Bengtsson, M. En hoppfull strävan. En fallstudie om ideellt engagemang inom suicidpreventivt arbete i Sverige. Masteruppsats i Socialt Arbete, 30 högskolepoäng. Malmö Universitet: Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle, institutionen för socialt arbete, 2023.  Denna studie tar avstamp i det nationella suicidpreventiva arbetet i Sverige och vänder sedan blicken mot de ideella organisationernas roll i frågan. Syftet är mer specifikt att analysera den ideella organisationen Minds arbete som aktör i det nationella suicidpreventiva arbetet. Genom att se till suicidprevention i landet och ta del av organisationen Minds arbete utgör denna uppsats en fallstudie av kvalitativ sort till sin karaktär, något som möjliggör att fokusera på en enda organisation. Det teoretiska ramverket för denna studie utgörs av interaktiv samhällsstyrning och altruism, det är med hjälp av dessa begrepp som studiens textanalys genomförts och sammanställts. Studien har visat på att det finns ett omfattande ideellt engagemang inom det suicidpreventiva arbetet i Sverige, där Minds arbete spelar en avgörande roll. Resultatet visar även att det finns utmaningar för samverkan samt den enskilda ideella organisationen när interaktiv samhällsstyrning blir en del av socialt arbete. I den behovsanalys som utgår från nuvarande nationella strategi för suicidprevention, som ligger till grund för den förnyade handlingsplan som förväntas komma under senare halvan av 2023 betonas samverkan mellan olika aktörer. Det går att se att det finns en ökad medvetenhet kring de ideella organisationernas gärning inom svårlösta sociala frågor såsom suicid, och att det pågår ett arbete för att på ett bättre sätt integrera detta i den nationella strategi för suicidprevention som ska presenteras för riksdagen i år. / Bengtsson, M. A hopeful endeavor. A casestudy about non-profit involvement in suicide prevention in Sweden. Degree project in social work, 30 credits. Malmö University: Faculty of Health and Society, Department of social work, 2023.  This study is based on the national suicide prevention programe in Sweden and turns its gaze to the role of non-profit organizations. The purpose is to analyze the non-profit organization Mind and their work within national suicide prevention. This essay constitutes a qualitative case study, something that allows us to focus on a single organization. The theoretical framework for this study consists of governance and altruism, it is with the help of these theories that the analysis is carried out and compiled. The study shows that there is an extensive non-profit involvement in suicide precention in Sweden, where Mind plays an important role. Results also show that there are challenges in collaboration and within the individual non-profit organization itself when governance becomes a bigger part of social work. In the making of a new national suicide prevention program an analysis of the needs in the current national strategy has been presented. In this analysis cooperation between different actors within the field is emphasized. There seems to be an increased awareness of the work of non-profit organizations in social work and complex issues such as suicideprevention in the new national strategy which is set to be presented in the latter half of 2023.

Instead of asking why governments in developing countries are not doing what (Western) governments can (or at least in the past could) be expected to do we may need to ask the questions of how governance empirically is provided and by whom. While the involvement of non-public actors within processes of governance is far from new, the increased interest in social entrepreneurship, both as a practice and scholarly, is. The aim of the present study has been to explore and describe the interface between social entrepreneurship and governance within regions of India. The study has been inspired by a case study research design, including a set of qualitative methods: A generated sampling frame has facilitated the selection of analytical units; The collection of data has been conducted by semi-structured interviews; The data has been analyzed by a comparative approach. Based on a broad analytical governance framework provided by Kooiman et al (2005a) three research questions have guided the analysis: 1. What arguments are provided by the examined social entrepreneurs for their intentional action? 2. May action taken by the social entrepreneurs in this study be understood as an expression of hierarchical governance, self-governance and/or co-governance, and if so, how? 3. How may action taken by the social entrepreneurs in this study be related to first-order governance (day-to-day problem-solving and opportunity creation), second-order governance (institutions) and/or third-order governance (principles)? The result of the study reveals how the action taken by the studied social entrepreneurs interface with several aspects of governance. The arguments presented for intentional action, related to the provision of collective goods to marginalized citizens, may be understood in relation to two themes: perceived government failures (as well as failures by traditional NGOs) and the self-perception of being “value-driven”. The data reveals strands of hierarchical-, self- and co-governance. The studied social entrepreneurs are understood to contribute to first-order governance. Their action is further suggested to be challenging existing institutions in the long-run and perhaps also dominating principles guiding the “governance of governance”.