Department of Government, Uppsala University
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Statsvetenskapliga institutionen vid Uppsala universitet.
Political Science in Uppsala — Est. 1622 🏛️
Cutting-edge research & education at Sweden’s oldest polisci dept. 📚
Proud home of @skytteprize.bsky.social 🏆
https://www.uu.se/en/department/government
Political Science in Uppsala — Est. 1622 🏛️
Cutting-edge research & education at Sweden’s oldest polisci dept. 📚
Proud home of @skytteprize.bsky.social 🏆
https://www.uu.se/en/department/government
What are the foundations of well-being? In @ipsa.org's journal, @axelcronert.bsky.social and Axel Hadenius outline a new explanatory model that considers interactions between well-functioning #democracy, advanced state capacity and an encompassing social protection system.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
What are the foundations of well-being? In @ipsa.org's journal, @axelcronert.bsky.social and Axel Hadenius outline a new explanatory model that considers interactions between well-functioning #democracy, advanced state capacity and an encompassing social protection system.
doi.org/10.1177/0192...
doi.org/10.1177/0192...
Does voluntary health insurance reduce the willingness to finance public health in Sweden? Paula Blomqvist, Linn Kullberg and Ulrika Winblad find no difference between insurance holders & non-holders in willingness to finance public health care through taxes.
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Does voluntary health insurance reduce the use of and the willingness to finance public health care in Sweden? | Health Economics, Policy and Law | Cambridge Core
Does voluntary health insurance reduce the use of and the willingness to finance public health care in Sweden? - Volume 17 Issue 4
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Does voluntary health insurance reduce the willingness to finance public health in Sweden? Paula Blomqvist, Linn Kullberg and Ulrika Winblad find no difference between insurance holders & non-holders in willingness to finance public health care through taxes.
doi.org/10.1017/S174...
doi.org/10.1017/S174...
Do organisations comply with unmonitored or unenforced regulations and if so, why? @axelcronert.bsky.social sheds some light on this issue in a @reggovjournal.bsky.social piece.
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When the paper tiger bites: Evidence of compliance with unenforced regulation among employers in Sweden
Little evidence exists on whether and why organizations comply with regulations that are not monitored or enforced. To address that shortage, this study evaluates the 2007 repeal of an essentially un...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Do organisations comply with unmonitored or unenforced regulations and if so, why? @axelcronert.bsky.social sheds some light on this issue in a @reggovjournal.bsky.social piece.
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Karl-Oskar Lindgren and @marcusosterman.bsky.social explore whether the economic integration of immigrants may function as a stepping stone to their political integration - finding a significant positive effect on the likelihood of running for office.
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Opening a door to politics? Labour market entrance and political candidacy among refugees
In this study, we explore whether the economic integration of immigrants may function as a stepping stone to their political integration. We show that there are strong theoretical reasons to expect...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Karl-Oskar Lindgren and @marcusosterman.bsky.social explore whether the economic integration of immigrants may function as a stepping stone to their political integration - finding a significant positive effect on the likelihood of running for office.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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How are cohesive labour movements created? Studying the Swedish trade union movement between 1910 & 1930, Jenny Jansson examines the labour leaders’ strategic actions to create cohesiveness in the movement.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
How are cohesive labour movements created? Studying the Swedish trade union movement between 1910 & 1930, Jenny Jansson examines the labour leaders’ strategic actions to create cohesiveness in the movement.
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In @ripejournal.bsky.social, @axelcronert.bsky.social reviews trends in numerous #economicpolicy indicators in 18 #OECD countries since the early 1980s - calling for a better understanding of the politics and consequences of contemporary economic policies.
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Towards a Swiss Army Knife State? The changing face of economic interventionism in advanced democracies, 1980–2015
This article systematically reviews trends in numerous economic policy indicators in eighteen OECD countries since the early 1980s, synthesizing findings about the fate of states’ economic interven...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In @ripejournal.bsky.social, @axelcronert.bsky.social reviews trends in numerous #economicpolicy indicators in 18 #OECD countries since the early 1980s - calling for a better understanding of the politics and consequences of contemporary economic policies.
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In this @reggovjournal.bsky.social piece, Linda Moberg, @karinleijon.bsky.social & Mio Fredriksson show that the definitions of quality & the differences in regulatory missions explain the variations in the enforcement strategies of Swedish national inspectorates.
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Explaining variations in enforcement strategy: A comparison of the Swedish health care, eldercare, and compulsory school sector
This article analyzes whether, and if so, why, national inspectorates adopt different enforcement strategies when controlling the provision of welfare services, such as health care, eldercare, and th....
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In this @reggovjournal.bsky.social piece, Linda Moberg, @karinleijon.bsky.social & Mio Fredriksson show that the definitions of quality & the differences in regulatory missions explain the variations in the enforcement strategies of Swedish national inspectorates.
Open access
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Open access
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Here, Linda Moberg argues that the Swedish user choice reform entails a more #libertarian notion of social citizenship, as it requires users to take on greater responsibility for their own well-being and protection against risks.
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User choice and the changing notion of social citizenship in Swedish elderly care
This article deals with the 2009 user choice reform in Swedish elderly care. It analyses how the tension between choice and older citizens’ equal access to good quality care was dealt with by the p...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Here, Linda Moberg argues that the Swedish user choice reform entails a more #libertarian notion of social citizenship, as it requires users to take on greater responsibility for their own well-being and protection against risks.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Can free choice turn into a pitfall? In this article,
@lutzgschwind.bsky.social explores how the social protection of #immigrants differs in cases where payments are tied to voluntary rather than mandatory contributions.
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@lutzgschwind.bsky.social explores how the social protection of #immigrants differs in cases where payments are tied to voluntary rather than mandatory contributions.
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When free choice turns into a pitfall: conditional social protection for immigrants in voluntary unemployment insurance systems - Lutz Gschwind, 2021
Unemployment insurance systems are designed to provide income security for those who drop out of work temporarily. This form of social protection is particularl...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Can free choice turn into a pitfall? In this article,
@lutzgschwind.bsky.social explores how the social protection of #immigrants differs in cases where payments are tied to voluntary rather than mandatory contributions.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@lutzgschwind.bsky.social explores how the social protection of #immigrants differs in cases where payments are tied to voluntary rather than mandatory contributions.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In this chapter, Paula Blomqvist and Ulrika Winblad provide an extended look at health politics and the tax-financed, universal health system in Sweden.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In this chapter, Paula Blomqvist and Ulrika Winblad provide an extended look at health politics and the tax-financed, universal health system in Sweden.
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Here, Linda Moberg analyses whether the increased reliance on #marketisation in the provision of social care challenges the universality of #eldercare in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway.
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Marketisation of Nordic Eldercare – Is the Model Still Universal? | Journal of Social Policy | Cambridge Core
Marketisation of Nordic Eldercare – Is the Model Still Universal? - Volume 46 Issue 3
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Here, Linda Moberg analyses whether the increased reliance on #marketisation in the provision of social care challenges the universality of #eldercare in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway.
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In this article, Nadja Grees shows that sickness insurance as a whole still offers generous replacement rates but that there has been an institutional shift in the provision of income protection.
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In this article, Nadja Grees shows that sickness insurance as a whole still offers generous replacement rates but that there has been an institutional shift in the provision of income protection.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Anton Ahlén and Joakim Palme provide an analysis of eligibility criteria and conditions for accessing social benefits in five core policy areas of the Swedish #socialsecurity system in this book chapter.
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Migrants’ Access to Social Protection in Sweden
While the Swedish welfare state has undergone an intensified market orientation and a number of cutbacks since 1990, it has maintained many of its universal characteristics. It still provides all resi...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Anton Ahlén and Joakim Palme provide an analysis of eligibility criteria and conditions for accessing social benefits in five core policy areas of the Swedish #socialsecurity system in this book chapter.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
In this @electoralstudies.bsky.social piece, Per Adman examines whether poor #health causes political passivity even in a #Scandinavian #welfarestate?
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Does poor health cause political passivity even in a Scandinavian welfare state? Investigating the impact of self-rated health using Swedish panel data
Poor health is generally believed to cause political passivity. Prior studies that satisfactorily acknowledge the causality problems involved are main…
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In this @electoralstudies.bsky.social piece, Per Adman examines whether poor #health causes political passivity even in a #Scandinavian #welfarestate?
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@jonastaghizadeh.bsky.social and Magda Bertz Wågström study the extent to which clients and the #labourmovement have been involved in protests against cutbacks in the Swedish sickness benefit from 2006 to 2019.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
@jonastaghizadeh.bsky.social and Magda Bertz Wågström study the extent to which clients and the #labourmovement have been involved in protests against cutbacks in the Swedish sickness benefit from 2006 to 2019.
@scandpolstud.bsky.social
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@scandpolstud.bsky.social
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In this Social Policy & Administration Journal piece,
@lutzgschwind.bsky.social, Nora Ratzmann and Jonas Beste use a #mixedmethods approach to study the risk of #welfare sanctions for #immigrants in Germany.
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@lutzgschwind.bsky.social, Nora Ratzmann and Jonas Beste use a #mixedmethods approach to study the risk of #welfare sanctions for #immigrants in Germany.
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Protected against all odds? A mixed‐methods study on the risk of welfare sanctions for immigrants in Germany
Sanctions are payment cuts that case managers implement in order to discipline welfare recipients. Previous research suggests that immigrants face a particularly high risk to receive such reductions,....
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In this Social Policy & Administration Journal piece,
@lutzgschwind.bsky.social, Nora Ratzmann and Jonas Beste use a #mixedmethods approach to study the risk of #welfare sanctions for #immigrants in Germany.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@lutzgschwind.bsky.social, Nora Ratzmann and Jonas Beste use a #mixedmethods approach to study the risk of #welfare sanctions for #immigrants in Germany.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Do #welfare institutions matter for attitudes to free movement? Moa Mårtensson, @marcusosterman.bsky.social, Joakim Palme & Martin Ruhs find that institutional reciprocity may mitigate opposition to #EU labour #migration among vulnerable groups.
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
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Shielding free movement? Reciprocity in welfare institutions and opposition to EU labour immigration
Public attitudes towards the free movement of workers in the European Union vary substantially between countries and individuals. This paper adds to the small but growing research literature on thi...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Do #welfare institutions matter for attitudes to free movement? Moa Mårtensson, @marcusosterman.bsky.social, Joakim Palme & Martin Ruhs find that institutional reciprocity may mitigate opposition to #EU labour #migration among vulnerable groups.
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
@jeppjournal.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1350...
In this article, @elinbja.bsky.social, @parzetterberg.bsky.social and Christina Bergqvist present a research strategy for systematically analysing opposition and failed attempts at adopting #gender #equality policy.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Analysing Failure, Understanding Success: A Research Strategy for Explaining Gender Equality Policy Adoption
One of the major challenges within feminist research is to understand the conditions under which gender equality policies are adopted. This article addresses the issue from a methodological point o...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In this article, @elinbja.bsky.social, @parzetterberg.bsky.social and Christina Bergqvist present a research strategy for systematically analysing opposition and failed attempts at adopting #gender #equality policy.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
In this book chapter, Jenny Jansson studies the role of #SocialDemocracy in creating tax-compliant citizens in Sweden. More specifically, she examines how the SAP tried to create and reproduce tax morale while upholding the state's capacity to collect taxes.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In this book chapter, Jenny Jansson studies the role of #SocialDemocracy in creating tax-compliant citizens in Sweden. More specifically, she examines how the SAP tried to create and reproduce tax morale while upholding the state's capacity to collect taxes.
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Here, Linda Moberg studies the user choice reform in Swedish #elderlycare. She finds that while the reform encouraged users to allocate resources & make choices between providers, it also required them to take responsibility to ensure service quality.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
User choice and the changing notion of social citizenship in Swedish elderly care
This article deals with the 2009 user choice reform in Swedish elderly care. It analyses how the tension between choice and older citizens’ equal access to good quality care was dealt with by the p...
www.tandfonline.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Here, Linda Moberg studies the user choice reform in Swedish #elderlycare. She finds that while the reform encouraged users to allocate resources & make choices between providers, it also required them to take responsibility to ensure service quality.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@jonastaghizadeh.bsky.social investigates class-based #inequality by focusing on #discrimination based on socio-economic status in his study of Swedish public officials. Are affluent parents treated more favourably by elementary school principals?
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@lgstudies.bsky.social
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Are more affluent parents treated more favourably by elementary school principals? Socioeconomic discrimination among local Swedish public officials
This article argues that previous public administration and political science research might have missed important class-based inequalities by primarily focusing on ethnic discrimination among publ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
@jonastaghizadeh.bsky.social investigates class-based #inequality by focusing on #discrimination based on socio-economic status in his study of Swedish public officials. Are affluent parents treated more favourably by elementary school principals?
@lgstudies.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0300...
@lgstudies.bsky.social
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In this Socio-Economic Review article, @axelcronert.bsky.social examines how #partisanship matters for the design of active #labourmarket policy in Europe, finding that politics still matters because parties’ preferences regarding unemployment differ.
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Unemployment reduction or labor force expansion? How partisanship matters for the design of active labor market policy in Europe
Abstract. Comparative scholars fundamentally disagree about the impact of partisan politics in modern welfare states, particularly in certain ‘new’ policy
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November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In this Socio-Economic Review article, @axelcronert.bsky.social examines how #partisanship matters for the design of active #labourmarket policy in Europe, finding that politics still matters because parties’ preferences regarding unemployment differ.
academic.oup.com/ser/article-...
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