Partisan shifts can trigger significant turnover in seemingly insulated bureaucracies. This Research Note examines how changes in policy objectives affect screening and selection strategies for agency heads in Sweden's executive bureaucracy (1960-2014). It demonstrates that despite fixed terms and constitutional protections, agency personnel turnover increases considerably after government parties change. The findings suggest political dynamics strongly shape bureaucratic composition even within institutional frameworks designed to insulate expertise.
| The Political Dynamics of Bureaucratic Turnover was authored by Carl Dahlström and Mikael Holmgren. It was published by Cambridge in BJPS in 2019. |
