different dimensions with theambition to explore the underlying conception in the publications. These normsand ideas are compared with the theoretical framework to explore which one ofthe ideal types that is the most similar with Statskontoret's conception ofEuropean integration.The result is that Statskontoret's basic ideas of the concept of europeanizationcorrespond the most with nation-state logic, which undoubtedly impliesconsequences for the investigations and surveys that the agency provides for theGovernment and the Ministries.