Political control of coordination? The roles of ministerial advisers in government coordination in Denmark and Sweden

• DOI: 10.1111/padm.12312
• Publication Date: 2017-03-24T16:32:08Z
• Authors: Thurid Hustedt; Heidi H. Salomonsen
• Keywords: Bureaucracy; Relevance; Civil servants

Ministerial advisers are said to strengthen the political control of bureaucracy. Using a comparative case design, this article investigates claim by studying roles ministerial in government coordination Denmark and Sweden. The demonstrates how differ coordination: Swedish directly through hierarchical authority. bureaucrats functionally differentiated coordination. In contrast, Danish play more indirect role Rather than controlling coordination, they serve reproduce functional politicization permanent bureaucracy findings underline relevance including future study analysis is based on 48 interviews with top civil servants