Miljödiplomering: En jämförande implementeringsstudie av skolor i Norra Hisingens stadsdel

Abstract

This thesis is a product of research about how implementation issues occur due to the relation between bureaucrats and politicians. Our study treats the democratic dilemma that occurs when schools are to implement environmental certifications. Through a comparative study we compare two schools in Norra Hisingen, a district in Gothenburg municipal where one of the schools is certificated and one is not. By using theories from top down and bottom up approaches to implementation we develop key factors that will lead us to answer our research questions. Through text analysis of policy documents and through interviews with bureaucrats we analyze what may be the causes for only one of the two schools to be certificated though Gothenburg municipal wish all schools to be. Through our analytical tool we can establish that the policy documents are well formed according to our top down-theory and that these documents does not have a major impact on the fact that one school is certificated and one is not. According to our bottom up-theory we can establish attitude to be the major factor that does make a difference in the implementation process.