Samverkan eller motverkan? En studie om myndighetssamverkans konsekvenser för rättssäkerheten och barnperspektivet

Sammanfattning: Children that are taken care of for institutional care by the social services are unprivileged as a group. When society takes over the parenting role, it forces local governments and other accountable authorities to guarantee these children satisfactory support and good care according to each child's needs. The aim of this thesis is to analyze and discuss problems with implementation in policy processes when authorities incorporate. From the normative standpoint of legal security and the United Nations Children's Convention, this thesis investigates the consequences of interaction between two Swedish supervisory authorities for the social services: Socialstyrelsen and länsstyrelserna. To fulfill the aim I will investigate the approach taken by the authorities and the work division between Socialstyrelsen and länsstyrelserna. In order to reach conclusions on the above mentioned queries, I have chosen to combine a smaller case study by using a qualitative interviewing method. The analyze of the empirical and theoretical material shows that interaction between the supervisory authorities on one hand can develop steering as a tool to solve problems with implementation. On the other hand the interaction can undermine the legal security and create national differences.