@incollection{BrindeHustedtHoulbergSalomonsen, author = {Brinde, Erik and Hustedt, Thurid and Houlberg Salomonsen, Heidi}, title = {The Swedish Executive: Centralising from Afar}, series = {Core Executives in a Comparative Perspective. Governing in Complex Times}, booktitle = {Core Executives in a Comparative Perspective. Governing in Complex Times}, editor = {Kolltveit, Kristoffer and Shaw, Richard}, publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan}, address = {Cham}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-94503-9_9}, publisher = {Hertie School}, pages = {211 -- 233}, abstract = {With its constitutional separation of power between the executive and administration, over the years Sweden has frequently been held up as a shining example of modern state governance. However, recent decades of internationalising politics, EU membership and growing public-sector complexities have placed greater demands on the Swedish executive. In recent years, the established governance system has changed in several respects. First, the previously highly decentralised system has become more centralised and central-local relations remain tense. Second, at the central level, the government has sought to increase control through politicisation. Third, Swedish pandemic policy highlighted the promises and pitfalls of 'Swedish dualism'. And fourth, government communication has become ever more mediatised. In consequence, the chapter concludes that what from the outside looks like an exemplar of meritocratic democracy is rather a tactically flexible realpolitik built on interpretive ambiguities in the constitution—providing the Swedish executive with much-needed responsiveness in times of significant change, but also the veil for greater centralisation and control from afar.}, language = {en} } @incollection{HustedtSalomonsen, author = {Hustedt, Thurid and Salomonsen, Heidi Houlberg}, title = {From Neutral Competence to Competent Neutrality? Revisiting Neutral Competence as the Core Normative Foundation of the Western Bureaucracy}, series = {Bureaucracy in Transition}, booktitle = {Bureaucracy in Transition}, editor = {Byrkjeflot, Haldor and Engelstad, Fredrick}, edition = {Comparative Social Research (Yearbook Series) 33 (2018)}, publisher = {Emerald}, address = {Bingley}, isbn = {9781787432840}, publisher = {Hertie School}, pages = {69 -- 88}, language = {en} } @article{HustedtSalomonsen, author = {Hustedt, Thurid and Salomonsen, Houlberg Heidi}, title = {Political Control of Coordination? The Roles of Ministerial Advisers in Government Coordination in Den-mark and Sweden.}, series = {Public Administration}, volume = {95}, journal = {Public Administration}, number = {2}, edition = {Special Issue: Symposium: Ministerial advisers in executive government}, issn = {1467-9299}, doi = {10.1111/padm.12312}, pages = {393 -- 406}, abstract = {Ministerial advisers are said to strengthen the political control of bureaucracy. Using a comparative case design, this article investigates this claim by studying the roles of ministerial advisers in government coordination in Denmark and Sweden. The article demonstrates how the roles of advisers differ in coordination: Swedish advisers directly control government coordination through hierarchical authority. The roles of advisers and bureaucrats are functionally differentiated in coordination. In contrast, Danish advisers play a more indirect role in coordination. Rather than controlling coordination, they serve to reproduce the functional politicization of the permanent bureaucracy in government coordination. The findings underline the relevance of including advisers in the future study of government coordination. The analysis is based on 48 interviews with advisers and top civil servants in Denmark and Sweden.}, language = {en} } @article{HustedtKolltveitSalomonsen, author = {Hustedt, Thurid and Kolltveit, Kristoffer and Salomonsen, Heidi Houlberg}, title = {Ministerial advisers in executive government: Out from the dark and into the limelight.}, series = {Public Administration}, volume = {95}, journal = {Public Administration}, number = {2}, edition = {Special Issue: Symposium: Ministerial advisers in executive government}, issn = {1467-9299}, doi = {10.1111/padm.12329}, pages = {299 -- 311}, abstract = {Ministers increasingly rely on advisers for support and advice. In many countries, these political aides are labelled differently. Generally, they serve as close confidants to their political masters and operate in the 'shadowland' between politics and bureaucracy. Scholarship has dragged the ministerial advisers out of the dark and described their background and functions. Still, the field of scholarship has a Westminster bias, is characterized by single case studies, and remains under-theorized. The lack of comparative focus and theoretical underpinnings can be explained by the complex nature of ministerial advisers. This introductory article suggests a definition for ministerial advisers and reviews the extant literature on these important actors. The main argument is that the extent and relevance of ministerial advisers in executive government merits integration into mainstream public administration and political science theory and research.}, language = {en} } @article{HustedtSalomonsen, author = {Hustedt, Thurid and Salomonsen, Heidi Houlberg}, title = {Ensuring political responsiveness: Politicization mechanisms in ministerial bureaucracies.}, series = {International Review of Administrative Sciences}, volume = {80}, journal = {International Review of Administrative Sciences}, number = {4}, issn = {0020-8523 (print), 1461-7226 (online)}, doi = {10.1177/0020852314533449}, pages = {746 -- 765}, abstract = {Although politicization is a perennial research topic in public administration to investigate relationships between ministers and civil servants, the concept still lacks clarification. This article contributes to this literature by systematically identifying different conceptualizations of politicization and suggests a typology including three politicization mechanisms to strengthen the political responsiveness of the ministerial bureaucracy: formal, functional and administrative politicization. The typology is empirically validated through a comparative case analysis of politicization mechanisms in Germany, Belgium, the UK and Denmark. The empirical analysis further refines the general idea of Western democracies becoming 'simply' more politicized, by illustrating how some politicization mechanisms do not continue to increase, but stabilize - at least for the time being.}, language = {en} } @article{BachBoonBoyeetal., author = {Bach, Tobias and Boon, Jan and Boye, Stefan and Salomonsen Houlberg, Heidi and Verhoest, Koen and Wegrich, Kai}, title = {In the Line of Fire: European Financial Regulators before, during, and after the Crisis}, series = {der moderne staat}, volume = {12}, journal = {der moderne staat}, number = {1}, doi = {10.3224/dms.v12i1.03}, pages = {5 -- 29}, language = {en} } @article{HustedtSalomonsen, author = {Hustedt, Thurid and Salomonsen, Heidi Houlberg}, title = {Politikberatung durch die Ministerialverwaltung: Funktionale Differenzierung oder Integration unterschiedlicher Wissensformen}, series = {der moderne staat (dms)}, volume = {Sonderheft 1/2013}, journal = {der moderne staat (dms)}, isbn = {9783847401179}, pages = {203 -- 221}, language = {de} }