During the 1990s the Swedish government was decentralized. Subsequently the states control over the governmental authorities decreased. The shifted steering enabled for local adaption’s and were meant to better meet citizens requests, constitute local solutions and in turn enhance the legitimacy for politicians. Priorities had thus to be done locally and the relation between the local authorities and the state became thereby intermediate. The uncertainty of the roles makes it interesting to understand the driving forces as authorities improve their services. A text analysis will be used as method to elucidate the dynamics of different factors of a project carried out by the police in Malmö. Factors as Decentralization, Organizational structure and Steering will be included as well as Social factors such as Internal Individuals- and the External surroundings impact. The analysis shows that no single factor can be said triggered the development on alone, it rather was a cumulative process comprised of: observing/visibility of the surrounding, getting on the agenda, individual priorities and steering through the state as directives and missions
