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Medborgarförslag i Östersund kommun: En experimentell jämförande studie om medborgarförslag och e-medborgarförslaginom samma kommun.
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

This case study has looked at the significance transition from petitions to e-petitions has have for the proportion of approved proposals in the municipal council within Östersund municipality. The study has used a deliberative approach to how conversations are conducted between institution and citizen, this has been tested using a quasi-experiment and included a comparison with an after-before scenario with petitions and possible effects within different social groups that can be affected. The results of the study show that the difference between petitions and e-petitions is small, but that the color of the political majority in the council has a decisive factor behind whether proposals are approved more or rejected. Gender turns out to have a certain factor in how decisions are approved or rejected, where women received more approval than men which is interesting as it goes against previous research.

Abstract [sv]

Denna fallstudie har tittat på vilken betydelse som en övergång från petitioner till e-petitioner har fått för andelen bifallna förslag i kommunfullmäktige inom Östersund kommun. Studien har använt sig av ett deliberativ tillvägagångsätt för hur samtal förs mellan institution och medborgare, detta har prövats med hjälp av ett kvasi-experiment och en jämförelse med ett efter-före scenario för möjliga effekter inom olika sociala skikt som kan påverkas med en ändrad petition. Resultatet av studien visar att skillnaden mellan petitioner och e-petitioner är små, men att den politiska majoritetens färg i fullmäktige har en avgörande faktorn bakom om förslag bifalls eller avslås. Kön visar sig även ha en viss faktor för hur beslut bifall eller avslås där kvinnor fick fler bifall än män, vilket är intressant då den går emot den tidigare forskningen.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. , p. 74
Keywords [en]
Petitions, e-petitions, citizen participation, deliberative democracy, quasiexperiments, political majority, gender, Östersund municipality.
Keywords [sv]
Petitioner, e-petitioner, medborgarförslag, deliberativ demokrati, kvasiexperiment, politisk majoritet, kön, Östersund kommun.
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Political Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-43139OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-43139DiVA, id: diva2:1596472
Subject / course
Political Science ST2
Educational program
Social Science Programme SSAMG 180 higher education credits
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2021-06-04

Available from: 2021-09-23 Created: 2021-09-22 Last updated: 2021-09-23Bibliographically approved

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