Paula Blomqvist
Professor at Department of Government; Faculty
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 63 22
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 223 97 67
- E-mail:
- Paula.Blomqvist@statsvet.uu.se
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- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA - Available:
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Publications
Selection of publications
Have the Welfare Professions Lost Autonomy?: A Comparative Study of Doctors and Teachers
Part of Journal of Social Policy, p. 64-85, 2024
- DOI for Have the Welfare Professions Lost Autonomy?: A Comparative Study of Doctors and Teachers
- Download full text (pdf) of Have the Welfare Professions Lost Autonomy?: A Comparative Study of Doctors and Teachers
Part of Policy & Society, p. 247-259, 2022
- DOI for Covid (In)equalities: labor market protection, health, and residential care in Germany, Sweden, and the UK
- Download full text (pdf) of Covid (In)equalities: labor market protection, health, and residential care in Germany, Sweden, and the UK
Contracting out welfare services: how are private contractors held accountable?
Part of Public Management Review, p. 233-254, 2022
- DOI for Contracting out welfare services: how are private contractors held accountable?
- Download full text (pdf) of Contracting out welfare services: how are private contractors held accountable?
Part of Health Economics, Policy and Law, p. 380-397, 2022
- DOI for Does voluntary health insurance reduce the use of and the willingness to finance public health care in Sweden?
- Download full text (pdf) of Does voluntary health insurance reduce the use of and the willingness to finance public health care in Sweden?
Preserving social equity in marketized primary care: strategies in Sweden
Part of Health Economics, Policy and Law, p. 216-231, 2021
- DOI for Preserving social equity in marketized primary care: strategies in Sweden
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Nordic welfare states-still standing or changed by the COVID-19 crisis?
Part of Social Policy & Administration, p. 295-311, 2021
Part of Health Politics in Europe, p. 164-204, Oxford University Press, 2021
Universalism in Welfare Policy: The Swedish Case beyond 1990
Part of Social Inclusion, p. 114-123, 2020
- DOI for Universalism in Welfare Policy: The Swedish Case beyond 1990
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Health insurance for the healthy?: Voluntary health insurance in Sweden
Part of Health Policy, p. 737-746, 2019
Small is beautiful?: Explaining resident satisfaction in Swedish nursing home care
Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2019
- DOI for Small is beautiful?: Explaining resident satisfaction in Swedish nursing home care
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Why No Nonprofits?: State, Market, and the Strive for Universalism in Swedish Elder Care
Part of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, p. 513-531, 2019
Negotiated compliance at the street level: Personalizing immunization in England, Israel and Sweden
Part of Public Administration, p. 195-209, 2019
Market-orienting reforms in rural health care in Sweden: how can equity in access be preserved?
Part of International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
- DOI for Market-orienting reforms in rural health care in Sweden: how can equity in access be preserved?
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Risk selection in primary care: a cross-sectional fixed effect analysis of Swedish individual data
Part of BMJ Open, 2018
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Professionalized through audit?: Care workers and the new audit regime in Sweden
Part of Social Policy & Administration, p. 631-645, 2018
Privatization of social care delivery: how can contracts be specified?
Part of Public Management Review, p. 1643-1662, 2018
Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2017
- DOI for Do public nursing home care providers deliver higher quality than private providers?: Evidence from Sweden
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Free establishment of primary health care providers: effects on geographical equity
Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2016
- DOI for Free establishment of primary health care providers: effects on geographical equity
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Part of Social Policy & Administration, p. 787-804, 2016
User choice in Swedish eldercare: conditions for informed choice and enhanced service quality
Part of Journal of European Social Policy, p. 281-295, 2016
Part of Social Policy & Administration, p. 787-804, 2016
Recentralizing healthcare through evidence-based guidelines – striving for national equity in Sweden
Part of BMC Health Services Research, p. 509, 2014
- DOI for Recentralizing healthcare through evidence-based guidelines – striving for national equity in Sweden
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Part of Social Policy & Administration, p. 739-756, 2014
Parental entrepreneurship in public education: a social force or a policy problem?
Part of Journal of education policy, p. 546-569, 2014
Sweden: Continued Marketization within a Universalist System
Part of Health Care Systems in Europe under Austerity, p. 9-30, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
Varför så få ideella aktörer inom äldreomsorgen?
Part of Välfärdsinsatser på religiös grund, Artos & Norma Bokförlag, 2014
Part of Journal of European Social Policy, p. 192-209, 2013
Citizenship, choice and social equality in welfare services
Part of The political role of corporate citizens, p. 166, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
Kundvalsmodeller i äldreomsorgen: kan de äldre välja?
Part of När förvaltning blir business:, p. 57-75, Linköping University Electronic Press, 2013
Conflict and Compliance in Swedish Health Care Governance: Soft Law in the ‘Shadow of Hierarchy’
Part of Scandinavian Political Studies, p. 48-70, 2012
Privatization of social services: Quality differences in Swedish elderly care
Part of Social Science and Medicine, p. 560-567, 2011
Regionalisation Nordic Style: Will Regions in Sweden Threaten Local Democracy?
Part of Local Government Studies, p. 43-74, 2010
EU and Single Market pressures on Nordic health care systems
Part of Nordic Health Care Systems, Open University Press, 2009
Mellan folkhem och Europa. Svensk politik i brytningstid
Liber, 2008
Sweden: Markets within Politics
Part of Public and private Social Policy: Health and Pension Politics in a New Era, Palgrave Macmillian, 2008
Vem styr vården? Reformer och politisk styrning inom svensk sjukvård
SNS, 2007
Effects of decentralization and recentralization on political dimensions of health systems
Part of Decentralization in health care, p. 120-140, McGraw-Hill, 2007
Part of International Social Security Review, 2006
Part of Socialvetenskaplig Tidskrift, p. 169-99, 2005
Mot en europeisk sjukvårdspolitik?:
Part of EU, välfärden och skatterna, Santérus, 2004
The Choice Revolution: Privatization of Swedish Social Services in the 1990s
Part of Social Policy & Administration, p. 171-193, 2004
Defeat at Home? Issue Ownership and Social Democratic Support in Scandinavia
Part of Government and Opposition, p. 587-613, 2004
Agora, Stockholm, 2004
Globalisering och fackligt samarbete inom svensk metallindustri
Part of Fackliga strategier för att möta globalisering och regionalisering inom metallindustrin. En jämförande studie av fyra nordiska länder., Stockholm: Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003
Ideas and Policy Convergence: Health Care Reforms in the Netherlands and Sweden in the 1990s
2002
Välfärdsstatens nya ansikte: Demokrati och marknadsstyrning inom den offentliga sektorn
Agora, Stockholm, 2000
Recent publications
Have the Welfare Professions Lost Autonomy?: A Comparative Study of Doctors and Teachers
Part of Journal of Social Policy, p. 64-85, 2024
- DOI for Have the Welfare Professions Lost Autonomy?: A Comparative Study of Doctors and Teachers
- Download full text (pdf) of Have the Welfare Professions Lost Autonomy?: A Comparative Study of Doctors and Teachers
Part of Policy & Society, p. 247-259, 2022
- DOI for Covid (In)equalities: labor market protection, health, and residential care in Germany, Sweden, and the UK
- Download full text (pdf) of Covid (In)equalities: labor market protection, health, and residential care in Germany, Sweden, and the UK
Contracting out welfare services: how are private contractors held accountable?
Part of Public Management Review, p. 233-254, 2022
- DOI for Contracting out welfare services: how are private contractors held accountable?
- Download full text (pdf) of Contracting out welfare services: how are private contractors held accountable?
Part of Health Economics, Policy and Law, p. 380-397, 2022
- DOI for Does voluntary health insurance reduce the use of and the willingness to finance public health care in Sweden?
- Download full text (pdf) of Does voluntary health insurance reduce the use of and the willingness to finance public health care in Sweden?
Preserving social equity in marketized primary care: strategies in Sweden
Part of Health Economics, Policy and Law, p. 216-231, 2021
- DOI for Preserving social equity in marketized primary care: strategies in Sweden
- Download full text (pdf) of Preserving social equity in marketized primary care: strategies in Sweden
All publications
Articles in journal
Have the Welfare Professions Lost Autonomy?: A Comparative Study of Doctors and Teachers
Part of Journal of Social Policy, p. 64-85, 2024
- DOI for Have the Welfare Professions Lost Autonomy?: A Comparative Study of Doctors and Teachers
- Download full text (pdf) of Have the Welfare Professions Lost Autonomy?: A Comparative Study of Doctors and Teachers
Part of Policy & Society, p. 247-259, 2022
- DOI for Covid (In)equalities: labor market protection, health, and residential care in Germany, Sweden, and the UK
- Download full text (pdf) of Covid (In)equalities: labor market protection, health, and residential care in Germany, Sweden, and the UK
Contracting out welfare services: how are private contractors held accountable?
Part of Public Management Review, p. 233-254, 2022
- DOI for Contracting out welfare services: how are private contractors held accountable?
- Download full text (pdf) of Contracting out welfare services: how are private contractors held accountable?
Part of Health Economics, Policy and Law, p. 380-397, 2022
- DOI for Does voluntary health insurance reduce the use of and the willingness to finance public health care in Sweden?
- Download full text (pdf) of Does voluntary health insurance reduce the use of and the willingness to finance public health care in Sweden?
Preserving social equity in marketized primary care: strategies in Sweden
Part of Health Economics, Policy and Law, p. 216-231, 2021
- DOI for Preserving social equity in marketized primary care: strategies in Sweden
- Download full text (pdf) of Preserving social equity in marketized primary care: strategies in Sweden
Nordic welfare states-still standing or changed by the COVID-19 crisis?
Part of Social Policy & Administration, p. 295-311, 2021
Universalism in Welfare Policy: The Swedish Case beyond 1990
Part of Social Inclusion, p. 114-123, 2020
- DOI for Universalism in Welfare Policy: The Swedish Case beyond 1990
- Download full text (pdf) of Universalism in Welfare Policy: The Swedish Case beyond 1990
Health insurance for the healthy?: Voluntary health insurance in Sweden
Part of Health Policy, p. 737-746, 2019
Small is beautiful?: Explaining resident satisfaction in Swedish nursing home care
Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2019
- DOI for Small is beautiful?: Explaining resident satisfaction in Swedish nursing home care
- Download full text (pdf) of Small is beautiful?: Explaining resident satisfaction in Swedish nursing home care
Why No Nonprofits?: State, Market, and the Strive for Universalism in Swedish Elder Care
Part of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, p. 513-531, 2019
Negotiated compliance at the street level: Personalizing immunization in England, Israel and Sweden
Part of Public Administration, p. 195-209, 2019
Market-orienting reforms in rural health care in Sweden: how can equity in access be preserved?
Part of International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
- DOI for Market-orienting reforms in rural health care in Sweden: how can equity in access be preserved?
- Download full text (pdf) of Market-orienting reforms in rural health care in Sweden: how can equity in access be preserved?
Risk selection in primary care: a cross-sectional fixed effect analysis of Swedish individual data
Part of BMJ Open, 2018
- DOI for Risk selection in primary care: a cross-sectional fixed effect analysis of Swedish individual data
- Download full text (pdf) of Risk selection in primary care: a cross-sectional fixed effect analysis of Swedish individual data
Professionalized through audit?: Care workers and the new audit regime in Sweden
Part of Social Policy & Administration, p. 631-645, 2018
Privatization of social care delivery: how can contracts be specified?
Part of Public Management Review, p. 1643-1662, 2018
Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2017
- DOI for Do public nursing home care providers deliver higher quality than private providers?: Evidence from Sweden
- Download full text (pdf) of Do public nursing home care providers deliver higher quality than private providers?: Evidence from Sweden
Free establishment of primary health care providers: effects on geographical equity
Part of BMC Health Services Research, 2016
- DOI for Free establishment of primary health care providers: effects on geographical equity
- Download full text (pdf) of Free establishment of primary health care providers: effects on geographical equity
Part of Social Policy & Administration, p. 787-804, 2016
User choice in Swedish eldercare: conditions for informed choice and enhanced service quality
Part of Journal of European Social Policy, p. 281-295, 2016
Part of Social Policy & Administration, p. 787-804, 2016
Recentralizing healthcare through evidence-based guidelines – striving for national equity in Sweden
Part of BMC Health Services Research, p. 509, 2014
- DOI for Recentralizing healthcare through evidence-based guidelines – striving for national equity in Sweden
- Download full text (pdf) of Recentralizing healthcare through evidence-based guidelines – striving for national equity in Sweden
Part of Social Policy & Administration, p. 739-756, 2014
Parental entrepreneurship in public education: a social force or a policy problem?
Part of Journal of education policy, p. 546-569, 2014
Part of Journal of European Social Policy, p. 192-209, 2013
Conflict and Compliance in Swedish Health Care Governance: Soft Law in the ‘Shadow of Hierarchy’
Part of Scandinavian Political Studies, p. 48-70, 2012
Privatization of social services: Quality differences in Swedish elderly care
Part of Social Science and Medicine, p. 560-567, 2011
Regionalisation Nordic Style: Will Regions in Sweden Threaten Local Democracy?
Part of Local Government Studies, p. 43-74, 2010
Part of Socialvetenskaplig Tidskrift, p. 169-99, 2005
The Choice Revolution: Privatization of Swedish Social Services in the 1990s
Part of Social Policy & Administration, p. 171-193, 2004
Defeat at Home? Issue Ownership and Social Democratic Support in Scandinavia
Part of Government and Opposition, p. 587-613, 2004
Balancing Ideological Committment and Political Reality for Local Job Creation - A Swedish Dilemma
Part of Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 1998
Books
Välfärdsstatens nya ansikte: Demokrati och marknadsstyrning inom den offentliga sektorn
Agora, Stockholm, 2000
Chapters in book
Part of Health Politics in Europe, p. 164-204, Oxford University Press, 2021
Sweden: Continued Marketization within a Universalist System
Part of Health Care Systems in Europe under Austerity, p. 9-30, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
Varför så få ideella aktörer inom äldreomsorgen?
Part of Välfärdsinsatser på religiös grund, Artos & Norma Bokförlag, 2014
Citizenship, choice and social equality in welfare services
Part of The political role of corporate citizens, p. 166, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
Kundvalsmodeller i äldreomsorgen: kan de äldre välja?
Part of När förvaltning blir business:, p. 57-75, Linköping University Electronic Press, 2013
EU and Single Market pressures on Nordic health care systems
Part of Nordic Health Care Systems, Open University Press, 2009
Sweden: Markets within Politics
Part of Public and private social policy, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
Sweden: Markets within Politics
Part of Public and private Social Policy: Health and Pension Politics in a New Era, Palgrave Macmillian, 2008
Effects of decentralization and recentralization on political dimensions of health systems
Part of Decentralization in health care, p. 120-140, McGraw-Hill, 2007
Mot en europeisk sjukvårdspolitik?:
Part of EU, välfärden och skatterna, Santérus, 2004
Globalisering och fackligt samarbete inom svensk metallindustri
Part of Fackliga strategier för att möta globalisering och regionalisering inom metallindustrin. En jämförande studie av fyra nordiska länder., Stockholm: Arbetslivsinstitutet, 2003
Collections (editor)
Mellan folkhem och Europa. Svensk politik i brytningstid
Liber, 2008
Vem styr vården? Reformer och politisk styrning inom svensk sjukvård
SNS, 2007
Vem styr vården? Reformer och politisk styrning inom svensk sjukvård
SNS, 2007
Agora, Stockholm, 2004
Arbetslivsinstitutet, Stockholm, 2003
Manuscripts (preprints)
Monograph doctoral thesis
Reports
Other
Äldreomsorgens utveckling 1993-2009. Arbetsrapport 2010:1
2010
Analysis of contracts in Swedish elder care: can quality aspects be monitored? Arbetsrapport 2010:2
2010
Part of International Social Security Review, 2006