Varför samverkar kommuner? : - Politikers incitament att samverka inom kommunal räddningstjänst

Sammanfattning: Will Sweden's municipal rescue services meet future challenges? How should small municipalities cope with increased requirements at the same time as the tax revenue is reduced? What are the incentives for municipalities to cooperate? The purpose of the thesis is to investigate what makes small municipalities choose to seek cooperation with other municipalities to solve their statutory task. In this essay, the municipal rescue service will be used as the case where the municipalities cooperate. The thesis has a theory-consuming method which means that the focus is on the different cases that are investigated. In the essay, the chairman of the municipal board in five smaller municipalities was interviewed to see what reasons, incentives and effects they see in their cooperation. The two incentives that clearly was higlighted by the municipalities are as follows:- To achieve sufficient quality of business- To improve the competence provision and recruitmentAll municipalities have chosen to highlight these areas as key incentives for why collaboration in municipal associations for the rescue service activities is important. In the interview part, most of the municipalities have highlighted these two areas that are difficult to manage on their own.