This book analyzes national anti-poverty measures at a local level via a set of unique and up-to-date empirical studies of minimum income support schemes and activation measures in five European cities. In examining this 'local welfare system' approach, it investigates the role that civil society organizations play, and the governance arrangements that prevail in contacts between public and civil

Förlorad arbetsglädje. Många medarbetare inom offentlig förvaltning motiveras av inre drivkrafter, inte yttre. Att då, som under senare år, fokusera på kontrollsystem kan ge effekten att motivationen minskar. Samtidigt har medborgarna rätt till korrekt myndighetsutövning. Här gäller det att hitta rätt balans, skriver Louise Bringselius, forskare.

I diskussionen om New Public Management och om hur mycket marknadsprinciper respektive professionerna ska styra offentlig sektor finns ytterligare en aspekt som förtjänar att lyftas fram, den nybyråkratiska logiken. Här har förvaltningen, med globaliseringen och EU-medlemskapet som drivkrafter, ökat ambitionsnivån på senare år. Inte minst i form av en allt starkare rättsstat, skriver docenten och

Over the past decade, avoiding deforestation has become a central element of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The focal point of this has been the incentive-based mechanism of REDD+, which stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation. A key notion in REDD+ is to establish incentives for developing countries to reduce their forest-related carbon emi

Genetic studies of complex traits have become increasingly successful as progress is made in next-generation sequencing. We aimed at discovering single nucleotide variation present in known and new candidate genes for developmental dyslexia: CYP19A1, DCDC2, DIP2A, DYX1C1, GCFC2 (also known as C2orf3), KIAA0319, MRPL19, PCNT, PRMT2, ROBO1 and S100B. We used next-generation sequencing to identify si

BACKGROUND: Children with problematic severe asthma have poor disease control despite high doses of inhaled corticosteroids and additional therapy, leading to personal suffering, early deterioration of lung function, and significant consumption of health care resources. If no exacerbating factors, such as smoking or allergies, are found after extensive investigation, these children are given a dia

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in GSDMB (Gasdermin B) and ORMDL3 (ORMDL sphingolipid biosynthesis regulator 3) are strongly associated with childhood asthma, but the molecular alterations contributing to disease remain unknown. We investigated the effects of asthma-associated SNPs on DNA methylation and mRNA levels of GSDMB and ORMDL3. Genetic association between GSDMB/ORMDL3 and physician