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Politisk Ledarskapsstil Pär Daléus S TOCKHOLM STUDIES IN POLITICS 146 Politisk ledarskapsstil Om interaktionen mellan personlighet och institutioner i utövandet av det svenska statsministerämbetet Pär Daléus Politisk ledarskapsstil Om interaktionen mellan personlighet och institutioner i utövandet av det svenska statsministerämbetet Pär Daléus ©Pär Daléus, Stockholm 2012 ISBN 978-91-7447-535-7 Stockholm Studies in Politics 146 ISSN 0346-6620 CRISMART Volume 39 ISSN 1650-3856 Printed in Sweden by US-AB, Stockholm 2012 Distributor: Department of Political Science Stockholm University Till Andrea Innehållsförteckning Figurer och tabeller ............................................................................... 11 Förord ...................................................................................................... 13 Kapitel 1: Inledning ............................................................................... 15 Ledarskapsstil som politiskt fenomen .................................................................. 15 Varför studera politisk ledarskapsstil? ........................................................... 17 Varför studera svenska statsministrars ledarskapsstil? .............................. 19 Avhandlingens orientering ................................................................................ 22 Konkurrerande teorier om ledarskapsstil ............................................................ 26 Den individbaserade forskningen .................................................................... 27 Institutioner i fokus ........................................................................................... 30 En interaktionistisk ansats ............................................................................... 32 Avhandlingens disposition...................................................................................... 35 Kapitel 2: Design och metod ................................................................ 36 Intensiva studier av få fall ................................................................................ 36 Val av fall ............................................................................................................. 39 Källor och källkritik ............................................................................................ 40 Intervjuerna och källkritik ................................................................................ 42 Tolkningsarbetet................................................................................................. 45 Kapitel 3: Analytiskt ramverk .............................................................. 47 Fyra centrala funktioner ......................................................................................... 47 Funktion 1: regeringsbildare och organisatör ............................................... 48 Funktion 2: beslutsfattare ................................................................................ 49 Funktion 3: kommunikatör ............................................................................... 52 Funktion 4: krishanterare ................................................................................. 53 Dikotomier av ledarskapsstil ............................................................................ 56 Den interaktionistiska analysen ............................................................................ 60 Ansatsens tillämpning i avhandlingen ............................................................ 60 Ramarna för statsministrarnas handlingsutrymme ........................................... 63 Det historiska arvet ........................................................................................... 66 Typ av regering .................................................................................................. 69 Massmedialisering .............................................................................................. 72 Internationalisering............................................................................................ 74 Personlighet .............................................................................................................. 76 Kognitiv stil ......................................................................................................... 79 Kompetens och lämplighet ............................................................................... 80 Inställning till politisk konflikt .......................................................................... 82 Avslutning ................................................................................................................. 84 Kapitel 4: Regeringsbildare och organisatör...................................... 85 Thorbjörn Fälldin ..................................................................................................... 86 Bemanning av regeringen och Regeringskansliet ........................................ 86 Omsättning och motiv till val av statsråd ...................................................... 91 Organisationen ................................................................................................... 92 Ingvar Carlsson........................................................................................................ 96 Bemanning av regeringen och Regeringskansliet ........................................ 96 Omsättning och motiv till val av statsråd ...................................................... 99 Organisation genom en äntringsstyrka ........................................................ 100 Carl Bildt ................................................................................................................. 105 Inledande samarbete i koalitionen ................................................................ 105 Organisationen ................................................................................................. 107 Översyn av statsapparaten ............................................................................ 108 Samordningsfunktionen .................................................................................. 109 Bemanning av regeringen och Regeringskansliet ...................................... 112 Omsättning och motiv till val av statsråd .................................................... 116 Göran Persson ........................................................................................................ 118 Bemanning av regeringen och Regeringskansliet ...................................... 118 Omsättning och motiv till val av statsråd .................................................... 121 Organisationen ................................................................................................. 123 Avslutning ............................................................................................................... 127 Kapitel 5: Beslutsfattare ..................................................................... 131 Thorbjörn Fälldin ................................................................................................... 132 Att ena regeringen ........................................................................................... 132 Struktur för beslutsfattande ........................................................................... 135 Beslutsprocess .................................................................................................. 137 Ingvar Carlsson...................................................................................................... 142 Att ena regeringen ........................................................................................... 142 Struktur för beslutsfattande ........................................................................... 145 Beslutsprocess .................................................................................................. 150 Carl Bildt ................................................................................................................. 155 Att ena regeringen ........................................................................................... 155 Beslutsprocess .................................................................................................. 156 Fokus på utrikes- och säkerhetspolitik ......................................................... 162 Göran Persson ........................................................................................................ 166 EU: från ett konstigt område till statsministerns livsluft .......................... 166 Att ena regeringen ........................................................................................... 168 Struktur för beslutsfattande ........................................................................... 174 Beslutsprocess .................................................................................................. 177 Avslutning ............................................................................................................... 183 Kapitel 6: Kommunikatör ................................................................... 186 Thorbjörn Fälldin ................................................................................................... 187 Kommunikation och förberedelser ................................................................ 187 Att kommunicera via massmedia .................................................................. 189 Ingvar 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