Integrationspolitik genom samverkan : En studie av det regionala samverkansprojektet ”Vägen in” i Dalarna med fokus på Falu kommun

Sammanfattning: The integration policy is a changing policy area that also indirectly affects many other policy areas. Within the integration policy, there is no clear steering from the national government and responsibility is divided between municipalities and regions. The Dalarna Region together with the County Administrative Board runs the agreement "Vägen in", which is a regional collaboration project in Dalarna, which is based on networks. Governance is a form of collaborative model that is becoming increasingly common in today's society in order to handle complex societal problems, previous research shows that there is a democratic problem in governance, while others argue that the governance model can be seen as something necessary and from other perspectives more democratic. The purpose of this study based on interviews of involved actors in the "Vägen in" project with a focus on Falu municipality, is to find out how collaboration works within the regional collaboration project. The study's questions also concern positive aspects for involved actors and challenges that exist with collaboration management. It is about added value for every involved actor. Governance can in many ways be seen as positive for managing the challenge of integration. There is a democratic problem within governance as a collaboration model, which is about lacking a democratic representation in the execution of the policy. However, this can be legitimized on the basis of other mechanisms. However, a risk with the collaboration model seems to be that the network becomes brittle and personal, and that there is a political ambiguity.