"Land skall med lag byggas" - en studie av policyprocessen kring ett lagförslag -

Sammanfattning: This thesis concerns the policy process of a proposed bill. The specific bill constitute a new penal law which is supposed to replace the old penal law from 1974. The questions asked considers what in the foregoing policy process that has proceeded, affected and also characterizes the proposed bill. In order to be able to produce a deep and reliable analysis to this question I use two different theories. The first theory being used consists of John W. Kingdons theory of ?multiple streams? which I use to answer the specific question ?what can be recognized to have proceeded and characterize the policy process that the penal law bill involve??. The second theory consists of Peter Santesson-Wilsons development of symbolic policy theories which is given a concrete form in the ?taxonomy of symbolic policy? which he presents. This theory is being used to answer the specific question ?which of the decision motives that led to the penal law bill can be said to be of a symbolic nature??. To be able to accomplish an analysis that aims at a high reliability and credibility I also account for a description of shifts and changes in Swedish penal policy and also describe the proposed bill it self.